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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 prosecutors say that the…
The MSN PageRank 2 Controversy & Search Engines Needing To Offer Domain Management Tools
As part of the current Google update underway, it’s been noticed that MSN now has a PageRank score of 2. What’s the…
Google Oct. 2005 Update “Jagger” & Contacting Google About It
Noticed changes to Google results? Many have, and now it’s official. An update is on, and Google’s Matt Cutts gives advice in…
Threadwatch Back; WebmasterWorld At Alternate Address
Following up on yesterday’s search forum problems, Threadwatch is now back up, and Nick (welcome back, Nick!) explains about database issues being…
Daily SearchCast, Oct. 14, 2005: Craigslist Asks Oodle To Keep Out, Detecting Fake PageRank, Bloglines Gets Keyboard Controls, Top SEO Starting Tips, Getting Pure Yahoo Blog Search Results & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Craigslist asking classifieds meta search engine Oodle not to gather its listings, a new tool to detect PageRank…
Brett & I Embrace … Ah … Put The Squeeze On Spam
Matt Cutts notes that long-time search marketer Joseph Morin is now blogging, kicking off with a photo proving that I and WebmasterWorld’s…
Roundup Of Google Size Announcement Coverage
Yesterday was pretty much spent by me writing my story about Google claiming to be most comprehensive search engine but also dropping…
Upcoming Search Conferences & Stuff
Over at our Search Engine Watch Forums, we’ve added a new calendar at the bottom of the home page listing various search…
Comments On Web Analytics Packages
Which Stats Package is right for you? is a very nice thread from late last month at WebmasterWorld well worth a look,…
My Thoughts On “The Search”
Chris did the heavy lifting in reviewing John’s Battelle’s new book, “The Search,” but I wanted to add my own comments as…
Google Pitches College Life, As Powered By Google
Barry at Search Engine Roundtable spots a WebmasterWorld thread discussing a new College Life, powered by Google page. What’s there? Google aiming…
Google’s Cutts Says Not An Update – I Say An Update, Just Not A Dance
Matt Cutts from Google weighs in on whether the changes people are seeing at Google right now constitute an update. He says…
Google Update Underway — More Sign Of A Coming Index Increase?
I wrote earlier that there were signs that Google was increasing its index size. More signs are coming now — as well…
Questions Raised Over Google House Ads & Employees Advertising Via AdWords
Google’s had questions raised over the fairness of house ads that it runs for its own products and services plus the ability…
New Google AdWords Bidding System Live For All
The new Google AdWords system allowing advertisers to target terms that previously might have been disabled, along with new minimum bids and…
Internet Marketer Corey Rudl Killed In Racing Accident
Plenty of people were introduced to search marketing by way of internet marketer Corey Rudl’s writings and speaking. Sad news to report.…
Booting Copyright Infringers From Search Listings
Pursuing Copyright Infringers from Scottie Claiborne over at Search Engine Guide has a nice rundown on what to do if you find…
Google Launches Consumer Ad Campaign In Kansas City
I asked Google last week for information about a new consumer marketing campaign I heard they were planning for Kansas City, to…
SEO Inc Tries To Silence Google Blogoscoped Over Rankings
Last month, SEO Inc apparently fell out of the top rankings for the term “search engine optimization” at Google. I felt it…
Setting A Date For Search Marketing Day
I’m currently in Toronto for our Search Engine Strategies show here and was at dinner with a number of other marketers last…
Google Ad Ranking System Tweaked
How are ads ranked at Google? Traditionally, it has been the ad’s clickthrough rate (CTR) times its cost per click (CPC). Those…
Google Addressing 302 Redirection Hijacking Issues
Google Tackles the 302 Redirect Issue at Search Engine Roundtable highlights comments from GoogleGuy in this WebmasterWorld thread that Google is making…
Google Prefetch Will Autoload Some Results
Google released a new feature today for Firefox and Mozilla users that allows them to “prefetch” the first result from a serp…
Google’s Redirect Hijacking Problem Gets Slashdotted
I’ve mentioned Google’s problem with 302 redirects possibly "hijacking" someone else’s page in passing before, always meaning to do a longer article…
Google Admits To Cloaking; Bans Itself
No, it’s not April Fool’s Day. Google has indeed cloaked pages on its own search engine and now banned those pages from…
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