Thu Dec 27, 2007

Eurexter’s free custom search engines — the swickis — are out of beta. Swickis are social search technology: As visitors search, vote and click, your swicki generates more relevant results and turns into a valuable asset for you and your...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Over the last year I have really noticed an increase in the time it takes Google to index pages, specifically articles and blog posts.  Pages being indexed used to take days and then hours and now I am noticing minutes.  This is without being...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Less-than-scrupulous SEOs have engaged in black hat practices for years but to date we ve seen nothing to match the massive scale of what hit Google and the other search engines in the last week of November. Security experts insist that this is just the...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web. Read Original Post Here ...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Around this time of year millions of children around the world start behaving just a little bit better. Why? Because they have parents who remind them on a regular basis that "Santa Claus is watching..." The not-so-subtle threat is to behave, or risk not...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Hey Jill, I am in the process of changing all my URLs from things like news123.html to OurCompany_Announces_New_CEO.html Are there any problems associated with these wholesale changes, apart from making sure to have a redirect for external...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Greg Jarboe tracks the top news stories and blog posts written at Search Engine Strategies Chicago last week. Read Original Post Here ...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

You re reading the third and final part of The Dilemma of Defining Google series. Finally the time has come to chat about Google s anticipated long-term plans and contributions. We will finish up our search for finding those numerous ways in which they...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

A website is much like a home. In order for it to function as intended it has to be built to be structurally sound from top to bottom. On the web you can think of search engine spiders as the building inspector who come by from time to time making sure...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Last week at Search Engine Strategies I finally had the pleasure of meeting up with Wendy Piersall from eMoms at Home. Wendy and I have been emailing since last April when she first contacted me to interview me for a feature she was running on her site....

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Had an email this week from Kalena Jordan asking me for an update on the Bento Yum "blocking Google" series I started earlier this year. I'd launched the project back in May as a new series about a building a business without the benefit of search...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

It's no secret bloggers are the hot new target of new media savvy public relations professionals. Everyone wants to get coverage on the hot blog in their industry. What may be overlooked, however, is the continued power of newspapers when it comes to...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Pandia has tested a new search technology that clusters Google search results. It is called Google Hack: Search Explorer and is currently under development. A working version is online for anyone that feels that Google could be doing a better job...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

If you re one of the few that still doesn t believe in global warming then this article isn t for you. Because even those who refuse to do anything about it can still accept the barrage of facts and scientific data that support climate change....

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Ask.com has launched the AskEraser, a tool that deletes all future search queries and associated cookie information from Ask.com servers, including IP address, User ID, Session ID, and the complete text of their queries. You will find the AskEraser link...