Archive for March, 2011

SEOs Talk About The Impact Japan’s Earthquake Had On Traffic

2011/03/15

A couple WebmasterWorld threads sum it up, when talking about the how one would even bring up the impact to one’s traffic when so many lives are lost.

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Google Says Ads Don’t Play Big Role In Ranking Algorithm

2011/03/15

There has been a lot of discussion around the Google Farmer Update that ads play a role. Meaning, if you have too many ads…

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Google Relaunches Street View Website

2011/03/14

Google is revealing more about its sometimes controversial Street View product with an expanded web site that just launched today. The new site continues to show where Street View vehicles are currently active and educates people on how to use Street View’s features. But there are new…

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Google Relaunches Street View Website

2011/03/14

Google is revealing more about its sometimes controversial Street View product with an expanded web site that just launched today. The new site continues to show where Street View vehicles are currently active and educates people on how to use Street View’s features. But there are new…

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YouTube, MSNBC Benefit From Quake-related Search Spikes, Hitwise Says

2011/03/14

Search activity spiked late last week in response to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the two sites benefitting the most in terms of web traffic were MSNBC and YouTube. That’s according to a series of tweets from Experian Hitwise this afternoon

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Daily Search Forum Recap: March 14, 2011

2011/03/14

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

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Blekko AdSpam Algorithm Finds, Eliminates Spam

2011/03/14

Blekko is touting “the first search algorithm ever created to find spam rather than rank results,” AdSpam. Its purpose is to detect spammy web pages signals (e.g., pages with multiple display ad positions and very little content).

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Google Circling Social Platform Regardless Of What They Say

2011/03/14

So Google spoke out against the rumors of Circles – their possible social platform – this weekend, using the Wall Street Journal as their distributor of denial. But recent actions suggest they are moving towards being more social in most of their products; and any smart business person knows it is better to have it under one control center as opposed to having numerous divisions dealing with many of the same issues

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Google Circling Social Platform Regardless Of What They Say

2011/03/14

So Google spoke out against the rumors of Circles – their possible social platform – this weekend, using the Wall Street Journal as their distributor of denial. But recent actions suggest they are moving towards being more social in most of their products; and any smart business person knows it is better to have it under one control center as opposed to having numerous divisions dealing with many of the same issues. And if you had not heard all Google Profiles will go public or be deleted July 31

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