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How to Protect Your Images from Hotlinking
A while ago we published a post discussing how image hotlinking might be beneficial for your site. Naturally we collectively came to the final conclusion...
False Prophecy: Onsite SEO Will Be History
My friend Asif Anwar posted an article over at Marketing Pilgrim titled 13 Prophecies of Internet Marketing recently which gives some of his predictions of...
How Long Can a Google Sandbox Last?
An SEJ Reader send in the following question : What’s a Google Sandbox? How long can it last for a brand new site? Is there...
360 Enterprises Acquires HybridSEM : Joe Whyte is Movin On Up
360 Enterprises Inc, which is the parent company of TextLinkBrokers.com and SponsoredReviews.com, has acquired HybridSEM.com, an SEO and social media firm headed by Joe Whyte,...
Coincidence or Not? Google App Engine Blocks PayPal
The Google App Engine, the search giant’s new platform for building and hosting 3rd party web apps, is blocking applications from integrating with PayPal for...
Silverlight Optimization, Interview with Jonathan Hochman
Jonathan Hochman kicks off the first SEO Expert Series interview from SMX Advanced in Seattle, arguably the place to be for the greatest SEO expert...
Organizing Your Link Lists for Effective Link Building
Sending a (good) link request via email is one of the most powerful ways to build links. My good friend and experienced link builder Melanie...
Yahoo’s Definitive Proxy Statement and the iPhone2
As early as now, the Yahoo Board lead by Roy Bostock and Jerry Yang want to make sure that the current Yahoo Board would be...
3 Tips to Help You Find Your Next SEO Job
A common misconception is that your job search starts once you decide you want to make a career change. In reality, there are simple things...
5 Reasons Why Your Google Traffic Might Have Dropped
I daily browse tens of webmaster forums and one recent tendency I couldn’t help noticing is the astonishing number of threads talking about sudden decrease...
Book Review: ProBlogger
My post with my book reviews in April this year was so well received that I decided to continue with this and write another review....
Why a Lack of Openness Sullies the Integrity of Google’s Ad Auctions
Today I was surprised to check my email and actually find something interesting (I get spammed a lot) that caught my attention with the subject...
Google Under Fire Over Privacy Policy
Earlier this week, consumer groups requested that Google make its privacy policy more visible, making the argument that under California law the company is required...
Yahoo Directory Lost Its PageRank : Penalty or Not?
Yahoo Directory pages have lost their Google PageRank (Google Toolbar PageRank that is) and are now showing a greyed out PageRank box. Example, the Yahoo...
Steve Ballmer Talks Microsoft & Yahoo with WashingtonPost
Steve Ballmer stopped in the WashingtonPost offices for hat seems to be a breakfast sitdown with their editors to discuss Microsoft, Search, the Internet, Media,...
How Much Is a Top Level Domain SEO Worth?
Registering a domain name is the first thing to do when starting a website. And yet even here we come across a very controversial issue:...
SEO & Internal Interlinking: Relative vs Absolute URLs
To some SEO questions there are no definitive answers unfortunately. Using absolute or relative URLs to interlink related site subpages is just such a question....
Yahoo SearchMonkey Gallery Opens to Public
Yahoo Search has finally gotten the monkey off of its back, the SearchMonkey that is, as the Yahoo SearchMonkey Gallery and Yahoo Search Customization has...
Live Search Becomes More Socially Relevant
Microsoft’s Search and Give program was inaugurated last year with the aim of raising funds for local schools and non-profits while at the same time...
Yahoo Snags Ad-Serving Deal with Wal-Mart
Yahoo announced that it has just sealed a multi-year advertising deal with Walmart.com for online ad display and video advertising. The deal would enable Walmart...
Google’s Four Web Serving Techniques for Webmasters
The Google Webmaster Central Blog is discussing a pretty advanced topic on webserving techniques. For the novice webmasters, this topic may be a bit on...
Google Finance Now Joins Yahoo Finance with Real Time Stock Quotes
Google Finance has updated its stock quote information with real time stock quotes from NASDAQ and some other global stock exchanges (stock quote disclaimer from...
Google’s Better Definition of a Doorway Page
Google updated their definition of ‘What is a Doorway Page’ last week (yeah, I know it’s been covered but Matt bought it up in his...
Run a Domain Name Background Check Before Buying
Many webmasters choose to buy already well-established domains that have a number of backlinks and can be easier (and faster) to promote. These might be:...
Microsoft Search Powered 404 Error Pages : Good Idea or Not?
Microsoft wants to help publishers give their users a better web surfing experience by helping publishers replace the default 404 error page with relevant Microsoft...
Eric Lander’s Day One Recap of SMX Advanced in Seattle
As I mentioned last week, my intent wasn’t to live blog the events here at SMX Advanced in Seattle. So far that theory holds up...
Wikia Search Adds New Index and Updates Social Features
Today Wikia Search (or referred to as Search Wikia, depending if you’re reading their logo or title), the search engine based on the idealism of...
Yahoo Turned Down Microsoft $40 Share Buyout in 2007
There was apparently much more to the Microsoft-Yahoo merger story than many of us knew. Today the Wall Street Journal reports that a judge unsealed...
Google Site Search Gives Site Owners More Control
What was used to be known as Google Custom Search Business Edition is now donning a new name, a simpler and direct – Google Site...
Search Engine Journal $10K Blog-Off : Carcutt vs. Burckhardt
The tie breaking Blog-Off to name the champion of the Search Engine Journal Guest Blogging Competition has begun, with an entry from John “the Hammer”...