SAScon – a unique UK Search & Social Conference
March 3, 2010 by Ben McKay · Leave a Comment
You might have heard about some pretty cool news stirring in the UK search market of late… something really quite special.
Yahoo Integrates Twitter, Google Streams Facebook
February 25, 2010 by Ruud Hein · Leave a Comment
Google is trying to play its "one up" in search engine land.
This week Yahoo announced it is adding Twitter to the slew of social network sites supported in its "update whatever it is right from here within Yahoo" setup.
3 Google Executives Convicted for Uploaded Bullying Video
In Italy a court in Milan has decided that three Google executives can be held liable for the violation of the privacy of an Italian boy with Down Syndrome.
Industry Developments in January 2010
February 2, 2010 by Ruud Hein · 2 Comments
LINK WARS (1)
Our world-wide web is one made up of links; without them, no web. Plain and simple. It’s thus that any threat to linking affects us all.
Are You Ready for the Upcoming Google Algorithm Update?
April 21, 2009 by Patricia Skinner · Comments Off
Your Website is Up Against Competition & Moving Goal Posts
With every passing day the Internet is becoming an increasingly competitive place. There are more businesses carving out their niche online, existing businesses are taking steps to become experts at promoting their websites, and to cap it all, the search engines are constantly refining their algorithms to make it more difficult to get that coveted number -1 spot.
‘Orion’ Is Unleashed: Protect Your SEO, SERP Listings, and Your Content
March 26, 2009 by Angie Haggstrom · 7 Comments
Earlier this week, Google rocked the search world with the announcement of its new update referred to as ‘Orion’. (Derived from the 2006 acquisition from Orion, a big fan of LSI.) This ground breaking development is intended to “help guide users more effectively to the information they need”. Groundbreaking? Yeah, right. Not quite.
SEO Fortune Telling
September 25, 2008 by DazzlinDonna · 10 Comments
I just tweeted the quote below, but I thought I should probably make this prediction here as well, just to mark it as an official look into the old SEO crystal ball.
Google Hijacking Sites Now? No, Just Fail
August 11, 2008 by DazzlinDonna · 13 Comments
Wow, I just had a bizarre thing happen to me while reading an article over on Money-Hacks.com. I’d been on this page for about 30 seconds or so, and had read half the article, before suddenly I was whisked away to another page…no, another site…a Google error page! What The … ?? Here’s where I was…
Kudos For Latest Microsoft Acquisition – Powerset
July 1, 2008 by DazzlinDonna · 2 Comments
I don’t often blog about acquisitions, but I have to throw my kudos at Microsoft today for acquiring Powerset. I started paying attention to Powerset back in November, 2006, and beta tested it for a little while a year later.
RANT: Two Reasons Google Irks Me This Month
May 27, 2008 by DazzlinDonna · 6 Comments
Sometimes, Google just gets my goat and annoys the heck out of me. Here’s the latest things Google has done that has gotten me bent out of shape.
High Five To Google For Selling Off SEO Business
April 2, 2008 by DazzlinDonna · 2 Comments
I’m extremely pleased to see that Google will be selling off the SEO portion of Performics. They’ve split the company up (that they acquired in the DoubleClick deal) into two parts – affiliate and search marketing. The search marketing division will be sold, and that’s exactly what we all hoped would happen. That whole “conflict of interest” thing was just way too much, and it really needed to be taken care of. Good to see them address it so quickly.
SEO Scoop Nominated For A SEMMY Award
January 12, 2008 by DazzlinDonna · 4 Comments
There’s a new awards site that hands out awards for the best search marketing post / article. It’s been dubbed the SEMMYs, and it’s a great collection of some outstanding posts. I noticed that SEO Scoop has been nominated in the Social Media category for my Using Social Profile Pages To Your Advantage post. Very cool. Apparently, these long nominations lists are going to be reduced down in size to a much smaller pool before voting begins, so I’m not sure if I’ll make the final cut or not, but it’s very cool to be included in this round at least.
Your Search Wish List Could Make You A Winner
December 17, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 23 Comments
What’s on your search wish list this holiday season? Is there something you want from Santa Baby? (er, Santa Google or Santa Yahoo or … you get the idea). To celebrate the holiday season and the coming new year, it’s contest time! And of course, the prizes are on everyone’s wish list all the time, but we’ll get to the prizes momentarily. (No peeking).
