Just a heads up that there is a an official statement from Google about your robots.txt file with a rarely discussed comment about how to disallow the spider from indexing sub-directories
They will have a series of posts about how to manage access to your site and its pages so subscribe or come back here and […]

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That was a bold perspective I frequently heard years ago while working for Yahoo! This isn’t new insight about Yahoo’s strategy (I’m often wonder what they’re doing); no, I want to share and discuss with you the claim.
It’s ALL about Search
Think about whether or not that is true for a moment and give me […]

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In a study I’m wrapping up of customer interaction with a single brand and store, we’ve found that as as 80% of all purchases are preceded by time with a comparison shopping engine. 80%! Do you know what impact CSEs have on your business? Most marketers relegate Shopping.com, Bizrate, or Shopzilla to […]

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If you haven’t caught wind of the show with zefrank, you are missing out on arguably the funniest and most original video blogger online.
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It has been so long since DMOZ, one of the most widely used directories, appeared to be making additions and edits, I’ve neglected it and missed some important news.
On December 20, 2006, Search Engine Roundtable reported the editor area had reopened. Even then though, it was unclear how much editing was being done.
The Open […]

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103bees.com has a search engine analysis tool that knows whether a search leading to your site was a question or request.
Already a great resource for marketing, 103bees.com provides natural search engine traffic analytics with a laundry list of statistics and in-depth information on the queries that drive visitors to your site.

Discover the Long Tail: explore […]

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Nominations for the 2007-2008 Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization board have opened and will remain as such through Thursday, January 18, 5:00 PM Eastern Time
Visit sempo.org and note the “2007 Board of Directors Election” news in the middle of the page; you are required to be a member.
Key dates:

January 8th - 18th, nominations
January 25th - […]

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