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Techniques for Stopping Blog Spam
Spam is one of those features that comes with a blog and stopping it isn’t quite as easy as it should be.…
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Will Unison.ie be Banned From Google for Cloaking?
A nice little find by Niall Donegan who discusses Unison.ie cloaking: A prime example of this is Unison.ie. When searching for current Irish news it usually ranks fairly high on Google, however all the pages require you register first before you view them. The registration gives no advantage to people like me who just want to a quick look at the latest news. I suspect…
Google BlogSearch, Ranking Blog Documents Patent
For a long time my blogs have performed amazingly well with Google Blog Search. I always appear in the relevant results quickly, and the results I obtain have some reasonable longevity, even when I am not the original source of a story. Considering how much competition I often have for certain search terms which everyone seems to be writing about because of common interest, I…
Microsoft Loses About 5% Search Share in 2 Years
Ever since Microsoft launched its own search engine, we’ve heard their claims that they’d gain ground on Google and compete in anywhere from 3-5 years. Well, as Business Week points out, in the two years since Microsoft dumped Inktomi, it’s not exactly headed in the right direction.
Flickr Featurs Foto Filtrs
If you're afraid of seeing photos on the Flickr site that don't quite match your personal tolerance for adult content, the image sharing site has a new filtering feature that you should enjoy. Photographers who see themselves as artists may not be as enthused.
Truthiness Comes To Viacom
The irony is so thick, it's smothering. Viacom, who sued Google for a billion dollars over copyright infringement, is now being sued by MoveOn.org and the Electronic Frontier Foundation for not understanding the very Fair Use principles the network relies on for its own parodies on "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report."
