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Ask.com Goes Back To 1996 With New Release: Ask.com has released version 11 of their new search engine today. The new version somewhat goes back to the Ask Jeeves approach, focusing on providing structured search results, mostly in the form of answers.Techmeme has coverage of the news item,

Google Removes Directory Links From Webmaster Guidelines: Brian Ussery reported that Google has dropped two important bullet points from the Google Webmaster Guidelines. Those bullet points include:Have other relevant sites link to yours.Submit your site to relevant directories such as the Open Directory Project and Yahoo!, as

Google Maps: #1 In Features, Market Share Rising: As Google Maps continues to roll out new features that competing map services don’t have, web users are rewarding it with big gains in traffic. A recent analyst report says Google is the number one maps site in terms of

Search In Pictures: Google Masters, Google Bus & Google Time: In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.Google Search

Many San Diego SMBs Advertise Online, Or Do They?…: Here at Palore, we recently finished working on a large scale project in San Diego County, covering all businesses in all categories, from more than 10 leading local, vertical and IYP sites - a total of 168,466 businesses.The fact that

Google’s Gradual Embrace Of Conventional Marketing: The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) covers Google’s slow, ambivalent move toward traditional marketing. During its first 10 years, the company grew almost entirely on user word of mouth and PR-driven news coverage. That has helped create a culture that is

Much Ado About Yahoo-Google & The 95 Character Poet: Today: thoughts on this week’s news about the Yahoo-Google Ad deal and adCenter updates; in-depth look: the 95 character poet: using variations in ad copy; and “do you hate checking boxes? ” in this week’s free tips and tools.News from

Yahoo Introduces Elections Shortcuts: This morning Yahoo has introduced Elections Shortcuts (screenshots below). Working in concert with Yahoo Search Assist, when users search for candidate names or on related political queries these new Shortcuts provide quick access to presidential and local information about the

Banner Ads & Image Ads On Google Images: Earlier this week, we noted a report that Google was showing banner ads on Google Images. Now via TechCrunch, a new implementation — an AdWords ad on Google Images with its own thumbnail image.Notice in the screenshot above how a

SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 3, 2008: Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.From Search Engine Land:Yahoo News Tests New Look, Targets Social Media UsersYahoo News is inviting its throngs of readers to try

Yahoo News Tests New Look, Targets Social Media Users: Yahoo News is inviting its throngs of readers to try its next version, which has new design and content features. Readers will immediately notice a wider footprint on the new Yahoo News, as well as larger text and other new

Banner Ads & Image Ads On Google Images: Earlier this week, we noted a report that Google was showing banner ads on Google Images. Now via TechCrunch, a new implementation — an AdWords ad on Google Images with its own thumbnail image.Notice in the screenshot above how a

SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 3, 2008: Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.From Search Engine Land:Yahoo News Tests New Look, Targets Social Media UsersYahoo News is inviting its throngs of readers to try

Yahoo News Tests New Look, Targets Social Media Users: Yahoo News is inviting its throngs of readers to try its next version, which has new design and content features. Readers will immediately notice a wider footprint on the new Yahoo News, as well as larger text and other new

Google Maps: #1 In Features, Market Share Rising: As Google Maps continues to roll out new features that competing map services don’t have, web users are rewarding it with big gains in traffic. A recent analyst report says Google is the number one maps site in terms of

Search In Pictures: Google Masters, Google Bus & Google Time: In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.Google Search

Many San Diego SMBs Advertise Online, Or Do They?…: Here at Palore, we recently finished working on a large scale project in San Diego County, covering all businesses in all categories, from more than 10 leading local, vertical and IYP sites - a total of 168,466 businesses.The fact that

Google’s Gradual Embrace Of Conventional Marketing: The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) covers Google’s slow, ambivalent move toward traditional marketing. During its first 10 years, the company grew almost entirely on user word of mouth and PR-driven news coverage. That has helped create a culture that is

Much Ado About Yahoo-Google & The 95 Character Poet: Today: thoughts on this week’s news about the Yahoo-Google Ad deal and adCenter updates; in-depth look: the 95 character poet: using variations in ad copy; and “do you hate checking boxes? ” in this week’s free tips and tools.News from

Yahoo Introduces Elections Shortcuts: This morning Yahoo has introduced Elections Shortcuts (screenshots below). Working in concert with Yahoo Search Assist, when users search for candidate names or on related political queries these new Shortcuts provide quick access to presidential and local information about the

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Copyright in Reverse? How Will THAT Change Marketing?: Interesting story about the success of Guitar Hero, and the music included in Guitar HeroThe use of a sound recording in a video game is not subject to any sort of statutory royalty – the game maker must receive a

Is Buying Links Stupid?: This old chestnut. There is a post over at Search Engine Land by Danny Sullivan entitled Conversation With An Idiot Link Broker. To cut a long story short, some guy tries to broker a link deal with Danny, seemingly not

How To Choose Domain Names For SEO: Domaining. It has been a hot topic for a while now, yet many domineers arent overly active in the SEO space. Yet. Domaining is when you register a domain, or buy a domain on the seondary market, with

Align Your SEO Strategy With Site Structure: Id like to take a look at an area often overlooked in SEO. Site architecture. Site architecture is important for SEO for three main reasons:To focus on the most important keyword termsControl the flow of link equity around

Firefox Rank Checker Extension Now With Pretty Graphs: A member of the SEO Book community wanted to add graphs to the Rank Checker extension. Please give Site Rank Reporter a try, and leave feedback below. I have alerted him to this thread and he is anxious for your

Where Are You Placed On The Quality Curve?: Techcrunch is publishing a rumour that Yahoo might be looking to sell off Yahoo Answers. Yahoo Answers, which was launched in late 2005, is a staggeringly huge site. Recent Comscore stats say the service attracts nearly 150 million

How to Update Firefox Extensions (and/or Uninstall & Re-install Them): Since we have a number of popular Firefox extensions, I frequently get asked how to update Firefox extensions. Rather that writing 3 emails a week I figure it was quicker to jot down a quick blog post. To update or

How Does Matt Cutts Get Ready for Work? (Picture Reveals All): A few months back I bought a drawing of Matt Cutts and forgot about it.

