Archive for January, 2006

Google Misses Earnings Q4

January 31st, 2006

It looks like the exponential growth for Google has come to an end. Today Google announced their earnings for the 4th Quarter.
The Mountain View, Calif-based company said Tuesday that it earned $372.2 million, or $1.22 per share, for the final three months of 2005. That represented an 82 percent …

I?m on webmasterradio.fm!

January 31st, 2006

So I?m going to be on the SEO Rockstars show on webmasterradio.fm right about, oh, now. Expect me to tease Greg Boser about www.monkeypics.co.uk. I?ll update the post with a link to the mp3 when it?s ready.

Do Your Users Trust You?: 21 Tips for Improved Website Credibility

January 31st, 2006

I often find myself accidently lumping in everything internet marketing with SEO. To me, SEO is just what you call someone with an insatiable hunger to learn about marketing online. The day you truly become an SEO could be the first time you read something that makes you say, “damn, this is pretty […]

Do Your Users Trust You?: 21 Tips for Improved Website Credibility

January 31st, 2006

I often find myself accidently lumping in everything internet marketing with SEO. To me, SEO is just what you call someone with an insatiable hunger to learn about marketing online. The day you truly become an SEO could be the first time you read something that makes you say, “damn, this is pretty […]

New TLA Affiliate Program!

January 31st, 2006

LBB Readers, we have launched a new Text Link Ads affiliate program today! You can place a text ad or graphical banner and you can get paid in two different ways:1. You earn $25.00 for each visitor you refer that…

Consistency in Linking Can Go Far

January 31st, 2006

A nice thread at High Rankings forum discusses Internal Linking To Your Homepage. A basic SEO topic, but also very important. What is the best way to link to your homepage? In my opinion, http://www.domain.com/ is the absolute best way….

Beware of Google Bookmarks in Toolbar 4

January 31st, 2006

Yesterday, Google released the New Google Toolbar Version 4 and with it came “Bookmarks.” Want to create and label bookmarks that you can access from any computer? Simply click the Toolbar’s star icon, or right-click the star to add and…

AdSense Going to Add Expanding and Floating Ads?

January 31st, 2006

I hope not! Those annoying ads you get when you mouse over them or that float on the page with you on your scroll. JenSense has the scoop describing what these ads are; Floating ads are ads that either stay…

Does Ask Jeeves Take Feedback Request Seriously?

January 31st, 2006

I can’t remember the last time I said anything negative about Ask Jeeves. But honestly, they haven’t been tested much on the Webmaster relations front. So I found a perfect opportunity to test them. Viggen, a well known forum member…

Update On the Laugh at Yahoo! YSM Refunds PPC Spend

January 31st, 2006

A week and a half ago we covered a topic we named Yahoo Laughs Off Click Fraud Report, soon after the thread was renamed to Click Fraud Report Gets Laugh From Yahoo Rep and featured on the Search Engine Watch…

Alexa not updating

January 31st, 2006

For what it`s worth;
Alexa hasnt`t updated their stats for almost a week now, reason is they moved server (on the 24th). Three days later Geoffrey Mack posts at Alexa, “hmm sorry, something went wrong, The rollback should be complete within the hour”

That was 4 days ago…

Google Toolbar 4 Launched, Free Google Toolbar Buttons

January 31st, 2006

Post about how Google released a new toolbar and what it means for search marketers.

Why Everyone Should Join SEMPO Even Though it Kinda Sucks

January 30th, 2006

I really haven’t made up my mind about SEMPO yet, and certainly don’t have the big bucks to pony up personally for a membership (I’d get much more personal satisfaction from a new ipod or digital camera I’m sure). I don’t see many advantages for We Build Pages at this point in our company […]

Why Everyone Should Join SEMPO Even Though it Kinda Sucks

January 30th, 2006

I really haven’t made up my mind about SEMPO yet, and certainly don’t have the big bucks to pony up personally for a membership (I’d get much more personal satisfaction from a new ipod or digital camera I’m sure). I don’t see many advantages for We Build Pages at this point in our company […]

Revealing China Censorship via Google Images

January 30th, 2006

Danny Sullivan just posted an SEW blog entry named A Picture Says 1000 Words About Google’s Censorship In China which is show true. He shows a screen capture, side by side (Google China versus Google US) of a search on…

Google Censors Web Results Sometimes

January 30th, 2006

With this whole Google Censoring Google China fact, Google had to make a change to its “Does Google censor search results?” page. Gary covers the before and after; Before: Google does not censor results for any search term. The order…

“How to Speak SEO” by Laura

January 30th, 2006

Laura is getting some nice coverage the past week or so, first with the Free SEO Basics Video by ZDNet which was starting her and now with this outstanding topic at High Rankings forum named How to Speak SEO. This…

How to Avoid Being Cheated on Reciprocal Link Exchanges

January 30th, 2006

Outstanding post by martinibuster, moderator of the Link Building Forum at WebmasterWorld, on the thread named I was Cheated on a Reciprocal Link. His advice? Basically, - You don’t exchange links with any page with a white bar. - Don’t…

Structuring Your Header Tags

January 30th, 2006

Jill Whalen started a thread over at her forums named H1, H2, H3 Placement, per W3C standards. In that thread she asks if it matters if the header tag sequence in the source code displays in order of header number…

New Google Toolbar Version 4

January 30th, 2006

Looks like Google released a new toolbar today at http://www.google.com/tools/toolbar/T4/. Chris Sherman has the official Search Engine Watch write up he named Google Releases Upgraded Toolbar. The new features include; Now you can make your Toolbar as unique as you…

AdWords Ads Down Friday Evening

January 30th, 2006

It was an ad free world at Google, at least for part of Friday afternoon. Reports via WebmasterWorld and Search Engine Watch Forums show members documenting the outage. Basically, they reported when they went to Google.com or any Google, and…

Toolbar Beta 4

January 30th, 2006

Google has just opened the beta test of Toolbar version 4. Here?s my take on it:
- Suggestions as you type. You?ll either love this or it will leave you cold. As far as I can tell, it?s just some deep personality test, like whether you?re an Elvis person or a …

Mr Ploppy?s Monday Tool List Volume XXXIV - Competitive Research Tools Revisted

January 29th, 2006

I did some competitive tools a while back with competitive analysis and keyword tools, but I think the idea of competitive analysis is key to the natural search engine optimization space and is worth revisiting. Understanding your industry from an online perspective is critical to the success of an SEO campaign. There are a lot […]

Fighting Off Negative Publicity and Affiliates in the SERPs

January 29th, 2006

Tips for polluting the search results for your brand with happy information to block out bad press and thin affiliate sites.

SearchKing Offers a Few SEO Tips

January 29th, 2006

Post about how SEO is changing from bulk spammy activities to a game of gaining and leveraging trust.