Google Buys Urchin Software Group
Information Week is reporting that Google is planning to buy web-analytic company Urchin Software Group. Google has a history of making some interesting purchases. Moer an more it seems that […]
Monthly Archives: March 2005
What's the Google Sandbox?
Have you heard about the Google Sandbox or Aging delay? You won’t find any solid answers but Search Engine Forums has a good conversation about the sandbox and how it […]
Yahoo Messenger Hacked
Yahoo has releasead a statement claiming that users of Yahoo Messenger have received a flurry of increasingly sophisticated phishing attempts by hackers who are attempting to discover confidential account information […]
New Site Format
We’ve not been blogging for the past week or so because we were in the midst of transfering web servers. For about a week we were working off both servers […]
Yahoo! Directory Changes Listing Layout
For many years a listing in the Yahoo! Directory has been an essential element for generating web exposure. Arguably, the value of such a listing has declined in recent years, […]
Google's Webmaster Guidelines: Quality Guidelines – Specific Recommendations
This is the final installment of our series on Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. As with most of the guidelines provided by Google, they are obvious, but only in that Google has […]
Google Adds Local Business Center
Google has added a Local Business Center to allow any business to add their site to Google Local. I’ve just added Pole Position Web. Its a very simple process that […]
AOL Changes TOS to Invade Privacy?
EWeek.com has run an interesting story on AOL and some recent changes to their Terms of Service for the instant messenger users [Sorry, link no longer available.] . “Although you […]
Become.com Shows Promise
I’ve never paid much attention to new search engines, they seem to pop up all the time. Everyone claims to have the next big advancement in search technology, yada, yada, […]
Any Press is Good Press, part II
Apparently SEO, Inc. created quite a bit of a stir at the search engine strategies conference in New York. I wasn’t there so I can’t really comment on the appropriateness, […]
Yahoo API
Yahoo has just introduced the Yahoo Search Developer Network, an online service offering developers access to Yahoo web services application programming interfaces (API’s) for the first time. The API’s are […]
Google, Browsers, and Bookmarkes
There have been rumors on and off for some time now about the possibility of Google getting into the browser game. For years Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has had a virtual […]
Overture Being Renamed
Update: Official Press Release SMH.com is reporting that Yahoo! is changing the overture brand name to Yahoo! Search Marketing Solutions. Back in 2001 GoTo.com was renamed to Overture. At the […]
Google's Webmaster Guidelines: Quality Guidelines – Basic Principles
Google has valuable resources available for webmasters and SEOs alike. Knowing and following these guidelines when building and marketing your web site ensures that you will keep your site out […]