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Andy Hagans on TrustRank

Posted by Nadir on July 31st, 2006

Over at Link Building Blog, Andy Hagans talks about the “index issue” he had with Google and tries to explain how he solved it. He recently launched a new site that had a “2003ish PR5 domain” he acquired hoping that the sandbox effect will not affect him. However, even if the site had more than […]

MSN is the most accessible search engine

Posted by Nadir on July 24th, 2006

That’s quite funny: a search for “search engine” on Google Accessible Search ranks MSN.com at #1. Google.com is not even listed in the first 20 results.

Blogging can get you fired

Posted by Nadir on July 23rd, 2006

“I’m afraid I have called you here to tell you that I am obliged to terminate your employment with the firm.”

Is Techmeme better than Google News?

Posted by Nadir on July 20th, 2006

Steve Bryant from eWeek published an article where he spotted Google News’ main problems “from a journalist’s POV”. While he recognizes that Google News help “infovores” find fresh information very quickly, he’s complaining about the fact that the News search engine “skips important news sources”, and sometimes prioritizes news that’s opinion.

Google launches free Wi-Fi in Mountain View

Posted by Nadir on July 19th, 2006

I don’t know how Kevin Rose (Digg founder) got this information but here’s a link to a map showing all wi-fi access points in Mountain View. Kevin mentions that free Wifi will first only be available to “trusted testers”.

Google and Vertical Search

Posted by Nadir on July 18th, 2006

Google is actively looking for sales people to fill out their recent vertical search positions in NYC. Verticals include Travel, Finance, Local, Healthcare, Entertainment and much more.

Lee Odden just published an excellent interview he did with Laura Lippay, SEO Program Manager for Yahoo Media Group. I first heard about Laura on CNet, when I saw her excellent SEO 101 video (she’s cute, isn’t she?). You may also have seen her posting smart comments/posts at SEOMoz, Highrankings forums , or Cre8asiteforums.
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Defining Web 2.0 to CEOs

Posted by Nadir on July 6th, 2006

Webmasterworld’s administrator trillianjedi started a thread where he gives a short and clear definition of “Web 2.0″ that you could give to the CEO of your client company :