Because Wikipedia entries routinely show up in the top 5 search engine results at Google, some black hat SEO's (and a few clueless beginners) realized the value of a link from the online encyclopedia and began link spamming blatantly. ... Go to Full Article

The Google Acquisition of DoubleClick has Microsoft and AT&T screeching "Monopoly!" to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust division. In a video interview with John Batelle at WebProNews last week, Google CEO Eric Schmidt ... Go to Full Article

New link directory added to our Library of Link Directories. Go to Full Article

Posted by randfish. Over the last few weeks, I've realized that I really need to optimize my processes for working. It's been a long, steady slog, but I've finally got at least one item nailed down, and since it was so popular last time ... Go to Full Article

Posted by randfish. Admittedly, I'ma bit of a stats junkie. I can't get enough of those deliciously tasty tracking metrics to see how a site performs in the search engines, the blogosphere, the news, etc. If I could, I'd do like the NSA ... Go to Full Article

Duplicate content can cause major headaches for gaining positions in natural search. If content is not unique and can be found in identical form on another domain – this could greatly inhibit your site’s ability to gain a commanding ... Go to Full Article

New question in Q&A: http://www.seomoz.org/qa/view/2920. Go to Full Article

Chris Hooley sent me a video of him when was 12 years old. check it out. Go to Full Article

New link directory added to our Library of Link Directories. Go to Full Article

If you could limit the results of a search at Google to a specific point of view, would you? Depends upon what I mean by point of view, doesn’t it? I’ll get to that below. A Google patent granted this week shows a screen shot of an ... Go to Full Article

Here’s one story that makes at least one major search engine happy: the IAB announced yesterday that online advertising revenues continue to climb, setting a new record in Q3: $5.2 billion. This number is up 25% over the same period ... Go to Full Article

You’re probably tired of me talking about last week’s BlogExpo, huh? Yeah, well tough, there’s more to come, so you’re just going to have to deal with it. (I’m kidding, I love you all. You know I do. We’re still friends, right?) ... Go to Full Article

New question in Q&A: http://www.seomoz.org/qa/view/2913. Go to Full Article

There is an old study from 1961 that looked at how people determine relevance of documents. The researcher selected technical documents and gave them to qualified individuals to sort on the basis of relevance. Some of the documents were ... Go to Full Article