Google announced a new feature to help “manage what people see” when you’re searched for on Google. This new feature, called Me on the Web is really nothing more than Google Alerts in disguise. It is literally in disguise because the interface to adding alerts is different in the Me on the Web section of the Dashboard […]
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I’m not at SES Toronto yet, but thanks to innovative thinking and the power of the Internet, I’m not missing out on what’s happening there today. The SES UStream channel is up and running and broadcasting live. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/searchenginestrategies Check out selected sessions today and tomorrow.
It’s almost that time! Just because winter is over doesn’t mean it’s time for holiday. For every update Google continues to make to its algorithms, people have to keep moving to change with them. Since its roll out in February, the Google Panda update has been the talk of the site owners who were affected and the rest of
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It used to say “Oh Snap!” Apparently that’s not so cool anymore. But what is? Star Trek! Google has always had a sense of humor. Previously, their blue screen error message looked like this: Is this something we should be watching? Will Google be changing this every few versions? Thoughts?
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Google announced today they are allowing people to block sites they don’t want to see in the search results. Now, hold your horses, this is a personalized result, not a global block. SEO’s are getting antsy, I can see it now. Here’s how it works: When you search for something on Google, click a link
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According to the Rumor mill and a recent Engadget post, Research In Motion (RIM) – creators of the BlackBerry – are close to releasing its infamous BlackBerry Messenger service on other platforms and devices. Why?! The BlackBerry Messenger service is really the biggest differentiator RIM has to offer. It allows device-to-device messaging, presumably without leaving
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Yes, it’s official. It will be a Harry Potter theme for Halloween this year. Visitors to the house will need to approach on a designated path and need to sign the list to join the D. A. The goal is to have several effects including: Some kind of figure in a picture frame talking to
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In what appears to be a second move to counter Blekko’s content farm exclusions, last night Google their “pretty big algorithmic improvement” to their ranking. I performed typical searches to check ranking on various sites I watch, and it would appear that Google has removed many of the same sites Blekko already had. Specifically, I’ve
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Beck has been on a rant against Google this past week, accusing the search giant of being a “shill” for the US government. Now he’s claiming “not leading a boycott” but he’s “not so sure” that he wants “to use their products any more than” he has to. He even has a featured story on
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Both Google and Bing put out toolbars of sorts. Bing’s announcement had an accompanying video created by the Bing project manager in everyday clothes, similar to a Google project manager video. But neither is copying the other, right?
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