A few months ago we shared the poll results showing 50% nofollow their internal links for PageRank flow. So a month ago, I posted a poll asking how many people nofollow external links.

A decision by the FCC on Thursday September 23rd could affect search marketing far beyond interface changes such as Google Instant. The FCC is to finalize provisions for unlicensed wireless devices to operate in unused parts of the TV spectrum – aka White Spaces – for advanced Wi-Fi technologies and broadband. This White Spaces spectrum formerly used by analog TV signals could provide broadband access from a single router for long distances of up to 50 miles while having excellent building penetration which the FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski calls “ Super Wi-Fi ” & “ Wi-Fi on steroid s.” Google was an early proponent and even provided a  White Spaces proposal over 2 years ago with the intent of devices using its new mobile operating system at the time, Android

For the past two weeks, I’ve been on vacation in Ireland. My wife wouldn’t let me bring my laptop or cell phone, but that didn’t mean my interest in marketing was left behind in Boston.

For the past two weeks, I’ve been on vacation in Ireland.

Mapquest is continuing down its new “open” path with OpenStreetMap. Previously the AOL company announced an investment in the open-source mapping community and the creation of “Mapquest Open” a parallel, crowd-sourced mapping effort in the US and UK based on the OpenStreetMap data.

Google allow their employees to spend 20% of their time on new project ideas. Pretty sweet, right? The latest output from this policy is something that will probably save you 100% of your time finding out about the latest product launch from Google

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yahoo Launches Advertising Solutions Portal Yahoo has launched a new portal dedicated to online advertising. It’s called, you could’ve guessed: Yahoo! Advertising Solutions.

I wanted to give you a heads up that tomorrow, September 23rd and 24th, I won’t be providing normal coverage here.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web….

Yahoo has launched a new portal dedicated to online advertising.