Search Engine Journal

Tsunami Death Toll Reaches 68,000 - More Deaths Expected from Disease
The Indian Ocean based Tsunami which demolished the families and coast lines of several Asian countries on Sunday morning has resulted in an estimated death toll of over 68,000 people according to a recently released report by Rueters. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand’s Southern Provinces, Burma/Myanmar, […]

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WebPosition Finds Amazon Tops Search Engine Rankings Among Major Retailers
WebTrends released a WebPosition(R) Search Ranking study last week of how four major retailers that sell five of this year’s hottest holiday toys are using Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) strategies to attract online visitors. Top-level findings, revealed at the Search Engine […]

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Santy Worm Using AOL and Yahoo to Target More PHP Sites
The newest version of the Santy Worm, Santy.e, is threatening more web sites which use PHP scripting to produce dynamically database generated pages. The Santy Worm first surfaced last week, targeting sites which use the phpBB bulletin board/forum service. Santy was using Google as its […]

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Make Your Link Exchanges Sticky Content for Visitors
There are a lot of webmasters who spend a substantial amount of time “working” their link exchange program. But very few who realize that a good link exchange program can not only increase your back links and your search engine visibility, it can also be used as a […]

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Yahoo Top Searches of 2004
Yahoo today revealed the most popular search terms of 2004. Based on results culled from millions of Yahoo! Search users, the top searches of 2004 give unique insight into this year’s consumer interests and trends. Nancy Evars, a Yahoo! Search Buzz Index guru, says the shift in America’s interest this year […]

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China’s CERTNET2 Uses New IPv6 Technology
China has taken a major step in becoming the next big player in the Internet Market with their latest release. They launched their first backbone network of the next generation Internet that would help China to catch-up with the market leaders. CERTNET2 as it is called has gone into final […]

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When is a Page Considered Indexed by a Search Engine?
The question of “when is a page really considered indexed by a search engine” came up when I wrote an entry named Google Not Obeying the NoIndex NoFollow Meta Tag. Basically, Google was crawling and listing the page when doing a site: command. The listing did […]

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Opera Releases New Talking Web Browser
Opera 8 Beta 1 has been in development since a long time. With long preview cycle of the version 7.6 series, it looks like Opera decided to rename the latest version as Beta of Opera 8. No Changelog is out yet from the company but expect bug fixes and improvements […]

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The Search Engine Optimization Journey
Working in the fast-paced search engine marketing industry, I have often been faced with the question: “Where exactly does SEO fit into web site development?” The relevance of SEO cannot be overestimated. Increasingly, webmasters and site owners alike are beginning to realize the importance of optimizing a site to increase rankings […]

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Podcasting for the iPod
If you are fed up with listening to your local FM station and the mass of inane adverts that punctuate each show, or, if you crave interesting spoken word programmes that are written and presented by excited, knowledgeable enthusiasts, then Adam Curry’s “Daily Source Code” podcast may be just what your a […]

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