Archive for May, 2008
Google Temporarily Penalizes Blogspot & Info Domains
Over the weekend, I noticed reports from WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums suggesting that Google dropped .info and blogspot results from its index.
First reports came in at around 9:50am (EST) on May 23rd at both forums. Massive panic actually started where we saw dozens of forum posts with members not understanding how Google can completely [...]
Memorial Day Logos from Yahoo, Ask.com, Dogpile But Still Not Google
Historically, most search engines do not place a special logo up on their home page for Memorial Day. I am not sure why, I know it is just a U.S. holiday - but typically, the lack of a special logo, confuses many Americans.
This year, we had some search engines that historically have not placed [...]
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 25, 2008
In this Memorial Day weekend recap, I discuss the recent Google changes, floating fours, case sensitivity, minus X penalties and the local universal search change. I mock Microsoft Live Search’s Cashback program. I looked into Ask.com’s search update and then move to Yahoo’s search ad change. Google updated the AdWords billing page. [...]
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 23, 2008
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google Universal Search Local Results Adds "Change Location"
Google Universal Search has been around for a while now. But today, Sam asked me to look at a search for
13 Online Tools For Beer Lovers
Do you like beer? Are you one of those folks who always drinks the same brand, or are you willing to try something new? If the answer is the latter, you’ll be happy to know that there’s a wealth of beer-related sites out there with great info for beer connoisseurs. Let the taps flow!
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DealQUE: Social Shopping Startup Bootstraps Its Way Into The Ring
DealQUE, a service founded in late 2007 and launched as a beta earlier this month, is being promoted as a social shopping site, which brings to mind several past parallels that have shown varying levels of success. One long-standing service is ThisNext. Another is Kaboodle.
What DealQUE seems to amount to is a sort of cohesion [...]
The top 5 criteria to pick a CPA offer
These are are the top 5 things I look for when picking new offers to test out and run.
1. The offer landing page. To me this is by far the most important consideration when picking a new offer. You can have the best campaign setup, keyword selection, pre-sell landing page, etc, [...]
Using Geo-identifiers to expand your campaign reach
Many sources claim that up to 50% of searches are tagged with some sort of Geo term. With those kind of numbers, Geo terms are something you can’t ignore when building your campaigns. It’s possible to incorporate these location searches in many types of campaigns.
What exactly are they?
If someone adds any geographic [...]
NASA To Broadcast Landing On Mars Live On The Internet
Not only is NASA,the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, going to attempt to put another lander on Mars, but this time their doing it live on the Internet for all to see.
According to Michael Learmonth of Silicon Valley Insider, starting at 6 PM EST today, people can head to NASA’s website, or Second Life, to [...]