I’ve been chosen to participate!
February 28, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 2 Comments
So I get an email from MSN today tellling me that I’ve been chosen to participate in the U.S. pilot of MSN adCenter. Woohoo! Only one problem. I can’t get in. It requires IE6 or above. Now, ok, no problem I think (when I get the message via Firefox). So, I try it via IE7. Nope, same message. (Isn’t that above???). Ok, so I try it with Maxthon (which uses IE6 engine I think). Nope, same message. C’mon guys! IE7 replaced my IE6 when I installed it, so what am I supposed to do? I’ve got a support ticket in with them. We’ll see what they say.
How SEOs Really Evaluate a Search Engine
February 28, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 6 Comments
With all the hullabaloo about the rebranding of Ask.com yesterday, I began to look at it more seriously than ever before. I mean, frankly, I’ve ignored it completely all these years. So yesterday, I began to evaluate the new Ask.com, and I realized that we, as seos, probably evaluate search engines much differently than most folks.
Ask.com is now officially rebranded
February 27, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
I love the new look for ask.com (screenshot below). It is clean, easy on the eyes, and easy on the brain. It should help the novices of the world understand what they can do here. The icons in the toolbox on the right side of the page couldn’t be easier to understand.
Is Google search any better now…or not?
February 26, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Freedom, a senior member of WebmasterWorld, brings up a very interesting topic in this thread. He wants to know, From all the famous or infamous algo changes over the years, the ups and downs, is Google really any better then it was in 2001 or 2002?
And yet another SEO contest on the horizon
February 25, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
ShoeMoney has a teaser post about an upcoming SEO contest that he promises will be “different” and “entertaining”. The prizes will be estimated at $25,000+, so I’m sure it will draw significant attention. He also mentions that Azoogleads will be the official sponsor of the contest. Is 2006 the year of the SEO contest?
The end of CPC for Google?
February 23, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 5 Comments
According to the rumormill, Google Wallet is not only coming, but it will end the problem of click fraud for Google. Supposedly, a click-through would only result in payment once the user purchases something from the advertised site, using Google Wallet of course. Exit CPC, Enter CPA.
Google reads linked pages to show relevant ads?
February 22, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
Ok, maybe I’m way behind the times here, but this is something that I’ve never seen before. One of the sites competing in the v7n contest, shows scorecards for each competitor (i.e. how that page’s ranking is moving up or down). On the scorecard is the name of the site, today’s ranking, today’s movement, links to the site, PR of the page, backlinks, etc. It does not actually show the content of the competing site’s page, just information about it’s ranking.
MSN adCenter 3.0 (beta) demo’ed
February 21, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
The Dallas Search Engine Marketing Blog reports that they received the first demo of MSN adCenter 3.0 (in beta) at their monthly meeting. They talk about some pretty cool features, including: Read more
Local SEO – The DD Method
February 20, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 2 Comments
Over at SEORefugee, a couple of threads have been focusing on optimizing for local traffic (i.e. Web Design San Diego). EarlPearl is definitely a local SEO guru, and I suggest everyone pay attention when he discusses the matter. I mentioned some tips that EarlPearl has since taken to calling the DD Method, so as a joke, I am officially claiming it as mine right here. *grin*
If you care, PR is updating on some datacenters
February 18, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
This does seem to be a true update (as opposed to a rollback), as new sites with no previous PR is obtaining PR on the following datacenters. A quick and easy way to check is to use this tool.
RANT: Non-validating cut and paste code
February 17, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Why, oh why, do people who supply cut and paste code for things like affiliate codes, ad buttons, etc. insist on using non-valid code? It never fails that I forget to check the code before placing it on my site. Then, days, weeks, or months later, when I get around to re-validating a page, I realize that the umpteen errors that are showing up are due to ad code. So I go through and change all the ampersands to entity codes, and all the image tags to include alt text, etc. etc. What a waste of time! C’mon people, supply proper code to begin with, would you?
A sweet CSS nav generating tool
February 15, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
Adrian over at Cre8asite mentioned a very sweet wizard-style tool that lets you easily create vertical or horizontal CSS-based navigation. This is the kind of tool that not only makes your job easier, but it also creates nice SEO’d nav bars, and looks great to boot! Thanks Adrian for pointing it out. Now, all of you…quick…run over to this cool CSS nav generator and have fun.
A little link love for Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 6 Comments
Happy Valentine’s Day! In the spirit of the day, I think we should all show a little link love to our fellow SEO buddies. So go ahead, link out to at least one SEO or webmaster today. I’ll start. Here’s to you Scott.
