Articles on search engines and search engine positioning May 2006
Here continues our list of online articles on search engines and search engine positioning Pandia has found interesting.
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Natural Backlinks - Getting backlinks without even asking.
Jim Boykin on how to get people to link to you without even asking them (May 31 2006)
Web Decay and Dead Links Can be Bad for Your Site
This patent application points to a number of ways for search engines to identify and use the concept of link decay to reduce the rankings of pages that exhibit significant link decay. (SEO by the Sea May 30 2006)
AllYouCanUpload from CNET - Free Photo Upload Site
A totally free, fast, and easy photo hosting service (SE Journal May 30 2006)
Have a green summer
Earth Day Network and Google identifies environmental friendly holidays via Google Maps (May 31 2006)
Googlearchy or Googlocracy?
While search engines do not make for a level playing field, their use partially mitigates the rich-get-richer nature of the Web, giving new sites an increased chance of being discovered. (IEEE Spectrum via Battelle Feb 2006)
Share Earnings via Google AdSense API?
Google is apparently working on a new API that will allow content sites to distribute AdSense earnings to individual members (Blogoscoped May 31 2006)
Google aims to take over your TV screen
Google to prepare electronic programme guides (EPGs) for broadband Internet TV? (The Business Online May 28 2006 via SE Watch)
Picture this: Picasa for Linux
Google Blog on the new Linux verion of Google's picture publishing service (May 24 2006)
Google Registers GoogleCheckout.com: an Answer to Yahoo + eBay?
The speculations on a Google PayPal killer continues (SE Lowdown May 28 2006)
SEO Considerations for AJAX Development
Creating unique URLs for search engine crawling when using Ajax (SEO Speedwagon May 24 2006)
Google makes some missteps as it finds its way in corridors of power
Google is finding political calculus in Washington, D.C., hard to solve. (The Seattle Times May 29 2006 via SE Watch)
Google thinks Borderless Adsense is Better
Google recently sent a note to all their publishers about changing the default google theme. The new theme has no border. (The SE weblog May 28 2006)
What Does 'Write Naturally' Mean for SEO?
Google does not want to show the most optimized content. They want to show the most relevant content. What to do? (SEO Book May 25 2006)
Opting Out of Open Directory Listings for Webmasters
Do you want MSN to stop using your ODP description in its listings? The MSN Search Blog has the answer (May 22 2006)
Top Ten SEO Mistakes
Peter Da Vanzo on search engine optimization essentials (v7n May 24 2006 via SE Blog)
Trying out Open Source Content Management Systems
SEO by the Sea takes a look at opensourcecms.com (May 25 2006)
Google Algo = Get Links = Good Rankings
Brett Tabke with a useful reminder: SEO is much more than getting links (The Bot Blog May 18 2006 -- yes, it is his robots.txt file!)
Google Blog Search Adds Date Searching
Tara welcomes date searching, but finds it annoying that default ranking is still by relevance (ResearchBuzz May 20 2006)
Google's video exchange ambitions
As early as Friday, Google Inc. will be letting anyone create an advertisement no longer than two-minutes and upload it onto the search engine's site. (MarketWatch May 25 2006)
Yahoo, eBay Announce Multi-year Partnership
PayPal, which is owned by eBay, and has 73 million accounts in the U.S., will become Yahoo's payment service and online payment system. (TechWeb May 25 2006)
Dell Will Google Its PCs
Wired reports that Dell will pre-install Google software on its PCs, including the tool bar and a co-branded internet home page (May 26 2006)
A Bigdaddy Timeline, Courtesy of Google's Matt Cutts
Google has gotten better at judging the quality of content found on a document and within a site. Content includes text, images, titles, tags and both inbound and outbound links. (StepForth May 17 2006)
Indexing Timeline
Google's Matt Cutts: "First, I believe the crawl/index team certainly has enough machines to do its job, and we definitely aren’t dropping documents because we’re “out of space.” The second point is that we continue to listen to webmaster feedback
Yahoo!'s New Home Page and the Future of Information
Yahoo Blog on the School of Information Management and Systems (May 15 2006)
Is Google Badly Designed?
Simplicity is not all, Blogoscoped argues (May 21 2006)
Google Notebook - the good, the bad, and the ugly
The Notebook service is finally up and running. ZDNet is not amused (May 16 2006).
