Why the world needs SEOs (or - Google only works in an efficient market)

October 30, 2007 | 8 Comments

In our industry, we often opine two important considerations:Google’s algorithmThe Question (if you will) of an SEO
Most significant to the first question is the process of SEO itself; our constant evaluation of how it works, methodology, success stories and failures. We question how the model works so as to effectively optimize a site to [...]

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9

How Search Engines Work

October 9, 2007 | 5 Comments

About a week ago, Kosmix, one of the few emerging businesses doing anything significant in Search, announced the release of a search technology that gives them a significant advantage in the search space: the Kosmos File System.
With all our talk of algorithms and indexes, I’m sure you realize that an engine isn’t as simple as [...]

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Sep

27

15 Link Building Priorities

September 27, 2007 | 4 Comments

It isn’t often that I so heavily encourage your attention to another blog though this is going to be one of those times. Alexandru over at Shylock Blogging has written one of the most valuable SEO resources available today and my hope is that he keeps it up to date.
“‘Content is king’, [...]

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Sep

18

SEO Toolbox - Xinu

September 18, 2007 | 3 Comments

Just a quick post to let you know about a wonderful resource I’ve stumbled onto: Xinu is a brilliant mashup of valuable search optimization insights such as backlinks, page rank, social bookmark links, and pages indexed. The intuitive service includes links to each platform to investigate your site’s details, leaving only recommendations lacking; Xinu [...]

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So I lied… I will think about Search a little

July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

And its getting late! But I have to, I just noticed Stephan Spencer’s CNET News post about Matt Cutts’ presentation at WordCamp. Seems the reclusive Google is in a revealing mood lately (earlier this month, Vice President of Engineering Udi Manber shared some tales of Google’s technology) as Matt put to rest some open [...]

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Jul

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Yahoo! Crawling to a Halt on GZ files?

July 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Well, I really hope the news is true but I’ve reason to believe Yahoo is freezing up on a sitemap compression standard that allows us to reduce the file size of large sitemaps. Months ago, Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft (and more recently Ask) announced that they has agreed to the sitemap protocol outlined at [...]

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Jul

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Search Engine Friendly Design - Searchnomics Panel

July 3, 2007 | 6 Comments

Last week’s Searchnomics conference proved that the WebGuild can deliver an exceptional event. Most impressive, which I intend to reiterate here, were the keynotes from Hitwise and comScore highlighting the power of search behavior as a window into your customer, a topic we discussed just a month ago. WebGuild’s approach to search marketing [...]

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