Should Google Recommend Downloading Illegal Copyright Works via Torrents?: I was just finishing up our guide to how to optimize for search suggestion, and noticed something worth discussing. I am not sure if safe harbor covers companies that index content, cache/host content, and suggest searches for downloading pirated works...but

The Google Search Advertising Cartel: Whenever I read a story about Google losing its competitive edge or spreading itself too thin I think that they author just does not get the network effects baked into web distribution when a company is the leader in search

The Art Of The Start - Stay On Message: So, youve decided on a new project. What next?This post follows on from my posts Are You An Innovator, Immitator, or Idiot?, and Market Research Using Google Adwords. If youre starting out on a new project, have a

Are You An Innovator, Immitator, or Idiot?: Buffett once told me there are three Is in every cycle. The innovator, thats the first I. After the innovator comes the imitator. And after the imitator in the cycle comes the idiot.-Theodore Forstmann, quoting Warren BuffettGreat quote,

The Future Of Search: Interesting news item about the future of search. Analyst Sue Feldman presented her views to the Enterprise Search Summit West.Key points: A convergence of tools in search.Move away from todays transaction based platform towards a knowledge platform.Improved capibilities in terms

Do You Need To Use URL Rewriting?: Google have just updated their guidelines in regards to rewriting URLs. Previously, the guideline stated:Dont use &id= as a parameter in your URLs, as we dont include these pages in our indexGoogle have now removed this guideline, saying they can

Market Research Using Adwords: Earn $100,000 per day!Only two minutes work a year!Im a complete idiot, and if I can do it, anyone can! If youve ever researched making money online, no doubt youve heard the above pitch. We all know the

Link Building: The Future Of Relationships: Link building is hard work. Have you ever tried to get people to link to your pure commerce/commercial brochure-web site? You know how tough it is out there. The link economy has become so

Search Engine Optimization - Evolution or Extinction?: The following is a guest blog post by Jeremy L. Knauff from Wildfire Marketing Group, highlighting many of the recent changes to the field of SEO.Marketing is constantly evolving and no form of marketing has evolved more over the last

Google's Chinese Wall Between AdWords Ads & Organic Search Results Disappears*: In years past Consumer Reports WebWatch studies showed that consumers struggled to differentiate ads from organic search results and that more than 60 percent of respondents were unaware that search engines accept fees to list some sites more prominently than

Is Your Search Result Sexy?: Do your tags scream Click Me? Following on from my post yesterday, How To Craft Kick-Ass Title Tags & Headlines, lets look at meta tags as an advertisement, and why you need to think

SEO News & Interesting Links: I have been spending a lot of time building out other sites, doing interviews, and playing in our members only forums...this post is a list of some recent interesting links.Googles Scott Huffman highlighted some of the search quality evaluation process

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Announcing SEOmoz's Index of the Web and the Launch of our Linkscape Tool: Posted by randfishAfter 12 long months of brainstorming, testing, developing, and analyzing, the wait is finally over. Today, Im ecstatic to announce some very big developments here at SEOmoz. They include: An Index of the World Wide Web – 30

SMX China 2008 - Report From Nanjing: Posted by gillianLast week, as the US financial powerhouses began to pay the price for their lack of fiscal responsibility, I was on the road in Seoul, Nanjing (for SMX China 2008), and Tokyo. I had a great time! I

Link Forensics: Finding Shady Links Before Taking on New Clients: Posted by willcritchlowWe fall on the very search-engine-friendly side of SEO (I hesitate to use the phrase "white hat" because I think all the lines often blur). Despite this, I have a lot of respect for well-executed darker tactics and

Branding Strategies for Your Social Media Profiles on the Web: Posted by randfishIf your job or current tasklist includes building a social media strategy for your organization (or yourself, personally), you should be thinking about the branding created by the profiles you create. The profile name, the image you use

How It's Feasible to Manually Review All Domains: Posted by Nick GernerAfter watching Nate Buggia a few weeks ago speak about Lives Webmaster Tools, I was struck by his statistic about the number of domains on the web. He suggested that there are 78 million domains. Theres certainly

An Ethical Debate On Which We Can All (Maybe) Agree: The Average Webmaster And Dodgy SEO: Posted by Jane CoplandYesterday afternoon, as I was at home recovering from a form of black death known as the common head cold, I came across Danny Sullivans piece on Search Engine Land about his dealings with a lazy link

Headsmacking Tip #8: Give Your SEO Campaigns Time to Take Effect: Posted by randfishIts been a few weeks since I last posted a headsmacker, but this topic has been begging for some exposure. Recently weve worked with some fellow SEOs whove felt the harsh constraint of overly eager, impatient management. Theyre

No Liability for Your Co-Blogger's Content: Another Successful CDA 230 Defense: Posted by Sarah Bird, EsquireMay It Please the Mozzers, Attention everyone who co-blogs! If you create a blog collaboratively with another person, you may be wondering whether your fellow blogger could get you into legal trouble. Weve known for years

China: Ten Things You Should Know About An Online Superpower: Posted by shorPhoto Credit - Steve RubelChina. Even in this day and age, sensitive information rarely leaks out of the Great Internet Firewall. Fortunately for Western pundits, China

Popular Stories Widgets - Great for Visitors and Surprisingly Valuable for SEO, Too: Posted by randfishIt should come as no surprise that having a widget or sidebar element on a news, blog or articles website is great for traffic and page views. Online outlets have been using them to boost readership, email-a-friend features

Whiteboard Friday - Corporate Blogging Tips: Posted by great scott!This week Rand discusses some oft overlooked factors one should consider when preparing (or revisiting) a corporate blogging strategy. We all know a blog can be a huge asset to improving a companys web presence and rankings,

Roundup Thursday for the Week of 9/21/08: Posted by Jane CoplandWhoa! Its Jane! Yes, SEOmozzers, your regular Roundup Thursday schedule will resume next week when Rebecca gets back from a half-ironman competition in Mexico.Stories, news, and other notable items from the past week:

Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Results of the Beta Tester Contest: Posted by Danny DoverDisclaimer: This post doesn’t include any information about SEO. If you are looking for SEO related content, please read the normal search related posts on this blog.Danny

Google's Advice - Godsend Or Gimmick?: Posted by Jane CoplandWhats the deal with all this advice that Google employees like to give us, then? Of all the search engines (and of many companies of Googles size and scope), Google appears to be the most open with

The SEO Failings of Major UK Highstreet Retailers: Posted by Tom_CI recently read a couple of posts on e-consultancy about the state of play with major UK retail brands and how they perform online. First was 10 things Asda could do better online, which while I enjoyed didnt

Our Secret Project: Codename Carhole, is Set to Release on Oct. 6th at SMX East: Posted by randfishIts almost here. This is the project Ive been dreaming of launching since 2003 and after 12 months of research and development and an extremely large investment (especially for a small company like SEOmoz), were nearly at the

