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Keywords In URL May Help Rankings, Google’s Matt Cutts Says
The hotly debated SEO topic of, does having keywords in your file names help with your rankings, will probably start all over again. Matt…
Understanding Digg.com
Valleywag has an excellent Cheatsheet on What is Digg? Basically, if someone asks you what is Digg, just send them there. It describes the…
Tips On Getting Listed In Local Search Results
Patricia Hursh wrote a ClickZ column named Four Steps Every Business Can Take to Improve Local Search Results. The article goes over the what,…
Search Forums Roundup: Sept. 1, 2006
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web: TrueLocal Launches…
Google AdSense Sued by Suspended Publisher
Steve Bryant at eWeek reports that a woman has sued Google after she was suspended from the program for clicking on her own ads.…
The Taming of the Bots
All savvy search engine marketers know how to create a search-friendly site that can be easily read by a search engine spider, or bot.…
Search Headlines & Links: August 30, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged separately: From…
Yahoo ‘Goes’ for Windows Mobile
Yahoo announced today the availability of its Go bundle of services for Windows Mobile. According to the release, the content and applications available include:…
Matt Cutts & Vanessa Fox On WebmasterRadio.FM Thursday AT 1PM (PST)
Vanessa Fox just posted at the Google Webmaster Central Blog that she and Matt Cutts of Google will be live on WebmasterRadio’s GoodKarma show…
Over 1.2 Million Flickr Photos Tagged In 24 Hours
Flickr geotagging has clearly taken off in a big way, with the FlickrBlog reporting that 1,234,384 photographs were geotagged in the first 24 hours…
Internet Archive Suit Settled
News.com reported that the suit issued back in July 2005 over the Wayback Machine and the Internet Archive has now been settled. Of course,…
Yahoo Hiring Up All The Brains
The Wall Street Journal published an article five days ago named Hoping to Overtake Its Rivals, Yahoo Stocks Up on Academics (free article available…
Google’s Accuracy Can Easily Cost Advertisers $285 Million
Brandt Dainow has a interesting article named How Accurate is Google AdWords? In that article, he shows how Google has earned $6 billion from…
Windows Live QnA Beta Now Live
The Windows Live QnA Blog announced the other day that Windows Live QnA is now a public beta, meaning you can test it out…
Download Books For Free From Google Book Search
Google is now offering free, downloadable versions of public domain books that you can find in Google Book search. Unfortunately, there’s no way to…
Google CEO Eric Schmidt Joins Apple’s Board Of Directors
Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s looking for another small company to help run — this time, Apple. He’s just been elected to Apple’s board of…
Accoona Review In Ariadne
Accoonawas recently reviewed in Ariadne magazine by me. (If you’re not familiar with Ariadne, it’s a quarterly online magazine aimed towards the UK academic…
Don’t Get Caught With Your Contracts Down
Even if you’ve got great search marketing chops, you need to cover your bases with clients with both pricing and contracts. In today’s SearchDay…
Pricing Models for the Small SEM Shop
How do you go about establishing prices for your search marketing efforts? What kind of contracts do you need to protect your business? A…
Microsoft ContentAds Inviting Advertisers into Pilot
Microsoft adCenter began inviting selected advertisers into the ContentAds pilot, which is expected to begin displaying contextual ads across selected MSN properties such as…