Alexa Bullies Statsaholic and Copies Advances

Amazon’s bullying tactics make my blood pressure rise. Alexa (owned by Amazon) has chosen to file a lawsuit against Statsaholic.com for “stealing Alexa’s proprietary data by disregarding the rules for Alexa’s Web Services–through which Alexa...

Google’s Intentions for Apps and Future Acquisitions

Since Google began ruling the realm of Internet search it has become a major figure in my professional life. As a result, whenever an interview with a key figure of Google is posted I try not to miss it. To that end, John Battelle recently interviewed Google CEO, Eric...

SES NY Keynote Video: Windows Live Chief Steve Berkowitz

The following video is an excerpt from the 2007 Search Engine Strategies Keynote discussion between Danny Sullivan and Windows Live Chief, Steve Berkowitz. In this excerpt Steve Berkowitz explains that “it is not ever satisfactory not to be number one” in...

Mobile Search Site Creation and Optimization: Part 2 of 2

Written by Ross Dunn, CEO, StepForth SEO Services Credits: (Continued from Part 1) The following is Part 2 of the coverage of the Search Engine Strategies (SES) New York presentation called “Mobile Search Optimization” by Cindy Krum of Blue Moon Works, Gregory Markel,...

Well Day One at SES New York is Complete

It has been a long day. I got into New York early this morning and had to get up bright and early to attend the most interesting presentations. Between making contacts at my first Search Engine Strategies conference and attending two advanced presentations I had a...

Search Engine Strategies is Next Week

My apologies to my readers for such a quiet week on the StepForth SEO Blog and for the nonexistent newsletter. I have been very busy trying to catch up on open contracts and prepare for my adventure to New York next week for the Search Engine Strategies conference. I...