I wrote back in April about how the sale of off-topic links to advertisers looking for search ranking boosts had become well seated within university newspapers, with the Stanford Daily paper as a classic example.
The Stanford Daily Selling Links thread at our Search Engine Watch Forums (and see also this from Feb) looks at the ironic situation of the student newspaper at Stanford University -- the birthplace of Google, Yahoo and owner of the PageRank...
Those purchasing these links are almost certainly not expect any readers at the Stanford Daily site to click through and check out their products. The impression is that the Stanford Daily doesn't know why exactly people want links from its pages...
Stanford Daily Oct 5 2004 10:09AM GMT That service to date seems mainly a system designed to help Amazon sell more books, by showing buyers some of the book's content. The full-text of books is indexed, through a program also inviting publishers...
Question is, which way will Stanford University go? Research from Microsoft showing that many machine-generated spam pages can be statistically identified through a variety of ways. Is it wrong to buy or sell links?
Turns out, Stanford University owns the patent on PageRank, a part of the Google ranking system. Here's a recap of recent articles from Search Engine Watch's daily SearchDay newsletter: Sign-up for the free daily newsletter from Search Engine Watch...
These two papers from Stanford offer some heavy-duty insights into Google's operation. Search Engine Watch members should click through to the special members-edition Here are some recent articles that may be of interest, from Search Engine Watch's...
These two papers from Stanford offer some heavy-duty insights into Google's operation. Search Engine Watch members should click through to the special members-edition. Search Engine Watch members should click through to the special members-edition.
