Author: patrick

Google Changes Doorway Page Definition

Back in the old days of search engine optimization, software companies such as WebPosition Gold would sell you a program that autogenerated thousands of doorway pages that were of no value to a visitor. Most

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Keyword Research: Googling The Competition

It never ceases to amaze me how many power searchers and search engine optimization consultants still do not understand basic statistics and data mining. Using Google for SEO research can barely be considered data mining,

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Are Newspapers Dead Yet?

Many people have been predicting the death of newspapers since the early 1990’s, and the major print media publications are really feeling the web drain their core business. Local Web sites continue to ride a

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Dmoz Blog Advocates Link Building

DMOZ the open directory that gets huge exposure from prominent position as the Google directory is blogging. DMOZ bloggers are publishing major PR for their directory to encourage quality submissions and keep the project alive.

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Microsoft Live Cashback Search Incentive

Microsoft Live Search has launched an initiative called Cashback which offers a discount for products purchsed on MSN search. This incentive is similar to an affiliate program where the publisher (MSN) receives a cash bounty

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Ztail Social Product Pricing Network

Everyone talks about social networking, social marketing and online collaboration and these topics get lumped into the broad category web 2.0. Ztail is putting money where your social mouth is and has created a website

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Gmail Gets Sprited

Gmail has become my primary email application, and I have it open all day long. The Gmail blog recently announced speed improvements of 20% which will help me be 20% more productive! Google engineers reduced

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