Thu Jul 24, 2008

Blogspot.com cited as the No. 1 host for malware from News.com reports Google's Blogger accounts "for nearly 2 percent of all malware hosts." Sophos, an antivirus vendor, published a report showing the state of malware injections and attacks throughout...

Thu Jul 24, 2008

by Stoney deGeyter Over the last two posts I discussed the importance of expert information in building a Destination Website. I also outlined seven different types of expert information that can be used in providing quality information to your...

Thu Jul 24, 2008

by Manoj Jasra If you are looking for a career in web analytics and want to establish a solid foundation of skills as a part of your overall analytics training, then I recommend adding the skills below to your tool-set to help you become a very well...

Thu Jul 24, 2008

I feel bad for always seeming to pick on Google about showing inappropriate images in normal web search. But it's happened again. This morning at the Search Engine Roundtable, I explained that a search for [educating] returns a "teacher standing over a...

Thu Jul 24, 2008

by Mack Collier One thing I love about blogging is that it gives a small business the ability to quickly and easily build awareness for itself online.  This is exactly what Amrita Chandra is doing to get the word out about her Toronto-based...

Thu Jul 24, 2008

by David Wallace I came across a story posted at Search Engine Land pointing out that Google has an "unsatisfactory" record with The Better Business Bureau. How can a company voted "top global brand" in 2008 at the same time have an...

Thu Jul 24, 2008

After six months of testing, Google has formally rolled out Knol, a service designed to let people create pages of knowledge on any topic they choose. While Google says Knol is not designed to compete with Wikipedia -- and...

Thu Jul 24, 2008

by Todd Mintz David Mihm is more than just an SEMpdx Schwag Ho. He is one of the top experts in the ever-growing specialty of Local Search Optimization and he focuses his consultancy on helping small business clients generate online revenue in...

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google's Knol Launches: Like Wikipedia, With Moderation After six months of testing, Google has...

Thu Jul 24, 2008

I'm in the process of finalizing the agenda for our SMX London conference, which will be posted in early August. If you've got a unique, compelling idea for a session you think we should consider for the conference, I'd like to hear about it. And don't...

Thu Jul 24, 2008

One of the most popular vertical search features on the web is image search index. What’s really remarkable, however, is how little has changed in the core technology approach to the indexing of multimedia over the last decade. When I was the head of...

Thu Jul 24, 2008

I reported earlier that Yahoo wasn't allowing new advertisers join the Yahoo Ambassador program, but it seems much worse then that. I reported at the Search Engine Roundtable and we have reports at PPC Hero that Yahoo is closing down the whole program as...

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Kevin Johnson, who was arguably the primary architect of the now apparently failed Yahoo acquisition, is leaving Microsoft to run Juniper Networks. Simultaneously the company is reorganizing the division that Johnson ran ("Platform Services") into two:...

Wed Jul 23, 2008

If you are an experienced link builder, you might be tempted to read something other than today's column, which on first glance may appear a bit to rudimentary for your skills. If you do stick around, and I hope you do, I'll share with you what I...

Wed Jul 23, 2008

I thought I share with you a video from Appappeal.com, named "Just Google." The song was created by Lex Friedman and Seth Brown. Here is the video/song: Click to continue reading... Read Original Post Here ...