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Worthless Meta Tags used by SEO Companies
Everyday I am amazed by the countless number of pointless tags that are inserted into the header of a website. The largest issue with such...
Yahoo Answers & Social Researching: The Dangers, Risks, and Proper Usage
Jacob Leibenluft at Slate recently wrote a piece about Yahoo Answers, summing up the entire service as a “ librarian’s worst nightmare“. My worst nightmare...
Truth About .Edu Domains : Registration, Links and Google Juice
Recently there has been a lot of chatter about .edu top-level domains. From whether a .edu TLD packs more Google-juice punch to whether one can...
Summarization, the Answer to Web Search : Interview with Dmitri Soubbotin of SenseBot
Search engines are as much the first source of information as they are the starting point for research. Summarization of content of query results is...
Google My Maps Adds Social Features : Comments, Ratings and Links
Google Maps has added new social features to their My Maps initiative which lets viewers and users of those maps connect socially with the creators...
Google Maps Adds 8 New Cities to StreetView
Google has brought up the number of cities included in Street View to 23, with the addition of eight new cities, including: Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis,...
Top Spots in Organic & Paid Search = Branding
Achieving top organic positions in the engines or paying your way to the top through paid search is not only wise to increase sales but...
Google, the New England Patriots of Search, Runs Up the Score on Yahoo, MSN and Ask.com
We’ve been printing the headlines for years now : Google Rules Search Market Share, Google Tops Yahoo & MSN in Search for March, Google :...
Google Granted Patent on Anchor Text Link Crawling
Google has recently been granted a patent by the US government which the company originally filed in 2003. The patent, writes Bill Slawski of SEO...
Ask.com Launches New Privacy Feature, AskEraser
The search privacy feature of Ask.com which was announced sometime in July is finally launched today. AskEraser is a privacy tool which when enabled by...
Microsoft Rolls Out MSN Mobile Ads in America
On Monday, Microsoft Corp. began placing advertisements on the U.S. version of the MSN Mobile page, marking the Redmond giant’s foray into the U.S. mobile...
Yahoo to Launch TechTicker : Tech Stock Video Program
Yahoo Finance is arguably one of the most widely used and successful financial websites. Access to streaming quotes, SEC filings, company data, and more make...
Google News Updates Algorithm to Reflect Local & Breaking News
Google News has been tweaking its algorithm to show more updated and fresh stories as well as identifying the local news media which would be...
Embeddable Charts Made Easy with New Google Charts API
On Thursday, Google rolled out the new Google Charts API, which makes putting stunning, dynamic charts into your web pages easier than you’d think. And...
PicSearch : Intuitive Relevant Image Search Engine
Founded by two engineering students at the beginning of this millennium, PicSearch is a multi-language, image search engine that rivals Google’s and Yahoo’s image search...
Google Shows Apple Some Love with New ‘Mac Developer Playground’
Earlier this week, Google launched the Google Mac Developer Playground, a place where Google Engineers can showcase their Mac-oriented projects. In addition to their regular...
About URL Tracking Parameters and Duplicate Content Issues
How do you deal with links that have tracking parameters in the URL for referrer measurement for analytical reasons or in case of a partner...
Google Rankings Changing : Result of Paid Links?
Google search engine rankings seem to be undertaking an update or change over the past week as some sites and publishers are noticing a trend...
Google Wants to be the King of All Advertising Media
Google is hoping to attract more advertising partners beyond just their proposed purchase of DoubleClick Ltd., and makes the prediction that a move to a...
Yahoo & JetBlue Partner to Test Free Wi-Fi on Flights
Yahoo, RIM and JetBlue have partnered to offer free Wi-Fi connections aboard domestic US flights in a test which will begin Tuesday. The initial tests...
Research Firm Says Yahoo, MSN, & Google Have Major Page-Caching Flaw
A “significant” vulnerability has been found in the page-caching technologies of the three major search engines – Google, Yahoo, & Microsoft Live Search. Researchers at...
Google Maps & TomTom Team Up to Provide Business Information
TomTom, the Dutch navigation systems company, announced Wednesday that they were teaming up with Google in an effort that will allow users to find and...
How to Add Content to Wikipedia the “White Hat” Way?
I gave tips to people about editing Wikipedia or getting missing content into Wikipedia over and over again, via email, blog comments etc. So I...
Google : Germany’s Largest Online Pornographer?
In an effort to supposedly protect young people from accessing questionable, pornographic material through Google and its Image Search without age verification, German media group...
Google’s Exclusive iPhone Interface Launches
Google has quietly launched a brand new interface for visitors accessing the site with an Apple iPhone. At first they didn’t make any announcements or...
Eurekster’s Swicki : Custom Search Engine for Every Community
Eurekster, founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco has come out with its product Swicki, a customizable search portal and widget. Eurekster is a...
Oodle : Easing Search for Classified Ads
Oodle, the search engine for classified advertisements has roped in several features to make the task of rummaging through classified easy and informational. Whether you...
Google AdSense Misprints Checks & Paystubs
Google sent out an email message to publishers last night warning them that Google AdSense has misprinted the paystub with a rather odd message: If...
YouTube Takes 28% of Video Market Share
YouTube leads US online video market share reports MarketingCharts with a 28% of the video market share. That’s not surprise to most of you I’m...
Flickr and Picnik Collaborate on Online Photo Editing
Flickr has tapped Picnik’s online photo editing application to let Flickr users edit, well their Flickr photos right into the Flickr accounts. This is a...