Archive for August, 2005

Blogger’s Response to Blog Spam

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

So, as soon as I got done reviewing the latest ideas to fight blog spam, I get this post in my reader titled Blogger takes the lazy option on spam blogs: new “flag” option.
Apparently, Blogger has added an option to “Flag Blogs as Objectionable“. That is,
The next time your reading a blogspot.com hosted […]

Like My Blog Tell Your Friends, Don’t Like it, Tell SplogReporter.com

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

A new idea to fight spam blogs is catching some momentum. It initially started by Mark Cuban and took a turn when SomewhatFrank decided to put together a site for people to report blog spam.
How much is this going to help? I don’t know. Consider the amount of spam blogs on the net, even […]

Google’s New Domains, Hidden Agenda or Protection?

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

A couple of weeks ago Google had registered the domains GoogleMovieReviews.com and GoogleShowtime.com (along with the .net, .org & .info of these domains), and starts a long line of speculations regarding the purpose behind it.

Are standalone movie info sites being built to go head-to-head with AOL’s Moviefone? Will Google partner with other services or begin […]

The Power of Links

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

Gotta love this, if you search Google for hypocrite and see what you find.
I could not find that word even once on that page besides the domain name. And, we already know that domain names have no affect over ranking.
Considering the fact that Google has a copy of the current page cached and therefore […]

Google is Changing Adwords Prices

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

According to SERoundTable, and following several posts on WMW Google Adwords price changes is out, however, it seems as if Google is rolling the change slowly.
Apparently some people have started seeing these message on their interface:
We’ve simplified our keyword status system. Your keywords will now either be active (triggering ads) or inactive (not triggering […]

ASK’s Pay-per-Click is Officially Out

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

Ask Inc have issued earlier today a press release announcing that their new pay-per-click advertising system, is now available for everyone at sponsoredlistings.ask.com

SE Guru Responds to the SE’s Size Issues

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

Following last weeks announcement of Yahoo extending it’s index size, SE guru Danny Sullivan of SearchEngineWatch.com is daring the search engines to start delivering more relevant results rather than size reports.

This is Search Engine Size Wars VI, by my count. It’s absurd. It’s annoying. It’s a friggin’ waste of time. Instead of advancing to a […]

Google’s New Inside Adsense Blog Launched

Monday, August 15th, 2005

Google has just launched Inside Adsense Blog which is going to be, according to their first post, the Adsense equivalent to their Inside Adwords Blog.
Google is still a pretty small place, so when we heard that our AdWords friends had put together an Inside AdWords blog, it got our competitive juices flowing! It also made […]

Making Your Sites Available For Mobile

Saturday, August 13th, 2005

I’ve recently ran into a couple of pieces of software which are aimed at simplifying ones’ site’s code in order to distpay it on mobile phones:
The first is PHONifier.com. It is a free, open source, solution that displays no ads and seems very promising. All you need to do is point to their homepage from […]

Running Both IE7 and IE6 at the Same Time

Friday, August 12th, 2005

Following is a tip for people interested in running both IE7 and IE6 at the same time. I haven’t checked IE7 yet, but I know of several people who have installed it to check their sites and start preparing their sites ahead of time. Anyways, it seems as if all you need to do is […]