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28 Sep This post is from from my other blog here A summary of search related news items that occurred this week including DMOZ's home page has gone missing from the Google search results, a new product called Fuser allows you to manage email and social networking accounts in one place, Google adds Video to the sources one can receive Google Alerts from, Microsoft rolls out a major update to their Live Search product, and finally Web security firm ScanSafe reports that one third of employers are blocking access to social network sites due to security and productivity issues.
24 Sep This post is from from my other blog here I hate comment spam. I hate it so much that several months ago I set up TypePad authentication on our blog. In other words, in order to comment, one had to first sign up for a TypePad account (which is easy) and then once activated, log in to comment. If they did not wipe out their cookies (as I frequently do), each time they returned to comment, they would still be logged in. While this put a complete stop to the massive amount of comment spam we were receiving, it also cut down on the amount of comments, the reason ... Click here to read the entire blog post
21 Sep This post is from from my other blog here A summary of search related news items that occurred this week including Yahoo! agrees to acquire open source office suite Zimbra, Google launches PowerPoint alternative called Presently, Netscape makes the switch regarding their social news service to new site - Propeller, Digg adds new social features and Diggers are not happy, and finally, nine search engine executives make Forbes 400 richest Americans list.
19 Sep This post is from from my other blog here Automating the SEO process has been a hot topic of late. Loren Baker stirred up the conversation with his post "Can SEO Be Automated?" where he talks about the fact that search marketing agency, Commerce360 is developing proprietary software to automate SEO. As of today, his post has received 41 comments, mostly from people defending the fact that SEO cannot be completely automated. I agree! Then Lisa Barone published an excellent post defending the fact that SEO still needs the human element. This leads one to wonder if search engine optimization can actually be accomplished with software or in other ... Click here to read the entire blog post
17 Sep This post is from from my other blog here Ian McAnerin, current president of the two plus year old Search Marketing Association of North America (SMA-NA) has announced that he will be dissolving the organization as of today mostly due to lack of resources. The association was originally founded out of concern that SEMPO, one of the major associations related to the search marketing industry, was not properly serving the needs of everyone. Since then, according to Ian, SEMPO has solved those issues.
15 Sep This post is from from my other blog here Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of enhancing your web site with the goal of increasing your visibility in the top search engines when specific keywords or phrases are searched for. Every web site that wants to be found in the organic search results of engines like Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Ask and the like need to incorporate some type of SEO strategy. Some take it to far though as in an example I recently found with a national computer services chain.
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