Udi Manber, a lead search engineer at Google lists the teams that comprise the search functionality. He discusses the search quality group, which is responsible for the ranking of search results. He Web search is the most used Google search service, and the same ranking algorithms are also used with some modifications, for other Google…
DetailsHow many ways can you spell one term? The business of using SEO to rank for misspelled words is huge. Google jobs has the post for spelling variations of Britney Spears pop star online searches. Each of these variations was entered by at least two different unique users within a three month period and was…
DetailsTo the surprise of no one in the affiliate marketing industry, the Google Adsense Referrers program officially enters the deadpool. This service will be reborn as the Google Affiliate Network using the property Google acquired from the DoubleClick.com deal in March 2008 for $3.1 Billion. Google now is a serious player in the affiliate ad…
DetailsGodaddy has been accused of bidding against its own customers in their tdnam.com domain name auctions. Domain name auctions are a huge business, which generate millions of dollars for expired domains. The 3 large players in the expired domains business NameJet.com SnapNames.com Pool.com TDNAM is the GoDaddy acronym for The Domain Name AfterMarket, and does…
DetailsWhile browsing the web we have all seen our share of good and bad site designs. This post lists 10 web design unspoken rules that will help you maintain a usable website and happy customers. Choosing to ignore any of these rules could result in a complete loss of site visitors and receive flames from…
DetailsCheck out these “Speed Limiters” replacing speed bumps on city streets. They make an extremely effective speed limiting device, at least the first time. Humongus potholes on city streets Underneath the large pot hole Brilliant marketing campaign for Pioneer Suspension to promote their new suspension parts. Cements the idea that driving over this massive pot…
DetailsThe BBC has a very good documentary on the financial events leading up to the current credit crunch and banking crisis. This video is UK centric but is relevant to the United States credit crisis as much of the lending to sub prime borrowers originated here. 10 hedge fund managers pulled in 500 million dollars…
DetailsEver have the feeling that the US is falling behind on technology and innovation? Italian architects and building engineers have one upped the world with a dynamic skyscraper prototype that has articulated floors. Each floor will have wind turbines that turns a static building into a digital wind generator. The modular construction concept is also…
DetailsI have to admit i have not seen any ROI from Shopping.com. Some merchants may have great success with this pay per click shopping engine, but I’m leery of using this service. There is very little transparency and no indication of traffic and click quality. I would only use the Shopping.com system for very specific…
DetailsIt was so easy to make a presidential bid I decided there was no reason not to try. With the internet and a little online optimization the barriers to the highest office in the land just went down. Stephen Colbert of South Carolina, watch out! This is an amazing piece of viral video content. The…
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