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10 Meta-Search Engines Reviewed and Compared

Meta-search engine is a web-based service that aggregates data from a number of search engines. A meta search engine doesn't have a database of indexed pages of its own. Instead it "sends a user's query to multiple search engines and [...]

By |2014-03-26T08:57:28-04:00August 27th, 2008|SEO|

Pierre Far: Search Blogger of the Day

Meet Pierre Far, the Search Blogger of the Day. Today I'd like to highlight a post called What Do You Do With Unauthenticated Search Engine Bots?. Pierre brings up some interesting thoughts about what to do with those pesky bots. He just blocks them, but he mentions that others will either ignore them or feed them bogus info, which could get them banned (if they are MFAs that are just scraping). What about you? Do you even deal with them at all? If so, do you do things differently? Why? Let's get this conversation going, because it's a good one. Go read Pierre's post, and then comment there.

By |2008-08-21T04:34:54-04:00August 21st, 2008|SEO|

Congrats Search Marketing Standard Magazine!

Although I don't usually do "announcement" type posts, I had to throw out my congratulations and best wishes to the Search Marketing Standard Magazine. The company has been acquired by iNET Interactive, and the staff of the magazine will remain [...]

By |2008-08-20T06:27:26-04:00August 20th, 2008|SEO|

PPCHero: Search Blogger of the Day

Meet PPCHero, the Search Blogger of the Day. Today I'd like to highlight a post called Top Google Adwords Quality Score Misconceptions. Remember the old days when all you had to do was buy your way to the top of Adwords? Right, and despite the fact that those old days are long gone, people still have that misconception. PPCHero debunks that and more in this post which is just one of a series of Adwords Quality Score posts. Go read it and make sure you aren't still living in the past, or have just completely misunderstood something. Then go read the rest of the series, or any of the other great PPC posts they've done.

By |2013-06-04T17:47:37-04:00August 19th, 2008|PPC|

PPCBlogger: Search Blogger of the Day

Meet PPCBlogger, the Search Blogger of the Day. Today I'd like to highlight a post called Why I'm Not a Fan of Submitting Sitemaps. PPCBlogger lays out three reasons why submitting a sitemap can be a bad idea, and it's probably not for the reasons you think. Some good arguments are made, so head on over and read the post. Do you agree with PPCBlogger? Do you have evidence to the contrary? Join the conversation by commenting on the article.

By |2013-06-04T17:47:49-04:00August 17th, 2008|PPC|

Visualized: Interest In PubCon, SES, SMX

Google Insights is one of those services that makes me go "hmmmm" in a yummie kind of way. I like numbers, data, stats, a lot. Doesn't have to be meaningful either; just about any statistical insight is a good one. [...]

By |2008-08-18T16:25:02-04:00August 15th, 2008|SEO|
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