Smash My iPod Video
Ever want to know what its like to smash an iPod? See its innards? Conduct a non-violent protest directly in front of Apple and the world wide web. A group of budding social scientists formed SmashMyiPod.com in an effort to gather $400 in donations to by their own iPod.
They then went to […]
Entries from October 2005
Smash My iPod Video
October 31st, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 6 Comments
Getting Delisted From DMOZ
October 31st, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 6 Comments
Getting Delisted From DMOZ
Sure, webmasters may have no problems being delisted or ‘banned’ by Google due to some redirects or canoncial URLS, but when it comes to trying to change your site’s description or take your site out of DMOZ (Open Directory Project) publishers run into a different story.
Abakus covered the problem of Brian Turner […]
SEO Links Firefox Extension
October 29th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments
SEO Links Firefox Extension
Nick at Threadwatch is all giddy about a new Firefox extension for the SEO crowd put out by WebmasterBrain. The extension gives you the ranking of a site which a term is linked to and the amount of links indexed by Google, Yahoo or MSN pointing to that target site.
And then […]
High Rankings Search Engine Marketing Workshop in Philly
October 29th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments
High Rankings Search Engine Marketing Workshop in Philly
This is a bit short notice but if you live on the East Coast and can make it to King of Prussia, PA (outside of Philadelphia) next week, Jill Whalen will be hosting the High Rankings Search Engine Marketing Workshop Thursday, November 3 and Friday November 4, 2005. […]
Anti-Spyware Coalition Defines Spyware Guidelines
October 29th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments
Anti-Spyware Coalition Defines Spyware Guidelines
The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC), an alliance of technology companies and public interest groups, unveiled its final, consensus definition of spyware, which was developed by coalition members including major anti-spyware companies, software developers and public interest groups. The definitions were further shaped by almost 400 comments submitted by organizations and individuals. The […]
iPhone : Yellow Pages & Local Search on the Telephone
October 29th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments
iPhone : Yellow Pages & Local Search on the Telephone
Teledex has introduced a Local Search readied telephone for the hotel industry which lets hotel guests search YellowPage local search services by Commoca. The iPhone includes a touchscreen where hotel guests can press the Yellow Pages walking fingers icon to access local restaurants, services, shopping and […]
Payday Loans Challenged by FTC Top Rankings
October 28th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 2 Comments
Payday Loans Challenged by FTC Top Rankings
An FTC issued consumer alert on payday loans titled “Payday Loans = Costly Cash” enjoys the #1 spot on Google and Yahoo for the terms “payday loans“, “pay day loans” and “payday” (on Google). I’ve seen the FTC and the FDA advertising on Google AdSense in the past to […]
Meta Search Engine Sold for $101,000 on eBay
October 28th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 8 Comments
Meta Search Engine Sold for $101,000 on eBay
Remember Jux2, the award winning meta search engine which was jetisoned by its owners who are focusing on other projects, then relaunched just in time for a listing on eBay auctions? Well the Jux2 meta search engine was just sold on eBay for a bid of $101,000.
Not […]
Blinkx Launches Multimedia Search in China : CBlinkx.tv
October 28th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments
Blinkx Launches Multimedia Search in China : CBlinkx.tv
Blinkx, which is probably the most innovative multimedia and video search online, is taking its search engine into China with Cblinkx.tv. The Chinese version of Blinkx.tv was launched on Tuesday in the land where Google, Yahoo, and eBay have been competing to get a piece of the Internet […]
Google Base Haiku
October 28th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 1 Comment
Google Base Haiku
Google Base has been live and down, working for some, showing error messages for others, and catching me in a login / password loop early this morning. Ever since its live testing two days ago writers from around the web have decalred Google Base everything from an eBay Killer to the total Google […]
