November 30, 2006

Search Headlines

Posted by Lisa Barone on 11/30/2006 @ 3:54 pm | Comments Off

The Day Has Come; Danny Sullivan Leaves SEW
If you’ve been paying attention at all, you know that today will be Danny Sullivan’s last day at Search Engine Watch.
In honor of the day, Danny has penned a farewell post (check out the graphic of SEW back in 1997. Hellooo, ugly.) to his readers to keep them up-to-date on his plans and … Read more




Are you a good bot or a bad bot?

Posted by Lisa Barone on 11/30/2006 @ 11:18 am | Comments Off

One of the lessons I learned during the Bot Obedience Course in San Jose was that there are two kinds of bots – the good spidering ones and the bad bandwidth stealing ones. (I know, I’m slow.)
Good bots are the robots sent out by the various search engines to crawl your site and bring you yummy traffic. They enter your … Read more




November 29, 2006

Google’s Super Secret Ad Network Emerges

Posted by Lisa Barone on 11/29/2006 @ 2:51 pm | Comments Off

Google still won’t admit to it, but the Tech Zone’s John Chow broke the story about an invitation he received to join Google’s exclusive, super secret CPM display advertising network which hopes to bring Fortune 1000 companies into Google’s advertising hold.
The top secret system is nicknamed the Google Display Advertising Network and is strictly invitation only. John outlined the … Read more




Schedule for SES Chicago 2006*

Posted by Lisa Barone on 11/29/2006 @ 1:28 pm | Comments Off

As promised, here’s my schedule for next week’s SES Chicago. If you see me, please do come and say hi. I would absolutely love to chat with you. And ignore the smoke coming from my fingers as I try to liveblog Barry Schwartz style. It’s perfectly normal and the bleeding stops eventually.

Day 0: Sunday, December 3, 2006
Early/ Mid Afternoon: Arrive … Read more


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An SEO blogger critiques an SEO critic answering his critics

Posted by Susan Esparza on 11/29/2006 @ 9:24 am | Comments (0)

Here we go again.
Everyone remembers our buddy Dave Pasternack from Did-it, right? In case you don’t want to click the link, I’ll summarize. Last month, our intrepid SEO critic pointed out that search engine optimization as an industry was dying because it’s not hard and a monkey could do it. (I’m paraphrasing.) Well, he’s back again this … Read more




November 27, 2006

Weekend Update

Posted by Lisa Barone on 11/27/2006 @ 3:01 pm | Comments (0)

Google Gives Blog Search Its Own Onebox
I’m a fan of all things blogs, so this makes me happy. Andy Beal reports a find by Andy Boyd (I feel left out of the AB club, don’t you?) that shows Google returning a onebox for blog results for certain queries. It’s a nice feature, though I’d rather be able to search for … Read more




Copyright Crazy All Around the World

Posted by Lisa Barone on 11/27/2006 @ 1:06 pm | Comments (0)

Say you’re Google (or perhaps you’re Larry or Sergey since Google’s not actually human), how many times would you have to be sued for copyright infringement before you crash your own engine, pack up your index and go home (assuming you could still sell ad space on its dead remains of course)? Five times? Twenty times? Nine billion times?
Because that’s … Read more




Is it awesome in here today or is it just me?

Posted by Susan Esparza on 11/27/2006 @ 11:03 am | Comments (0)

Around here there are a few things we believe in–Luck Dragons, the Dodgers [if by Dodgers you mean Red Sox, then yes! - Lisa], and the importance of what we like to call practicing perfectly. Sometimes called textbook SEO, the optimization of Meta tags, alt attributes and other on-page elements are often dismissed as unimportant because they’re “ignored … Read more




November 22, 2006

How to Survive Thanksgiving 2006 (aka your Wednesday Recap)

Posted by Lisa Barone on 11/22/2006 @ 11:50 am | Comments (0)

I don’t know how to tell you this, but due to the holiday there will be no Friday Recap this week. I know, I know, but you’ll be okay, I promise.
In its place, I offer you a few goodies and some advice to help you optimize your Thanksgiving experience while you’re strapped seated next to your lovely family who you … Read more




November 21, 2006

Search Headlines

Posted by Lisa Barone on 11/21/2006 @ 5:15 pm | Comments (0)
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European Mobile Firm Launches Flat Rate System
Bigmouthmedia reports that European mobile network operator 3 has partnered up with Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Skype/ eBay in a far-reaching new mobile deal that will allow 3’s customers to make free internet phone calls, watch television, and access their computers all for a fixed rate.
For me, that flat fee is what … Read more




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