September 2005 Archives : Bruce Clay Blog
September 29, 2005Google and NASA in a Joint Venture
Guest Entry by Becky Ryan, Bruce Clay, Inc. Google News just headlined Google and NASA Partner Up. Google and NASA are making giant leaps in technology by partnering up. This venture will create the world largest technical-informational database, making Google yet again a shining star. Google reports they are going to cooperate with NASA and [...]
September 19, 2005
WebSourced CEO resigns
Pat Martin, CEO of WebSourced, resigned from the company, following former employees Jason Dowdell and Andy Beal out the door. WebSourced–home to Mike Grehan, Heather Lloyd Martin and Search Engine Lowdown blogger, Garrett French–is now the subject of a lot of heat. Rumors are flying in the forums and they’re ripe with scandal, including allegations [...]
Avast, ye swarthy swabs! Look alive.
Today be “Talk Like a Pirate” day. Capt. Jeeves has given his orders and commanded all his crew to speak in th’ brogue o’ the sea. Be ye a captain o’ yer own vessel or naught but a humble pirate, remember ye to keep to the code and keep in mind that dead men tell [...]
September 16, 2005
Communication is good.
That’s the lesson Google is working on learning right now as they test out a system to notify webmasters of banning and quality issues with their website. The emails, initially reported on by Nick W of ThreadWatch and later confirmed by Matt Cutts, are quite an interesting read. Dear site owner or webmaster of [url [...]
September 13, 2005
Ruling Handed Down on Kai Fu Lee Case
Bloomberg reports that the judge ruled today that Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, the subject of a bitter court battle between Google and Microsoft, can recruit for Google in China without violating his non-compete agreement though he cannot perform other tasks at the new facility, including setting budgets or working on research and development projects. Update: Both [...]
September 12, 2005
Google gets letters
I thought we weren’t supposed to research medical problems on the internet because it usually leads to paranoia and thinking that the mysterious pain in your shoulder means that your arm is in imminent danger of falling off. But the Google blog today would like us all to know that a little knowledge can be [...]
September 8, 2005
Andy Beal rejoins the blogosphere.
After a two month vacation from blogging, Andy Beal, formerly of Web Sourced and Search Engine Lowdown, has returned with a new blog, Marketing Pilgrim. Andy’s long been one of the best minds in SEO blogging and we’re all glad to see him back in the saddle. Search Engine Lowdown, Andy’s old blog, is now [...]
September 7, 2005
Happy Birthday, Google!
Today is Google’s 7th birthday. We’ve all heard the Google origin story, about those two crazy kids from Stanford started out with a dream and a mission. But really, all we care about is that they’re the biggest game in town. Using Google’s own fine search engine, I’ve discovered Google’s horoscope for the day. Let’s [...]
September 2, 2005
Relevancy increases return on investment
If you haven’t seen Blake’s Hidden Gem o’ the Week at the Inside Adwords blog, do yourself a favor and check it out. While the hidden gems are often very simple, they’re also things that can be easily overlooked. This week’s gem is related to improving click through rates on your ads by making them [...]
Please, sir, can I have some more?
Okay, I’ll admit it; I’m a sucker for musicals and musical parodies. As my poor, long-suffering coworkers will tell you, it’s Broadway nearly everyday at my desk. So when people like the dynamic duo over at GreyHatNews mix up a pretty good parody…well, I’m pretty much always going to find an excuse to link to [...]