Dynamic URLs vs. Static URLs - The Best Practice for SEO is Still Clear: Posted by randfishGoogles got a blog post out today (and SELand covers it) about how they now recommend that webmasters and site owners DO NOT rewrite their ugly dynamic URLs to be clean and static. Whats the reasoning behind this?Weve

Another Trademark and SEO Related Lawsuit: U-Haul vs. Hire A Helper: Posted by Sarah Bird, EsquireMay It Please the Mozzers, Today Im discussing a case involving alleged trademark infringement and meta tags. Its very dangerous to outrank your competitor, especially if that competitor has limitless pockets and very generic registered trademarks.U-Haul

A Half Dozen Random Thoughts from the World of Tech News: Posted by randfishAfter a long trip out of town, Im back in Seattle and reading the tech news roundups tonight, so I thought Id share a few of my thoughts and start some hopefully productive discussions as well. Knol is

Establishing Guiding Principles at SEOmoz: Posted by randfishA year ago I wrote about Jim Collins book - Good to Great - on the blog and invited companies and organizations to ask themselves how they stacked up to the qualities that make a company "great." Today,

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My Five Months With Google Chrome: Om Malik wrote an interesting post about Google Chrome one month after the public launch. While I was reading Om’s post, I realized that I wrote a post for the Google Chrome release that I never published. I’ll include it

My Five Months With Google Chrome: Om Malik wrote an interesting post about Google Chrome one month after the public launch. While I was reading Om’s post, I realized that I wrote a post for the Google Chrome release that I never published. I’ll include it

Quick comment for pixelrn: I tried to leave a comment on pixelrn.com but the problem with talking about hacked sites is that you often end up using language that gets flagged as spammy. Here’s what I tried to say but the WordPress installation over

Quick comment for pixelrn: I tried to leave a comment on pixelrn.com but the problem with talking about hacked sites is that you often end up using language that gets flagged as spammy. Here’s what I tried to say but the WordPress installation over

New meme: Tag five friends to register to vote: Okay, I’ll help on this. A Google blog post and the corresponding video ask people to register to vote (find out how at http://maps.google.com/vote ) and/or send this video to five of their friends. I’m game for that, mainly because

New meme: Tag five friends to register to vote: Okay, I’ll help on this. A Google blog post and the corresponding video ask people to register to vote (find out how at http://maps.google.com/vote ) and/or send this video to five of their friends. I’m game for that, mainly because

Google Blogsearch and Techmeme: More and more people are spending free time (and work time) online and lots of those people want to discover interesting things on the web. Google Blogsearch’s new home page applies that insight with a browsable version of what’s going

Google Blogsearch and Techmeme: More and more people are spending free time (and work time) online and lots of those people want to discover interesting things on the web. Google Blogsearch’s new home page applies that insight with a browsable version of what’s going

Five fun smartphone tips: Tip #1: See what you’re ordering. You’re at a restaurant and looking over the menu. But you don’t know the difference between a turkey bolognese and a turkey piccata. What to do? Fire up your iPhone, Android, or other smartphone

Five fun smartphone tips: Tip #1: See what you’re ordering. You’re at a restaurant and looking over the menu. But you don’t know the difference between a turkey bolognese and a turkey piccata. What to do? Fire up your iPhone, Android, or other smartphone

Where to submit Chrome feedback?: The best place to submit Chrome feedback is at http://groups.google.com/group/google-chrome-helpNot here (I’m going to disable comments on this post) and not over at Search Engine Roundtable. I still see a comment a day or so trickling in over there, probably

Where to submit Chrome feedback?: The best place to submit Chrome feedback is at http://groups.google.com/group/google-chrome-helpNot here (I’m going to disable comments on this post) and not over at Search Engine Roundtable. I still see a comment a day or so trickling in over there, probably

Google Moderator launches: Here’s a fun link for you. Google just released a free service called Google Moderator. This is a port to Google App Engine of an existing tool we use all the time at Google. Internally it was called Dory (after

Traveling => Light posting: I’m not-in-California for a few days, so expect light posting. If you want to try to guess where I’m visiting, I may start posting “Where is Matt?” hints on my Twitter stream for people that want to play along.While I’m

Google Moderator launches: Here’s a fun link for you. Google just released a free service called Google Moderator. This is a port to Google App Engine of an existing tool we use all the time at Google. Internally it was called Dory (after

Traveling => Light posting: I’m not-in-California for a few days, so expect light posting. If you want to try to guess where I’m visiting, I may start posting “Where is Matt?” hints on my Twitter stream for people that want to play along.While I’m

Yo ho ho! Happy Pirate Day, mateys!: I hope everyone be havin’ a great Talk Like a Pirate Day! It looks like Google added support fer Pirate in our user interface. I ‘ave t’ admit that I didn’ see that one comin’.Special thanks t’ th’ online pirate

Yo ho ho! Happy Pirate Day, mateys!: I hope everyone be havin’ a great Talk Like a Pirate Day! It looks like Google added support fer Pirate in our user interface. I ‘ave t’ admit that I didn’ see that one comin’.Special thanks t’ th’ online pirate

Sergey starts a blog!: I’ve checked with folks at Google and they confirmed that http://too.blogspot.com/ is Sergey Brin’s blog. The name “too” reflects Sergey’s additional life outside work. One of his first posts is about the fact that he might be more likely to

Sergey starts a blog!: I’ve checked with folks at Google and they confirmed that http://too.blogspot.com/ is Sergey Brin’s blog. The name “too” reflects Sergey’s additional life outside work. One of his first posts is about the fact that he might be more likely to

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SearchDay | Economic Depression 2.0: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: Economic Depression 2.0; Link Marketing -- Solve a Customer Problem; How Google is Integrating Search into Android; and more.

SearchDay | Economic Depression 2.0: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: Economic Depression 2.0; Link Marketing -- Solve a Customer Problem; How Google is Integrating Search into Android; and more.

SearchDay | In Tough Economic Times, Whither Search?: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: In Tough Economic Times, Whither Search?; Microsoft Launches SearchPerks; YouTube Insight Now Shows Which Part of Videos are Hottest; and more.

SearchDay | The Geometry of SEM -- What's your Angle?: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: The Geometry of SEM -- Whats your Angle?; Tin Foil Hat? I Have Mine On; AdWords API Gets Local Database Sync Update; and more.

SearchDay | In Tough Economic Times, Whither Search?: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: In Tough Economic Times, Whither Search?; Microsoft Launches SearchPerks; YouTube Insight Now Shows Which Part of Videos are Hottest; and more.

