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Avatar Went Hot: June 4, 2008 - 4:29 am
Posted By: TheNanny612 32 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://nowsourcing.com)
Category: Searching
Could Stumbleupon’s human-filtered search results be the beginning of the next evolution of search engines that could see the all-powerful Google algorithim be made redundant?

I think Nowsourcing is on to something here. read more »
8 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 24, 2008 - 7:49 pm
Posted By: nickycakes 42 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.nickycakes.com)
Category: Other Searching
Mahalo pages must be just packed full of useful information, because such a flamboyant crusader for the anti-spam cause would ever allow his own masterpiece to look like a crappy MFA site which would be improved by a $2 article about GTA4 cheats out read more »
7 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: June 28, 2008 - 2:29 am
Posted By: sagar13d 9 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.accrediteddldegrees.com)
Category: Searching
If you are looking for a particular video, an old friend from high school, or the perfect handbag, a niche search engine can help. They can make life even better if you can use them in a pinch. read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 4, 2008 - 1:24 pm
Posted By: northrock 123 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Ask.com
I think this stinks. I have been hoping Ask could build it's search into a competitive engine. Their interface was nice but we all know that's not enough. I'm surprised they didn't stick it out longer. read more »
30 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 19, 2008 - 7:16 am
Posted By: SpostareDuro 109 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Tips & Tools
How important is using images in your posts? Michaels example is one of many to show the benefits of putting your little 3 minutes worth of effort into adding an image, including locating, cropping and tagging. As Michael puts it, "How nice is it to read more »
6 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 29, 2008 - 12:38 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 38 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Other Searching
Previously I've covered what I dubbed Search 3.0, how search engines have evolved toward blending vertical or specialized results into "regular" web listings. Today, the step beyond that: Search 4.0, how personal, social and human-edited data can be read more »
7 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: February 17, 2008 - 12:28 pm
Posted By: mpilatow 141 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Tips & Tools
Nice list of less popular Firefox Extensions that are helpful to SEO projects. read more »
2 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: February 9, 2008 - 11:38 am
Posted By: aimClear 148 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blumenthals.com)
Category: Local & Maps
This post is important. Learn simple Local Business Center procedures to show up in the G-maps category of YOUR CHOICE. Mike Blumenthal discusses first research to reveal workings of Google's map categorization process. read more »
8 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: June 24, 2008 - 9:42 am
Posted By: oldschool 11 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Best of The Web adds a local component, making a great directory an even better resource on the consumer level. read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: June 28, 2008 - 2:40 pm
Posted By: rhcerff 9 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Ask.com
Ask.com... getting closer to core search or simply trying to increase the number of searches? Barry Schwartz gets to the nitty gritty... or not. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 21, 2008 - 8:18 am
Posted By: martinbowling 17 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Local & Maps
As I watch search marketers often continue to obsess about things like PageRank, I wanted to do a personal post / wake-up call related to our SMX Local & Mobile Search Marketing show happening next month in San Francisco, July 24-25. Because for all read more »
2 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: June 28, 2008 - 3:00 pm
Posted By: martinbowling 9 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com)
Category: Ask.com
Lisa Barone writes "Oh my poor disgraced Ask.com bag. I wish I could rescue you from the back of my closet but I still can't bring myself to look at you.

I didn't intend to blog about the recent phone call I had with Ask CEO Jim Safka and the PR read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: January 17, 2008 - 6:20 am
Posted By: annie7 170 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org)
Category: Tips & Tools
Very useful post on robots by Sebastian - must read! read more »
2 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: September 28, 2007 - 9:26 am
Posted By: lorenbaker 281 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: AOL
AOL has ignored the Netscape Open Directory Project (DMOZ) for far too long. It is become an outdated harem of rogue & corrupted editors. AOL needs to learn from Wikipedia's success and its own mistakes and transform DMOZ into a 2.0 oriented and upd read more »
9 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: October 17, 2007 - 12:16 am
Posted By: SEOdisco 263 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seodisco.com)
Category: Searching
See who the search engines rank on the first page for "search engine." read more »
16 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 2, 2008 - 6:29 pm
Posted By: SpostareDuro 127 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Tips & Tools
Dev gives a list of 10 awesome keyword research tools. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 22, 2008 - 4:27 pm
Posted By: vangogh 75 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Local & Maps
A fully optimized Local Business Profile contains a well-crafted business description, containing a unique selling proposition based on market and keyword research, domain name and email cross branding (including generic domains), authentic testimon read more »
6 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 13, 2008 - 12:17 pm
Posted By: bhartzer 114 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Ask.com
Here's a list of 12 search engines that could eventually replace Ask.com. read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: November 12, 2007 - 11:36 am
Posted By: andrewsho 236 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: Local & Maps
A blow by blow analysis of how SEOMoz updated Yelp's SEO tactics. read more »
13 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: February 18, 2008 - 2:53 pm
Posted By: andrewsho 138 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: Local & Maps
How to get the businesses with multiple locations in the same city (e.g. two Starbucks on opposite corners) to rank for the same local search query, or something to that effect. read more »
5 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 24, 2008 - 3:03 pm
Posted By: nowsourcing 103 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.timnash.co.uk)
Category: Local & Maps
Tim Nash reveals in a local study that SEO firms which target local businesses are not in fact getting that many local clients. read more »
11 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 3, 2008 - 8:52 am
Posted By: lorenbaker 125 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.ericlander.com)
Category: Local & Maps
For the first time many have witnessed, Google is now serving unverified local listings in its blended local result plus boxes. read more »
10 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: June 18, 2008 - 2:32 am
Posted By: gunjanpandya 18 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Tips & Tools
Here Ann listed 4 tools to find your competitors keywords ranking read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: November 28, 2007 - 12:47 am
Posted By: seobook 221 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Other Searching
Danny does a great rundown of how vertical search is being integrated into the core search services. read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: January 10, 2008 - 2:54 pm
Posted By: eCopt 178 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.ecommerceoptimization.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Categorized list of 41 different local search engines, yellow pages, meta crawlers, data providers and local social communities. Complete with descriptions and links sign up, list or learn more. read more »
9 Comments     


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