The annual cloaking debate returns as Google's Matt Cutts revisits the issue; did the Google "About 260" glitch make your site disappear? Why's Digg now letting all Search Engine Land stories be buried? AdWords going yellow? These stories and more on today's show.
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Another Debate About Cloaking Happens Again
Sigh. Double sigh. Triple sigh. I guess now that the SEO industry has had the required twice-yearly debate about the reputation of SEO, it's time to do the go round about cloaking once again. A quick word about cloaking has Google's Matt Cutts trying to clarify concerns that Philipp Lenssen... - DigitalPoint Forums 3 Years Old This Sunday, ShoeMoney
- The "About
260" Problem: Google Site: Command Glitch
Dave Naylor noted yesterday that Search Engine Watch appears to have largely disappeared from Google, at least when performing a site: command search. Today, Marketing Pilgrim notes a weirdly similar thing happening to another site and points to an interesting Webmaster World thread on what could be called the... - Google's Matt
Cutts on Personalization and the Future of SEO
Last week I talked with Google's Marissa Mayer about the user side of personalization. This week I had the chance to sit down with Matt Cutts at the Googleplex and asked him what the impact of personalization will be on the SEO community. One thing that was interesting in... - Google
Personalized Search, Google Bookmarks & Link Building
There's been a bit of a panic among some SEOs that the ramp up of Google Personalized Search Results last month will mean the end of SEO. But aside from the impact personalized search will have on SEO, personalized search also impacts link building related activities. Some of that impact is... - Digg's Kevin
Rose Fails To Stop The Bury Brigade
After a week of questions about Digg's "Bury Brigade," Digg founder Kevin Rose has come in with some public comments about the system and the "alleged" brigade. Unfortunately, they're just comments -- not solutions to protect Digg from the actual brigade I myself can see. More about that in... - Google Testing
Yellow Background Color Behind AdWords Ads?
JenSense reports spotted Google testing a yellow background color for the top sponsored results in Google. Typically, those ads have a light blue background color, but Jennifer Slegg saw a yellow version and snapped a screen capture. I have heard others seeing this randomly, so it is possible that this... - Google Rises
To UK's 2nd Biggest Ad Earner
Google now challenging ITV to be UK’s top advertiser by Times Online reports Google is just one spot behind the leader in ad revenue earned in the UK market. This data comes from Google's Annual Report where they learn Google UK's ad revenue has "risen by 83 per cent." Google... - PPC & Paid
Search Webcast Next Week
A quick heads-up for our SearchCap newsletter readers and also to anyone who visits Search Engine Land. Next week the Maximizing the Impact of Paid Search Listings webcast from our sister site Search Marketing Now will be taking place with Search Engine Land executive editor Chris Sherman. The webcast happens... - Upcoming
Search Marketing Events: March-April 2007
Got some time on your hands? Want to get out and meet people, talk search marketing or improve your search marketing skills? There are plenty of upcoming events if you're wanting to get out and learn more. Below, a rundown on some of the conferences and training events happening in... - Google
Releases 2006 Annual Report & Google Subsidiaries
Spotted via Resource Shelf, Google has released its annual report (more precisely, Securities & Exchange Commission form 10-K), with financials for the year, and a list of all of the company's subsidiaries, as well as details of Google's merger agreement with radio advertising placement firm dMarc. The subsidiaries list is... - More Subsidiary Lists: Amazon.com (A9), IAC/Interactive (Ask.com), Microsoft, Time Warner (AOL) & Yahoo, ResourceShelf
- Yahoo's Semel gets a nice bonus, CNN Money
- The Unofficial
Google Censorship FAQ
Philipp Lenssen at Google Blogoscoped has published an unofficial Google Censorship FAQ. In this document he answers over 35 questions related to Google censorship. Yes, Google does censor search results in some countries. Have more questions, check out the Google Censorship FAQ.... - Google's
YouTube To Showcase BBC Content On Three New Channels
BBC strikes Google-YouTube deal at the BBC reports they have struck a content deal with Google's YouTube. BBC will showcase their content on three different YouTube channels. The three channels are: BBC: BBC will show ad-free entertainment content to promote BBC's videos. They will include "show clips like trailers and... - Local Shopping
Search Stalks E-Commerce
Bob Tedeschi's NY Times e-commerce column today discusses a number of companies, NearbyNow, GPShopper, Krillion, ShopLocal and StepUp seeking to make the online-offline shopping connection. The article's hook is wireless shopping tools from NearbyNow and GPShopper.... - Searcharazzi:
Global Edition; GSI Acquired
Searcharazzi asks: Sprechen Zie Deutsch? Webmaster Radio reports that a slew of German SEOs has flooded its chat room in recent weeks, leaving many an English-speaking SEO to curse his lack of foreign language skills. Up to 160 German-speakers are now showing up on Tuesday afternoons when Marcus “Mediadonis”... - Japanese Google Magazines, Google Blogoscoped
- Catch the Earthquake Last Night?, The Ask.com Blog
- The Google X
Prize Gala: What You Missed
Out of this world gala at Google by SFGate.com reports on the X Prize Foundation fundraiser that Google host this past Saturday. Who was there? Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin with respective girlfriends. The Getty family. Richard Branson of Virgin; Robin Williams; NFL legend Ronnie Lott; Tipper Gore;...