SearchDay | The Geometry of SEM -- What's your Angle?: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: The Geometry of SEM -- Whats your Angle?; Tin Foil Hat? I Have Mine On; AdWords API Gets Local Database Sync Update; and more.

SearchDay | Common Problems with 404 Error Pages: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: Common Problems with 404 Error Pages; The Universal Mastery of Video Content; When will ROBOs Time Come?; and more.

SearchDay | Judging PPC Performance: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: Judging PPC Performance: Focus on Conversions; Yahoos Decker Defends Search Ad Deal with Google; Americans Expect Companies to Have Social Media Presence; and more.

SearchDay | Judging PPC Performance: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: Judging PPC Performance: Focus on Conversions; Yahoos Decker Defends Search Ad Deal with Google; Americans Expect Companies to Have Social Media Presence; and more.

SearchDay | Common Problems with 404 Error Pages: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: Common Problems with 404 Error Pages; The Universal Mastery of Video Content; When will ROBOs Time Come?; and more.

SearchDay | I'm a PC, What Are You?: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: Im a PC, What Are You?; Use Care When Choosing an SEO Agency; New Yahoo Board Approves Talks with AOL; and more.

SearchDay | Who Audits the Auditor?: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: Who Audits the Auditor?; Worried About the Economy? Why Not Try SEO?; T-Mobile Unveils First Google Android Phone; and more.

SearchDay | A Tale of Two Links: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: A Tale of Two Links; Using Twitter as an Education Tool; Yahoo Rebrands AMP as APT and Launches; and more.

SearchDay | Who Audits the Auditor?: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: Who Audits the Auditor?; Worried About the Economy? Why Not Try SEO?; T-Mobile Unveils First Google Android Phone; and more.

SearchDay | A Tale of Two Links: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: A Tale of Two Links; Using Twitter as an Education Tool; Yahoo Rebrands AMP as APT and Launches; and more.

SearchDay | I'm a PC, What Are You?: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: Im a PC, What Are You?; Use Care When Choosing an SEO Agency; New Yahoo Board Approves Talks with AOL; and more.

SearchDay | PPC Bidding Strategies: Prudence vs. Aggressiveness: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: PPC Bidding Strategies: Prudence vs. Aggressiveness; To Fear or Not to Fear: That is the Question; Wheres The 30 Rock Search?; and more.

SearchDay | PPC Bidding Strategies: Prudence vs. Aggressiveness: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: PPC Bidding Strategies: Prudence vs. Aggressiveness; To Fear or Not to Fear: That is the Question; Wheres The 30 Rock Search?; and more.

SearchDay | Could Social Media Be the Google Killer?: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: Could Social Media Be the Google Killer?; Getting to Know Local SEO; Google Searches at 63% of the Search Market; and more.

SearchDay | Could Social Media Be the Google Killer?: Todays search engine marketing news and opinion: Could Social Media Be the Google Killer?; Getting to Know Local SEO; Google Searches at 63% of the Search Market; and more.

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'My Documents' Hits the Web: My Documents is something we all use. Whether you have a PC or a MAC, you are probably using some sort of documents folder. The major problem with storing your documents on one computer, is that you cant access them

Free ThinkTank Ticket: A while ago I wrote about the ThinkTank 2008 and why it is a conference that you have to attend. I know it maybe a bit expensive, so here is your chance to attend for free. Jeremy Schoemaker is throwing

50 Kick Ass Keyword Strategies: Aaron Wall and Wordtracker teamed up to release an e-book to help you learn which keywords you should pick for your online marketing strategy and how you can leverage those keywords.Here are some of the topics discussed:Employing Your Supporting Cast

5 Reasons To Attend Think Tank 2008: From September 26 to the 28th, a new conference called Think Tank is taking place. If you havent signed up yet, I highly recommend doing so for the following reasons:Its not a normal conference - Unlike most conferences, the Think

Search Engine Strategies San Jose: Is anyone attending Search Engine Strategies San Jose? If so, leave a comment and hopefully I will see you there.If you arent, it isnt too late to register. Click here to register.

How To Get The Most Out of Shoemoney Tools Beta: About a year and a half ago I went to Jeremy Schoemakers house for a few days (aka Shoemoney, aka Shoe) because I heard rumors that the Shoemoney team was making tons of money from the affiliate marketing/arbitrage space. I

Online SEO Tools - The Ultimate Collection: Ann Smarty from Search Engine Journal, recently wrote a great article reviewing all of the SEO tools out there. If you are an SEO or want to be one, I highly recommend checking it out.

Alltop Top's Search Engines: High search engine rankings is something that many of us dream about and very few of us achieve. To obtain these rankings, in many cases you have to manipulate search results, but what if you could rank high naturally?Guy Kawasaki

Empire Today : Getting Your Customers to Social Media Market For You: This is a guest post written by Loren Baker from Search Engine Journal.Sometimes a company can be marketed virally on social media platforms without actually hiring a social media marketer or putting together a social media campaign. Established brands which

Weird Asia News Design Contest: I was just reading Weird Asia News and noticed that they are having a design contest. If you are a designer and are looking to win a PS3 I highly recommend checking it out. The contest seems like a fun

AffiliatePrograms.com Launches New Website: AffilatePrograms.com just launched their new website. If you visited the site in the past, it pretty much looked like a directory with a forum. But now with their new design they have made a lot of improvements.The site now concentrates

AffiliatePrograms.com Luanches New Website: AffilatePrograms.com just launched their new website. If you visited the site in the past, it pretty much looked like a directory with a forum. But now with their new design they have made a lot of improvements.The site now concentrates

What is a #1 Google Ranking Worth?: Aaron Wall wrote an interesting article the other day about the value of a Google ranking. As we already know being number 1 on Google can drastically affect your business, but the question is, what is it worth? According to

Webmaster-Talk.com and Earners Forum Merge: I am not sure how many of you are into forums, but Webmaster-Talk.com and Earners Forum have just merged to create a better community. Now users have access to an enhanced marketplace, informative articles, blogs, interviews, and valuable tools.I personally

SEO Catchup: There has been a lot of new stuff been going around the SEO industry lately, so I thought I would do a quick blog post talking about the two things that were interesting for me:The first is that Best of

Who's Attending SMX Social Media?: Just out of curiosity, how many of you have attended a marketing conference in the past? Or to take it one step further has anyone attended a conference that purely revolves around social media?Last year was the first time that

Clickbooth Setting the Pace for Affiliate Marketing Companies: As many of you can tell, I havent been blogging as much lately. One of the main reasons for this is because of Clickbooth. I have been spending a lot of time on the Clickbooth network because it pays out

Social Media Marketing - Weekly Wrap Up - 02.27.2008: Every Wednesday Pronet Advertising will be highlighting some of the best posts related to social media news and marketing. As always, please feel free to comment and if you have any recommendations, let us know so we can include them

Social Media Marketing - Weekly Wrap Up - 02.13.2008: Every Wednesday Pronet Advertising will be highlighting some of the best posts related to social media news and marketing. As always, please feel free to comment and if you have any recommendations, let us know so we can include them

The RKG Duck: Im not sure how many of you run/manage advertising campaigns, but I just found a useful tool that makes it easier to sort ad groups.Hopefully the tool can make your life easier like it did with mine. Click here to

SEO Black Hat

Boser’s SEOktoberfest Wrap Up: More reiews.

