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Looks like this is going to be another one of those that goes on and on... read more »
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AVG recently activated their Linkscanner product. It scans all the results on a search page and downloads all of the pages. This has led to a skewing of web analytics data on many websites (recording the link scan as a visit even though no human vi read more »
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Love it or hate it, the ODP has been online for Ten years, and has continued to grow for all of that time.


The directory still gets an insane amount of submissions, editor applications and data usage. Its overall reach is unparalleled.


Ten read more »
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Google is opening more and more datacentres around the world, and I have now updated the lists published almost two years ago with all the new entries found.

There are quite a few surprises, not least the new IP ranges recently opened up to new d read more »
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Heh! SearchEngineForums, a part of the old JimWorld empire celebrates Ten Years Online this month.

Let's hear your stories of life on the early web.

SEF - Helping to make the Web since 1998. :-)

W00T!!! read more »
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Don't get caught out by a fake email asking for your personal details. read more »
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Can wordpress be used for really large sites? What are the main issues to overcome?

Where's the limit for when you realise that it wasn't, after all, the best solution for the problem. read more »
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One major sh*tstorm coming to an ISP near you, soon... read more »
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My interest was piqued today, when I spotted one user voting for some 20+ topics in under two minutes.

Looking at the user's voting history, said user has voted for more than a thousand stories since being a member, all of which were already hot read more »
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From the Punctuation Police...

Mostly incorrect usage:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=site:sphinn.com+SEO's [1500]
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=site:sphinn.com+URL's [720]

Mostly correct usage:
http://www.google.com/search read more »
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The SearchGuild website is up for auction.

What's the story? read more »
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Go pimp your worthless Directory **** elsewhere. I have permanently closed this site as the majority of directory owners/operators are crooks looking to make a fast buck. I have chosen not to sell this site nor participate in any directory related b read more »
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Some people are dropping the www from their site URLs.

Is this a good idea?

Some people think that it is, but several others present reasons why it is not.

I prefer the www included, and the non-www as a redirect. read more »
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Anyone care to explain how one website seemingly has seven billion pages indexed in Google?

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=site:radiux.com

Is this a page count estimate that's just b0rked, or is there something else going on? read more »
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Heh. Funny spoof video (about paid links of a different kind) from reachd.com. Filmed at a recent search conference, featuring Matt Cutts and a case full of money...


I see Brian White and a few other well-known faces (perhaps Lyndon?) in the ba read more »
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Lauren Weinstein alerted readers that Canadian ISP Rogers was modifying the Google home page for some of its users.


Matt Cutts says "this is pretty uncool" (Note that this is his personal opinion).

Noted that this is just a bandwidth warning read more »
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Be sure to have clear product descriptions. Ensure the reader knows exactly what your product does, and how well it does it...

If you have that content translated into another language, do make sure that you get it proof-read by a native speaker read more »
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Users of Yahoo Search may soon be able to do a structured search around select terms, rather than navigate through a large number of search results.



The company plans to offer a new structured search to make the Web easier to navigate. read more »
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SEO Chick, Lisa Ditlefsen (the Norwegian one) reviews the controversial "What's New With The Algorithm?" session from SMX London 2007, and then comments on the later "Website Tune-up" session too.

For those people for whom SEO is a "way of life" read more »
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DazzlinDonna wades through the spam in her inbox to bring you the scoop on the latest marketing campaign that's guaranteed to be a miserable failure.


It truly makes me wonder what the people who send this stuff are smoking. read more »
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Judith "deCabbit" Lewis (of SEO Chicks and ChocBait fame) describes her recent visit to SMX London 2007 and reviews the best bits of the conference.


To those that missed it... "You missed out". :-) read more »
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Clarification; it is the Mozilla/5.0 part of the UA string that ASP takes an intense dislike to.

If you use IIS and/or .ASP NET 2.0 it might be worth checking your logs, as well as running a few site: searches in Google and see what you get. read more »
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The Washington State Attorney General's Office is back in court, trying again to get a company that sells search engine ranking services to change its business practices, after complaints were filed by more than 100 companies.

The Attorney Gener read more »
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Showing now on UK TV Channel BBC2.

Discusses the potential threat to television from Social Media.
Tells TV channels to embrace the new media or be buried by it. read more »
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Be careful when transferring your domains to a new registrar, that you aren't paying too much... read more »
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