Matt Cutts on subdomains and subdirectories

I’m getting ready to start working on a very large scale project for an organization that will be hosting conferences in more than 20 states. Each state will need its own “sub site”, so the topic of subdomains vs. subdirectories has come up a few times over the past week.
Fortunately, Matt Cutts  of Google has [...]

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Nevermind pay per post… try holding a contest!

Blog Herald has a post up about a cash prize contest currently running thanks to an online discounts voucher site out of the UK.
The contest brings nothing new to the table in regards to the idea realm, but it does beg the question… is this the new pay per post? I mean, in the past [...]

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Is Google having trouble keeping its index fresh and relevant?

According to a discussion that took place during the Organic Listings Forum here at Search Engine Strategies Chicago, Google has issues with product specific pages on shopping sites.
The Organic Listings forum was moderated by Danny Sullivan. The panelists were Mike Grehan, Mark Rosenberg, and Erica Schmidt.
During the Q&A part of the forum someone took the [...]

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Danny Sullivan: Flash websites will NEVER do well in SERP’s

Today I had the pleasure of attending the SES Chicago “Organic Track” forum, “Sitemaps: Oversold, Misused or On The Money?“.
The panel was moderated by Danny Sullivan, Editor-In-Chief for SearchEngineLand.com. The participants included Amanda Watlington, Vivek Pathak, Jeremy Clem, Manager, Natural Search, and Trevor Foucher of Google.
During the Q&A section of the forum, someone in the [...]

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Organic Listings @ SES Chicago

Today is Tuesday, December 04, 2007. This makes it day two of Search Engine Strategies Chicago. It’s 11:42 A.M and I just finished enjoying a brilliant hour of discussion on “Organic Listings”.

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Google vs. Web Advertisers: A new industry is born

Matt Cutts really knows how to stir controversy. In a recent post titled, “How to report paid links“, Cutts lays out the simple process on how to bring paid links to the attention of the Google team.
Sign in to Google’s webmaster console and use the authenticated spam report form, then include the word “paidlink” (all [...]

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The Google and Doubleclick… a bad combo?

Google’s purchase of Doubleclick is stirring a lot of discussion. Most of it isn’t pretty.
Cocoa & Medicine says:
If you aren’t familiar with them, DoubleClick is in the business of selling banner ads — those flashing, annoying advertisements that sit above, beside, and even above those web pages you visit. That, in and of itself, is [...]

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FREE 411 connect service?

TellMe, a new company seeking to get in while the getting is good, has just launched its 100% FREE 411 information service!
To find a phone number, simply call 1-800-555-TELL. When prompted say “business search”. The fully automated system will then search its database to find a relevant result for your query.
No more cell phone bill [...]

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