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Baidu.jp Launched
2008-01-23 00:00:00 China?s largest Internet portal site Baidu .com Inc. revealed on Wednesday it had launched a Japanese-language version of its popular search engine, www.baidu.jp. ?Given the success we have already encountered after nearly one year of testing our beta site,? Baidu Chairman Robin Li was quoted by Kyodo News. ?We are confident that ... More About: Launched
Google, Ask Search Engine Market Share Drops
2008-01-22 00:00:00 For a while, Google 's search market share have steadily gained ground. There must be an end to that. Both Google's and Ask.com's power in the Internet search market weakened a bit in December, according to a report by Nielsen Netratings. Microsoft and AOL gained from those losses. Nielsen said that in ... More About: Market , Search , Search Engine , Share
Hong Kong ISPs To Publish Performance Pledges
2008-01-22 00:00:00 Five broadband internet service providers will publish performance pledges from January 25, aiming to increase their service-performance transparency and customer-satisfaction level, the Office of the Telecommunications Authority says. The authority said the initiative would benefit both the industry and consumers. The market might achieve higher levels of efficiency with more information ... More About: Performance , Hong Kong , Publish , Hong
Yahoo! To Slash 10-20% Workforce?
2008-01-21 00:00:00 TechCrunch reports that Yahoo ! may cut 10-20% of its 12,000 staff which translates between 1,200 to 2,400 employees. ..the move is about improving the outlook for Yahoo and strengthening its position so it can remain a standalone company by increasing the share price. I met a few people from Yahoo! HK ... More About: Slash
Check Google Analytics Code With SiteScan
2008-01-21 00:00:00 If you are using Google Analytics and want to check if all pages are tagged with corresponding analytics tracking code, a free tool called SiteScan. What it does is it scans your site a la Xenu but goes deeper within each search code and detect occurrence (or absence) of Google ... More About: Code , Check , Google Analytics
Understanding Flamebaiting
2008-01-20 00:00:00 Flamebaiting refers to posting messages in public forums, mailing lists and blogs provoking anger and emotional responses. In SEO this can be employed for people to respond and in the process, the one who initiates it gets some attention through comments, responses and links to the original message. The ... More About: Understanding
How Long Shall We Wait For Google Results?
2008-01-20 00:00:00 It's a commonly known fact that search engine optimization is more of a long-term approach while paid search is a short term strategy. But search engines don't wait too long before an article or a blog page appears on search results. How long does it take for Google to crawl and ... More About: Results , Long , Wait
Singapore In A Hurry To Build Search Engine
2008-01-19 00:00:00 Tiny but cash-rich island-state of Singapore wants to own a next-generation multimedia search engine. And it wants it built fast, real fast. Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore's research and deveopment promotion arm is launching an eight-month global search engine development competition with a prize money of US$100,000 awarded ... More About: Search , Search Engine , Engine , Build
Reasons Why Google Struggles in China
2008-01-19 00:00:00 Mike Sachoff of WebProNews reports that Google continues to struggle in China not just in terms of use but also in terms of awareness. This is according to Pearl Research's new report "Baidu vs. Google: A Study of Search Engine Preferences among Chinese Youth." Some of the points I gathered ... More About: Reasons
China Internet Population Tops 200M
2008-01-19 00:00:00 News from the China Internet Network Information Center is that even before the end of 2007, Chinese mainland's Internet population had reached 210 million, which made China the second largest country in the world only next to the U.S. in terms of Internet users. CNNIC's data shows that by December last ... More About: Tops , Pula
Xiyan Hong Kong: Where Can I Find You?
2008-01-19 00:00:00 I still find a lot of people overshadowed by the beauty Flash animation despite its horrific performance on search engines. A new friend invited me for some drinks at Xi Yan, a recently opened dining joint located at the heart of Causeway Bay. I remember there's one shop at Starstreet in ... More About: Hong Kong , Find , Hong
8 SEO Interview Tips
2008-01-19 00:00:00 At some point in our careers, unless we own our business, offered a job from a close friend in the industry or decide to stick to jobs until retirement, we undergo being interviewed for a job. What does it take to get the job apart from clinging on to our ... More About: Tips , Interview
Baidu to Launch Social Networking Product?
2008-01-18 00:00:00 Local media reported today that China?s leading search engine provider Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) is planning on launching its in-house social networking platform. According to the report, Baidu has now formed a partnership with China Education and Research Network (CERNET) to reach university students accessing Internet through CERNET?s over 20 million ... More About: Social , Social Networking , Networking , Product , Launch
How to Report Spam to Google
2008-01-17 00:00:00 Sometimes we still see spam pages on search engine results. That's possible because millions of new pages are created on a daily basis and large portion of these contents are questionable / spammy in nature. While new contents don't usually appear on search results immediately, certain types of content that ... More About: Google , Spam , Report
PPC Hero: Great Source for Paid Search Techniques
2008-01-17 00:00:00 In case you're managing paid search campaigns big or small, whether in house or in an agency doing it on behalf of a client, you'll find a lot of useful tips, tricks and advice from PPC Hero , a blog courtesy of three talented folks of Hanapin Marketing. Using a ... More About: Search , Great , Source , Paid
Chinese User Behavior for Baidu and Google China
2008-01-17 00:00:00 The Google way is to give highly relevant results at the top of the page. Eye scanning on Baidu shows that this strategy isn?t successful in China . In a test conducted with Chinese subjects, eye scanning on Google.cn was more focused in the upper left hand corner compared to Baidu despite ... More About: Behavior , User
Google Sitemaps FAQ Now Available
2008-01-17 00:00:00 One of the things we can do to fast track recognition from search engines is to submit a file called sitemaps.xml. While the approach of finding a sitemap generator or submission to the Google Webmaster Tools is fairly easy, there are questions that are easy to raise: what should I ... More About: Google Sitemaps , Sitemaps
Yahoo! Launches Developer Network in Taiwan
2008-01-16 00:00:00 Yahoo! Taiwan announced the launch of a Chinese-language version of the Yahoo! Developer Network (YDN) in Taiwan, Yahoo!'s first YDN outside of the US, according to the company. Yahoo! thinks that Internet-based applications are becoming more open and thus is positioning itself as a platform to provide communication applications instead of ... More About: Yahoo , Yahoo!
