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August 2, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
Expand Your Search Engine Options While Google continues its domination of the search market, some enterprising folks continue to seek out alternatives -- for additional features, interface preferences, spam avoidance, or privacy and security reasons.   |
Information Today
November 11, 2010
Marydee Ojala |
New Search Engine Blekko Invites You to Slash the Web Blekko is an excellent alternative to Google -- not a replacement for Google, but a search engine that provides different answers and varying perspectives. It allows for vertical, opinion, and customized searches. |
Search Engine Watch
February 21, 2007
Andrew Goodman |
2007: A Search Odyssey? Keynote Conversation with Matt Cutts At SES London, Google's most famous engineer shared his thoughts on search spam, personalization, and the future of Google. |
ONLINE
Mar/Apr 2011
Greg R. Notess |
On the Net - blekko: A New Search Approach Despite its rather unpleasant name, blekko offers a different approach to web search by offering slashtags and many options for the data-hungry searcher. The use of slashtags, user input, and open ranking statistics all make blekko a significant information resource. |
Search Engine Watch
December 1, 2009
Eric Enge |
Four New Signals in Search Search engines are trying to improve search quality by looking at signals such as load time, click data, Web references, and social media. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2011
Jeff McGurn |
As Google Retools Its Search Engine, Content Farms Lose Traction Google is trying to improve the quality of the results it delivers to Web searchers. |
Technology Research News
October 22, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Queries guide Web crawlers Search engines approach the problem of sorting out the vast amount of information on the Internet by casting their nets as widely as they can, then sifting through the catch. An algorithm that analyzes what people are looking for could point search engines toward more relevant pages. |
Search Engine Watch
December 7, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
What Happened To My Site On Google? The outcry from webmasters about Google's recent ranking algorithm change has been unprecedented. This article takes a Q&A-style approach to examine many of the issues and questions that have arisen from the change. |
Search Engine Watch
December 14, 2010
Eric Enge |
SEO Planning for 2011 Highlights of the year that was in SEO, plus a look at what big changes we should expect in the new year. |
Wired
September 2006
Charles C. Mann |
Spam + Blogs = Trouble Splogs are the latest thing in online scams - and they could smother the Internet. |
Search Engine Watch
July 27, 2010
Eric Enge |
12 Ways Your SEO Mileage May Vary If you've spent time analyzing search results for a variety of queries, you've likely seen results you can't easily explain. Here's why this happens. |
Search Engine Watch
November 30, 2010
Eric Enge |
Search Engine Optimization in an Increasingly Social World SEO is changing rapidly, in part due to the increasingly social nature of the web. A look at what's driving these changes and some of the implications of how they impact our behavior. |
PC Magazine
March 2, 2005
Cade Metz |
The Spam Stoppers If you don't have a spam filter or you're having trouble running the one you do have, you might consider outsourcing the task. |
Search Engine Watch
June 18, 2008
Eric Enge |
4 SEO Tips for Higher Search Rankings Search engine optimization is tough, and the rules for ranking vary from site to site. Authority, domain age, penalty factors, and freshness all play an important role in your Web site's ranking. Is your site ready for greatness? |
Search Engine Watch
May 1, 2011
Eric Enge |
The Role of On-Page SEO Content: Relevance, Not Rankings From an SEO perspective, on-page content is solely about helping establish what search queries your page might be relevant to. Visualizing how the major SEO components fit together. |
Search Engine Watch
March 27, 2011
Peter van der Graaf |
Old Black Hat SEO Tricks Still Work This article is all about unethical SEO. Hopefully you don't have any practical use for it. Search Engine Watch assumes no responsibility when you end up being banned from Google! |
Search Engine Watch
February 7, 2007
Eric Enge |
Think Like a Search Engineer Knowing when you are taking risks, or making the decision to avoid them, can help scale your search engine marketing strategy to new heights. |
InternetNews
January 2, 2004
Janis Mara |
Britney, Viagra Top Year-End Lists Top spam, top searches: Britney Spears and Viagra (a match made in heaven) top Google's and AOL's year-end lists. |
Search Engine Watch
January 10, 2011
Adam Audette |
Quit Obsessing On Anchor Text Already Instead of creating links with exact-match anchor text, work hard to build great, unique content and resources that are real contributions on the web. Provide value that builds links over time based on its own merit. |
Search Engine Watch
April 27, 2004
Danny Sullivan |
Spam Rules Require Effective Spam Police How effective rule enforcement by the search engines regarding spam would help matters, and the impact better spam disclosure would have for searchers and marketers alike. |
Search Engine Watch
February 16, 2005
Bill Hunt |
What, Exactly, is Search Engine Spam? There's a subtle boundary that separates acceptable search engine optimization practices from the shadier techniques used by spammers. How can you recognize the difference between white-hat and black-hat techniques? |
Search Engine Watch
September 3, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Google: Can The Marcia Brady Of Search Stay Sweet? Does search dominance by Google mean that the company is destined to be hated, in the way that Microsoft endures a poor reputation due to its dominance of operating systems, office software and browsers? Such a fate is not preordained. |
Search Engine Watch
September 8, 2005
Patricia Hursh |
Chasing Search Engine Algorithms: Wisdom or Folly? Properly optimized web sites can achieve top rankings in web search results, leading potential customers to Internet businesses. But when search engines change, should you follow suit? |
