Andrew Goodman recently posted about SEO industry reputation woes, but the real reason for the problem is the self serving agenda of search engines. Don’t underestimate the marketing of the search engines, which outside of their own link buying and selling, generally like to hint at this equation SEO = spam.
Search Engines: Who Owns What
Google’s list of subsidiaries drew some attention after that company’s 10-K annual report filing took place; that sparked interest in what other companies have under their voluminous corporate structures.
Search Engines Need Not Display All Ads
Eric Goldberg gives a summary of the final verdict in Langdon v. Google. He explains a court decision which implies how search engines do not have to display all of the ads.
Search Engines, Quit Worrying About Google
Research performed at The Wharton School suggested a ‘Myth of Market Share’ may compel companies to focus way too much attention at eroding the market share of competitors.
UK Hangs Search Engines Out To Dry
Search engine companies are out of luck, at least for the time being; the British government has announced that it will not support “a change to the UK E-commerce Regulations which would give greater legal protection to search engines and other intermediaries.” A European Commission review will decide the matter instead.
Saddam Searches Flood Search Engines
As news of Saddam Hussein’s execution made its way around the web (rather quickly), people flocked to the search engines looking for video, images, and any other pertinent information about the hanging.
Do PayPerPost Services Game Search Engines?
Robert Scoble thinks they do but is that enough to solidify the idea? Of course, any service that creates backlinks and can help generate buzz can be gamed for search engine purposes, but does that mean companies like PayPerPost exist only to create false link buzz about a site or product? Only if the blogger […]
Search Engines Acknowledge World AIDS Day
The statistics involved with the AIDS epidemic are staggering. A visit to any AIDS awareness site confirms this. 6000 children orphaned daily because of AIDS… 180,000 in a month… The facts are almost overwhelming. Because of the need for AIDS awareness on a worldwide scale, December 1 is acknowledged as being World AIDS Day. The […]
AJAX and Search Engines
In the light of the immense popularity AJAX has received and the emerging tools like Atlas and AJAX.NET, I thought it was the right time to talk about the implications on search engine behaviour on AJAX enabled websites.
The Search Engines Agree on an XML Sitemap Standard
In great news, Google, Yahoo and MSN have agreed upon a XML sitemap standard.