Search Engine Journal

Testing Search Engines with W3C HTML Validator
Google Blogoscoped reader Jake took the initiative of running the major search engines through the W3C HTML Validator to find out which search engine has the least HTML syntax errors.
As simple as the task may seem, sometimes it takes someone to think a bit outside of the box, […]

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Google & China.com Partner For Search
Google has partnered with China.com to bring Google search results to the Chinese portal and business oriented service. The partnership with China.com may be “Google’s most comprehensive business alliance since entering the China market” according to the two companies.
“China is a key area of focus for Google and we are […]

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Google AdSense Serving 3rd Party Downloads
Seems that a flaw in Google AdSense was triggering downloads for users of Microsoft Internet Explorer, JenSense reports:
Several days ago, reports starting coming through about people being prompted to download third party applications on pages containing AdSense, prompting publishers to receive complaints from site visitors about the warnings of applications […]

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YouTube Plans on Music Video Distribution
YouTube is currently in talks with the recording industry to add currently popular and archived music videos into its video search & sharing index. Such a distribution deal with the major labels may bring yet another revenue building alternative to YouTube which does not include the addition of 15 second […]

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Del.icio.us Adds Thumbnails and Search Advertisements
Del.icio.us underwent another facelift today which brings more usability to the product, which is bringing in more and more users, while also adding to its ability to earn revenue. The new del.icio.us homepage is much more Digg-like than before, with the entire homepage featuring bookmarked stories which range from being […]

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Social Media Optimization : 13 Rules of SMO
Cameron Olthuis at Pronet Advertising has a nice write up on optimizing for social media, dubbed Social Media Optimization (SMO) by Rohit Bhargava.
The concept behind SMO is simple: implement changes to optimize a site so that it is more easily linked to, more highly visible in social media […]

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Cyworld vs. MySpace.com
Cyworld, the Korean import which has just launched in the US yesterday, is all set to give MySpace a run for its money with new twist on social networking. While MySpace is a bit behind in its look, template features and basic technology, Cyworld is beyond cool; with virtual rooms, worlds and […]

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USA Today Piece on Google AdSense Features Scott & Slegg
Barry points to a USA Today article on the Google AdSense program and its effect on web publishers. There are some nice quotes in the article, and with Jen Slegg, John Scott and Rand Fishkin in the mix, you can tell who’s doing their PR homework […]

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Google Analytics Offering Instant Access
Google has opened up its Google Analytics registrtion program to allow instant access to new users. By taking away that waiting period, perhaps Google Analytics will discover a new, less patient group of web publishers.
More from Brett Crosby, Sr. Manager, Google Analytics, on the Google Analytics Blog:
I’m happy to tell you […]

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Yahoo Answers API
Yahoo Answers and its wealth of over 38 million responses has put together a Yahoo Answers API which is now available on the Yahoo! Developer Network.
The API allows developers to access Yahoo! Answers content in several ways:
* Search for questions and answers by keyword about a particular topic
* Narrow the search down […]

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