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Viral on TV
Viral video is rampant on the Web, but do the short clips make good TV? This Thursday Bravo will air “Outrageous and Contagious: Viral…
Moving To Trusted Links & Change The Link Election Model
Thank you, Aaron. That’s for taking the research paper (PDF file) about detecting link spam that Gary wrote about earlier and breaking it down…
Google Cache Problems
Cache not working? at our Search Engine Watch Forums and Missing: Google Cache at Threadwatch cover some people having trouble getting access to cached…
Murder, Love Gone Awry, Google Searches & Bogus Clicks
Google Blogoscoped and Andy Beal both point to a story about an accused murderer searching for "neck," "snap," "break" and "hold" on Google, evidence…
Google Provides Search Stats By Industry Sector
Nice spot by that man Peter Da Vanzo of (The Original) Search Engine Blog, a page over at Google full of metrics about how…
Google Publication Ads Site & More On Print Ads
I wrote earlier about Vinny Lingham reporting that Google was going to test putting print ads in Chicago newspapers. In case you missed it,…
Yahoo Recruiting Google’s Matt Cutts
You’ve seen this type of thing before, but time for another chuckle — Google’s Matt Cutts gets a mistaken recruitment email from Yahoo.
Black Hats Going White?
A reporter asked me recently if the black hat and white hat branches of SEO are getting further apart these days. I replied I…
Search Forums Roundup: Nov. 11, 2005
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web: Realistic SEO…
Ask Jeeves To Rebrand Tech As ExpertRank Inside?
Gary Price — awesome sleuth that is he — was doing some searching of the US Patent Office & Trademark Office database yesterday and…
Speaking At SES New York 2006
As chair of SES NY 2006, I’m in charge of preparing the agenda and selecting speakers for sessions. Interested in speaking? Here’s everything you…
Amazon Touts Offline Local Films
Just got an e-mail from Amazon.com promoting the feature film “Bee Season’s” opening tomorrow. It’s also promoting a new opt-in service: local movie and…
Imagery Comes to LookSmart’s FindArticles
RLG, a highly respected organization in the library world with more than 150 research libraries as members, has announced a partnership with LookSmart. Today’s…
A Bad Reciprocal Link — And Reciprocal Link Request
We’ve been having quite a discussion about reciprocal links over at the Search Engine Watch Forums in our Reciprocal Linking Dead or Alive?…
SES Chicago 2005 Speaker Openings Now Posted
I’ve now posted a variety of sessions where I am still seeking speakers for SES Chicago 2005.
Who’s A GAP? WhoisaGAP Helps You Find Google Advertising Professionals
Are you a Google Advertising Professional? Want to find one? While Google certifies them, it doesn’t give you a list of them. No matter.…
PC Magazine Reviews Six Comparison Shopping Sites, PriceGrabber Gets Top Honors
In a PC Magazine review of six comparison shopping sites titled: Price-Comparison Sites Strive to Save You Time and Money, Rick Broida takes a…
Mashups a Go-Go! New Mashups from MSN Virtual Earth and Yahoo Maps
It’s good to see more map mashups coming from developers working with both MSN Virtual Earth and Yahoo Maps. Here’s a look at just…
Yahoo China Relaunched With Pure Search Focus & New Majority Owner
Yahoo China has been acquired by Alibaba.com and relaunched as a pure search service. Here’s the rundown on the changes and some reasons behind…
Travel Search Player SideStep and Amazon.com Announce Partnership
Over at Clickz, Pam Parker reports on a new partnership between Amazon.com and travel search aggregator, SideStep in the article: Amazon, SideStep Partner for…