Twitter may be rocking Google’s world, but what about Twitter’s world? There has been a lot of hype surrounding Twitter search (and real-time search in general) as the way search is going.
Google Trends, SEO Create Hacker Perfect Storm
It used to be one was at most risk of getting a computer virus via spam or frequenting bad Internet neighborhoods (places one probably shouldn’t be hanging out in the first place, picking up just any old download they come across). These days malware pushers have come out in the open where the masses collect, and places like Google, Facebook, and Twitter are starting to resemble the Time Square of old—with peril and vice all around.
Perfect 10 Tries Again, This Time With MSN
Google CEO Eric Schmidt once said that lawsuits were just part of doing business today. According to Perfect 10 Magazine, lawsuits are the only things that will save them, and have added Microsoft as the most recent defendant.
Perfect 10’s New Claim Against Microsoft
After pretty much having their case against Google & Amazon knocked down, Perfect 10 is back with a claim against Microsoft. It seems the company is intent on getting someone to cough up money for what it claims is copyright infringement on it’s images of naked women.
Google Seen As Perfect Employer In Europe
Well, it’s (more or less) official: should Google ever decide to take over the world, most of us will be willing to aid it. The results of a new study confirm that, in certain European circles, the search engine giant is regarded as an ideal employer.
Perfect 10 Loses Again
Another ruling has arrived concerning Perfect 10’s ongoing litigation, and its case against Visa, Mastercard, and several other companies has, like its suit against Google, gone in the defendants’ favor.
Hosted Content, The Quest for the Perfect Link
Ask Google, search engines love links. Of course, they love some links more than others. For example, a simple link exchange (reciprocal link) doesn’t have as much value to search engines and so, it doesn’t receive the same weight as a non-reciprocal (one-way) link – the theory being that a one-way, in-bound link is a recommendation from a site owner to visit this linked site. The link, itself, is testament to the quality of the site being referred.
The Perfect Ad Quest
Paul Slogan from Business 2.0 recently wrote a great article on the quest for the perfect online ad.
He discusses how although Google is the king of search, users only spend 5% of their time searching. With users spending 95% of their time on the Internet engaged in non-search related activities, how can you target them? I don’t think there is an answer, but here is how I would go about creating the perfect ad.
Ultimate Guide – Building the Perfect Link
Small Business SEM has an excellent post titled Ultimate Guide to Building the Perfect Link.
Practice Makes Perfect For SQL
MySQL guru Sheeri Kritzer listed eight SQL best practices for database professionals who are hard at work on their projects.