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Google’s Webmaster Central Adds A Blog
The folks who are responsible for Webmaster Central, the old Google Sitemaps, announced at the Google Blog that they have a blog specifically for Webmasters at https://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/. This…
How XSS HTML Injection Might Let Others Put Links On Your Sites
SEOMoz has some excellent examples of government sites that are susceptible to cross site (XSS) html injection, something that can also happen…
Washington Post Selling Text Links?
Steve Rubel reported that the Washington Post launched a sponsored blogroll product that allows people to pay to be listed in the…
101 Ways To Build Links & Popularity
Andy Hagans and Aaron Wall have compiled a list of 101 Ways to Build Link Popularity in 2006. I will not attempt…
A Guide to Social Search Players
In yesterday’s SearchDay article, What’s the Big Deal With Social Search?, I looked at some of the pros and cons of adding…
Beware: Is Your Hosting Provider Cloaking Paid Links On Your Site For Their Benefit?
I reported at the Search Engine Roundtable on thread in our forums that shows how some hosts are inserting links on sites…
Google Sitemaps Becomes Google Webmaster Central; Preferred Domain Tool Launched
Google Sitemaps has gained a new name along with new features. Google Webmaster Central is the new name of the former Google…
The Concept Of A “Perfectly Optimized Page”
Aaron Wall at SEO Book has an excellent and thought provoking write up named The Myth of a Perfectly Optimized Page. He…
TrustWatch Extension Puts Phishing Warnings Into Google, Yahoo & MSN Results
Using Firefox or Flock? Now you can get an extension from TrustWatch that will may help you spot phishing scams in your…
Google Toolbar Look-Alike Installing Malicious Programs
Search Engine Journal reports on a SurfControl release that fake Google Toolbars are being downloaded unknowingly and causing those computers to be…
Yahoo Invests In Social Search Research
Reuters reports Yahoo hired Dr. Raghu Ramakrishnan as vice president and Yahoo research fellow. Dr. Ramakrishnan is a well-respected database expert who…
Tracking Packages Via MSN Search
The MSN Search weblog has now announced that it is possible to use the system for tracking packages, or more specifically, packages…
The end of the Gawker/Yahoo Experiment
Gawker Media honcho Nick Denton says the Yahoo syndication deal signed in November is lapsing. Why? Not enough traffic, a mismatch in…
Wal-Mart Emulates the Social Networking Scene
Nothing says mid-summer like the appearance of back-to-school campaigns. Last week JCPenney began its campaign, and this week Wal-Mart’s The Hub appeared…
11 Ways To Drive Traffic To Your Site
Rand at SEOMoz writes up an excellent post he named 10 Remarkably Effective Strategies for Driving Traffic. He has given us 10,…
Google: Semantic Web Faces Webmaster Challenges
For years, Sir Tim Berners-Lee has posed the idea of a semantic web that will be smarter through tagging. I’ve always said…
Business Blog Directory
Minneapolis-based agency TMA E-Marketing has launched the iBlog Business Directory of business and corporate blogs. The human-edited directory is divided into 122…
Feedburner Buys Blogbeat
In a move that has implications for corporate bloggers, blog publishers and blog advertisers, RSS feed management company FeedBurner will today announce…
Report: Apples are More “Apple-y” than Oranges
OK, OK. I’ve been getting a lot of flak over my story covering a new Nielsen/NetRatings study on the number of people…
More Details On Google Sitemaps Query Stats
DaveN at ThreadWatch posted his love/hate for Google Sitemaps, but what I find to be the most interesting part is the discussion…
Counting Links At The Search Engines
Rand has an excellent post on how to get your hands dirty by manually checking your links at the various search engines.…
NHL Unveils Social Network Ambitions
Continuing its efforts to jazz up the sport after a strike forced a year hiatus, the National Hockey League next season will…
MySpace Beats E-mail
Wow. This just in from Hitwise: “MySpace.com is the number one ranked website in the U.S. based on market share of visits.…
WOM Heats Up for Global Warming Flick
I just received an e-mail from a friend urging me in the strongest terms to see the new Al Gore movie “An…
Halliburton Site: CGM, Spoof or Real Deal?
If ever there was a company ripe for a CGM spoof, it’s gotta be Halliburton. This site looks legit, until you look…
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