Google Maps has added a very Flickrish feature which serves photos and popular searches along wth specific Google Maps local search results.
The photos are served by Panaramio (and some by Picasa), a geo targeted photo hosting company Google acquired in May 2007
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Dave Naylor posts this screenshot of Yahoo Answers serving Ads by Google above answers search results. According to the screenshot, which was sent in by a DaveN reader, it looks like the Google Ads are being served along with the Yahoo Search Marketing ads.
I don’t know, something smells fishy here. A photoshop mock-up perhaps? I’d […]
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If on-page optimization is the meat of SEO, relevant and quality linking is the bread, butter and dish it is served on.
Together, the mix of quality site optimization, targeted inbound linking, press relations, provocative content and social participation can transform a mid-level site into an authority destination within 3 to 6 months, changing the […]
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Microsoft just can’t stay put, can they? Instead of being content pumping billions into improving their own proprietary search engine and Internet presence, they poked their beaks down in Yahoo, tearing apart one of their largest online competitors and sending Yahoo into a frenzy which may make it dependent upon Google for its future finances […]
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A good amount of new names and faces have been popping up on Search Engine Journal over the past few weeks. This is because we are currently running a guest blogging competition where we are offering the most popular guest blogger (based on liks, traffic, sphinns ..etc.) different prizes from Search Engine Journal Sponsors adding […]
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An SEJ Reader send in the following question :
Subdomains or Subfolders? What’s better for a blog/forum/etc: a subdomain (eg. http://jobs.searchenginejournal.com/) or subfolder (eg. http://www.seomoz.org/blog/)?
Subdomains and subfolders both have their advantages, especially when setting up blogs.
For blogs, I prefer a subfolder (http://www.seomoz.org/blog/) because the link juice which is sent to that blog is going […]
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Yahoo may be running Google AdWords quite soon as the two companies are growing closer in an effort to work together which will boost Yahoo’s goal of not being taken over by Microsoft.
Yahoo ran a test serving Google AdWords in their search results last month and the outcome was quite positive.
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Do you Twitter? If you do, there’s a whole lot of SEO and search marketing people using Twitter to share ideas, share news and even write about small happenings like what they’re eating for lunch or when Google oriented news pops up on CNN. I’ve found Twitter a great way to connect with others in […]
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BBC crackers have successfully hacked into Facebook, exposing security flaws in Facebook Apps and other services.
Great video from the BBC on Facebook Security Hacks :
BBC Exposes Facebook Flaw : The BBC’s technology programme Click has exposed a security flaw in the social networking site Facebook which could compromise privacy.
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Yesterday on Search Engine Journal, Eric Lander posted some screen shots of Google openly serving confidential advertiser information in their AdWords results, such as the max CPC and quality score variables such as thresh and Pscore.
The sharing of max cost per click numbers by Google has sparked concern from some advertisers, fearing that their competitors […]
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