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Germans Bail From Quaero Partnership

France and Germany had great plans to take on Google for search engine dominance, but the French will have to go it alone as Germany withdraws from the project.

Are Year-End Search Lists Meaningless?

It's that time of year again. You know, the time for "The Year In Review" lists by the thousands telling us what was cool and popular in whatever niche you can imagine. Of course, the search engine industry is not immune from taking the yearly look-back, compiling most popular search lists for our amusement.

Blogger Finds The Beta Exit

Google's Blogger service has been running a couple of versions in parallel: the old Blogger they picked up from Pyra Labs, and the new beta built to replace it. The new Blogger has shed its beta tag and is ready for all those people who make blogging a New Year's resolution.

Different Approaches To Social Media

The impact of social media on SEO cannot be understated. Because search engines frown on links acquired for ranking benefits, approaching link building via the organic process - creating linkbait - has risen to prominence.

2006’s Most Questionable Search Queries

Lists of popular search terms are so interesting because they provide a window into what's on the collective minds of the collective culture. The most insightful looks into that collective, I think, are the questions the society asks. Our society wants to know about sex, drugs, and rock and roll.