Dear Matt Cutts, I Want To Know About...
Search Engine Watch Forums
"Danny Sullivan is doing a special edition of the Daily SearchCast podcast at the Googleplex with Matt Cutts? Questions for MC Spamhammer? Let's have 'em."
What Do You Think Of Google Co-op? Future Spam Central?Search Engine Watch Forums
"Google Co-Op is now live, a new way for anyone to tag or label the web. What do you think? The way to relevancy improvement or an invitation for spammers?"
404 Page Redirects to the Home PageCre8asite Forums
"I have a client whose 404 page redirects to the homepage and would like to know if it can have any negative impact on the robots behaviour. It does return a response code 404 but there is a javascript redirection whenever someone lands on a wrong page."
Yahoo and Telemundo in Online Deal to Grab More Latino Internet UsersWebmaster World
"Yahoo Inc. and Telemundo announced plans to combine their U.S. Spanish-language websites Wednesday, a move they hope will help capture a larger part of a rapidly expanding Latino online audience."
Google TrendsHigh Rankings Forum - "Google Trends aims to provide insights into broad search patterns. It is based upon just a portion of our searches, and several approximations are used when computing your results..."
Two Emerging SEO Certification ProgramsSmall Business Ideas Forum
"From a business and consumer's point of view, the lack of professional oversight or certification in the search engine optimization field can present problems when deciding with whom to risk advertising dollars."
Are Meta Tags Still Necessary, Helpful?Search Engine Watch Forums
"Meta tags. Can't live with them; can't live without them! Well, sure you can -- but you might find the meta description tag in particular is still worth using. A revisit to one of SEOs long standing issues."
Yahoo Announces New Search Advertising Platform Is ComingSearch Engine Watch Forums
"We've had leaks about Yahoo's plans for its new ad system before --now Yahoo itself is talking about details of what's coming later this year."
AB Split-Testing and the Search Engine Results PagesSmall Business Ideas Forum
"Similar to a 'traditional' AB split-test where a single page element is rotated in and out of the visitors' experience in order to determine whether that element has an impact on, say, conversions, I was thinking about attempting to determine the impact of different domain names on the visitor."
Microsoft Invests in Analytics Firm DeepMetrixWebmaster World
"Microsoft has not only built adCenter to deliver innovative reporting capabilities, but also announced that it had acquired DeepMetrix Corp..."
Search Engine Forums Spotlight courtesy Search Engine Guide.
Search Headlines
NOTE: Article links often change. In case of a bad link, use the publication's search facility, which most have, and search for the headline.
Early Bird Rates have been extended!
June 12-14, 2013: Join industry experts at SES Toronto for a crash course in the latest strategies in Online Marketing and Advertising.
Save $300 when you register by Thursday, May 23.
