Category Archives: Search Engine Optimisation
Sun hungry for punters
Have you seen this? The Scum are so hungry for search traffic that they’re pissing away money on AdWords by bidding for the name of almost every MP on the books (with the notable exception of Tony Blair):
I hope someone’s paying attention…
Guardian – Ignore bloggers at your peril, say researchers: Bloggers and internet pundits are exerting a “disproportionately large influence” on society, according to a report by a technology research company. Its study suggests that although “active” web users make up … Continue reading
Engage brain. Win a sofa.
A bit of work for you, folks: Sofa.com – Sofa Search 2006 The upshot for British bloggers: Blog about your sofa – or perhaps someone else’s – and you would win a sofa… a pretty nifty one, at that (you … Continue reading
He’ll learn
This is why I don’t bother writing letters to newspapers any more: So, should I tell SEO ‘expert’ Adam Sherwin about this, or wait until he next goes ego-surfing?
Adam Sherwin: not-very-good journalist for The Times
The Times – Shady tactics in battle for internet hits: The top result of a Google search for “liar” is now Tony Blair’s biography on the official Downing Street website. This happened after anti-war “Google-bombers” set up hundreds of sites … Continue reading
Here comes BigDaddy
DirectMag.com – BigDaddy Means Big Changes at Google: One of the most popular forms of exercise among many search engine optimizers – both the third-party firms that do it for others and the advertisers who spiff up their own Web … Continue reading
LiveJournal and the new sub-domains
MatGB, now at a new location, has some thoughts on his new location (and that of every other LiveJournal user). There’s another opinion here. Discussions about inconvenience I leave to LiveJournal users. On the subject of PageRank; yes, there is … Continue reading
Go, Leo, go!
Go to MSN Search today and search for ‘leo blair’… :o) [NOTE – In Google, The World According To Leo Blair is currently 11th for this same search query. Yahoo has yet to respond.] UPDATE – Woo! The World According … Continue reading
Noted for record-keeping porpoises only
Ha! I just took a peek at my referral stats for yesterday and there’s a new search query at the top of the chart; ‘rebekah wade’ 2,126* visitors in one afternoon, all seeking the same thing. Hello, if this is … Continue reading
Patent Application #20050071741 – implications and indications
SEOmoz – Google’s Patent: Information Retrieval Based on Historical Data: This report has been prepared to help SEOs understand the concepts and practical applications contained in Google’s US Patent Application #20050071741 – Information Retrieval Based on Historical Data. My own … Continue reading