Search Engine Watch
February 13, 2011
Mark Jackson |
10 Types of Helpful SEO Content Forget algorithms. The biggest influence on search rankings is content. Content in all of its forms is what will drive you to success. |
PC Magazine
March 2, 2005
Larry Seltzer |
Who's Winning the Spam War? AOL says its users are getting less spam. Can this be true? Is this because of its technology, or the effective legal action it takes against spammers? |
Search Engine Watch
December 5, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Google Offers SEO Selection Guidelines At the end of last month, Google rolled out a new page offering advice to those seeking a search engine optimization firm. Since being unveiled, there's been both support and criticism of the tips and recommendations that Google has posted in various SEO forums. |
Search Engine Watch
May 19, 2009
Mark Jackson |
Is Twitter a Google Killer? Not Yet The easier a search engine is to manipulate, the less likely it is to deliver quality results. Right now, Twitter Search is just too easy to manipulate. |
AskMen.com
Thomas Bey |
5 Things You Didn't Know About Spam 1 - Spamming is legal... 2 - Many companies you know use spam... 3 - The spam is coming from inside your house... |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
4 Steps: Eliminate Spam Before your inbox gets hit one more time, read up on our four steps to eliminate spam. |
InternetNews
July 1, 2009
David Needle |
Google Spouts Scary Spam Stats Google digs deep to uncover the latest spam trends. |
CIO
November 1, 2003
Alice Dragoon |
Be a Spam Slayer The ubiquitous awfulness of spam affords CIOs a rare opportunity to look good. Here's how CIOs can leap into the spam fray and keep e-mail viable and valuable for users. |
Search Engine Watch
November 4, 2010
Peter van der Graaf |
10 Things I Hate About Google! Lately, Google has shifted its focus from what's best to users to what's best for Google. Where Google is failing on data collection, privacy, SEO, spam, and more. |
Search Engine Watch
January 19, 2011
Gareth Owen |
Social Media Links and SEO -- Spam Ye Not! Social media links have been increasingly making their presence felt in the SERPs. It appears as though the engines (in particular Google) may be responding to an increase in manipulative social activity. |
Search Engine Watch
November 5, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Desperately Seeking Search Engine Marketing Standards It seems that every so often, someone makes a new push to suggest that the search engine marketing industry needs to establish standards of conduct. The idea usually dies away from a lack of support. However, a new effort is underway from several different parties that might have more luck... |
Search Engine Watch
July 8, 2008
Carrie Hill |
Local Search for Little Biz Luckily for small business owners, there are steps they can take to influence many of the factors that positively affect local search rankings. |
BusinessWeek
March 17, 2011
Felix Gillette |
Matt Cutts: The Greenspan of Google Google's change to its search algorithm announced by Cutts may affect $1 billion of online advertising revenue. |
InternetNews
December 8, 2009 |
Brazil Edges U.S. as Top Spammer in Cisco Report Spam volume in the U.S. decreased in 2009, though it's still enormous. |
PC World
August 2003
Harry McCracken |
Spam and Punishment Technology alone isn't canning spam -- it's time to bring in the feds. |
PC Magazine
August 16, 2006
John C. Dvorak |
John C. Dvorak v25n15 The only cure for spam is for people never to buy anything from a spammer, but apparently there are always dummies who do. |
Search Engine Watch
November 19, 2009
Jason Tabeling |
Identify New Paid Search Opportunities Search distribution relationships impact your paid search campaigns. Here's how you can use this information to alter your results. |
InternetNews
January 26, 2011 |
Spam Volume Tumbles in January New report from security software vendor Symantec reveals that worldwide spam traffic fell to a two-year low in January, largely due to a sharp decline in pharmaceutical spam. |
InternetNews
November 4, 2005
Brian Livingston |
'Googlewashing' Makes Your Site Invisible A growing number of content-based businesses face a serious new threat to their publishing rights and search rankings. |
InternetNews
December 29, 2005
Roy Mark |
AOL: Spam Down, Sophisticated Methods Up 'Spam mafia gangs' continue to mislead and deceive e-mail users. |
InternetNews
May 26, 2009
Alex Goldman |
Spam Now More Than 90% of All E-Mail Spammers are increasingly directing users to compromised social networks while botnets' influence grows, according to MessageLabs. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2004 |
NetCleanse, Spam Sleuth Protect From Viruses and Spam Solutions for protection from viruses and spam that promise to eliminate computer vulnerabilities. |
InternetNews
July 4, 2006
Sean Michael Kerner |
Image-based Spam on the Rise Among the lead culprits in the spam overflow is a new take on an old technique called image-based spam. |
Search Engine Watch
October 2, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Inktomi Spam Database Left Open To Public Inktomi suffered an embarrassing lack of security last week, when it was discovered that a copy of its database of spam and porn sites was left open to the public... |
Search Engine Watch
December 24, 2003
Craig Fifield |
Bungled Search Engine Optimization: Cleaning Up the Mess Many advertising agencies, design firms, and even web hosting companies offer search engine marketing services for their customers. However, some of the methods they use to obtain top positions are considered to be spam by the major search engines. How do you tell the difference? |
InternetNews
May 23, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Learning to Live With Spam Pew research finds users have gotten smarter about spam and are learning to deal with it, in more ways than one. |
CIO
November 15, 2002
Meridith Levinson |
Seething over Spam New tools and legislation can help--but nothing can stop it all |
