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Microsoft Reorganization Forthcoming, Kevin Johnson Moves On

Posted: 24 07 2008 17:06:06 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Microsoft msn Search [edit]

Big technology blogger Kara Swisher shares an internal memo of a Microsoft reorganization. Its Platforms and Service division will be split into 2 groups: Windows/Windows Live and Online Services, of which members will report directly to Steve Ballmer. Microsoft's press...

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MSN Live Sending Odd Referrals -- QBHP -- to Websites

Posted: 24 07 2008 16:51:04 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Microsoft msn Search [edit]

Six months ago, we reported that Microsoft Live Search was sending spammy types of referrals. Rogerd reports on WebmasterWorld that he's not seeing the same types of referrals we reported back in January, but he's finding some even stranger ones....

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Google Launches Knol: Project Wikipedia

Posted: 24 07 2008 16:21:44 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Other Google Topics [edit]

After we first announced Google's intention to launch Knol, their knowledgebase, we learned yesterday that the project is finally live. Here's a small little screenshot of Google Knol: Will it be the Wikipedia killer, a many people have been wondering...

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Yahoo To Discontinue Ambassador Program As Of September 30, 2008

Posted: 24 07 2008 15:21:47 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Yahoo! Search marketing [edit]

In May, we reported that Yahoo stopped enabling signs ups and enrollments for the Yahoo Ambassador Program. The Ambassador program is basically a higher level of support for the Yahoo Search Marketing product and service. Today, I noticed a WebmasterWorld...

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Is Microsoft Not Serious About Webmasters?

Posted: 24 07 2008 15:11:16 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Microsoft msn Search [edit]

A WebmasterWorld thread asks if Microsoft is not serious about webmasters. Why? Well, if you use Live Webmaster Tools and you click on "Add Site," you will see funny messages. For example, when they ask for your email address Microsoft...

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Can You Be Penalized in Search Engines For Broken Web Links?

Posted: 24 07 2008 15:05:30 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Search engine Optimization [edit]

A Google Groups thread has discussion around a site that was hacked and because of it, now has many broken (dead) hyper links. The question then came up, would Google penalize a site that had broken links? The simple answer...

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Google Sitemaps URLs Have "High Response Time" Message

Posted: 24 07 2008 14:50:52 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Google Optimization [edit]

Google seems to have been adding new alerts or messages sent via the Google Message Center in Webmaster Tools. We saw an alert for high bandwidth access rates and now I am seeing reports of messages warning of "high response...

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 23, 2008

Posted: 24 07 2008 0:00:11 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Search Forum Recap [edit]

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....

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Will Stricter Laws Regarding Software Patents Nullify Search Algorithms and Google PageRank?

Posted: 23 07 2008 17:22:36 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Other Google Topics [edit]

Greg Sterling shares a blog post from the Patent Law Blog that says that "the Patent and Trademark Office has now made clear that its newly developed position on patentable subject matter will invalidate many and perhaps most software patents,...

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The Google Content Network: Not That Bad After All

Posted: 23 07 2008 16:52:53 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Google Adwords [edit]

Many people who use Google AdWords will opt out of the content network because they feel that since people are not actively searching when they find ads in the content network, they conversion rates will be lower. But in a...

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Google's Governmental Search Engine: Uncle Sam

Posted: 23 07 2008 16:34:46 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Google Search engine [edit]

Did you know that Google has a search engine related to governmental queries? Google's Uncle Sam search engine includes White House news, top governmental stories, American Forces Information Services, the Washington Post, and more. The search engine also searches .gov...

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Will Google Buy Social News Site Digg for $200 Million?

Posted: 23 07 2008 16:14:57 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Other Google Topics [edit]

CNET and a number of other blogs report that Google may buy social news site Digg for approximately $200 million. This has been something we've been eying for awhile, with Reuters photographing Digg CEO Jay Adelson with Larry Page of...

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Google's Cache Database Back On Track?

Posted: 23 07 2008 14:59:35 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Google Optimization [edit]

A WebmasterWorld thread had reports that Google had all old cache dates for most sites on the web. By old, I mean, the last time Google said they "retrieved" the site was on the 15th or 16th and it was...

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More Inappropriate Images Popping Up in Google Web Search

Posted: 23 07 2008 14:49:29 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Google Optimization [edit]

Conduct a search for educating in Google and you will see an image of a teacher standing over a student holding a small rod, with the student's pants down leaning over a desk. This is not what one would expect...

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Are Small Businesses Giving Up on Google AdWords?

