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Deer Googal, Plz Steel Moar Copywrites
I like watching music videos and I like reading song lyrics. Right now I have to get my copyright violations from two different places. The videos come from YouTube (owned by Google) and the lyrics from some other place, which … Continue reading
Page2RSS.com Works
Once upon a time Google Reader would create an RSS feed for changes to a page that didn’t have an RSS feed. That feature went away, but I’ve been using Page2RSS.com lately with good results. It’s what I use to … Continue reading
The Rise and Fall of J.C. Penney’s Google Results
The Dirty Little Secrets of Search: On Wednesday evening, Google began what it calls a “manual action” against Penney, essentially demotions specifically aimed at the company. At 7 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, J. C. Penney was still the No. … Continue reading
2 Gmail Questions
Does anyone know what’s up with Gmail not accepting legitimate emails? This week Facebook and GoDaddy notified me that they tried to send email to my Gmail account, but the emails were rejected. How do you mark all messages as … Continue reading
More on Bing copying Google’s search results
Following up on last week’s story, here’s a defense of Bing. See Google’s Matt Cutts and this Slashdot thread, where people take both sides. It looks like what’s happening is this. Via the Bing toolbar and IE Bing observes what … Continue reading
Evil Bing caught dead-to-rights totally ripping off Google’s search results
allegedly. The evidence does look pretty darned convincing.
Google searches for “buy a gun” near record highs
Via Zero Hedge. The current uptrend is presumably due to the Tucson, Arizona shooting – either out of concern for violence or concern that new gun control laws might be pushed through Congress after the incident. The #1 city searching … Continue reading
Google Pushing its WebP Image File Format
Gizmodo – Google Wants to Kill JPEGs With New WebP Format. To improve on the compression that JPEG provides, we used an image compressor based on the VP8 codec that Google open-sourced in May 2010. We applied the techniques from … Continue reading
Using Google Instant to Discover Keywords for Google AdWords
Google Instant debuted last week. As you type a search phrase Google predicts what you’re typing, based on aggregate data of popular searches. Last night I realized I could use Google Instant to find popular keyword phrases for Google AdWords. … Continue reading
Google Authenticator for Two-Factor Authentication
Pretty cool. Supposed to be available for Gmail within a few months.
How Google Instant Affects Google Site Statistics, AdWords
Google Webmaster Central Blog – Google Instant: Impact on Search queries. How Google Instant affects site statistics. With Google Instant, you may notice an increase in impressions because your site will appear in search results as users type. Impressions are … Continue reading
Google Breadcrumb Formatting
I had noticed that some search results showed the breadcrumb trail for that page, rather than the URL, like this: Google announced that they have new tags you can use to markup your site’s breadcrumb trails to make it more … Continue reading
Google Dropping Wave
Update on Google Wave: But despite these wins, and numerous loyal fans, Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked. We don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site … Continue reading
Google AdWords Revises Their Trademark Policy for the Better
I’ve complained before about Google’s ridiculous policy of not allowing the use of brand trademarks in ads, even if you’re an authorized reseller for the trademark holder. Google finally saw the light and changed the policy: Imagine opening your Sunday … Continue reading
New Google AdWords Match Type
ROI Revolution has the details.
Google Supports Unified Sitemaps with Images and Videos
Sitemaps: they’re not just for Web pages anymore.
Google’s Matt Cutts: Don’t bother with “PageRank sculpting”
MattCutts.com: Q: Does this mean “PageRank sculpting” (trying to change how PageRank flows within your site using e.g. nofollow) is a bad idea? A: I wouldn’t recommend it, because it isn’t the most effective way to utilize your PageRank. In … Continue reading
Is W3C Validation Important for SEO?
(SEO = search engine optimization: making your site rank higher in search engine results) Joost de Valk asks a bunch of experts, who say maybe so, maybe no, but probably not. Next up, Brent Payne, SEO Director for Tribune, seems … Continue reading
Free Google Adsense Webinars
Both upcoming and archived for your viewing pleasure.
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