3 Tips on Tipping to Get what you want Right Now.: I want it all. I want it all. I want it all! and i want it NOW. -Queen

Today’s House Vote on the Bailout: The Bailout.

1st SEOktoberfest Photos Are In: Pics or it didnt happen.

SEOktoberfest – Just. . . . WOW!: Thank You!

No Matter the Question, Google is the Answer: Wait . . . What?

Should GOOG replace AIG in the DJIA?: Is GOOG a likely candidate? Probably not, but it would make for an interesting and bold selection by NewsCorp.

Roll Your Own Black Hole: As promised, today well go over some more of the trends in Black holes and what steps you can take to create or take advantage of their growing dominance in the SERPs.

Black Hole SEO: The dynamics of Googles current algorithm tend to create black holes. The homogeneous nature of the SERPs will only become more pervasive over time. In the near future, expect to see the same pool of 40 or so black holes

Mac Fanboy Initiation: For me, the Hazing of weaning off of windows is complete. Heres how I given my was initiated into the Mac Fanboy fraternity (cult?), complete with secret hand shake and membership card.

No. It’s not an OS.: its a browser.

Little Brother Review: I started “Little Brother” at 11:30 pm and didn’t get to sleep ’til I finished the book at 6:30 am. Excellently paced: it’s probably the most important book I’ve read that was written in the last 20 years.

Download Them All: Ever want to download every link on a page?

The Chinese Youtube Singers: on a Chinese music video featuring Jackie Chan at the airport today. Nice to see them Turning Youtube success into mainstream popularit.

The Physics of Google: There are many like me: scientists of the physics of Google. If youre reading this, odds are you are one of us. Together we form the environment of the World Wide Web.

9s vs 0s in Pricing: Value vs Quality: According to Small Biz trends Book Review of the Art of Pricing:1. The Nine and Zero Effect. People associate the number nine with value and zero with quality. Look at the difference between fast food and a gourmet restaurant. A

Marsian Technology Brought to Earch by the JPL: Its not quit as cool as plastic, but weve been overdue for some space aged technology from NASA. Now its here.

The Great Wall of China: It turns out there are some disadvantages to living under a communism. Who knew?

Bolt - The World’s Fastest Man: Bolt - the perfect name for the worlds fastest man.

Beijing Dream: Living the dream.

Search Engine Roundtable

Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: October 5, 2008: Happy New Year, it was Rosh Hashanah the other day. Google did a PageRank update, while Yahoo Search updated their algorithm, and Microsoft might have updated. Google Blog search has a home page now. Google turned 10 and let you...

Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: October 5, 2008: Happy New Year, it was Rosh Hashanah the other day. Google did a PageRank update, while Yahoo Search updated their algorithm, and Microsoft might have updated. Google Blog search has a home page now. Google turned 10 and let you...

Daily Search Forum Recap: October 3, 2008: Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web....

Weekly Search Buzz Roundup - 10/03/08 - Rosh Hashana Edition: Google Turns 10 & Yahoo Site Expl(...): Happy New Year to those of you who celebrate! This week, the holiday commenced and now were swamped but we still have to give you our recap. Without further ado, here you go: Coincidence: Search Updates Around Holiday Time? As...

Webmasters Report October 2008 Google SERP Changes: This month, WebmasterWorld members spotted a few anomalies in the Google SERPs: Some people are spotting some huge numbers (and differences) in results found on Google. For example, they could be performing a search in the middle of the day...

We're Liveblogging SMX East Next Week: In case you hadnt heard (or couldnt guess), Search Engine Roundtable is, as always, liveblogging Search Marketing Expo East 2008 which will start next Monday, October 6th, in NYC. The conference coverage is not quite finalized just yet, but were...

When Will Google AdWords Prevent Account Hijackings?: Weve had a careful eye on the multiple Google AdWords accounts that have been hacked, and this forum representation is hardly all of the accounts that really do get attacked. But again, another hapless victim from WebmasterWorld has suffered the...

Google Still Showing Different Results for Upper Case vs Lower Case?: The topic of Google Still Showing Different Results Base on Case Sensitivity seems to still be an issue every now and then. Again, Google says they do not differentiate results base on case sensitivity: Google searches are NOT case sensitive....

Yahoo's New Site Explorer Design Now Officially Live: Yahoo Site Explorer seems to have pushed out their beta design to everyone now. The new look, is not just visual, it also contains these new data points: + Site URL + Number of pages known + Number of pages...

Small Live Search Update or Hiccup?: We have two WebmasterWorld threads and a DigitalPoint Forums thread discussing a brief update and bug with Microsofts Live Search. We know the last Microsoft Live Search update was about 15 days ago. So it does seem a bit early...

Directory Links Next? Google Drops Yahoo & ODP Directory from Guidelines: Last night, Google update their Webmaster Guidelines to remove a single line that reads: Submit your site to relevant directories such as the Open Directory Project and Yahoo!, as well as to other industry-specific expert sites. In fact, I was...

Weekly Search Buzz Roundup - 10/03/08 - Rosh Hashana Edition: Google Turns 10 & Yahoo Site Expl(...): Happy New Year to those of you who celebrate! This week, the holiday commenced and now were swamped but we still have to give you our recap. Without further ado, here you go: Coincidence: Search Updates Around Holiday Time? As...

Webmasters Report October 2008 Google SERP Changes: This month, WebmasterWorld members spotted a few anomalies in the Google SERPs: Some people are spotting some huge numbers (and differences) in results found on Google. For example, they could be performing a search in the middle of the day...

We're Liveblogging SMX East Next Week: In case you hadnt heard (or couldnt guess), Search Engine Roundtable is, as always, liveblogging Search Marketing Expo East 2008 which will start next Monday, October 6th, in NYC. The conference coverage is not quite finalized just yet, but were...

