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02 29th, 2008| 
A simple formula pays off at the Valleywag corner of the Gawker Media empire: take a mostly male audience in a notoriously sexually frustrated profession, add a dirty-talking scribe, and watch the page views roll on in.
Feb
29
Found in the search marketing forums: SES NY Party Thread; SEO Standards; How Inclusive is SEO; and more.
Feb
29
Posted by great scott!
Man-oh-man, it’s been a busy week, folks. As many of you know, a big chunk of the Mozplex relocated to Santa Clara this week for SMX West. The show went off smashingly and we managed to get several guests to do Whiteboard videos with us on the Expo Hall floor.
What’s this mean for you? It means next week will be filled with Whiteboard Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and (of course) Friday! Today though, we have an interview with Google’s own Spaminator, Matt Cutts. Matt was kind enough to sit down with Rand and reveal a bit more about the man behind the madness that is the Google Spam Team.
These two discuss everything from how Matt got his start at Google, to how he feels about being Google’s public face, what it takes to join his team, heirs apparent, and the dumbest old-school spam mistakes he still sees people make.
It’s a lengthy, though worthwhile, interview, so sit back, relax and enjoy.
Feb
29
Frantic speculation that a softening economy may be causing Google’s paid click numbers to suffer should be taken back a notch.
Feb
29
Google may not be as great a bet as it once was, according to a Citi analyst. Mark Mahaney believes the company is in pretty decent shape, though, and despite lowering his target by $25 (to $625), is standing by his "buy" rating.
Feb
29
The following results from my little, informal study are hardly definitive, but they are interesting. Someone following up with a more intensive and scientifically rigorous quantitative analysis might find the same thing I did: stories related to Barack Obama are submitted more often to Digg.com than stories about Hillary Clinton, John McCain or Ron Paul.
On the tech side, Google takes the prize against Microsoft, and stories about Microsoft outpace Linux.
Feb
29
People who are counting the ways in which Baidu has beaten Google may soon have to make one more tally mark; reports state that the Chinese giant is testing an instant messaging service.
Feb
29
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
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IAC Ready To Drop Ask.com Search Technology & Partner With Google?
IAC: Ready To Bail On Ask? from Silicon Valley Insider reports an insider tip that IAC may sell off or abandon their search technology and outsource it to Google. Here is the tip: There is indeed a big shakeup coming. A new Ask. Some think a reduction in workforce is… -
Are You An Agency SEM Pro? Take SEMPO’s Salary Survey
SEMPO is undertaking a salary survey of agency search engine marketing professionals, similar to its in-house SEM salary survey that we reported on in January. If you’re an agency SEM pro, SEMPO would like to hear from you, whether you’re a SEMPO member or not. To qualify for the survey,… -
Search In Pictures: SMX Bowl, Google Jeans, Bart’s Chalk Board
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more…. -
YouTube To Add Live Video This Year
Steve Chen: YouTube to Add Live Video from NewTeeVee reports that YouTube’s founder said they will be adding live video support this year. Videoblogger Sarah Meyers asked Chen about video blogging, in which he said: 2008. We’ll do it this year. Live video is just something that we’ve always wanted…
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
Business Issues
Local, Maps & Mobile
- Google Maps Business Record: A journey in search of accuracy, Mike Blumenthal
Microhoo
- News Corp. can’t lose in a Yahoo deal, analyst says, MarketWatch
- WPP’s Sorrell would welcome Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up, Reuters
- Yahoo Rumor Roundup: Are They Actually Talking To Microsoft? Would Google Take Stake To Block The Deal?, Barron’s Online
Paid Search & Contextual
- Negative Keywords - It’s All Positive, adCenter Blog
- Selling PPC Services: How to Present PPC to C-Level Executives, PPC Hero
- Several Google AdWords Prepay Accounts Offline, Search Engine Roundtable
Searching
- Briefs: New Version of WSJ Mobile App Now Available; NewsNow Extended is Now Live, ResourceShelf
- Mahalo : Like It or Not, It’s a Good Service for Web Users, Search Engine Journal
SEM Industry
- Fun Photo Fridays - SEO Cop vs. Web Guerrilla at SMX West, Search Marketing Gurus
- Generation Google a General Disappointment, SEOmoz
- Happy Leap Year Day: Google Frogs & We Leap, Search Engine Roundtable
- SMX West Day 3: "Matt & Danny and Rand! Oh My!", Reality SEO
- SMX West Session Coverage - Key Takeaways, SearchRank Blog
SEO & SEM
- Drowning in Red Tape: SEO and Pharma Regulations, Search Engine Watch
- How to Prioritize Your Optimization, Grok Dot Com
- Why Does Yahoo! Search Lag Google & Microsoft in Ranking Newer Websites?, SEO Book
- Wrong Site Appearing for Google Info Operator Command?, Search Engine Roundtable
Social Media
- The many flavors of Twitter, Webware
- Yahoo’s MyBlogLog Adds An Activity Stream Feature, TechCrunch
Other Items
Recent Hot Items From Sphinn, Our Social News Sharing Site:
- 48 Unique Ways To Use WordPress
- You’ve got Mixx in My Facebook
- Analyzing The Moment of Popping on Digg
- SEMpdx Searchfest 08 Mini-Interview: Marty Weintraub (aimClear)
- Nofollowing External Links - the SEO Lady’s View
- How to Increase Your Twitter Following 438% in 30 Days
- An Open Letter to StumbleUpon Regarding Usability, Negativity, and Growing Pains
- Using Humor To Extend Your Blog’s Reach
- The 10 Simplest Ways to Boost Your Social Media Credibility Right From the Start
- What Every Blogger Needs to Know About Categories
- The Tagging Police of StumbleUpon
Feb
29
Drudge is turning out to be a sacrificial lamb in the name of journalistic integrity, sparking not only a debate about how cozy British journalists are with the British government, but also illustrating how powerful a citizen journalist, or blogger, can be.
Or "link journalist" I suppose, which is an interesting side-development.
Feb
29
Most posts on Google’s official blogs tend to either go unnoticed or be well-received. A recent one announcing the release of Webmaster Tools Gadgets for iGoogle wasn’t so lucky.
