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Yahoo Directory Makes Changes & Further Directory Decline
The Changes in the Yahoo Directory thread in our Search Engine Watch Forums notes that the Yahoo Directory home page has gained a new look and feel. In…
Shopping Search, Contextual Ads & General Search Blogs Offered
I met up with Sean O’Rourke at our SES Chicago show who’s heavily into shopping search and threatened to launch a blog…
WebmasterWorld Conference Coverage & More
Search engine marketers have gathered in Las Vegas for WebmasterWorld’s World Of Webmasters Search Conference that runs three days this week. A…
Google Unlikely To Ban Trademark-Linked Ads
John Battelle reports on a rumor out of a WebmasterWorld.com thread that Google might ban affiliates from purchasing ads linked to trademarked…
Google Desktop Search Becomes Reality
A rumored Google tool to search your computer’s desktop became a reality today, a free download available from the new Google Desktop…
Client Parameter Makes Google Report Fewer Matches
Using the Firefox Browser? Search for "the" using the built in search box that taps into Google, and you’ll get about half…
Search Engine Forums Spotlight – May 27, 2004
Links to this week's topics from search engine forums across the web: India's Secret Army of Ad Clickers - Making a Directory…
Google In Controversy Over Top-Ranking For Anti-Jewish Site
Google has added a disclaimer to the search results that come up in a response for a search on jew, to counter…
What Happened To My Site On Google?
The outcry from webmasters about Google's recent ranking algorithm change has been unprecedented. In this article, Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan…
Speculation On Google Changes
So what's Google done that's caused so many sites to drop? The company may be making use of Teoma-like local ranking to…
Google Dance Syndrome Strikes Again
There's been a new outbreak of Google Dance Syndrome, causing some web sites last month to lose top positions for some search…
Google Kills eBay Affiliate Spam Quickly, Others Survive
AuctionBytes has had a series of stories looking into how an eBay affiliate was driving traffic to eBay from Google through cloaked…
Coping With GDS, The Google Dance Syndrome
Google's monthly update is known as the Google Dance to those really into search engine optimization. And during the dance, some SEOs…
The Search Engine Update – Number 149
This issue has answers to recent reader questions and recaps top search engine stories from early May 2003.
Google’s Premium Sponsorships On The Way Out
Google has yet to make an official announcement, but the signs are clear -- its CPM-based Premium Sponsorships are to be retired…
Inktomi, Google Win In Recent Relevancy Test
In December, I called for search engines to get beyond the hype of who is biggest or freshest and develop a commonly-accepted…
Desperately Seeking Search Engine Marketing Standards
It seems that every so often, someone makes a new push to suggest that the search engine marketing industry needs to establish…
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