Archive for August, 2007

WikiPedia Number One And Five For SEO

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

The domination of WikiPedia is now complete. A search for the term SEO at Google today shows sub-pages from WikiPedia in both the first and the fifth position. If that isn't a prime example of what actually "works" in Google these days, I don't know what is. WikiPedia has ...

The DoFollow Movement - The Dumbest Idea I Heard All Day

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Okay, I have to admit I'm still cracking up about the "DoFollow" movement. I hadn't paid any attention to the issue. As far as I was concerned, the nofollow tag, as it related to blog comments made complete success. People who comment in your blog should do ...

Google Runs On Linux

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Google is a company that uses vast computer resources. But one thing they always attempted to do was keep their costs low by using primarily open source and building their own boxes. Now, the initiative has made the company extremely reliant on Linux, prompting one company official to ...

Facebook Ads Pulled Over Political Fears

Monday, August 6th, 2007

Facebook is facing more challenges now that the website has grown so fast. The latest flap involves 3 UK companies pullingh their ads because they didn't want to be associated with a political group running ads on the same pages. Mobile phone giant Vodafone, cable operator Virgin Media and HSBC's ...

Google Expands “Web History” To UK

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

If you live in the US, you've probably already become accustomed to the "View Your Search History" link. Well, now the service is expanding to the UK. The service is opt-in, due to obvious privacy concerns. The launch is part of a wider Google personalised-search initiative that the ...