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I noticed this, too. I did my own vanity search and the link to my blog had a picture of, well, I have no idea who it was, beside it. Overall, I am not very impressed with Cuil so far.
I don't quite see the value in this, personally, but that's just me. I do have a question, though: what is the "halo effect?" I don't recognize this term.
On-page SEO will be history? I don't think so. The methods and metrics might change, but I can't imaging on-page SEO going away. To me, good SEO starts on the page, not off the page. If you're good at what you're doing, you often don't need very many links to rank well if your on-page SEO is done well (depends on the market you're working in, but regardless, on-page SEO will not die any time soon).
Yeah, the new one sucks. I just went ahead and submitted the old favicon as my "idea." I really just want them to go back to the old one. I probably shouldn't care as much as I do, but I think changing the favicon was a really bad move by Google's branding/marketing team.
My one question is before language weren't there hieroglyphics, pictographs etc.? I felt like there was a suggestion that generations could not pass information onto the next because there was no language, however they could pass along stories and history through these mediums.
Hieroglyphics, pictographs, etc. are all forms of language. Even cave paintings are, essentially, a form of language.
I've been hesitant to get actively involved in Mixx---can I really handle yet ANOTHER social media site?---but this interview has convinced me to give it another chance. Maybe it's worth adding 1 more social media site to my list of daily sites.
Very interesting, especially for brand managers who are trying to see how often their company is being mentioned.
Definitely one of the best write-ups about the whole "SEO is Evil" debate.
Well, Kirk was the badass cowboy, which is certainly appealing, but Picard was definitely the better captain. And as far as bedding sexy aliens, I think what Picard lacked in quantity, he made up for in quality.
I'm really starting to like Search Illustrated. Another good Sphinn, Ann.
I suppose this was inevitable, but it still sucks. I'll second Gab's call for a WP plugin. If someone can code it, I'd use it.
As usualy, Glen gives some great reputation management tips. Thanks for sharing this Ann, for some reason I don't have ViperChill in my feed reader.
Good ideas that are surprisingly simple to implement. Thanks for sharing this, Ann.
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This is great. I have been waiting for a feature like this. It's rare that I've felt the need for it, but occasionally, I've really wished there was a "deshpinn" option.
I'd say that the first Sphinn should would win, but with the cavet that the two be merged into one (once we are able to do that which, as Danny said, doesn't appear to be possible at the moment).
This is awful. As the article says, at a resolution of 1024x768, you don't see ANY organic results without scrolling down. I guess it's a great thing for those local businesses who are close to whatever Google arbitrarily decides to call the centre of the city.
Great post. A simple, visual example. I have to admit that I usually don't get much value from the Search Illustrated column (I'm just not a very visual learner), but this one is great.
“We do not work with bloggers currently,” said a company spokeswoman, Amy von Walter, who agreed to speak with this traditional media outlet.
Snarky journalists? Funny!
I have to agree with baiduyou: blogger or not, this is just bad PR on Target's part.
This is really common sense advice, but it's ignored by a lot of people.
Interesting article. I think one reason that SEOs who do optimization for adult sites might not mention it is because a lot of people assume that if you're doing SEO for porn sites, gambling sites, etc., you must be doing spammy black hat stuff.
Hell, at my company, someone applied for a marketing/SEO position and his resume included the fact that he had previously done SEO for a porn site. Upon seeing that, someone joked, "Well, he could probably teach us some black hat techniques."
Attitudes like that might be one reason why SEOs doing work for those industries don't openly admit to doing so.
I agree with Chicago2740, and I am, myself, in a similar situation. However, whether MOST in-house SEOs come from a marketing background vs a technical one is debatable. I'm not sure it's relevant, though. Those who are may find this article useful, those who aren't will find less value in it, because they may already be largely aware of these technical factors that need to be considered.
This is also one of the newest feeds that I'm following, and I'm quickly becoming impressed with Ann's work.
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