SEO Interviews just keep adding up – now 112
October 31, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Wow, this is amazing. With every week, more and more SEO interviews come to my attention, and now there’s a total of 112 SEO Interviews (er, make that 113) in the list. Incredibly interesting reading, folks.
On paying attention and not trusting a script
October 30, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Almost a year ago, I purchased a script to create search engine friendly urls and meta tags for one of my forums. One of its features was to create unique meta descriptions based on the first X words of a thread’s first post.
Matt Cutts defines data push vs. data refresh – kinda
October 26, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 4 Comments
Matt Cutts, in a comment on his blog, explains the differences between the Google terminology “data push” vs. “data refresh”. Of course, we really don’t get a clue as to what either of them actually is…but well, I’ll let you read it for yourself.
Custom Search Guide – Directory of CSEs
October 25, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
I see Google’s CSE (Custom Search Engine) product as the new Directory 2.0. Until now, human-edited directories were the natural medium for users who wanted a human-optimized guide to the web. A CSE, however, combines the best aspects of a directory and a search engine. Users are now programmed to use search rather than navigating through a directory structure, but a search engine generally gives the user much more than she wants – including spam and non-relevant results. A directory is much more likely to supply the user with precise, relevant results, but she may have to follow a lengthy tree-structured path to arrive at those results. The CSE, however, can be tailored to a specific user-intent, utilizing only human-approved sources, brought together with the ease of a Google search box.
New Yahoo Bookmarks
October 24, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 2 Comments
Yahoo has a new (beta) online Bookmarks service (no, I’m not talking about del.icio.us). TechCrunch notes that it has around 20 million active users…from its previous version… (compared to only 1 million for del.icio.us).
Yahoo announces rankings shuffle and NOODP support
October 24, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Yahoo just announced that they are going to implement the support of the NOODP meta tag, beginning tonight. In order to launch this change, they will be reindexing web content, resulting in typical ranking changes and page shuffling. So expect some possible movement of your rankings.
75 SEO Interviews? Nah, make that 105 SEO Interviews
October 24, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
Remember the post I did a while back listing 75 SEO Interviews? Well, more have been added (again), and now it is up to 105 SEO interviews. You needed something to do on the weekends, right? 
How can we really use Google Custom Search Engine?
October 24, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
By now, you’ve all been inundated with the news that Google is offering up a custom search engine, so I won’t go into the details here and bore you to death. But my very first thought was, “hmmm….how can I get some SEO value out of this”?
Google down – for some anyway
October 22, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
For me, Google is down (screenshots below). However, I can get to it via IP address, so apparently it’s a DNS issue. Just in case it was happening to you, now you know that it isn’t ONLY you.
My favorite Firefox extensions
October 22, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 5 Comments
Since I just set up my new ultraportable laptop, I was reminded how important my favorite Firefox extensions are to me. So, I thought I’d share them with you as well. Some are SEO related and some aren’t, but they all help me work much more efficiently.
SubmitEaze 2.0 update makes tool even better
October 22, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
Back in January, I mentioned a new directory submission tool that makes submitting to directories a pretty easy process. Now, a new version has been released, and SubmitEaze Directory Submission Software, with currently over 1600 listed directories to choose from, is even better.
SpyFu – Competitive research tool
October 18, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · 4 Comments
Ok, I’m going to be lazy today, and simply copy a press release for a new competitive research tool called SpyFu. Yeah, that’s lazy, I know, but sue me… In any case, you’ll get the info and it’s info worth getting. 
So, here it is…
Performancing Partners Program – Blog Ads!
October 17, 2006 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Performancing has come out with a really nice ad system for bloggers. You can see it in action over in the sidebar. See that Performancing ad? Hover your mouse over it. That’s right! A graphic ad that pops up a sweet little text ad when you mouseover it. Sweet! Now that’s a one-two punch that advertisers ought to love.