When Will Google AdWords Prevent Account Hijackings?: Weve had a careful eye on the multiple Google AdWords accounts that have been hacked, and this forum representation is hardly all of the accounts that really do get attacked. But again, another hapless victim from WebmasterWorld has suffered the...

Google Still Showing Different Results for Upper Case vs Lower Case?: The topic of Google Still Showing Different Results Base on Case Sensitivity seems to still be an issue every now and then. Again, Google says they do not differentiate results base on case sensitivity: Google searches are NOT case sensitive....

Yahoo's New Site Explorer Design Now Officially Live: Yahoo Site Explorer seems to have pushed out their beta design to everyone now. The new look, is not just visual, it also contains these new data points: + Site URL + Number of pages known + Number of pages...

Small Live Search Update or Hiccup?: We have two WebmasterWorld threads and a DigitalPoint Forums thread discussing a brief update and bug with Microsofts Live Search. We know the last Microsoft Live Search update was about 15 days ago. So it does seem a bit early...

Directory Links Next? Google Drops Yahoo & ODP Directory from Guidelines: Last night, Google update their Webmaster Guidelines to remove a single line that reads: Submit your site to relevant directories such as the Open Directory Project and Yahoo!, as well as to other industry-specific expert sites. In fact, I was...

Daily Search Forum Recap: October 3, 2008: Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web....

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Is the Future Chrome?: What does Google know about web browsers that Microsoft and other browser makers don t Plenty if Chrome is any indication. Keep reading to find out the philosophy behind Google s new open source web browser learn its advantages and

Full Sail Offers Online Internet Marketing Degrees: I enjoyed the privilege in August of touring the campus of Full Sail University recently accredited and located near Orlando Florida. The college prepares its students for careers in the technical and business sides of the entertainment field. They just

The Most Important Nine Word Sentence in Advertising: Your site advertising is a wonder to behold and you re attracting plenty of traffic. Strangely though you don t seem to be getting any more conversions than you did before your campaign. What s the problem Sad to say

Microsoft Unveils BrowseRank, Google Feels a Draft: Microsoft recently unveiled the details of BrowseRank its new browsing algorithm meant to compete with and eventually outperform Google s PageRank. Instead of measuring the links to and from a specific page BrowseRank calculates how often users visit the site

Using Qassia: An Intelligent Decision?: Welcome to the second part of our two-part review of Qassia a search engine dedicated to getting content from its users and building links to their web sites. Last time I introduced you to the concept behind Qassia showed you

Increase Response with Calls-to-Action: Are you looking for a way to boost your web site s ability to sell your product Maybe you ve heard the old saying that you won t get any sale you don t ask for. This is known as

Stumbling Blocks to Web Site Success: There are many reasons a web site might just sit there and fail to achieve its goals. Some might be big and structural such as not clearly defining the site s objectives in the first place. Others might be small

Qassia: Intelligent Link Building?: Everyone talks about building links in the SEO Chat forums so when I saw someone asking about Qassia and its link building potential I knew I had to take a look. The self-described intelligence engine is in closed beta at

A Different Way to Search: Google became the leader in Internet search in a relatively short period of time supplanting the search engines that came before it. It gave us a new approach to search. But the web has changed. Is Google s approach running

Web Pages to Include in Your Site: Web surfers expect business web sites to project a certain professional air. They won t trust a web site that falls short and quite sensibly won t do business with a site they don t trust. If you want to

Putting Your Product Pages to Work: Visitors to your site s product pages want to achieve certain goals. Make it easy for them and you can increase your sales. Many of the tweaks and changes mentioned in this article owe as much to good web site

Filtering the Internet: Finding what you want on the Internet can be an epic struggle. No matter how powerful search engines have become there are certain instances when even your best efforts are unavailing. And the aggregation of social media on your computer

Big Sites Don`t Automatically Rule Search Engines: Amazon eBay Wal-Mart Wikipedia and other huge sites seem to consistently hit the first page of search engine results. The thought overwhelms and discourages many owners of small web sites. If size matters so much on the Internet what hope

How to Write Engaging Web Copy: If you want to keep visitors to your web site engaged and make them come back for more you need to appeal to their emotions. If you want them to do something in particular buy a product sign up for

Explaining Social Media`s Friendship Ranks: Social advertising network Social Media thinks it has found a way to make online advertising more effective and less offensive by making it social. It may be doing exactly the opposite. Keep reading to find out more....Villanova University Six Sigma

Link Building Outside the Box: If you ve used traditional link building strategies and find yourself running out of ideas maybe it s time to do a little brainstorming. To help you get started this article will clue you in to some underused but powerful

You Need More Than One Site Map: Something as basic as your web site s site map could have more of an effect on the success of your web site than you originally may have thought. So why is it that site maps are often taken lightly

The Whys and Hows of Video Search Optimization: More people are viewing video online all the time. Bill Gates is even predicting that online video will replace TV. How important is this trend for you And how do you get your video in front of viewers Keep reading

Youlicit Invites Us to Rediscover Search: Google owes its success to automated search algorithms but many niche sites and search engines put their faith in the wisdom of crowds. Youlicit approaches search from this angle. Founded in 2 6 the discovery engine hopes to show you

Link Building Methods: Links are the core of your search engine optimization campaign. Quality authority and trust-building links are tough to get. Here we outline 35 methods you can use to attract links to your website....Thinking about Getting an IT Degree? Certificates &

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Monday Links: Greeking, Linking, Fishing, Social, Mobile & Engagement: 1. Geeking with Jonathan, no wait, “Greek-ing with Jonathan Mendez with the speaker, the listener and the argument in “Lessons in Ad Persuasion from Aristotle“.2. Proactive Profile Linking. Social profiles and profiles of any kind can provide benefits as part

BIGLIST SEO Blogs Update 100208: Admit it. You’ve missed the BIGLIST. Well, we’ve have a nice bundle of SEO and paid search blog reviews for you to snuggle up to. Fire up your feed reader and grab a hot cup of joe.SearchEngineWorld - One of

Wrap Up of MIMA Summit 2008: The dust has settled, mountains of email have been sorted through and most of this year’s attendees of MIMA’s Summit, branded “FEED” are back into the swing of things.As you can tell from the photo above, it was a sold

Corporate Bloggers: Angels or Demons?: Incorporating a company blog into your social media and marketing mix can be a tug of war, finding both supporters and defeaters within the organization.At the MIMA Summit (Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association) this afternoon, I attended a session discussing the

