Do You Have A Useful 404 Page?

Crashing into a 404 page not found result when arriving from a link where the visitor expected to find useful content could make or break that person's expectations of that site.

Facebook’s Memory May Be Too Good

Most Facebook users enter a lot of information into the site, and as it turns out, it’s not at all easy to make Facebook forget it.  As a result, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is now eyeing the social network.

(Parts Of) Yahoo Europe Given Ultimatum

About two months ago, we reported that Google was interested in hiring a lot of new European employees.  Now there's word that Yahoo's moving in the opposite direction; some European departments will have to either improve their performance or be sold or shut down.

Google Notebook Could Influence Rankings

Google has filed 3 new patents for its Google Notebook service which suggest plans to use Notebook listings as an additional factor in calculating Google's search engine rankings. Bill Slawski reported on the new Google Notebook patents; highlighting the points in the 3rd patent (Presenting Search Result Information) that refer to potential ties between Google Notebook content and Google's ranking algorithm.