Google just announced they have purchased the original banner ad network for 3.1 billion. Started in 1996, doubleclick has been serving up annoying banner ads to web users on major websites. Originally given up for dead, the company was taken private in 2005 by Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity for $1.1 billion. Now 2…
I was considering researching and writing a list of blogs that use the “do follow” tag which allows link credit in blog posts. I think this is a fantastic idea, and it it is something I will be implementing in the Naked SEO Blog 2.0.
The group that owns many media properties been sold to billionaire Sam Zell. The Tribune Company controls 16 newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Baltimore Sun, in addition to 26 radio and television stations and other businesses. With past success in real estate, rail cars and container leasing, Mr. Zell has no…
I read Techcrunch fairly often, and enjoy Michael Arrington’s lighthearted reporting of the tech community. He has now created a contest to let readers complain about his writing style and inaccurate predictions. Rather than jumping on the hate train, I’ll counter the Digg mentality with some respect & admiration. TechCrunch was a latecomer to the…
Here is an example of how to not treat affiliate websites: Embedding The Cookie With An IFrame. Long ago, in the beginnings of the web one could do sneaky things and get away with it, but no longer. From John Chow: An IFrame allows you to embed another HTML page inside the current webpage. What…
I missed this news that was announced today, thankfully LZZR had a keen eye on the search engine press releases. At the request of WhiteHat SEO community on April the 1st this year all major search engines including Google, Yahoo and MSN Live declared their joint support for a newly developed XFN standard. The new…
the SEO Proposal It isnt often that a SEO makes huge news, we are normally behind the scenes driving traffic to websites. Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz made a stunning attempt at national recognition by attempting to propose to his girlfriend during the superbowl. His website MySuperProposal.com chronicled the events leading up to the big game…