Corporate Bloggers: Angles or Demons?: Incorporating a company blog into your social media and marketing mix can be a tug of war, finding both supporters and defeaters within the organization.At the MIMA Summit (Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association) this afternoon, I attended a session discussing the

The Changing Face of Email Marketing - MIMA Summit: I must say, of all breakout sessions at the MIMA event today, “The Changing Face of Email” session was the one I was most excited to attend as it ties into what I love to do – email marketing. Thankfully

Storytelling, Advertising and Content - Rebecca Lieb at MIMA: The annual MIMA (Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association) event kicked off this morning with Rebecca Lieb as the opening keynote.In a nutshell, the session was funny, insightful and not without the inevitable internet issues which seem to plague all search conferences

MIMA Summit Marketing Mix Challenge: The Marketing Mix Challenge session promises to answer the question: “If you’re going to launch a new product, how do you formulate the marketing mix - in this economic climate?”The panel includes a mix of in-house marketers and agencies: Luba

MIMA Summit 2008 Kicks Off to a Sold Out Crowd: Matt Wilson, the President of The Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA), a networking and professional development forum for interactive marketing professionals kicked off the 2008 Annual MIMA Summit this morning in grand fashion! With a sold-out room full (600+) of

Interview with John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing: If you’ve been marketing online for any length of time, you’ve no doubt seen the brand “Duct Tape Marketing“. John Jantsch, the guy behind that brand is a true, “marketer’s marketer” as you’ll see in the interview below. Because of

MIMA Summit 2008: On Wednesday October 1st, about ten of TopRank’s finest will be making the trek from the Western suburbs to downtown Minneapolis for the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association’s (MIMA) “sold out” Summit.As in years past, MIMA Summit will take place at

Interview with Gary Koelling from Best Buy on Social Media: Gary Koelling at a MIMA EventIt’s social media interview week here at Online Marketing Blog and we have another excellent interview with a social media sage just for you.Gary Koelling is a blogger, Twitterati, public speaker and a social media

Thank You to VISI Web Hosting - Best in Minnesota: Online Marketing Blog readers may remember a while back that our blog was shut down by a previous host with no warning because of too much load on the shared server. When they did finally respond/contact us it was to

Scott Monty Interview - Tips on Social Media for Large Companies: Blogs are undoubtedly a big part of the social media world and that’s why the topic of social media was approached at Blog World Expo from many different angles from monetization and marketing to social media and blogs in corporate

Jason Falls Interview: Waking Up the PR Industry to Social Media: The Blog World Expo conference has brought together an amazing mix of marketing, social media and public relations voices making someone like myself feel very much at home discussing the convergence of these three disciplines. Jason Falls, Director of Social

Blog World Expo Photo Roundup 1: Blog World Expo in Las Vegas this weekend is by far the most social, friendly and generally “buzzing” conference I’ve been to in a while. Bloggers are opinionated, natural networkers. Many bloggers might not be as open in other situations,

How Does Social Media Affect Search?: Social media and search marketing: Are they two peas in a pod, complimentary or two very distinct channels?I think the answer is all of the above, depending on the situation. The growth in attention to social media as a marketing,

How to Hire a SEO Firm - According to Google: With search engine optimization a challenge for most company marketers to stay current with, how exactly are businesses supposed to confidently hire a SEO consultant? Google has an opinion on this if you haven’t noticed.There’s an ongoing dance of sorts

41 Internet Marketing Tactics - Take the Poll: We live in some interesting times with the economy, the war, natural disasters and the uncertainty that comes with a Presidential election. It’s enough to keep marketers on their toes that consumer online behaviors and technology change so often, but

Free Pass Winners to DPAC II NYC: There’s a pretty big agenda in store for the upcoming Digital Publishing and Advertising Conference in New York also known as “DPAC II“. Topics, people and conversations around media, marketing, publishing, and technology will all come together to help the

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Ask.com Parses More Data, Gives Answers in Search Results: Ask.com is making its presence felt in the search engine market by introducing two new features of its search engine recently. News.com is reporting that Ask.com is now parsing more data and displaying these in its search results page. Starting

SMX Nanjing: Last year I attended SES Xiamen and reading back the articles I wrote back then they still stand for a big part, especially the one called Chinese lessons.This year’s conference was held in a hazy Nanjing, 2.5 hours by fast

Google, Yahoo Search Ad Deal Delayed: In a couple of weeks, the heavily-criticized search ad partnership between Google and Yahoo are supposed to materialize. But perhaps not wanting to face further issues, the two search giants decided to wait for the Justice Department to finish their

Social Media Management: The Role of an Agency or Service Provider: If you work for an online marketing agency the following scenario is probably not uncommon. A client comes to you wanting to help shape the search results for their brand names.They’re not talking about their own domain names or web

Stale vs Fresh Document as Defined by Google: Google highly values the “freshness” of the content. But how does Google defines it against the “staleness” of the content? Google’s Historical Data Patent reviewed at WebmasterWorld and SEroundtable sheds some light on what Google thinks to be fresh content

Google Blog Search Relaunched: Google has relaunched its blog aggregation service, the not-so-popular-as-Techmeme Google Blog Search. Actually, it was just a minor upgrade, with the new home page now showing categories on the left side.These categories then cluster the blog posts indexed by Google

40,000 Reasons the IM Charity Party at SES San Jose Was a Success: Not only was IM Charity Party the best party at SES San Jose, but thanks to amazing sponsors like ACS SEO, We Build Pages, BOTW, SureHits and everyone that attended, we were able to raise $40,000 for charity! We donated

Defining SEO Information Environments Through RSS: I have been pretty obsessed with the topic of Information Environments as of late.From their structure, to the way that we let them interact with the search engine bots, a full understanding of our Information Environments is the basis of

Facebook Group vs Facebook Fan Page: What’s Better?: Facebook allows for 2 networking tools:Creating/ joining a Facebook group;Creating/ joining a Facebook fan page.While the major differences become evident only after you try out them first, we decided to create and promote both for Search Engine Journal:Search Engine Journal

Microsoft Offers Up SearchPerks Incentive Program: Once again, Microsoft is enticing users to do their searches on Live Search via a new rewards program called SearchPerks. This search-rewards program adds up to Microsoft’s Live Search Club, Search and Give and Live Search Cashback which are all

Legislators Urge US DOJ not to Interfere with Google-Yahoo Search Ad Deal: The Google-Yahoo search deal got a new ally from eleven California legislators who are urging the US regulators not to stop the deal from being implemented. In a letter addressed to US Attorney Michael Mukasey, the group warned that barring

