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New Yahoo! Show Slightly Off Key
It’s ironic that Yahoo! hired Lloyd Braun from ABC to create new in-house content just as user generated content took off. The only thing that...
Putting An End To Supplemental Hell Because Of Site Moves, Site Restructure Or Big Site Launch
Loren’s post and Matt Cutts comment about sites being de-listed from Google because of down-time and also some discussions about problems with site moves from one...
Should URLs in links use index.html?
When it comes to the best URL structures and formats, the most common question I get is in regards to the best way to reference...
WikiAnswers : The Wikipedia of Q&A Sites
Answers.com has completed the first stage of integrating content into WikiAnswers, a Wiki Q&A service. The content on WikiAnswers is an ongoing collaboration of shared...
The Mobile Search Battle
Here’s a nice overview piece — together with the requisite “who will win?” dramatic elements — from BusinessWeek, covering mobile search: The emergence of Internet-connected...
Microsoft’s Digg Competitor : MSN Reporter
Now that AOL has entered the social news arena with Netscape and Yahoo has incorporated various del.icio.us and Digg influenced services into its social media...
Ask.com & LookSmart Renew AdCenter License
LookSmart announced today that Ask.com, has extended its license of LookSmart’s AdCenter for Publishers through 2009. Ask.com uses LookSmart’s AdCenter as a component of its...
How to Increase Diggs Via Email & Instant Messenger
Neil Patel has a short and simple post today over at Pronet Advertising with the message against “Spamming Digg through Instant Messenger.” Neil’s theory is...
Link Building via Hosting Blog Carnivals
Blog Carnivals are posts, articles, and columns on particular topics which are passed on from different blogs, with each blogger adding their own thoughts and...
Amazon.com Should Acquire StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon is becoming more and more popular by the day and has established itself as a dominant social network, site traffic builder and Internet navigational...
Google is Wikipedia’s Sugar Daddy
Hitwise put together some data which shows the increase of Google traffic to Wikipedia over the past year and reveals that Google downstream traffic to...
Microsoft Making a Smarter Blogroll
Microsoft is working on the Smart Blogroll, a way for bloggers and blog readers to learn more about the information and topics discussed on blogs....
YouTube : Strengths & Vulnerabilities
The question on many people’s minds since the recent PR warfare between Google/YouTube and Viacom (and NBC) is: will YouTube retain its dominance or will...
Alexa Adds New Traffic Features
Alexa has added some new enhancements to its Traffic Details information pages which offer geographic and audience reach information. Sites can now track their Traffic...
Dmoz Abuse Report Form up again – While the Rest of the System is still trashed
The Dmoz Meta Admin “Motsa” just updated today the status of the technical problems over at the Open Directory Project, Dmoz.org. You can see the...
Defending NoFollow Against Angry SEOs
I’m playing the devil’s advocate here, so keep that in mind in case I end up trampling all over anything you hold dear 🙂 Google...
Google Buys AdScape Video Game Advertising Company
Earlier this year, in January, the WSJ (sub req’d) speculated that Googlewas acquiring Adscape Media, which inserts ads into video game. The company launched in...
StumbleUpon Defined vs. Digg, Google, MySpace and More
I recently had the privilege of interviewing Garrett Camp of StumbleUpon, which recently reached 1.8 million users. I typed four pages of notes in 8...
Yahoo Did Not Rip Off Digg
Yahoo has launched a new public voting system on their Suggestion Boards which lets users contribute, comment and vote on feedback given by Yahoo users...
Krugle Powers Code Search at Yahoo Developer Network
Krugle, Inc., which is a code search engine for developers, has announced it will supply search functionality for the Yahoo! Developer Network. The Yahoo Developer...
It’s Valentine’s Day! Yes, TODAY!
I know, I know. You probably ask yourself: “already?”. Okay for all the busy or retired Search Marketers out there (because you are one or...
Google & YouTube Hand Over User ID to Fox
YouTube is offering no refuge for users who uploaded copies of Fox Television’s 24 and Simpsons according to Internet.com’s ASPnews. A 20th Century Fox spokesperson...
BrowseGoods : The Google Maps of Shopping
Ever wonder what it would be like to sift through bins of thousands of items like one would at a flea market or a mall,...
Search Marketing Sucks Budget from Traditional Media
So says the new SEMPO “State of Search Engine Marketing 2006? report as summarized in MediaPost today: SEMPO also found that marketers who migrate budgets...
Google Loses Against Belgian Newspapers
It seems the battle about news scraping continues in Belgium. From Reuters: A Belgian court ruled on Tuesday that Google may not reproduce extracts from...
MSN : Internet Explorer the Biggest Internet Threat of 2007
MSN Tech & Gadgets posted their review of the three biggest threats on the Internet for 2007; IE, phishing attacks, and malware. Even Microsoft agrees...
ReviewMe 50% Off Special
ReviewMe is the sponsored blogger review advertising network which is owned by Text Link Ads (TLA is an SEJ advertiser, but this is not a...
Ask.com : IAC’s Glue, Better Than Google
In a recent AP article, IAC’s Chairman of the Board Barry Diller was quoted as saying that not only is Ask.com the glue which keeps...
Yahoo Mobile Advertising Signs Top Global Advertisers
Yahoo is using its International appeal to jumpstart its mobile advertising efforts by signing Hilton Embassy Suites, Nissan, Pepsi, Proctor & Gamble, Asia-Pacific and Singapore...
Last week in China – An Open Letter to Google
Last week in China – An Open Letter to Google The last week has been quiet on the Chinese Internet front. Maybe it has something...