by denis | Sep 5, 2007 | Search
On Tuesday Sept 4th Yahoo announced an agreement to acquire BlueLithium which is one of the few remaining top Internet ad agencies. The $300 million move will increase the technical capabilities and reach of Yahoo’s global ad network by adding...
by denis | Sep 5, 2007 | Search
John Battelle’s blog brought to my attention a startup called Cuill (pronounced “cool”) that was created by some wealthy ex-Googlers that specialized in search technologies. Apparently the startup, and this is rumour, has already been approached by...
by denis | Aug 31, 2007 | Search
The Fantomaster (a fabled SEO black hat guru) really caught my attention today by noting an article on Search Engine Watch that he admired! In case you don’t know when Fantomaster admires an article you can be relatively certain the article is worth a read....
by denis | Aug 29, 2007 | Search
A post today at the Google Webmaster Central Blog announced that Google’s Search Quality Team will resume sending notification emails to violators of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. The notices started in 2005 as a courtesy to let webmasters know that pages...
by denis | Aug 16, 2007 | Search
According to a fascinating release from search marketer Dan Thies, Google has been aware over a year now (that he knows of) of a method to destroy a website’s ranking. The method is called proxy hacking. What is a Web Proxy? First, it is important to understand...
by denis | Aug 14, 2007 | Search
According to the American Customer Satisfaction Index Yahoo has edged out Google by 1% for customer satisfaction this year: Yahoo 79%, Google 78%. The rating system the ACSI uses is complex and listed here and their source for data is noted here. Essentially their...
