Entries from July 2005

Barry Schwartz, Rusty Brick, Inc. and SERoundtable

Yahoo! Publisher Network Coming Soon?

July 27th, 2005 by Barry Schwartz, Rusty Brick, Inc. and SERoundtable | 1 Comment

Yahoo! Publisher Network Coming Soon?
There has been some recent buzz at WebmasterWorld that YPN coming very soon. The thread creator used a conference call where Yahoo’s CEO Terry Semel, “apparently said that YPN would be rolled out “very soon.””
Nick at ThreadWatch then wrote a thread, Yahoo Publisher Network to Debut in August? In that thread, […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Ask Jeeves Rumored to Launch Paid Search Network on August 1st

July 27th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 1 Comment

Ask Jeeves Rumored to Launch Paid Search Network on August 1st
Ask Jeeves is rumored to be launching a new Paid Search advertising interface on August 1st which will let advertisers purchase their own targeted search text ads on Ask Jeeves. Currently Ask Jeeves relies on Google AdWords advertising to fill the sponsored listings space, and […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Microsoft Windows Vista Facing Trademark Problems

July 27th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments

Microsoft Windows Vista Facing Trademark Problems
Seems like these days, every new product that launches runs into some kind of problem with trademarks, especially if the product is launched by Microsoft. Last week, Microsoft announced that their long awaited operating system of the future, previously known as Longhorn, will be marketed under the brand name Microsoft […]

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Greg Sterling

Google Search Widgets

July 27th, 2005 by Greg Sterling | 1 Comment

Google Search Widgets
In my ongoing fantasy of buying a new Mac, I periodically visit the Apple site. Today I was checking out the widgets page and saw that the Google Maps Widget was the top download. That says two things to me:
* Google Maps continues to gain attention and is growing in popularity (I keep […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Google Codejam 2005

July 26th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 1 Comment

Google Codejam 2005
Hey coders, registration is now open for Google Code Jam 2005 : “Google’s annual online coding competition consisting of a series of problem-solving challenges that invite participants to select a programming language and use their programming skills to code solutions to the problems.” Programmers interested in competing can register at http://www.topcoder.com/googlecodejam.
“The Google Code […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Firefox 1.5 Coming This Summer

July 26th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 1 Comment

Firefox 1.5 Coming This Summer
Mozilla has announced that Firefox 1.1 will not be released as planned and will be spun into the new Firefox 1.5 which is planned for release this August. According to MozillaZine “The Firefox Roadmap was updated on Wednesday by lead engineer Ben Goodger. It changed the plans from calling for an […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Grand Theft Auto, Porn and Free Publicity

July 26th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 2 Comments

Grand Theft Auto, Porn and Free Publicity
Recent video game controversies heating up around the US Senate have SEOBook’s Aaron Wall thinking outloud about how much the controversy around Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and the porn hacks for it have helped to push the video game over the top when it comes to word of […]

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Barry Schwartz, Rusty Brick, Inc. and SERoundtable

Jumping Into the Search Engine Optimization Game

July 26th, 2005 by Barry Schwartz, Rusty Brick, Inc. and SERoundtable | 2 Comments

Jumping Into the Search Engine Optimization Game
The SEM & SEO industry is flourishing. New SEO companies spring up each day. So what stops anyone from starting an SEO company? Well, nothing really. Since the industry is so unknown to the public, most people still don’t understand what SEO really is, anyone can really start a […]

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GuestColumnist

Google Sitemap For Idiots

July 26th, 2005 by GuestColumnist | 22 Comments

Google Sitemap For Idiots
I don’t mind admitting that every time some new fangled idea or piece of technology arrives online, I have a small fit and wonder how long it’s going to take me to understand what it is, what it’s for and whether I need to use it to stay ‘up there’. It’s even […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

MSN RSS Search Engine Launching Soon?

July 26th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 1 Comment

MSN RSS Search Engine Launching Soon?
There are some rumors flying around the blogosphere that MSN will be launching an RSS search engine anyday now to add to their search engine offerings. Nick at ThreadWatch picked up on a Niall Kennedy blog posting about Microsoft crawling RSS feeds at a high volume and the launch was […]

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