Search Engine Journal

Putting together an SEO campaign and thinking that cloaking, link farming or regurgitating content will get your site high rankings? Think again. Chances are, your site will get banned or ommitted from the top search engines; meaning Google, Yahoo, Ask.com and Live.com, by using these techniques.

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Once Google filtered out all of the questionable, offensive and not-safe-for-work search terms, looks like the people Googling on Google were in fact searching for the names of various social and 2.0 offerings:
1. bebo
2. myspace
3. world cup
4. metacafe
5. radioblog
6. wikipedia
7. video
8. […]

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I’ve heard the warnings at conferences and especially in the Social Media Optimization field that spamming or multiple submissions to Digg and other social news sites could lead to the banning of that URL from future Digg listings.
Seems that such a horrible fate was brought about on SearchBliss.com although they say that they were not […]

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Mikhail Tuknov, founder of Infatex.com, sent in this article on CSS and its importance in search engine optimization. I found it to be a basic and ‘to the point’ read on how CSS can cut down on load time, cross browser compatibility and code cleanliness.
As the holiday season approaches, Search Engine Journal will be […]

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Ben Charny at MarketWatch reports that Google Audio did not secure enough radio airtime “for would-be advertisers to thoroughly test out the initiative.”

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Google has added a new feature to Google Maps which I first experienced when testing out Ask.com’s AskCity, multiple destination directions.
Google Maps lets users pin separate destinations and then build an itinerary of driving directions between each locale. AskCity does something similar, but with the option of walking directions.
Philipp Lenssen looks at Google Maps and […]

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PayPerPost has rolled out a new Terms of Service which, as effective today, requires bloggers to announce that specific Postvertising is indeed paid for.

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Google announces that they have acquired the Swiss based Endoxon, an Internet mapping solutions company which specializes in Europe.
The Endoxon team has demonstrated passion and innovation in online mapping and has developed compelling technology that will enhance our Google geo products worldwide. We’re also excited about having a dedicated team in Europe that can bring […]

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Newsnkife has put together a list of the online news sites which made it to the featured story source in their respected category within Google News. ABC News, New York Times and Reuters topped the list.
1. ABC News
2. New York Times
3. […]

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Mike at Sierra Web Marketing reminds us that Yul Kwon, the million dollar Survivor winner, once worked with Google.

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