Google Desktop Search Security Hole
A Lone Star Times article released today, presented the findings of Dan Wallach, a Rice University professor, and two of the university’s computer science graduate students, who have discovered a […]
Monthly Archives: December 2004
MSN Desktop Search
MSN has rolled out its own version of desktop search. I can’t say I was immediately impressed as the indexing of my content literally took days and it seemed to […]
Advanced Language Analysis and the End of Traditional SEO
A common technique of on page search engine optimization is the manipulation of isolated keyword densities in an attempt to ascertain an ideal keyword to text ratio. In fact this […]
Addendum to Google Suggests
Just a quick addendum to my post yesterday on the Google Suggests feature. I don’t think it is likely that Google will use this feature to drive visitors to higher […]
Google Suggestions, Thumbs Down
Google is beta testing Google Suggest. As you type, Google provides search query option for the searcher to select from, if they wish. This is similar to features Internet and […]
So Much Noise, So Little to Say
I recently signed up for Google Alerts. Its a neat little feature that will send you news stories or links to web site content that matches your “search” query for […]
Thunderbird 1.0
Mozilla has released version 1.0 of the Thunderbird E-Mail client, which was released to compliment the surprisingly successful FireFox web browser, released last month. Mozilla’s latest open source offering is […]
Different Engines, Different Approach
I just read an interesting article on MSNBC about the differences between the corporate cultures at Google and Yahoo!. This goes right along with much of what I blogged yesterday […]
If Google Didn't Dominate
What would happen if Google was no longer the single most dominant search engine, and search market share was divided up evenly between three or four players? That is an […]
Ecommerce Shopping and Optimization
With the Christmas shopping season in full swing, I thought it appropriate to write about product shopping comparison search engines and optimizing to get your products listed. Shopping comparison search […]
Product Shopping Search Strategies
Pole Position Web has now rolled out some new optimization strategies designed to put client products at the top of the shopping comparison search engines. This is a one-of-a-kind service […]