OMG Article Directory Google Slapdown!!!
July and August were terrific months traffic wise, the best we have ever had over here at ArticleSnatch.com. It was a nice test of scale for the platform that we are running on. At the end of August we noticed something that other sites have seen – the dread Google Slap! Google Slap Toward the [...]
It’s All in the Links
Matt Cutts did a blog post bright and early this morning (just after midnight) about subdomains and subdirectories. Matt clarifies the definition of each: Just as a reminder, in a URL such as subdomain.example.com/subdirectory/ , the subdomain is “subdomain” and the subdirectory is “subdirectory” (also sometimes called a folder). Matt goes onto say that it [...]
Yahoo Gives More Details To Panama Changes
I received another email with the updated press release about new changes to Panama so figured I would pass it along for everyone to read: Yahoo! Inc., a leading global Internet brand, today announced the introduction of Blocked Domains within its Sponsored Search system, known as Panama. The new feature provides site blocking capabilities for [...]
Subdomain Patent Faces EFF Challenge
A company called Ideaflood has been demanding payment from Internet hosting companies like LiveJournal for offering virtual, personalized subdomains, a concept on which Ideaflood holds a challenged patent.The Electronic Frontier Foundation announced its opposition to Ideaflood’s patent, calling it “bogus” and “illegitimate.” EFF and Rick Mc Leod of Klarquist Sparkman filed a reexamination request with [...]
Yahoo Gives Search Suggest A Promotion
The search query completion feature Yahoo placed in its toolbar and in the Firefox 2 browser has been added to the main Yahoo.com search box.Yahoo Search’s Kevin Lee announced the update on the Yahoo Search blog. Typing a query into the search box on Yahoo.com triggers the Search Suggest feature. As you type, Search Suggest [...]
Web 2.0 Effect Debunked As Marketing Ploy
The Web 2.0 Effect: Which Host Will Survive? site presented itself as a test of web hosting services, but now appears to be an elaborate promotion for the winner of the test.Each day, something attracts the attention of the fanbases of social media sites like Reddit and Digg, to the point where these sites send [...]
Kevin Rose: Digg ‘Bury Brigade’ Exaggerated
Rose has responded to allegations that a cabal of Digg users actively and effectively bury any stories they disagree with, especially those that criticize Digg.Digg has its critics, particularly among the SEO community. So when a story by Muhammed Saleem appeared at Pronet Advertising citing proof of a ‘bury brigade’ in action, others were quick [...]
Guess Who’s Banned By Digg?
Dave Naffziger of Judy’s Book did some testing and found three of Alexa’s top ten sites were website non grata at Digg, with 183 sites banned in total.It’s no surprise that SEO-related blogs and websites made Naffziger’s list of sites banned by Digg. WebProNews readers have known about the problems faced by Lee Odden and [...]
Google Has Your Link Love
Valentine’s Day is approaching fast, and Google has already given site publishers the equivalent of a basket full of Godiva chocolates with a Webmaster Central update featuring a much larger sample of backlinks than has been available. It’s a good day to be a webmaster. The oft-used link: operator, long a resource of webmasters everywhere, [...]
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