Search Engine Journal

Google Supplemental Results & Big Daddy
As I was running through my daily web chores today I noticed something peculiar on Big Daddy server: http://64.233.167.104. I did a site: command and instead of the usual 100,000 or so results I saw the dreaded supplemental results notification. I had lost 98,000 indexed pages and left with a […]

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Flash Tricks for Improved Search Engine Rankings
Normal wisdom says that if you use Flash in a web site it will hurt your search engine placement. This is due primarily to search engines having a hard time to index Flash content. But with a little ingenuity we can use that very problem to our advantage.
Let’s first […]

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MySpace : PR Nightmare in the Making
MySpace’s phenomenal popularity with the teens and early twentysomethings generated a $580 million acquisition by the seventysomething Rupert Murdoch. Here are some truly impressive recent metrics on the site (according to comScore):
* 24.2 million unique users in October 2005
* 11.6 billion page views in October 2005
* More page views […]

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Performancing - Monetize Your Blog
If you want to make more money blogging and want to discover the best ways to do it, by learning from the pros - I have a GREAT new resource for you. Nick from ThreadWatch and Patrick from TextLinkAds have joined forces to bring you Performancing.com. Take a peak at all […]

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Balancing Paid and Organic Search Engine Marketing
Does your company’s website really need to be listed in both the organic or “natural” search results as well as the paid “sponsored” results? According to panel of search engine experts at a recent Search Engine Strategies conference, the answer is yes. Most search engine marketing experts agree that […]

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Commission Junction’s New Spidering Detective
Brian Livingston just came out with another great article about new initiatives CJ is taking to fight affiliate hijinks and clean the network up. Cookie stuffing, forced clicks and security exploits are the 3 three kinds of prohibited behaviors CJ just contracted a company called Cyveillance to help them police and […]

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Holiday Online Shopping - Get Ready for a Big Season
Hope everyone is all geared up for a big holiday shopping season. Growth indicators all point to a nice upward swing in online spending and gift shopping this year. Consumers are also starting to shop online earlier than ever with many starting to shop already this […]

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GoogleBastards.com - Two Great Google Cartoons
AussieWebmaster shared a couple great Google editorial cartoons ealier this week that I have been saving for the Friday funnies. The forum software over at SEW blocked out the swear word in first link, but I don’t think my readers will mind a bit.
Relax!!! Take a laugh break! GoogleBastards.com […]

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Blog Advertising Survey - Revenue and Sources
Just discovered some enlightening surveys about blog revenue. The graphs are great and the info is interesting. Not sure how wide the survey was or how representative it is of the average blogger. But I find the stats interesting enough to start a discussion about. Most bloggers only make […]

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Adware - Rogue Affiliates - The Hidden Money Trail
PCWorld has just published a very long and enlightening article about Adware and Spyware and how it’s used by some of the big brand companies. The trouble is the frequent use of the word affiliate - which could make it sound to the average consumer that ALL […]

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