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Ask the Hard Questions When it Comes to Social Media
In my world, this time of year is always crunchy, it’s an endurance race to the holidays. It means unfortunately that I don’t get to read as much, blog as much, breathe as much, etc., but oh well, so be it. I figure I can either put my head down to cover ground and get some creative stuff in the works for ’08 or stand still debating the finer points of bad PR vs. ugly PR vs.
AdWords Leak Raises Ranking Questions
A French blog presented a glimpse of Google’s search rankings hitherto unseen by anybody outside the AdWords sales department. The big discovery: dollar amounts ascribed organic rankings, among other bits of information.
WikiAnswers Now Has Over 1 Million Questions
WikiAnswers doesn’t know how popular it will become. It’s also unable to tell me how to peel an egg, how to make a J-turn, or why Guinness tastes so good. But in any event, WikiAnswers has reached and passed the million-question milestone.
Seven More Questions About SEO
Rand Fishkin followed up his original ten questions (plus bonus) on SEO knowledge with the answers, and some new questions from Danny Sullivan for everyone’s perusal.
Cutts (Finally) Answers Paid Link Questions
Awash in good intentions, Google’s Matt Cutts paved a hellish road for himself by asking people to fill out a spam report for paid links. Matt followed up over the weekend (and while on vacation) with details that may have saved him some initial grief.
ISPs Still Ducking Clickstream Questions
The issue of data privacy has long been one of intense debate and speculation across the blogosphere. Reports have surfaced here and there of ISPs selling clickstream data to third party advertisers for mere cents per user. As journalists continue seeking answers, the ISPs are remaining conspicuously tight-lipped about their data practices.
Google’s Most-Asked Questions (And Answers)
Ever wonder what sort of questions people are asking about Google’s services? Well, just in case you were, there’s a new list showing the “top questions” from the help files of 26 different services. And if that’s not enough to draw you in, a number of “funny, funky, noteworthy or weird quotes” from those same help files follows afterward.
Long Tail Questions
I posted a while back about the Meaty Middle, and why it was more important than the Long Tail for the application I’m involved with called RMX Direct.
Ask Shoemoney Your Affiliate Questions
I got a chance to hang out with Jeremy a bit in Chicago and at pubcon in Vegas – and we’re gonna do an episode of NetIncome this evening.