Archive for the 'Scott Fish' Category

Strongest Directories based on Page Strength

September 4th, 2006

My good friend over at the Aviva Directory has developed a list of directories adapted from Bob Mutch’s list of powerful directories that sorts the list into Page Strength.
He offers the listing price that it costs, first price is for a basic submission and the second price is for an …

Google is Busy: Google signs $900m News Corp deal

September 4th, 2006

The deal will see Google pay Fox at least $900m (£472m) provided certain web traffic targets are met.
However the agreement does not include FoxSports.com, which already has contracts with Microsoft and MSN.
Google said online community MySpace was an important site to be involved with given its rapid popularity growth.
From October, …

Google Serving Advertising Via XM Satellite Radio

September 4th, 2006

The future of Google’s Radio Advertising network, dMarc, has come with Google reaching an agreement with XM Satellite Radio. XM will introduce commercial advertising inventory on XM’s non-music channels to Google’s extensive advertising base through Google’s dMarc media network.
Google advertisers will now have a simple, automated way to reach XM’s …

Google?s Dalles, Oregon Facility

September 4th, 2006

Google announced last year that they would be building a 30 acre, $1.87 million dollar facility in The Dalles, Oregon.
Here is an updated photo of Google?s New Facility being built?

Internet search engine company Google Inc. is planning to move some of its technology infrastructure to The Dalles, …

AOL Emerges as Video Search Giant

September 4th, 2006

Time Warner Inc.?s AOL division said Monday it will enter the growing download-to-own video and search market later this week when it begins selling TV programs like ?South Park,? ?Flip This House,? and ?Babylon 5.?
The new service, AOL Video, will let users search for videos across the Web, upload their …

Instant msg-ing messes with grammar? As if! lol!

September 4th, 2006

With 80% of Canadian teenagers using instant messaging and adopting its unique linguistic shorthand, many teachers and parents are concerned about the medium’s potential to corrupt kids’ grammar. But instant messaging doesn’t deserve its bad reputation as a spoiler of syntax, suggests a new study from the University of Toronto.
U …

In-Game Advertising Coming to a Console Near You

September 4th, 2006

In-Game Advertising Coming to a Console Near You
First google did adwords, then Google did image ads, then video, print and a could other medias…. So what’s next?
In-Game Video Game Advertising:
Earlier this year Massive Incorporated, a video game advertising network, announced a landmark deal with Major League Baseball and …

Internet Beats Yard Sign For Selling Homes

September 4th, 2006

Internet Beats Yard Sign For Selling Homes
The Executive Summary reporting the July Borrell “Update: Online Real Estate Advertising,” says that the $11 billion spent on total real estate advertising has stagnated, growing less than four percent over the past four years, while the available advertising inventory, the number of existing …

Not My Space?

September 4th, 2006

Many people across the world are logging into the addicting Myspace website only to find that their ?space? isn?t accessable. Next they check their friends account, and those aren?t there either.
Recently there have been security issues with Myspace regarding the advertisements being shown. So has myspace been …

Blogs in India being Banned, Blogspot, Typepad, etc.

September 4th, 2006

India?s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) passed an order to ISPs Friday to block several websites.
The list is confidential. Indian ISPs have been slowly coming into compliance. SpectraNet, MTNL, Reliance, and as of Monday afternoon, Airtel. State-backed BSNL and VSNL have not started yet but likely will soon. The known …

.EU Registrations Approach 1 Million

April 7th, 2006

It looks like the current count of .eu registrations is at 909,488 this morning - approaching 1 million (which is entirely expected by the end of the week). Pre-Registrations attempts for Trademark holders were a small amount, the number of accepted applications being at 54,558.
It looks like the top …

Dotster Offers $14.95 .EU Registrations

April 6th, 2006

Dotster Offers $14.95 .EU Registrations
Dotster, Inc., one of the first accredited and most trusted providers of
discounted domain registration, web hosting packages, and services
announces its plan to offer the new .EU (European Union) domain name
for $14.95 available on April 7, 2006 - substantially less than other
registrars. In continuing with its …

A little Google Romance for April Fools..

