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How Click Arbitrage & Dirty Ad Syndication Killed Yahoo! Search Marketing
Since the Overture acquisition Yahoo! Search Marketing has lost much of its relevance due to click arbitrage and a dirty ad syndication network.

Re: Redirect Script

Yahoo! May Carry Google Ads
Google and Yahoo! may partner up on a non-exclusive ad partnership arrangement.

Search Marketing Q&A: Social bookmarking implications on SEO (ISEDB)
Are there any negative SEO implications to including a social bookmarking and sharing button to the more popular pages on your website to leverage some of the popularity of social networking?

SearchDay: Branding is Dead; Long Live SEO (Search Engine Watch)
Today’s search engine marketing news and opinion: Branding is Dead; Long Live SEO; Google’s Superiority Complex; Emotional Motivators in Landing Page Optimization; and more.

Book Review: The Open Brand
Written by Kelly Mooney and Nita Rollins em The Open Brand When Push Comes to Pull in a Web-Made World em takes a look at the evolution of Web 2. and its effect on marketing. It is a wake-up call to companies trying to manage their brands the old-fashioned way. Its message change your attitude to meet the new reality or get left behind….
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Re: MFA Site
i thought nofollow was designed to bitch slap link spammers, not protect PR, designed out of necessity with all the potential places to drop links …

Why is Google Buying Links From SEMPO?
Google, which has arbitrarily forced its will to use nofollow on the web (and declared link buyers and sellers who do not use the tag as spammers) is buying a PageRank 7 link from SEMPO.org.

Are You Following Google's Marketing Strategy?
As an SEO you can probably learn more about marketing by following Google’s strategy rather than focusing on working their search results.

Re: Xrumer is back - Version 4.083 released: software update + new links databases
how long does it take for you to get Xrumer since your finish the pay?

The Value of Small Daily Incremental Improvements
Riff on the value of setting and achieving small goals.

Re: Posting to Own WP Blogs Massive tool?
I'm slowly converting my blog posting tool to a 'community driven' concept…. you might have to do a little help moderating some of the content to…

SEO Is Not Spam : Matt Cutts Google Spam Presentation from Web 2.0 Expo (Search Engine Journal)
Google Engineer and spam fighter Matt Cutts has posted his presentation on his blog from the Web 2.0 Expo on What Google Knows About Spam. Not only is Matt a spam fighting machine, but also a crusader for SEO : I’ve always meant to do a post to say that search engine optimization (SEO) is not spam […]

Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo! Offer
Microsoft decided to pull back their Yahoo! bid. How much will Yahoo! shares be worth tomorrow? Please vote on the blog.

The Most Powerful SEO Tactic: Simplify, Simplify, Simplify (Search Engine Land)
The most important thing you can do when talking to an SEO client (be it your boss in your company, or a different company you consult for) is to learn how to explain SEO in the simplest terms possible. When you are dealing with a non-SEO type, use the 30 second rule: explain it clearly in 30 seconds or less. If it takes you longer than that, your chances of getting them to understand what …

Re: I’VE READ AND I’VE READ
The interweb is a great place to learn so if you put in the hours you should be able to succeed.

Although I will say, don't be fooled by all those …

SEO Does Have A Future (WebProNews)
Now Shoemoney is a friend of mine, but regarding his post SEO Has No Future today, I am forced to disagree with him. Not only does SEO have a future but judging by the number of SEO clients I am turning away, and the number of job offers I am receiving on weekly basis to take on in house positions, all during a shrinking economy and a recession, the future is looking pretty bright for SEO … …

Microsoft Gives Up on Yahoo Takeover Bid
In a move that caught many observers by surprise Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer walked away from his bid to purchase number two search engine Yahoo. The move ended three months of dramatic maneuvering on the part of both companies. Nevertheless the rampant speculation continues….
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Happar ME Review
Our latest submission in this area is a review of the new software from the guys at Happar

I am sure you have already heard of Happar ME (ME…

Basic SEO: What Search Engines Hate
In my last article I went over a few of the things that search engines love. Now I ll finish up the discussion with an article on what they absolutely hate which includes everything from clutter to cookies. So if you re in the mood to build a website grab your pen and paper and start taking notes because this article will offer some of the most important tricks of the trade….
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The Most Powerful SEO Tactic: Simplify, Simplify, Simplify (Search Engine Land)
The most important thing you can do when talking to an SEO client (be it your boss in your company, or a different company you consult for) is to learn how to explain SEO in the simplest terms possible. When you are dealing with a non-SEO type, use the 30 second rule: explain it clearly in 30 seconds or less. If it takes you longer than that, your chances of getting them to understand what …

Yahoo! releases Slurp

Yahoo has released a new search crawler. Meet Slurp, a more efficient website visiting engine. Yahoo has estimated that website owners will see a 25% reduction in the number of requests coming from Yahoo servers, thus decreasing bandwidth.

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Searching Google for Girls
Search engines are popping up left and right. With people fiddling and tinkering with open source directories, and API’s. But i have never came across something like this….

Are you a girl? A girl that loves searching? Better yet, a girl that loves searching on Google? Why not try Girgle?

There is really nothing new as far as search technology goes here. Girgle is really just a pretty landing page for the AdSense search tool. Pretty might not even be the word. Its landing page is a little malformed with its heart shape thingy. The developer might have something, but they might want to spend a bit more time making it at least appear a little prettier.

Thanks to Nathan for spotting this site!

UPDATE: Girgle has changed their site to a “million dollar pixel homepage”. Thanks for the notification Orang

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Searchme: Most Visual Search Engine Yet?
Visual search engines try to show us that there s a better way to search than by looking at 1 links with snippets on a page and making an educated guess. Most try to say that they re more intuitive. Searchme really is. Keep reading to find out more….
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MSN Revenues Decline
Looks like Microsoft might be a little behind in earnings compared with last years revenues. ClickZ has reported that last year MSN hit $598 million, and this year at the same time they are at $580 million in revenue.

This is supposedly mostly due to to the large amounts MSN has been dumping into the Live.com search property, adCenter, and MSN search in general.

MSN has stated that it is transitioning into home grown ads with MSN’s adCenter as opposed to its previous sponsored ads. Microsofts CFO said in a conference call with investors that they are aiming at having 100% of their business targeted on adCenter. Thus Microsoft is planning on spending over $500 million in developing its online services portion of their business. Including Live.com, and Search.

MSN does not expect to be profitable in 2007 due to these spends on investments.

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Community Powered Search
Eurekster is a different kind of search engine. It is based on community decisions on what the top results should be.

What you would have to do to get inclusion into Eurekster is to create your own swicki. It would be tailored to your particular interests. The swicki will then scan all of the updated pages from your particular site. As people use your particular swicki, the system will learn behaviors of people, and rank your site accordingly.

In a basic approach, a Swicki is a search engine that learns from your users. Results are produced for relevancy, and a buzzcloud of searches are created based on only what users care about.

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Are You Following Google's Marketing Strategy?
As an SEO you can probably learn more about marketing by following Google’s strategy rather than focusing on working their search results.

Strategic Content as Marketing for Link Building (and the Win)
Post about the rise of strategic content development for marketing.

Microsoft Gives Up on Yahoo Takeover Bid
In a move that caught many observers by surprise Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer walked away from his bid to purchase number two search engine Yahoo. The move ended three months of dramatic maneuvering on the part of both companies. Nevertheless the rampant speculation continues….
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