The latest on update Austin (Google’s January update)
Some of the websites that haven’t been hit too hard in Google’s Florida update (November 2003) got hit real hard on or around January 23....
The Real Value Of Online Services
I make reference to a thread I started at the High Rankings Forum that pertains to prospective clients bartering for SEO services. When is enough,...
What If Google Didn’t Like Blogs?
Google likes Blogs. Blogs do well in Search Results Listings on Google. This is because Blogs contain fresh content and are richly interlinked, despite their...
Can you really place a website on the very first page of Google?
I often get emails and letters asking me if it’s really possible to get a site placed on top of the search engine results pages...
Protect your site against a potential penalty
With the Robots.txt protocol, a webmaster or web site owner can really protect himself if it is done correctly. Today, web domain names are certainly...
Google having second thoughts about its IPO
Google is reported to be having second thoughts about its $16bn flotation in the spring because of concerns that market conditions are not yet right.
Yahoo, Ask, InfoSpace Profit from Search Advertising
With 3.3 billion searches conducted every month in the U.S., and a lucrative advertising market swelling, search is one of the most attractive businesses on...
Google, AOL Sued Over Keyword Advertising
Google and AOL were slapped with a lawsuit filed this week by the American Blind and Wallpaper Factory. Suits against search term advertising have intensified...
Bill Gates Admits “Google Kicked Our Butts”
At the World Economic Forum this week in Davos, Microsoft’s Bill Gates publically announced the drive behind MSN’s recent push to improve its search functionality...
The 10 things you should do and should avoid in SEO
Here’s something that is fast to read and does the job! Rank for $ales is pleased to present “The 10 do’s and don’ts of SEO”....
Network Solution’s Whois service blocks Google
Network Solutions has blocked Google’s service allowing visitors to look up data on domain name owners. Domain name registrar Network Solutions has a message for...
Search Engine Optimization for Both Inktomi and Google
How to Optimize Your Website for Both Google & Inktomi The search engine environment continues to evolve rapidly, easily outpacing the ability of consumers and...
Google IPO could be Filed This Week !?!
Google’s much anticipated IPO could be filed as early as this week – according to various trusted sources. Google has completed an audit that clears...
MyDoom Email Worm/Virus Spreading : VIRUS ALERT
New worm Mydoom.A.worm has already reached red alert status according to the virus labs of Panda Software. There have already been many incidences with thousands...
Google Grants (AdSense Ads) help Non-Profits
Sean Kerner looks into the secrets behind those non-profit default ads seen on AdSense ads and how helpful “Google Grants” can be to the non-profit...
Security Holes Take Out Google’s Orkut
The Register reports that Social Networking services like Friendster or Google’s Orkut are huge targets for hackers. The name means “to cum” in Finnish slang...
Yahoo’s RSS Reader goes LIVE on My Yahoo
Yahoo has just released the Beta Version of their RSS Aggregator to be used with the Yahoo “My Yahoo” personalized front page service. RSS can...
Microsoft Search Toolbar to Rival Google & Yahoo
Microsoft is reported to announce today that it will introduce a browser based toolbar that includes a window for searching MSN search using. This directly...
Yahoo vs. Google ÷ MSN = Uh Oh!
Yahoo, the old superpower of the search engine world is now going to go head to head with the current superpower of the search engines,...
Google Adding Email and Inbox Advertising?
Google, the Internet search engine and search advertising giant, is rumored to be currently working on an email advertising delivery system which would publish its...
Yahoo’s Q4 2003 Earnings a Whole Boat Load of Money
Yahoo! Inc. today reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2003. “Yahoo’s fourth quarter performance completes a year of phenomenal...
Search engine predictions for 2004
From the Rank for $ales website: http://www.rankforsales.com/special/predictions-for-2004-search-engines-and-seo.html
Yahoo’s Advertising Earnings have Investors Talking
Yahoo is scheduled to announce its 2003 fourth quarter earnings today at 2pm PST and investors are giddy to see the results from Yahoo’s stellar...
Yahoo tests RSS Aggregator on My Yahoo
Yahoo has begun testing syndication technology that will enable users to automatically receive news and information feeds from third parties in their MyYahoo web pages....
Search Engines Coming to User Desktops
Search and Internet Community monsters Microsoft, Yahoo and EarthLink are all looking into growing their online search engine business by providing access to their search...
Surewest Launches Search-Driven Internet Yellow Pages
Surewest Launches Search-Driven Internet Yellow Pages The Kelsey Group Client Alert: Volume III, Issue 1, January 7, 2004 Greg Sterling, Managing Editor, Kelsey Group Used...
Yahoo Dropping Google Search
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Yahoo! is expected to drop Google as the primary search technology on its site within a few months....