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Microsoft Revamps MSN City Guides With Live Search and Live Maps Posted by Nathania Johnson May 11, 2009 MSN City Guides has undergone a makeover and the "after" shot displays Live Search and Live Maps as new accessories, albeit a bit understated. The Live Maps is below the fold and Live Search requires the user to click a button that says "web" near the search box. It then ... » Continue reading
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Click Forensics Launches New Traffic Quality Management Platform Posted by Nathania Johnson May 11, 2009 Click Forensics today unveiled a newly-architected version of its traffic quality management platform. Here's what to expect: Click Forensics Site Score - Sources of traffic are tagged with individual Click Forensics Site Scores that rank visitors based on their propensity to convert. This allows ad networks to more effectively filter and ... » Continue reading
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iPhone Searches Longer and More Diverse Than Other Mobile Phones Posted by Nathania Johnson May 11, 2009 Google has released some information about the search behavior of iPhone users. Many of the searches are longer than 3 words and more diverse than other mobile devices. In fact, many searches are longer than typical computer searches! Typical mobile searches tend to average around 2.5 words and be centered around ... » Continue reading
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Pop Culture and Geography Combine in AOL's New 'Where It's At' Posted by Nathania Johnson May 11, 2009 AOL has launched a new mapping concept designed to answer those probing geographical pop culture questions such as "Where is the real Hotel California?" There are a few different ways to browse the site. One is to use the info box hovering over the map. Simply click "Next Spot" and ... » Continue reading
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Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions
www.site.com vs. http://site.com May 11, 2009 Which is the better option when deciding where to 301 redirect to prevent canonicalization? I touched on the subject here: http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?t=25102 Aussiewebmaster favors the http:// version with no www. I have actually read the exact opposite. Redirect everything to www. because more people type it in than not. I don't have the ... » Join the discussion
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Detecting search terms and redirecting to landing page May 11, 2009 I'm trying to improve my bounce rate by re-directing organic traffic to a more targetted landing page by detecting certain search terms in the referring URL. I'm aware of the issues of permanent and temporary redirects and how search engines interpret these, but are there any issues I should consider ... » Join the discussion
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How Important are Links to Google May 6, 2009 Hi There - I was just wondering if you could break down how important the proportion of how good text links from reputable sites are to google, related to good metadata, site's content, and blog maintenance. I.E.: Good Content and Metadata: 25% Links: 50% Blog Maintenance: 25% Let me know what you think? ... » Join the discussion
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