I love this eyetracking/visual heatmap stuff. One of the best web design “tools” out there. Here’s a really interesting video measuring eye-tracking patterns on Seth Godin’s Squidoo. Note that the eye-patterns virtually ignore the Google Adsense positioning. Squidoo integrates Adsense very poorly, if the aim is to generate revenue. “I think websurfing is a hunting …
Big List Of Google Search Tools
Everyone loves lists, eh. Here’s a huge list of Google Search Tools, and a few other search related bits and pieces. I wasn’t aware of this one: Google Current TV. “airs every half hour on Current TV and provides a look at what the world is searching for on Google”
Link Paranoia
From Google SiteMaps: “In general, linking to web spammers and “bad neighborhoods” can harm your site’s indexing and ranking….only natural links add value and are helpful for indexing and ranking your site….Keep in mind that our algorithms can distinguish natural links from unnatural links…..natural links are links to your site that develop as part of …
The Rich Get Richer
Interesting post from Robert X. Cringely about Adwords: “The Google system — THOUGH I AM SURE IT IS NOT INTENDED TO OPERATE THIS WAY — works poorly for small sellers trying to reach buyers of obscure products. This may come down, frankly, to Google’s concept of small business, which I have never seen defined.” Adwords …
NoFollow A Failure
We said it wouldn’t work, but since when does anyone listen to search marketers? Good summary by Nick Wilson at Performancing: “Jeremy, a top bod in Yahoo! Search, who also supported this ludicrous idea, points to this post that lays the blame solidly at Google’s door. Im pretty sure I said so at the time, …
Great Adsense Layouts
Ok, this is Johns competition, and I write for John, and this is John’s network….. ….but there is some great Adsense integration examples that have been submitted. Well worth a look, here a few so far: KalinaWebDesigns JuggoPop The competition thread is here….
Web Too Point Zero: True Colors
You may be aware that there is an almighty uproar over Web 2.0 ™. It appears that CMP Media, which works with Tim O’Reilly, the head of O’Reilly Media, went all legal on it@cork, a nonprofit industry group in Ireland. While it could be argued that being heavy-handed against a non-profit isn’t a particularly smart …
