Archive for February, 2011

Bing Copying Google: And I Care Why?

2011/02/02

Okay so Google set a trap to verify Bing was copying some of their results. They then presented the story to Danny Sullivan to get it out to the search industry and other news sources this morning just before ThinkBig’s Farsight 2011: Beyond the Search Box, an event sponsored by Bing

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Bing’s Search Results Are A ‘Cheap Imitation’, Google Says

2011/02/02

The war of words between Google and Bing continues with the latest pair of jabs coming from Google. In a blog post this afternoon, Google’s Amit Singhal reiterates the claims we reported this morning that Bing is copying Google’s search results

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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 1, 2011

2011/02/02

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

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Correction: Google’s Scraper Algorithm Now Live, Not Content Farms

2011/02/01

Last Friday, I reported some webmasters and SEOs discussing signs of Google’s content farm algorithm going live. Then Matt Cutts did a blog post confirming a new algorithm change went live.

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2011/02/01

Join us March 8-10 in San Jose, CA for exceptional content on SEO, PPC, social media marketing and more. Check out the multi-track agenda.

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 1, 2011

2011/02/01

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google: Bing Is Cheating, Copying Our Search Results Google has run a sting operation that it says proves Bing has been watching what people search for on Google,… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Google’s Content Farm Algorithm Not Live Yet

2011/02/01

Last Friday, I reported that Google has launched a new content based algorithm to improve their search quality. I made an assumption that this was related to the content farms algorithm being live, but I was wrong to make that assumption

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Corporate SEO – Link Building by Letter

2011/02/01

Posted by David Burgess This post was originally in YOUmoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.

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Google Finally Adds Check-Ins To Latitude, With A Couple Twists

2011/02/01

Google has finally added full check-in capabilities to its Latitude product, following in the footsteps of Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, Facebook, and others that have been doing check-ins for some time now. Latitude has been a tool that lets one user share his/her location with friends, but now it… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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Where Did This SEO Fail On Her SEM Interview?

2011/02/01

Libby, a young talented Search Marketer, applied for a SEM job and was greeted with four questions to answer via email. She replied to those four questions and was told she was not a good fit. Here are those questions & answers, where did Libby go wrong?

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