Web search sites give new ways to find results
It is using the millions of human suggestions from Yahoo Answers to complement search engine index. (CIOL May 15 2006)
Firefox 2 Browser Will Offer Web Search Suggestions (and More)
Resourceshelf on the next incarnation of Firefox browser (May 15 2006)
Yahoo! Answers: 10 million strong and growing
Yahoo Answers is out of beta the Yahoo! Blog reports (May 14 2006)
Snap.com search engine blurs edges of advertising
Snap is back mixing paid and organic reults (Washington Times May 15 2006)
Ignore MSN Search at your Peril
MSN is building a platform from which to challenge Google, and search engine marketers should give strong consideration to MSN in their SEO efforts (SitePoint May 8 2006)
Fuzzy maths
The Economist takes a close look at Google (May 11 2006)
Nokia talks Google
Nokia 770 Internet tablet computer to feature Google Talk (21 Talks May 13 2006)
Microsoft's new search tool 'respects' users' choices: DOJ
American Dept. of Justice accepts MSN Search in Windows Vista (Marketwatch May 12 2005 via SE Watch)
New dating search engine
Dilbert on search engines (via Blogoscoped)
The 5 minute Link Value Test - 6 Link Quality Indicators
The key variables for link quality as considered by Stuntdubl (May 10 2006)
Microsoft: five years to catch Google, Yahoo
Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday he has a five-year target to gain a bigger slice of the lucrative online advertising market dominated by Google (Reuters May11 2006)
Google Gets Web 2.0 Religion
Google signaled that it will be investing more heavily in user-generated/community content (SE Journal May 11 2006)
Yahoo rebuffs Microsoft offer
Terry Semel, chairman and chief executive of Yahoo, said on Wednesday he had turned down an offer from Microsoft to buy a stake in Yahoo’s search business (Financial Times May 11 2006 via SE Watch)
Yahoo Accused of Spyware-Related Misdeeds
Yahoo is finding itself charged with click fraud (SEO May 10 2006)
Google Weather BETA Launch in 3D
Grayhat on Weather Globe included with Google Desktop 4 (May 11 2006)
Google Co-op: Add Your Own Vertical Search To Google
Danny Sullivan is not impressed (May 10 2006)
Submit to SEOdex : SEO & SEM Services Directory
Search Engine Journal buys SEO directory (May 9 2006)
Is Big Daddy choking Google?
Has the latest technological upgrade hurt Google? (eWeek via Webmaster World may 10 2006)
A Tale of Two Engines: Yokel, eBible
Searchviews looks at two new search engines (May 10 2006)
Round-up of new Google services and products
Matt Cutts on Google Co-op and Google Trends (May 11 2006)
Yahoo Tests Livesearch On AllTheWeb; Google Patent Problem, Perhaps?
As you type into the search box, search results automatically start appearing. (Danny Sullivan May 10 2006)
Yahoo Unveils Public Details Of "Panama" Ad System Upgrade
Danny Sullivan on the new Yahoo text ad system (May 8 2006)
Does Google Use Whois Information?
On presenting search engine results based on domain name related reputation (SE Watch May 8 2006)
MS Plans Windows Live Answer Service
In the coming months Microsoft will launch a service that would allow users to ask questions and receive responses from fellow users. The answers to these questions would be searchable (Beta News May 8 2006)
Google Health is coming
The search giant's move into health information could be a winner (The Register May 8 2006)
Custom 404’s - Don’t Make Your Users Feel Stupid
Stuntdubl on useful error messages (May 8 2006)
iPowerWeb, Inc. – Search Engine Spammers?
Is iPowerWeb producing JavaScript redirected doorway using its client's domains? (WebGuerilla May 4 2006)
Yahoo unveils overhaul of online advertising
Yahoo says that its new text ad technology has been designed to handle the next wave of targeted, interactive advertising (MSNBC May 8 2006)
Windows Live Product Search!
Windows Live goes shopping (MSN Search's Weblog May 5 2006)
New Blog Search Engine -- Sphere
Tara likes it, but it does have some of the disadvantages of those blog search engines that index entire pages instead of just RSS feeds (ResearchBuzz May 2 2006)
MSN takes another shot at online video
Original shows to get help from TV production firms (SeattlePI May 3 2006)
Yahoo’s YPN Says No to MySpace Traffic
Don't use MySpace to get traffic if you are using Yahoo's text ads (SE Journal May 3 2006)
Five months after debut, YouTube a star
JournalStar on the popular video sharing site (May 3 2006)
Microsoft Versus Google: Google Tattle Tales On Microsoft
Google is upset with Microsoft that IE7 comes with MSN Search predefined in the toolbar (SE Roundtable May 2 2006)
The Counterattack On Google
Business Week May 8 2006: How Yahoo and MSN are scrambling to slow its search-ad juggernaut
