Entries from May 2007

Raj Dash

Yahoo Pipes Social Bookmarks Search

May 31st, 2007 by Raj Dash | 15 Comments

Yahoo Pipes, to date, seems one of those unsung tools that could really be useful, especially to SEOs. However, when I scour the sixty plus SEO blogs whose feeds I subscribe to, I don’t see Yahoo Pipes mentioned much. (I just checked.) But it can be of use:

Aggregate multiple related web feeds.
Filter for desired topics.
Sort […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Mahalo Human Edited Search : Past Meets Future

May 31st, 2007 by Loren Baker, Editor | 8 Comments

Jumping on the human edited search wagon and keeping a little bit of Netscape dirt on the heels of his boots, Jason Calacanis is backing a new human edited search project dubbed Mahalo.
Mahalo is a Hawaiian expression of thanks, and is a bit of a catchy name in the world of search engines with names […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Yahoo Panama Launching in the UK

May 31st, 2007 by Loren Baker, Editor | 1 Comment

The first signs of the UK based Yahoo Panama transition are coming to light, as Yahoo sent out an email to its users letting them know of the new Quality Index ranking algorithm Yahoo Search Marketing is now using.

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Pablo Palatnik

Yahoo Answers : Brand & Link Building via Social Media

May 31st, 2007 by Pablo Palatnik | 6 Comments

One of the main things I do to run successful campaigns online is always look offline. As I was watching television tonight, a Yahoo! Answers commercial came on and BOOM…It’s time to really jump on it.
If you’re in the social media craze or doing SMO (social media optimization), give Yahoo! Answers a shot.
Yahoo […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

eBay Acquires StumbleUpon for $75 Million

May 31st, 2007 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments

The eBay acquisition of StumbleUpon is now complete, as the online auction, shopping and payment services company has purchased StumbleUpon for $75 Million.
“StumbleUpon is a great fit within our goal of pioneering new communities based on commerce and sustained by trust,” said Michael Buhr, senior director, eBay. “StumbleUpon’s downloadable toolbar provides an engaging and unique […]

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Arnold Zafra

Gear Up for Google Apps Offline

May 31st, 2007 by Arnold Zafra | 7 Comments

After conquering the web search engine niche, the big G is now gearing up to conquer its users’ lives even when they are offline. Introducing Google Gears, a web browser extension that will let users work with Google’s various apps offline. And to carry out this plan, Google is even giving third party developers free […]

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Pablo Palatnik

Social Networks Growing Globally Along with Search Engines

May 30th, 2007 by Pablo Palatnik | 6 Comments

While the search engine is the single most used tool on the Internet (Google, Yahoo, Baidu, etc.), social networking sites are next in line. The rapid growth of these sites is great news for online marketers as well as Web 2.0 entrepreneurs.
Hitwise reported social networking sites grew by 11.5% from January to February […]

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Jessica Bowman

In-house Spotlight : AllRecipes.com’s SEO Dustin Woodard

May 30th, 2007 by Jessica Bowman | 5 Comments

This week’s spotlight is on Dustin Woodard, a veteran in-house SEO at Allrecipes.com. Dustin made an interesting choice when joining AllRecipes.com, he joined a company that was already doing exceptionally well with SEO and was faced the challenge of figuring out how to generate incremental SEO traffic. Dustin has been quite successful with his challenge, […]

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Alan Rabinowitz

Guide to Keyword Researching Tools

May 30th, 2007 by Alan Rabinowitz | 16 Comments

Selecting the right keywords for your website can be very time consuming. This tutorial will compile a few of the best industry resources plus give you methods of thinking that can help you fine-tune the process of targeting the right keywords for optimization.
An SEO campaign can be extremely successful if the right terms […]

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Arnold Zafra

Google Really is Serious About Internet Security

May 30th, 2007 by Arnold Zafra | 1 Comment

A week after launching its Online Security Blog with a  post on malware, Google steps up its drive  to promote internet safety and security further by acquiring Green Border, a web security startup. Established in 2001, GreenBorder specializes on developing security software that uses web virtualization tools which creates  virtual online sessions that can be […]

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