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DMOZ Blog Launched
2007-09-26 00:00:00 I wrote about Open Directory Project (DMOZ) as a troubled directory with rogue editors extorting money on web site owners so their sites continue to get listed. Probably sick and tired of reading the negative comments, DMOZ launched its blog to showcase its capabilities, and let the public know what the ... More About: Blog , Launched , Dmoz
What Makes 2.0 Special
2007-09-26 00:00:00 Ever since introduced by the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004 and almost a decade after Garbage released Version 2.0, the term 2.0 becomes a household name when it comes to revolutionary changes in the computing business. Want some proof? Microsoft Live Search 2.0 Stories about Microsoft's Live Search rolling out its ... More About: Special
Meta Keywords Tag Actually Matters
2007-09-25 00:00:00 I have to retract on my previous sweeping statement that Meta Keywords are obsolete and are therefore should not be given any sort of attention. A Search Engine Land study showed that Yahoo! and Ask showed signs of support for the meta keyword tag, something many SEO folks have dismissed as ... More About: Matters , Ally
Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool is Dead?
2007-09-25 00:00:00 Unless this is a longstanding bug which has been reported in the past, Yahoo's Keyword Selector Tool officially ceases to exist/function. Search Engine Roundtable noted this one with hints that a new tool may be launched soon to replace this one. I imagine it would be uncharacteristic for Yahoo! to discontinue ... More About: Overture , Dead , Suggestion
Improve Your Local Search Visibility
2007-09-25 00:00:00 Local search is a search engine that allows for geographically constrained searching. If I am in Hong Kong and would like to search for bars, I intuitively use "hong kong bars" because I think "bars" is pretty much generic and results might not necessarily refer to those found in Hong ... More About: Search , Local , Improve , Improv , Prove
My 8 Favorite SEO Myths
2007-09-25 00:00:00 Myth #1: You should submit your URLs to search engines. Although Google continues to provide a free submission tool, it doesn't mean you have to submit your site there. It is not the only way to discover new pages, it's the links to your pages that invites Googlebot, Slurp and ... More About: Myths , Favorite , Myth , Favor
DMOZ = Trouble
2007-09-25 00:00:00 Google: Stop using DMOZ information, please Open Directory or DMOZ (Directory Mozilla) used to be the proud and trustworthy partner of Google. The most popular search engine has been sourcing some of its search results from Open Directory for years and continues to do so without imminent signs of changing that ... More About: Dmoz
Challenging SEO Moments in an Interactive Agency
2007-09-25 00:00:00 As much as there's no perfect SEO vendor, there could never be a perfect SEO client since nobody's perfect in the first place. Although I believe that argument fuels the learning process, there are disagreements between clients and search marketers that never resolve and lead to unproductive SEO endeavors. In order ... More About: Agency , Interactive , Moments , Halle , Interact
I-Consulting Group?s Spam E-mail
2007-09-25 00:00:00 In Hong Kong there is a movement aims to fight e-mail spam. But I guess some organizations are really desperate to gain fans that even spam laws can't deter them from attempting to reach such "business objectives". In one e-mail I received, I learned I am an ICGer. I used to ... More About: Mail , Spam , Consulting , E-Mail , Group
New Google Webmaster Features
2007-09-25 00:00:00 Google's Webmaster Central was launched back in August 2006, with a goal of creating a place for everyone to learn more about Google's crawling and indexing of websites, and to offer tools for submitting sitemaps and other content. Given all of requests and recommendations, we've also been busy working behind ... More About: Google , Features , Googl , Mast
More Mapped World
2007-09-25 00:00:00 Google Maps leaped further forward with the release of more countries covered by its service. The new countries are the following: Afghanistan, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, ... More About: World
Perform SEO in 59 Minutes
2007-09-25 00:00:00 If you are given an hour to optimize a site, do you think you can achieve something? Yes you can. Even if you are not a search marketer. Visit the site and examine the homepage. Then ask yourself the following questions: 1. Check the contents * Are photos given appropriate alternate text? * Are ... More About: Minutes , Utes , Perform
How Accurate Does Google News Extract Its Sources?
2007-08-26 00:00:00 I was searching for the term "Youssif", an Iraqi boy whose face was badly burned by masked men who abducted him outside of his house in Baghdad. I'd like to incorporate his story with the blog I recently posted at Living in Hong Kong. I guess the news originally appeared ... More About: News , Google , Google News , Sources , Trac
Customer Satisfaction with Search Engines
2007-08-24 00:00:00 From ClickZ: Yahoo rates higher in terms of customer satisfaction than Google. That's according to the annual e-business report released by ForeSee Results and the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The e-business sector experienced a 1.7 percent dip to an overall score of 75.2 on ACSI's 100 point scale. ... More About: Search Engines , Search , Engines
Microsoft says its Web search on ?positive trajectory?
2007-08-16 00:00:00 Microsoft Corp. said on Monday its Web search business remains on a "positive trajectory" with plans to roll out several updates over the next 12 months. Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft's platforms and services group, said the company is building on momentum after its Windows Live Search gained market share ... More About: Microsoft , Positive , Posi , Tory
Citybus Hong Kong: Another harmful website
2007-08-09 00:00:00 The Simpsons mania is in the air. After three years of wait since I confirmed the existence of the movie, I am just counting hours! The Simpsons has been my adopted cartoon family. And speaking of cartoon, it's one of a kind. That's because it appears to blend well with ... More About: Website , Hong Kong , Harm , Hong
How Long Does Yahoo! Index Pages?
