Archive for October, 2006
Computing 2016 - Washington
New York Times - “Computer scientists from academia and companies like I.B.M. and Google discussed topics including social networks, digital imaging, online media and the impact on work and employment. But most talks touched on two broad themes: the impact of computing will go deeper into the sciences and spread more into the social sciences, […]
Beating the Google sandbox
Just when you thought we’d kicked this subject to death -there’s actually quite an interesting article on SEOMOZ
I tend to agree with most of what it has to say, though, I’m not too sure about the practicality of the solution suggested - building links to trusted sites that links to you. Guess the theory is, […]
Spam burgers on YouTube
Guess it was all too tempting for the Ad agency representing Wendy’s, when they put out a load of videos on YouTube, which were just commercials or Spam Videos. Surpriced by the mixed reaction from the community, personally I thought they were rubbish. You can read more on Digg.
Blinkx to power MSN video search
Microsoft signs deal with Blinkx who will provide search functionality for MSN video. According to Suranga Chandratillake Blinkx co-founder and CTO, this could mean millions of dollars in additional revenue.
Blinx goes way beyond searching through text titles, descriptnios and user defined tags, into decoding words from speech and even attempting to recognise images. In […]
I love Jews - Google result
Some of you may remember a couple of years ago, when a Google search for ‘I Love Jews’ returned a spelling suggestion ‘I Love Jesus’. Well this was sorted out farily quickly when it was bought to attention. At the time this was deffintely considerd a Google ‘hand job’, but, is it still the […]
Mobile driving Voice Recognition
If like me you’ve stayed away from connecting to Internet using your mobile phone because, let’s face it, it’s a pain in the ass, voice recognition may finally save the day. According to Informationweek report on search engines are adopting the technology, which I hope is going to come of age before too long.
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Guardian sticks with Yahoo!
The Guardian Unlimited has signed a multi year deal with Yahoo! where Yahoo! will provide search functionality and contextual keyword add links on every page of GU.
“Yahoo!’s talent for creating innovative revenue-generating solutions for Guardian Unlimited was a major reason we extended our partnership,” said Tristan Leaver, the business development manager at GU.
An interesting extension […]
Google, links and geo-targeting
Like all the major search engines, Google favours local sites in their regional search results. A site that is served under a local domain or hosted on a locally registered IP will be favoured in the Google results for that locality.
e.g. A site served under www.domain.co.uk will receive a ranking boost in Google.co.uk. The same […]
On-page optimisation
I realised, for a search blog, this one was starting to forget it’s roots. So, thanks Dave N for bringing some sanity back into the the world of SEO with his breakdown of important on page factors for a ‘good ranking’
Couldn’t really argue with any of it - top man.
Blogging for cash
Should bloggers accept cash for posting on other sites? Jeff Jarvis thinks so. His argument is pretty convincing - As ‘online’ journalist become increasingly independent, accepting money to cover topics for others is simply an extension of their job. As long as the journalistic credibility is maintained there shouldn’t be a problem. I tend to […]
