Google’s Minus 60 Penalty
It is considered to one of the most dreaded penalties that can be levied by Google on a Webmaster for bad link practices. Known as -60 Penalty, it pushes the website of the penalized Webmaster 60 positions back in the search pages. This penalty is enforced mainly in the case of Paid Links, as they are considered to a be questionable tactic to gather links.
Ask No Speako El-Spanisho
Nothing like a typo everybody in the world gets to see. Ask.com was proud of itself for celebrating Cinco de Mayo via its homepage, especially since Google decided not to honor America’s excuse-to-drink-tequila-on-Monday holiday. Presumably the Mexican lass twirling beneath was too busy to question why she was celebrating Cinco do Mayo instead.
Patent judge situation patently disastrous
A law professor discovered a constitutional flaw in the way 46 judges have been appointed to positions of hearing patent cases, as their appointee had no right to do so.
Google News Suggests Related Searches
It’s not by any means a revolutionary feature, and to be honest, it’s probably not even something that you’ll use once a day. Still, the introduction of related search suggestions to Google News seems like a solid idea.
Digital Media Concepts Popular Among Execs
Media and advertising executives are displaying an "eyes on the prize" attitude, according to new survey results. A significant number of the execs support fresh technologies and approaches, and want to embrace them over the next few years.
New York Goes Gangsta With Tax Law
Online retailers doing business in New York will be required to register with the state beginning June 1, 2008 to collect taxes, or face audits for prior quarters for failing to register.
Yahoo Still Willing To Deal
After a 15 percent drop in its stock that followed Microsoft’s announced abandonment of its Yahoo takeover bid, Yahoo could be right back in the middle of another deal.
Yahoo Adds Safety Alerts To Search
Yahoo opened the beta test of SearchScan in several countries to help safeguard people against potentially dangerous links in their search results.
Yahoo Billionaire Founders At A Loss Today
When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took his bat and ball and headed back to Redmond, Yahoo’s founding duo of Jerry Yang and David Filo saw nine-figure paper losses today.
Yahoo Still Standing After Closing Bell
Ben Franklin might not have agreed, but after Microsoft withdrew its offer, the drop in Yahoo’s stock became as certain as death and taxes. The only surprise was that, after a full day of trading, the drop was more of a dip than a plunge.