A "Thank You" to DMOZ Editor
I do a fair amount of griping about DMOZ with my major beefs being no way to track submissions and no sign if your submission was rejected, misplaced, rerouted or […]
Getting to Know Google
Dali Singh talks about his long-term “friendship” with Google and what he has learned from it in his article, “Getting To Know Google” . In it, he explains some of […]
That's Embarrassing…
I found this little article by Martin Lemieux entitled, “Are You Getting Nuked By Google Lately?” It talks about how Google is “nuking” web sites off their data banks, especially […]
Google's New View
Google just unleashed their new “Google Video Viewer” which will allow users to view an entire video or a clip of a video that is relevant to your search. This […]
From 0-5 in One Update…
Are you having trouble with Google’s PageRank? Feeling a little inadequate with a PageRank of 2 or lower? Well buck-up pilgrim. Joe Balestrino’s article, “How My Page Rank Went From […]
Google Countersues Microsoft
Google has counter sued Microsoft claiming that under California law, Microsoft can’t restrain employees from “choosing where they want to work.” Google filed its lawsuit in state court in San […]
Yahoo Sees Surge in 2Q Profits
The Associated Press is reporting that Yahoo has seen a 6-fold increase in its second quarter profits [Sorry, link no longer available.] I normally don’t care or write about such […]
Will Personalized Search Change the Face of SEO?
Google rolled out a new version of their Personalized Search and its making waves in the SEO community. Many are predicting doom to the world of SEO or believe that […]
Aging your Website to Perfection
Browsing through my news scrapes this morning I came across a headline titled “Google’s Patent Implications”. I’ve read quite a bit about this already and was about to pass it […]
The Churning of the Rumor Mill
The online community is great. Where else can a rumor get started and quenched within a few hours. Yesterday at 11:49 am Jeff Martin started a thread at Search Engine […]
Must We Thoroughly Analyze Every Site We Link To?
Link spam is pretty common, and for that reason Google and other search engines have had to put in some pretty effective anti link-spam measures. I found a post from […]
Suggestions from the Google Gods (er, I mean GoogleGuy)
Webmaster World has given GoogleGuy a thread all to himself (pretty much) to allow his comments on the Bourbon update to not get lost into over-post oblivion… that thing which […]
Is Google Manually Reviewing Their SERPs?
Google is notorious for trying not to intervene manually into its search results and instead let the algorithm weed out the non-relevant or spammy sites. That doesn’t mean that Google […]
Somebody Please Tell Google They ARE a Portal!
An article over at Sci-Tech Today is reporting that Google CEO Eric Schmidt is saying that Google is not a portal. Really? Well, if using the definition from the article, […]
Read Academic Journals from Google
Google Scholar has introduced a new feature that allows you to read academic journal subscriptions directly from search results. Most academic libraries these days subscribe to electronic versions of journals […]