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Google To Allow Content Bidding On Individual Sites
From the NY Times: “In response to further questions about Quigo, though, Google said it was prepared to make changes to its AdSense service that mimicked Quigo’s approach, an unusual step for a company accustomed to mapping the terrain in every aspect of its business. In the next few months, Google’s advertiser reports will begin …
Ranking Without Links
Every so often I hear an idealist talk about ranking without links. Evidently Google has the ability to algorithmically determine what is quality content and what is not. (I, too, believe they have that ability, I just believe they look at linkage to determine what is quality and what isn’t.) It is disturbing, however, when …
Future Search
Interesting article about the future of search, in particular: “Virginia Tech computer science professor Naren Ramakrishnan and his colleagues have developed a “creative discovery” search engine that also emphasizes the connections in data that a user might not know to ask about initially. Called “Storyteller,” it discovers connections between information that at first appear dissimilar …
New Blog Design
The V7N SEO Blog is now fluid. Evidently some people do not like fluid design. Others do. What do you think? And if you comment please include your screen resolution. Thanks.
Blog Overview, February 23, 2007
Google Algorithm Update spotted. Just like the old days. Removing pages from the web. New patent giving people the power to remove pages or even sites from web searches and browsing. Identity crisis. Michael Gray is a poor match for himself, but he is a great match for…erm…Matt Cutts. Google Reader clear leader in the …
Google Take On Microsoft Office
Oh, they’re engaging in sophistry, but fooling no one. Google Apps “Grow Up” and the target is obvious. It’s almost like they just kinda stumbled on Gmail as a “cool idea”. Then another cool idea was to make a few company purchases. Then another cool idea was to, oh, build some complementary apps such as …