April 1st, 2006

Google Launched Google Romance today for April fools?.

Wit explains SEO and site design from and touches on White/Black Hat SEO

March 23rd, 2006

Maurice de Wit From Dordrecht (the Netherlands) shares his SEO tactics and ideas
He?s an engineer rather than an IT man and 35, you can find more about Wit at his Yahoo360 page: Maurice de Wit
What is your specialty of interest regarding SEO/M?
My specialty of interest reagarding SEO/M is ?pure on-site …

Think your SERPs suck? - Sue Google!

March 21st, 2006

? Kinderstart is suing Google for lowering their ranking in the SERPs without warning and they apparently are trying to recoup $$$ for lost customers.
KinderStart charges that Google without warning in March 2005 penalized the site in its search rankings, sparking a ?cataclysmic? 70 percent fall in its audience …

Its here.. Google Finance

March 21st, 2006

Google Finance makes the debut this morning? check it out!

Should we even care about the Matt Cutts show?

March 20th, 2006

Should we even care about the Matt Cutts show?
I’m probably going to get some flak for this post, but what the heck- it’s been on my mind for a while and recently I’ve really been thinking about this lately.
Formerly known as “GoogleGuy” on many SEO Forums, Matt Cutts …

Donna Fontenot from SEO-Scoop.com

March 18th, 2006

Donna is the owner of SEO Scoop, her personal search engine optimization blog. She loves to share her search engine optimization experience and theories with other other interested SEOs. She also frequents other SEO forums under the name of DazzlinDonna.
She doesn?t own an SEO company and she …

Take Advantage of Danny Sullivan’s 25 Things He Hates About Google

March 15th, 2006

Take Advantage of Danny Sullivan’s 25 Things He Hates About Google
Danny Sullivan made a post over at Search Engine Watch and it deserves some commenting on. I will outline the points that Danny made and then tell you how you take advantage of these aspects about google. Here are …

Peter De Vanzo, owner of SearchEngineBlog.com Tells us about the SEO/M Industry

March 15th, 2006

Peter De Vanzo, owner of SearchEngineBlog.com
What is your specialty of interest regarding SEO/M?
If I?m to be honest, I?d have to say money
How did you get started in SEO?
I Saw a job and applied. Like most, I learn as I go along. It?s always
changing, so I read and …

Dotster Happy Hour #2 ( 50 Cent Domains!)

March 7th, 2006

At 1pm on Wednesday, March 8, people will be able to get a coupon code on Dotster.com good for one .com, .net, .org, or .info domain for 50 cents.
One coupon per order, per account and/or per IP address. There will be a total of 1000 coupon codes. The promotion …

Google PageRank Update (finally!)

February 19th, 2006

Google is currently updating their page rank algo through several different data centers.
Coverage:
SEO chat
Digital Point
Search Engine Roundtable
It has been a while since we?ve had a PageRank update, SEOcompany.ca has a great list of the history of page rank and algo updates.

If you use Adsense - You must Read this!

February 15th, 2006

If you own many sites - well, more than 1, frankly?and you have adsense on them, you?re going to really love this!
On every block of adsense there is a small link that sits with the ?Ads by Goooooogle? link which reads ?Adversise on [SITENAME]?. The Advertise on SITENAME link …

Dotster Giving Away $1 Domains on 2/14/06

February 13th, 2006

Dotster.com is giving away $1 domains (com/net/org) on Feb 14th for 1 hour only!
Sign up now so that you?re ready to get your domains at well below any price that you would pay anywhere else.
And here is the Kicker? No hosting purchase is required.

Time: Feb 14 at 4pm est - …

Dotster Giving Away $1 Domains on 2/9/06

February 12th, 2006

Dotster.com is giving away $1 domains (com/net/org) on Feb 14th for 1 hour only!
Sign up now so that you?re ready to get your domains at well below any price that you would pay anywhere else.
And here is the Kicker? No hosting purchase is required.

Time: Feb 14 at 4pm est - …