The SMX Confernece was in Sydney Australia last week, and one topic discussed by representatives of both Google and Yahoo was that of duplicate content filtering across international domains. Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz notes that while the subject has been discussed in the past, many people including experts in the field have been in the dark.
Google, Yahoo Potential Deal Worries Heartland
The American Corn Growers Association asked John Conyers and Patrick Leahy to look closely at any potential search advertising tie-in with the top two search providers.
Yahoo: Google Worries, Microsoft Says Don’t Worry
Google would like to see Yahoo stay out of Microsoft’s embrace for competitive reasons, but Microsoft’s top lawyer says there’s no problem here.
Topix Worries About Domain Change
After paying $1 million to purchase the rights to the Topix.com domain, Topix.net CEO Rich Skrenta now has to deal with a couple of daily realities in the search world: changing domains could cause a dropoff in search engine-driven traffic, and Google isn’t exactly Nordstrom or L.L. Bean when it comes to customer service.
Dave Worries About Microsoft
Dave Winer is worried that Microsoft is going to throw its weight around when it comes to RSS. I worry about that too. A lot.
Misplaced Worries On Citizen Journalism
An InfoWorld writer blogged about the potential problems that could arise from the growth in “citizen journalism,” but the real problems come from elsewhere.
Money Worries?
If you are worrying about your money problems it’s time to STOP IT NOW! Easier said than done, huh.