Hong Kong Unveils Computer Recycling Program
2008-01-16 00:00:00 The Computer Recycling Program me in Hong Kong , jointly funded and organized by 20 local and international computer equipment suppliers and with the support of Hong Kong's Environmental Protection Department and several green groups and relevant organizations, has officially launched. Computer equipment recovered by the CRP includes desktop and notebook computers, monitors, ...
MSN Launches New Map Service in China
2008-01-16 00:00:00 MSN today launched its latest online map search in China at ditu.live.com. Based on Microsoft?s (NASDAQ: MSFT) virtual earth platform, the new service will include detailed information on 114 cities in China, including information on the public transit system in 11 cities. MSN China had launched its online map service ... More About: Service
Long Tail: The Funny Search Phrases
2008-01-15 00:00:00 Looking at my Living in Hong Kong blog's web analytics data, here are some quirky terms I scooped out. 126,923 are you kidding me I guess it's one of those who read my blog about the price of a square foot in Causeway Bay property, and s/he vividly remembers the "are you ... More About: Funny , Search , Long , Long tail , Phrases
Baidu vs Google China Eye Tracking Research
2008-01-15 00:00:00 Manoj Jasra of Enquiro Research reported that Enquiro has released a new eye research comparing the two search engines predominantly used by Chinese searchers " Baidu and Google .cn " Enquiro conducted an eye tracking study with Chinese students to answer how Search user interaction can differ between cultures, languages and ... More About: China , Tracking
Baidu Opens Entertainment Channel
2008-01-14 00:00:00 Baidu, a leading search engine website in China, announced the opening of its entertainment channel ? yule.baidu.com on Jan. 12, marking a step forward of the company's development strategy to be a portal website. The test version of the new channel has started operation on the 11th this month which still ... More About: Entertainment , Channel , Baidu
The Power of Hotmail Viral Marketing
2008-01-14 00:00:00 BBC had a story in 2006 about a Hotmail plan of charging users for using its service in the midst of dotcom crash. The plan did not materialize yet five years after the story was released, people continuously forwarded the message. BBC News' new feature of identifying popular stories enabled ... More About: Marketing , Power , Viral , Viral Marketing
Difference Between Technorati Referrers and Web Analytics Referrers
2008-01-13 00:00:00 Bloggers / webmasters and web site owners want to increase the number of visitors to their blogs and sites for almost the same purposes: Increase page views to attract advertisers Increase brand awareness; if someone's friend or colleague looks for similar product or service, that someone might refer his/her friend to ... More About: Technorati , Analytics , Difference , Diff , Anal
Top Google China Search Terms of 2007
2008-01-13 00:00:00 From PCWorld's Sumner Lemon at Washington Post: Chinese banks and an instant messaging service topped the list of fastest-rising search terms on Google 's Chinese Web site during 2007, the company said Wednesday. The first release of Google China 's Zeitgeist (in Chinese), which lists the fastest-rising search terms during 2007, was topped by ... More About: Search , Terms
Best Ways to Remove Your Content From Google Index
2008-01-13 00:00:00 Sometimes we want some of our web pages not to appear on search engine results. Personalized dashboard page and steps to an online transaction are few of the pages that don't matter to visitors because they are tailored transactions specific to sessions only. There are several ways to remove contents ... More About: Google , Content , Index
Frustrated Small Business Owner or Simply an MSNBC Link Bait?
2008-01-13 00:00:00 I didn't encounter a small business owner that's as frustrated as Gene Marks. At least that's how he portrayed his article Tech Solutions that Your Small Business Can't Use. He confesses of having problems with many things, from vitamins to teeth whiteners. And the list doesn't stop even when he ... More About: Small Business , Link , Frustrated
Keyword Cannibalization: Definition and Solution
2008-01-13 00:00:00 Keyword cannibalization happens when certain pages within your site compete against each other for certain keywords. From the word cannibal, your pages are eating the popularity of other pages to gain rankings. Sometimes it's an unavoidable occurrence because as we develop page contents, we sometimes have an inherent intention to ... More About: Keyword , Definition , Solution
Making Money Online
More articles from this author:2008-01-13 00:00:00 If you search for "making money online" on Google, you'll find out that most of the top result pages contain AdSense ads. Does this mean that the key to making money online is AdSense? Far from it. It's just the way search engines think. After all, search engines can't find ... More About: Money , Online 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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