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March 5th, 2008

The Changing World of Search - SES London 2008 Keynote RoundTable

I was reading searchmarketinggurus.com about the panel discussion regarding the Changing world of search and read this portion
“Kevin: Do you think that Yahoo!’s has conceded Defeat?
Bryan: Defeat no, that they ever will regain dominance, yes. Their focus is on everything else but search.
Steve: I agree, and Jerry came and spoke to […]

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February 26th, 2008

New Patent for Detecting Duplicate and Near Duplicate Content

A new Google patent describe a way of detecting duplicate and near duplicate web content. The patent was invented by Monica Henzinger. I first got word of this when I visited seo by the sea.
Most SEOs know for a fact that Google’s current duplicate filter still needs some work. […]

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February 25th, 2008

Do You Want Google to Store Your Health Records?

News has already come out a few days ago that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will be doing a pilot test to store about 1,500 to 10,000 health records. According to Associated Press
“Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that’s likely […]

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February 24th, 2008

SES London : Interview with Google’s Adam Lasnik

As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I’ll be checking out what went out in SES London and what other learned and I came across this video interview of Adam Lasnik by Lee Odden.
Adam Lasnik is Google’s “Search Evangelist” and in this video he talked about some key information about duplicate […]

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February 18th, 2008

First Glimpse at Google Android

Here’s a glimpse of how Android looks like. Google launched Android last year in hopes that this open source mobile operating platform may become a good alternative to current mobile platforms. The aim was that Android would offer an improved and better mobile browsing experience.
“Android is being developed by a coalition of 30 […]

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February 11th, 2008

Yahoo Rejects Microsoft $44.6 Billion Offer

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has just rejected the $44.6 Billion offer made by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Yahoo wants at least $40 a share.
From Bloomberg’s website it seems like Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is proposing a partnership with Yahoo.
“Google CEO Eric Schmidt contacted Yang to suggest a partnership, the New York Times reported Feb. […]

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February 10th, 2008

SEO Basics - How to use Google’s site: Command

This is a must for all SEOs to know. I use this command all the time both for searching my sites and for searching and analysing competitor websites.
The basic step is to simply type in “site:<yourdomain.com>” into Google’s search textbox. What this does is it will show all pages of […]

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February 8th, 2008

Google Phones (GPHONE) Prototypes Expected at Mobile World Congress

Google phones (NASDAQ: GOOG) otherwise called Gphones are expected to be shown at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. A couple of handphone makers will be showing off their prototype phones that will run using Google’s Android Project.

“the success of Google’s effort to develop a next-generation mobile phone will largely depend on convincing […]

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February 5th, 2008

Mobile Search is the Next Frontier

One of the most promising, untapped market I believe is mobile search. I don’t have exact figures at hand but I strongly believe that there are a lot more people who have mobile phones compared to the number of people with PCs.
At times, I myself am nowhere near a computer but I wanted […]

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February 3rd, 2008

Microsoft + Yahoo vs Google

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) gave a $44.6 billion cash and stock bid for Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO). This was the big news this weekend.
Among the 3 biggest search engines, Microsoft’s MSN.com/Live.com was the third. So far it simply can’t make a scratch to regain some of it’s […]

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