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November 18th, 2005

Gada.be is Gada.Out

3rd strike for Gada.be and it is now Gada.out… A while back I mentioned this meta search engine from Chris Pirillo. Well it isn’t getting any Google love and is out of the game.

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November 18th, 2005

Adsense Adds “Advertise on This Site” Option

Google has added “Advertise on this site” feature to their adsense program. The idea is that if you have quality content which is relevant for a certain advertiser they can bid on placing an ad on your page.
In a way this is another attempt to break into current competitor’s models and change the “contextual” idea […]

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November 18th, 2005

Intro to PPC - Pubcon Session Review

I selected this session as I do not have much experience with PPC and would like to get into it with my own business. I figured it should cover all the basics:
First spoke Cathrine Seta, she gave a basic breakdown of what PPC results look like in Yahoo, and mentioned that if done correctly, one […]

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November 17th, 2005

While I Was Gone…

I am back from PubCon (at least mentally, since the show was here in town). The show was great, many many good ideas and insights as to future work. I was surprised to see the show concentrating mostly on the SE / SEO / SEM side of the business rather than a more general view, […]

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November 14th, 2005

Heading out to Pubcon (Webmaster World)

This week I will be attending Pubcon here in town (Vegas), so on the downside, posting may be irregular as far as times are concerned. On the other hand, I will be covering some of the sessions attended, so you can get some news and ideas.
If you are here in town for the show and […]

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November 14th, 2005

Google Dupes? Or so it is claimed

If you try to get into a business, and gain a real marketshare without bothering with innovation, you can simply take an existing concept and make it better.
This is what this post claims that Google is doing to Yahoo, Google is trying to build Yahoo 2.0.
If they press me for details on this theory (that […]

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November 10th, 2005

Leaked Paper Reveals Microsoft’s Undies

An alleged leaked paper detailing Microsoft’s online strategies has been burning through the Internet for the past 24 hours. The paper lists Microsoft strategy memos from chairman Bill Gates and CTO Ray Ozzie and was aimed at Executive Staff and direct reports.
It is a pretty lengthy paper with some really good points such as the […]

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November 10th, 2005

Manipulating Your Alexa Rating

Alexa is a search engine / directory powered by Google results. As many of you know Alexa rates each site on the web by the number of hits to that site, hits which are counted only on machines which have the alexa toolbar installed.
Some people seem to overestimate these Alexa ranking and think the world […]

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November 10th, 2005

Google Jagger is Behind Us, Now What?

The word on the street is that Jagger 3 is winding down and as after any major update, many are taking the time for a full damage control and review of the affects of the update on sites and ranking.
Most site operators report of further devaluation of reciprocal links (officially dead?), that is, many sites […]

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November 9th, 2005

New Patent Filed by Google - Google Automat

Google just does not stop, a new patent filed recently and published today shows, in my opinion, a great example for maximizing your resources.
The gist of this new patent is that
It’s easy to get started - just type in the name, description, and price of what you’re selling, and how you want buyers […]

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