SEO Chat
- Google Shrunk its Search Results Page
Honestly I didn’t notice the difference until I read from Mashable that Google have changed the way it displays search results. As usual, I couldn’t find any announcement about it at the Official Google Blog. So, I take it to mean that Google may still be ironing out some kinks related to this “enhancement.”So, what [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.
- As Google Book Search Gets Better, Here Comes the Anti-Trust Regulators
So while U.S. Anti-Trust Regulators are planning to investigate Google’s deal with book publishers to settle copyright issues amounting to $125m, Google continues to make Book Search a better and worthwhile service for their users.If you’ve been following this issue which has been dragging on since perhaps the day Google Book Search’s inception, you’d remember [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.
As Google Book Search Gets Better, Here Comes the Anti-Trust Regulators
- Google Blog Search Adds RSS, Hot Queries, Latest Blog Posts
Nothing innovative here really. Just some functional features which should have been added a long time to Google’s Blog Search. Then again, better late than never. So, Google has just added RSS/ATOM subscription, list of the most popular terms that users are using, and latest blog posts from, I guess “more prominent” blogs indexed by [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.
- Interview with Fraser Kelton of Glue, New Promising Social Network
This week we feature the interview with Fraser Kelton, working at new and exciting social media project Glue, developed by AdaptiveBlue.1. Please share your background. What brought you to the Web 2.0? Also please tell us a few words about your [other] projects you were doing before joining AdaptiveBlue.I’m originally from Hamilton, a beautiful [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.
Interview with Fraser Kelton of Glue, New Promising Social Network
- Landing Pages On A SMB Budget
Creating new landing pages for testing is getting cheaper. And scalable.So there are fewer and fewer reasons for SMBs not to be testing their landing pages and sites to optimize conversion rates.Testing landing pages has long been a preoccupation of mine, particularly because of the traditionally prohibitive costs.Even if you use a design contest at [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.
- What If Google Profiles “Lazy” or “Selective” Outlinkers?
The topic of your link neighbors is well discussed. It goes without saying that:a backlink from a resource linking to only reputable sites is good;a backlink from a resource that links out very seldom and is very conservative / lazy about out-linking is good.But is it actually a separate profile for such sites (that [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.
- Google Disables Commenting in Google News
Google has disabled a Google News feature that allows personalities featured on the news items to comment on the news stories. When this was announced not so long ago, news media couldn’t quite get the idea behind it. Although it received media coverage for its ingenuity, personalities though didn’t quite like it, well at least [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.
- Microsoft, Real,&Yahoo All Sued for Music Store Copyright Infringement
On Tuesday, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Real were named in a lawsuit filed by some music publishing companies claiming that each of their online music stores - Zune, Yahoo Music, and Rhapsody - infringe upon their copyrights. If you’re shaking your head and wondering how that is possible, with all the royalties they pay out, you’re not alone.This [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.
Microsoft, Real, & Yahoo All Sued for Music Store Copyright Infringement
- Bing Starts Indexing Twitter Updates, Sort Of
As real-time search and Twitter’s growing importance in producing valuable information is getting into the mainstream, Bing is joining the likes of Facebook, Google and Twitter in bringing real-time search feature in their respective search algorithms. Starting today, Bing will be integrating more real-time data into its search results, beginning first with tweets of famous [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.
- Twitter Unveils New UI; What This Means for SEO
Yesterday Twitter sneakily unveiled a new user interface for both the “followers” and “following”. While I personally believe that their efforts could have been better spent on stabilizing their servers and working out those infamous “overcapacity” issues, the change is a good one. First of all, let’s go over the changes that they made. On your [...]Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.