Hosting a Contest for Link Building and Buzz: Most of link building / linkbaiting techniques are used so often that they lost their effectiveness long ago. Unfortunately, hosting a contest is one such technique: that has become a common fashion to create a contest for the sake of

Google Launches “Google Moderator”, Posing the Question “What would YOU ask?”: I don’t know if I am slightly abnormal or just more politically interested than most, but I generally enjoy watching the presidential debates. I like seeing the candidates put on the hot-seat, even though I know fully-well that they’ve been

Yahoo Is NOT Selling Yahoo Answers: Yesterday I covered some of the buzz on the rumor that Yahoo may be selling off some of its properties, which includes Yahoo Answers, as part of the AOL merger agreements.A Yahoo spokesperson wrote me this morning to let me

4 People Search Engines - Looking for Someone Online: Like reputation management, people search is rather a hot topic. Nowadays you can find almost anything about anyone online. Surprisingly, dedicated person search is not yet well-developed (probably that has something to do with burning online privacy problems) but still

Should Yahoo Sell Yahoo Answers?: Yahoo is in the process of opening talks with Time Warner on merger and other partnership opportunities with AOL according to the Financial Times and numerous media outlets, some of which are discussing Yahoo selling off what are considered to

Google Celebrates Its 10th Birthday: Google is officially celebrating its 10th birthday today, marking a decade that Google has been serving search results (and 13 years since their concept was first launched, dubbed BackRub).To celebrate, Google is using the above logo on its worldwide search

It’s Yahoo’s Turn to Defend the Search Ad Deal with Google: If Google can manage to put up website explaining their search ad deal with Yahoo, Yahoo for its part can only manage to make a post at the company’s blog, explaining what’s in it for Yahoo and how it is

Ballmer Says Search is a Five-Year Task: For Microsoft, they are the only company which stands a chance of rivaling Google in the search market five years from. This was the statement of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer which was given during an event by the ChurchHill Club.But

Micro-Site Strategy for Link Building and Brand Awareness: Creating a network of micro-sites for the sake of link power manipulation is an illegitimate technique; hence it has become risky to interlink your own websites even for very “white hat” purposes (e.g. to let your readers know about your

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Google Book Search Affects ECommerce, Is Your Vertical Next: Last night I was looking up some books that were recommended to me, and saw my first Google Book Search in the # 1 SERP (screen shot below).So the question you need to be thinking about is how much is

Breast Cancer, Social Media, and Picnik.com: Earlier this week Barbara Boser of 3 Dog Media made a post asking people to turn their avatars pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.So in an effort to help a good cause I tried to play along, however trying to

Newsletters and Community Building: Having been involved in internet marketing for more than a few years, it’s interesting to see ideas fall out of favor only to come back in fashion, specifically email newsletters and true community building.I’ll admit that I’m a big fan

Let’s Talk About Your Big But: I’m cruising through my feeds this morning and I notice a headline from the New York Times that might interest meHave I mentioned lately that partial feeds really suck. I’ve really really really really got to want to know whats

Looking for a YouTube Wordpress Plugin: As both Youtube and Wordpress are mature products I would have imagined this plugin existed hower after several days looking it doesn’t look like it’s available.I’m looking for a wordpress plugin that use the youtube API and automatically pulls in

Is Martha Stewart Engaging in a Shady Link Exchange: You know there are days where you really just cant believe the things you see. Cruising on over to the Martha Stewart blog you’ll read how they are running a contest and REQUIRING a link back to Martha’s Blog to

Is Google Pushing Universal Results: Doing a vanity search for myself I noticed something interesting, here’s a screen shot when you list the top 20 results, notice the double videos in the middlewhen you search by 10’s looking at the top 10 you get the

Google Says Screw Accuracy as Long As You’re An Authority: I’ve often chided google for trusting wikipedia so much when Wikipedia says we don’t care about accuracy or truth, just verifiability. It now looks like they’ve taken it a step further and pitched truth out the window with the dodgeball

Looking for a Chumby Calendar Widget: One of the things that’s really missing from my chumby is a simple calendar widget. I’m just looking for simple month view and the ability to flip back and forth through months.The widget exists in German but not in english.

Domain Diversity in Google SERP’s For Breaking News: One of my favorite things about Google is how the show a wide variety of domains for search results, especially for breaking news terms like

FeedProxy.Google.com What The Heck is That: So What the heck is feedproxy.google.com why is it out there, what’s it being used for, why is google letting it be indexed, why are 164,000 pages in the index and why is it ranking?it’s not like google places to

Google Doubling up On YouTube in Universal Search: interestingoh and BTW can I mention what complete PIA it is to have celebrities muddying up SERP Need SEO help with your website, look at my SEO Consulting Services Related PostsCode Snippets Part of Universal SearchIve never seen this before

How To Get the Google Reader Tag Folder View on Your iPhone: I’ve never been a fan of the “river of news” style of reading rss feeds, prefer to organize and prioritize my feeds using the tag/folder functionality. When I was using a Samsung Blackjack there was a “tag view” option. However

Talking About Twitter, Google, and Matt Cutts With Loren Feldman of 1938 Media: Here’s video interview number two with Loren Feldman, where we talk about twitter, Google, and Matt Cutts … last 15 seconds are NSFW for you office people …The only SEO software tool with a top 10 ranking guarantee. Get high

Google Adwords Crossing The Streams: So I was looking up a hosting KW in my logs, then reputation defender, however Google adwords showed me an ad related to my previous search. Reputation Defender has zero to do with with website hosting, and there’s no way

Wondering Why I see So Many Dates in The SERPS: Here’s a screen shot of a Google search I did earlier today, made me wonder why Google thought it was important to include the date so many timesIt’s even more odd considering the issues they’ve been having with getting dates

Link Payola in the A-List Blog World: Added: The following comment is from Guy Kawasaki about this incident, I moved them to the top since it is relevant to the issue - mgI was given the camera because I am doing a big favor for a photo

Talking Social Media With Loren Feldman of 1938 Media: I had the pleasure of hanging with Loren Feldman of 1938 Media about 2 weeks ago, here’s the first of three interviewsOh and if you aren’t already subscribed to the 1938 Media email list I’d recommend getting on it …Increase

Apology to Guy Kawasaki: Earlier this week I made a post about Guy Kawasaki, and in retrospect it wasn’t the best course to take, and I’d like to apologize. My intent wasn’t to damage his reputation, because he is an author and speaker I

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