Archive for June, 2007

Google best watch what it sows

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Today, it is Google in court trying to persuade the government to punish Microsoft.  It is only a matter of moment before Google is sitting in Microsoft’s position, defending its actions in the marketplace for something like online advertising from the also-rans (Yahoo in 5 years?).  I c…

Linked Custom Search Engines (from new Google APIs)

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Eric Enge explains what you can do with Google’s new custom search engine APIs: Dynamically Built Google Custom Search Engines
Google continues to roll out new features in its Custom Search Engines (CSEs). One of the most interesting ones is the implementation of “Linked CSEs”. Wha…

What will Jerry Yang and Sue Decker do?

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

It sounds like Yahoo will redouble its bet on technology, whereas Terry Semel hinged the company’s future on subject matter. Can they play catch-up?
Recent news:
Chief Yahoo Jerry Yang steps in to revive his creation
Finance Week

Can Yahoo turn it around?
London Free Press

Yahoo sees advert…

Components of Google PageRank scores (Page rank) demystified

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Many Webmasters and most SEO companies live and die by Google’s Pagerank. Though it seems to be derived from a magical formula, it is actually quite simple. The components of the Google PageRank equation are as follows:
1. Quantity & Quality links: The amount, quality of incoming links to back …

Statistics on Search Engines and their users

Monday, June 25th, 2007