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A recent controversy at a Seattle college student newspaper highlights the role Google plays in access to information. Does adding robots.txt to a page by request from a higher authority constitute censorship? read more »
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Tweet Pro allows you to quickly and easily find Twitter users who share your same interest by allowing you to search through posted messages and profile information. Using this software you can be following people all over the world who share your s read more »
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Google Page Creator's rich text editor is now included in many other Google services, but Google decided to focus on the more powerful Google Sites. read more »
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All three engines have been using a variation of link analysis to determine what's relevant and what gets ranked into their databases. But the news of the week has been Microsoft's research into BrowseRank -- analysis that includes time spent at a s read more »
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SearchCloud, a new search engine that launched on July 17, has a new take on search refinement that it hopes will make it a useful alternative to the likes of Yahoo and Google. Instead of simply entering multiple keywords, users can rank how importa read more »
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Many people believe a catchy blog post title is the way to go, some think a search engine friendly article title is - which is best? I think it ’s a combination of both. (note that I repeated the blog title in the previous sentence - you should do t read more »
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But as Google gets better at personal relevance through everything it knows about us — and it knows more and more — then your search for wine may be different from mine and there is no absolute value for placement in results and Googlejuice, no? read more »
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U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), chairman of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, came out with a statement this evening on the Yahoo-Google (NSDQ: GOOG) deal: “We will closely examine the joint venture between Google and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) announced to read more »
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Somebody created ten fake Facebook profiles of varying descriptions, built them up to 200 friends each, and is now selling them on eBay to anyone who cares to take them over for undercover marketing purposes. Yet another reason to make friends in re read more »
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1 Don't do any harm and engage in aggressive techniques. You don't want to hurt their brand... read more »
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But you'd be better off counting the total number of visitors coming from search (adjusted for seasonality) and trying to make that number go up. Or better yet, counting the number of sales that result from searches. That's the real number you want read more »
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As has been reported and rumored for the last month or so, the much-hyped mobile messaging and community service Twitter is in the process of closing its $15 million round, and the investor is Spark Capital, we have confirmed through sources. read more »
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What would you consider a better scenario? Would you rather be below the fold on page one or above the fold on page two of the search results? If so, why? The answer may depend on your wants and needs.... read more »
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Companies that provide services for improving Web sites' search-engine rankings and running effective search-engine ad campaigns have a new competitor: Google. Bundled in the DoubleClick acquisition came Performics, which provides search-engine mark read more »
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These days, we tend to communicate via the keyboard as much as we do verbally. Often, we're in a hurry, quickly dashing off e-mails with typos, grammatical shortcuts (I'm being kind here), and that breezy, e.e. cummings, no-caps look. It's expected. read more »
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It’s not the ability to produce excellent blog content. It ’s not the ability to build a strong blog community. It’s not the ability to monetize every page view, click and pixel. It’s not even the ability to improve your content or your community or read more »
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How do you know if you've been successful with search engines and your website in general? You can check your "rank" at search engines for particular keywords, analyze log files to see the actual terms people used to reach your... read more »
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Should the internet be viewed as an ad medium, a place where brands pay for the privilege of being adjacent to content such as prime-time TV and glossy magazines -- those relics of the pre-blog days, when getting into the media game required infrast read more »
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With Google's recent announcement about page load time influencing Quality Score, now is a good time to discuss site speed.

Speed matters. People rate snappy, responsive sites as more usable, even when the user interface itself doesn't change. If read more »
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ou might have noticed that Google rolled out sitelinks for a new batch of sites a couple weeks ago. This blog was included in that batch, as you can see if you do a query for [seo speedwagon].

The goal here isn't to beat up on Google, but I think read more »
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In a tug-of-war, you're much better off if your team pulls in the same direction. Success in SEO (define) is very much the same.

There's no one single thing that can make your Web page show up in the top of the search results. But there are sever read more »
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Citysearch has announced a deal with AOL that provides Citysearch reviews and content (e.g., video) and place local Citysearch advertisers on AOL local properties. The two firms will share revenue from clicks or leads generated from AOL distribution read more »
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Selections include the rise and fall (and rise) of link bombing read more »
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