Posted: 23 07 2008 14:40:07 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Google Adwords [edit]

An interesting thread at WebmasterWorld has discussion on the topic of less small businesses using Google AdWords. The thread create, senior member, annej, said: I have a hobby related site and use AdSense. Ads from small online businesses were especially...

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Happy Hot Dog Day

Posted: 23 07 2008 14:36:34 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Blog Administration [edit]

Just to liven things up a bit, we decided to put up a special theme for today. Today is supposedly National Hot Dog Day, so hence, the hot dog theme. Here is a picture for archive purposes: Doesn't that make...

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 22, 2008

Posted: 23 07 2008 0:00:52 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Search Forum Recap [edit]

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....

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Give Your SEO Clients a Warranty!

Posted: 22 07 2008 17:02:46 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: SEM / SEO Companies [edit]

The very smart Sarah Bird at SEOmoz has recently blogged about the importance of managing client expectations when working in this area. She says that it's normal for people to overpromise and underdeliver. If you run into a client who...

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Dealing with Pagination for High Rankings

Posted: 22 07 2008 16:51:27 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Search engine Optimization [edit]

A WebmasterWorld member is working on a site and is running into difficulty with rankings that are dropping. When checking Google Webmaster Tools, the big issue is that the pages have the same meta tags, descriptions, and titles. What kind...

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Does the Amount of Content Matter for SEO?

Posted: 22 07 2008 16:18:13 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Search engine Optimization [edit]

Everyone emphasizes that content is king. But does the amount of content make a difference? This is the issue that is currently being discussed at High Rankings Forums. Well, contrary to what they usually say, size doesn't matter this time....

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Does Google Every Totally "Forgive" A Site For Being Penalized?

Posted: 22 07 2008 15:48:59 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Google Optimization [edit]

There is an excellent thread at WebmasterWorld discussing if Google will ever fully "forgive" a site after it has been penalized. For example, let's say you have been slapped with a link penalty, and you remove all those bad links....

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Google Webmaster Tools Warns Of Spikes in Bandwidth Fees

Posted: 22 07 2008 15:31:33 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Google Optimization [edit]

I have a client with a very large database driven site. The site is extremely crawlable, which makes for a really nice amount of pages for very specific search terms. I cannot share the site I am talking about, because...

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Sadness In The Search Industry : Respect Each Other

Posted: 22 07 2008 15:05:11 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Search engine Industry News [edit]

I honestly hate to write about this and I will not be talking in any specifics. But in the past week or two there has been a lot of sadness around the industry, the search industry of course. No, this...

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Google Maps Now Has Walking Directions

Posted: 22 07 2008 14:52:58 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Local Search [edit]

A Google Groups thread lead me to believe that Google Maps will soon be offering walking directions to everyone, in the near future. So, I decided to check the example I was watching, i.e. 200 Madison Ave to 200 Lexington...

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 21, 2008

Posted: 22 07 2008 0:00:50 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Search Forum Recap [edit]

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....

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A Broken & Non-Functional Web Site Remains At The Top of Google

Posted: 21 07 2008 17:32:54 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Google Search engine [edit]

A WebmasterWorld forum member is a bit disturbed by a #1 Google ranking on one of his own websites -- that is BROKEN. It's an old site with many pages indexed and strong inbound links, but every single time he's...

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Google Addresses Cache and Related Concerns

Posted: 21 07 2008 17:16:44 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Other Google Topics [edit]

In a Google Groups thread, a forum member wonders about the details and logistics about Google's cache. JohnMu, a Google representative, offers his $0.02 and gives some interesting tidbits. First and foremost, if you experience any cache issues or errors,...

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Microsoft Re-Announces ContentAds Pilot Program

Posted: 21 07 2008 16:51:52 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: msn / Microsoft AdCenter [edit]

Microsoft has re-announced its ContentAds program last Friday. The program is currently in private beta, as we have reported at the end of 2006, but we have covered it since the beginning of 2006 Microsoft's post seems like more of...

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Video: Matt Cutts Talks About Spam

Posted: 21 07 2008 16:29:23 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Google Optimization [edit]

In a recent video where Matt Cutts aims to address the German webmaster community, he shares some information about Google -- about how he discovered his first spam site, how being creative, quick, focused on a specific niche may put...

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Google To Start Indexing Audio Files as Text?

Posted: 21 07 2008 15:01:58 CEST by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Tags: Google Optimization [edit]

WebmasterWorld administrator, Tedster, started a thread at WebmasterWorld suggesting that Google may begin indexing audio files in the near future. Tedster linked to the recent news on Google announcing that they are "automatically" transcribing YouTube videos "from speech to text"...

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