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Google Underlining Typos in Search Query Field

Google is always testing part of their interface, and I believe that this new test will most likely be one that sticks around. Google has started underlining typos in the search query field. So, when you start typing a keyword, if what you are typing is an obvious typo, then ...

Google Sidewiki Closing – How to Export Your Entries

Chalk this up on the list of another one of Google's products that failed. Well, I wouldn't call Google Sidewiki a total failure, but rather a Google product that just did not "catch on" with everyone. Google Sidewiki is being closed down, and Google is offering us all a chance ...

Search Engine Rankings for September 2011

Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing. comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) , a leader in measuring the digital world, ...

Search Engines Not Doing Enough to Stop Hackers

The search engines, Google, Yahoo!, and Bing are great at helping us find information on the web. If you are like me, I personally perform a lot of search queries every day, finding new information and visiting new websites every day. That's why I use a search engine. However, the ...

Google Not Following Own Best Practices for Own Web Site

We all have issues with our web sites at one time or another. Certainly when designing, programming, developing, and optimizing our web sites we try to make sure that we follow the industry's best practices. But that doesn't always happen, even if you are Google. I have uncovered a few ...

How to Remove Google Personalization from Google Search Results

Barry over at Search Engine Roundtable wrote an interesting post about Google personalization and a little-known Google feature. There is a way to turn off the Google search results' personalization feature by appending "&pws=0" to the Google search results URL.   I recall removing personalization in the search results several ...

Google Search Quality Still Lacking After Google Farmer Update

As you are probably aware, Google has been in the media spotlight lately about their search quality. And today, Huffington Post published a blog post titled "Content is Best Fresh, Not Farmed". Oh Really? Let's take a look at Google's search results for a popular news item that I wrote about yesterday, ...

Google One Pass: Payment System for Digital Content

For publishers all over the world, two main problems have often plagued the publishing world - how to get your content into the hands of those that want it, and how to profit from doing so. In the past, with print media the only business model that was available was ...

Infoseek Trademark and Domain Name to Be Auctioned December 8th

Do you want to own the trademark and domain name of a former search engine? Well, here is your chance. The trademark and domain name of Infoseek, a search engine originally founded in 1994 by Steve Kirsch and the first search engine to sell advertising on a CPM (Cost Per Thousand ...

Google Instant Previews Launched in Search Results

If you have used the Google search engine today, you might have noticed a new feature that they have recently rolled out, called Instant Previews. This new feature allows you to fully preview a web page from within the Google search results before visiting actually visiting the web page. Screen capture ...

How NOT to Build Links to Your Website: Courtesy of American Express

As a courtesy and value-added service, American Express is building links and doing search engine optimization for many of their small business clients. Through a division called "American Express Market 3D", American Express is doing Inbound Link Building, Social Bookmarking, and General Directory Submissions. American Express clients are now reportedly ...
May 3rd 2012
Tags: Domain Names 3 Comments

Apple Reveals iPhone4N Via Domain Name Registration?

Did Apple just reveal the name of the next Apple iPhone, the iPhone 4N via a new domain name registration? Based on whois records, Apple has apparently purchased the domain name iPhone4n.com: What is interesting (and perhaps suspect) is that this domain name, iPhone4n.com, was registered through Godaddy, and not MarkMonitor. ...
April 28th 2012
Tags: Domain Names One Comment

Selling Your Domain Name with LeadRefs

For those who like to do affiliate marketing, buying domains is a familiar subject. You never know what set of keywords will be the next big thing, so you buy several domains with several different combinations of keywords. Many affiliate marketers buy tons, and tons of these types of domains, ...
April 27th 2012
Tags: Search Engine Optimization One Comment

Search Engine Optimization Tip: Links Surrounded by Text

Links are a big part of the success of your Search Engine Optimization efforts and the overall traffic from organic search to your site. However, there are several issues related to links to your site, including anchor text that you need to pay attention to. One of them that you ...
April 26th 2012
Tags: Social Video Marketing One Comment

5 Things to Consider Before Developing Web Videos

Guest Post by Tristan Pelligrino Based on figures released in January of 2012, YouTube now reaches 4 billion hits per day. Needless to say, there are a ton of people watching web videos on a daily basis. Furthermore, people now expect to see video content discussing the types of products and ...

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