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Month: June 2007

The Facts, Revisited: SEOs p3wn Calacanis

The Facts, Revisited: SEOs p3wn Calacanis

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Props to GrayWolf on this find. What’s the best way to rid your new “engine” of spam? Well, it’s to give those spammers free links from your up and coming search engine err, “human edited search product”. Check out the wonderfully lame Mahalo Blog at: http://blog.mahalo.com/?p=18 Note to readers… This is how you reference sites without actually creating a link. If any of you are friendly with Jason Calacanis or the Mahalo crew, please pass along this advanced piece of…

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How Can Google Reader Have No SEARCH Box?

How Can Google Reader Have No SEARCH Box?

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Google gets a lot of things done, and done right. Still, it’s no secret that I’m anti-Google in more discussions these days. Last week we had a department meeting at the office, and it was asked that we share our commonly used resources. Everything from bookmarks, tricks of the trade, RSS feeds, etc.

Joost De Valk Aids Depersonalized Search on Google

Joost De Valk Aids Depersonalized Search on Google

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For too long now, I’ve been searching Google with careful attention to detail. Despite all the care in the world though, combined with the aggressive advancements of GUS or “Google Universal Search — I’ve seen personalized search patterns developing and altering my SERPs. I really hate that. Maybe it’s my background from being in SEO so long — but it’s tough for me to relate to clients’ needs when they’re seeing entirely different results than I am. Perhaps more importantly,…

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What Happens When Sites Don’t Sell?

What Happens When Sites Don’t Sell?

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Earlier this morning I came across a thread started by engine on WebmasterWorld that discussed the fact that… Since the inception of the Web, online commerce has enjoyed hypergrowth, with annual sales increasing more than 25 percent over all, and far more rapidly in many categories. But in the last year, growth has slowed sharply in major sectors like books, tickets and office supplies. The thread references a New York Times article called Online Sales Are Losing Steam, and it’s…

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Strategic Partnership: Forefront Marketing Group

Strategic Partnership: Forefront Marketing Group

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It’s not often that I find an existing team of marketers that I can both relate to and work well with. In the rare event though that I do come across such people, I find as many ways to work with them as possible. Earlier today I was speaking with a colleague, discussing parallels between online and offline marketing. When I realized that he was helping to lead an exciting new company located in the East Bay, I had to…

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Yahoo Search Index Has Been Updated

Yahoo Search Index Has Been Updated

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According to the Yahoo! Search blog at www.ysearchblog.com, this morning marked the most recent update in Yahoo! Search result pages. Priyank Garg from Yahoo posted the following information on the blog early Wednesday morning…