2007-07-27 00:00:00 Burger King is indeed king of viral campaigns. Remember the Subservient Chicken? Now they've partnered with Fox to create a tool that creates a Simpsonized version of your color photo. However, before I could Simpsonize my photo, there has been a long line to photography processing. D'oh!! Now onto the topic. One ... More About: Yahoo , Long , Index , Pages , Yahoo!
Philippine Government Websites Unsafe to Visit
2007-07-21 00:00:00 It's definitely not inviting to see the website of WOW Philippines marked as unsafe by no other than Google on its search results. WOW Philippines is a campaign website of the Philippine's Tourism Department that features a variety of activities for tourists who want to visit the Philippines. A few days ... More About: Government , Websites , Visit , Safe , Lippi
Google Testing New Homepage Design in Hong Kong
2007-07-21 00:00:00 Google Inc. is testing a new homepage design in Taiwan and Hong Kong that takes advantage of faster broadband speeds in those markets, one of the company's founders said Thursday. "We're actually now experimenting with trying new kinds of homepages, for example in Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, that are a ... More About: Google , Design , Testing , Homepage
Google Testing New Homepage Design in Taiwan, Hong Kong
2007-07-21 00:00:00 Google Inc. is testing a new homepage design in Taiwan and Hong Kong that takes advantage of faster broadband speeds in those markets, one of the company's founders said Thursday. "We're actually now experimenting with trying new kinds of homepages, for example in Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, that are a ... More About: Google , Design , Testing
Chinese Company Wants Google to Change its Name
2007-07-17 00:00:00 It seems that Google is subject to lawsuits from various fronts, whether legit or just attempting to milk the search giant off of its huge reserves. Here's a Reuters article that says Google trademark has made it miserable for a business that has similar name with Google. A Chinese company is suing ... More About: Company , Change , Compa
AdWords Allowing Superlatives?
2007-07-14 00:00:00 Perhaps this was just a glitch the same way I noticed about misspelled ads before, but I still have to point out that Google's AdWords guidelines and Learning Centre states that Avoid Superlatives: If your ad contains the comparative or subjective phrases "best" or "#1," verification by a third party ... More About: Adwords , Perla , Allo
Giordano?s Online Shopping Site
2007-07-14 00:00:00 One of the things that make Hong Kong a great place to live is the fact that its shops close at late hours. The shopping experience is further experienced with e-commerce websites. HMV, Mabelle, Dial a Dinner, StrawberryNet, SaSa and Giordano are examples of e-commerce sites with strong links to ... More About: Shopping , Site , Online , Online shopping , Ping
Web Analytics Obsoleteness: From Hits to Page Views
2007-07-12 00:00:00 Nielsen//Netratings has dealt a blow to the often used page view metrics by no longer offering them for website rankings. Rather than calling it a change for sophistication, I'd like to call it an adjustment to changes on the web landscape. NN made it clear that the reason for ditching ... More About: Views , Page , Analytics , Hits , Sole
Say Goodbye to the Old Google Analytics Interface
2007-07-12 00:00:00 On 18th of this month, Google Analytics will complete its transition to the new interface, marking an end to the first version we've come to love since this analytics tool was introduced late 2005. I chronicled some Google Analytics problems in the past but in so far as the new version ... More About: Interface , Goodbye
Black + Google = www.blackle.com
2007-07-11 00:00:00 Black is beautiful. But does it mean it's also energy-saving when it comes to usage of white text on black background search interface of Googl e ? Don't worry it displays the same amount of search results. However, it does not deliver the same amount of user experience for people who are ... More About: Black , Lack
Search Marketing TV Commercial
2007-07-11 00:00:00 Being the first on something has its advantages. First to blog about something means you get the credit for a brilliant idea or an eye opening question. First to discover a glitch on search results or glaring mistakes on Yahoo! Search Marketing features could get Yahoo! address the issue as ... More About: Commercial , Comm , Merc
Interesting Patents on Google Quality Score
2007-07-11 00:00:00 Google provides sophisticated methods of determining Google AdWords rankings. The complex set of algorithms that determine how good an ad is collectively known as Quality Score . A good ad can rank high without necessarily requiring high budgets. Unlike organic SEO whose algorithms are kept under wraps, Google AdWords Quality Score is ... More About: Google , Interesting , Patents , Patent
Negative SEO
2007-07-09 00:00:00 If search engine optimization exercise fails to move your competitor out of its top rankings (and therefore attraction to visitors), what other ways can you device to help your site (or your client's)? The notion about "Negative SEO" has been around for a while. But it got some fair share of ...
SEO for ?Untouchable? Pages
More articles from this author:2007-07-01 00:00:00 In many occasions I've worked as search engine optimization specialist, I dealt with companies that didn't have a website in the past. These are the companies that's easier to work with, not because they don't know much about search engine optimization ("SEO") but they're more likely to be receptive to ... More About: Ouch , Pages , Untouchable , Ages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
