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• Google Owns Performics (By Extension) - Now that the DoubleClick / Google marriage has been blessed by both the European Commission and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, SEOs and SEMs everywhere will be eager to see what Google will do with Performics. Performics is a Search Engine Marketing company owned by DoubleClick and so Google now owns a Search Engine [...]
• Google Selling Performics - When Google purchased DoubleClick, they also became the owners of Performics - Search Engine Optimization company. There was a lot of talk in the SEO/SEM community about that being a conflict of interest - a Search Engine company owning a Search Engine Optimization company. Last week Google announced it will sell off the Performics portion [...]
• Microsoft Pays You to Search - In an attempt to lure people to its Search Engine, Microsoft announced a plan that will give a rebate to searchers who search for products through Live Search and make their purchase at a qualifying vendor. When you search for a products, you will see links displayed that have the little graphic shown here. Make [...]
• Mozilla Firefox 3 Going for World Record - Mozilla wants to set a new world record for the highest number of downloads in one 24-hour period. If you visit their site, you can make your pledge to download when told and get… um… nothing - except a great web browser! I visited Guinness World Records to try to find out the current record [...]
• New Web Design Project - We recently started work on several new web design projects. One of them is a new web site for a Chiropractic firm in Morehead City, NC. A short time ago, Dr. Barnum of Barnum Chiropractic Center contacted us about developing a new site for his firm. His current web site had served him well [...]
• New Web Design Projects Ahead - Wow! It has been FOREVER since I updated anyone on our upcoming projects. You might have thought we had nothing to do - haha. The guys will certainly tell you differently. Here are a few things that we have cooking: We have started several new web design projects. For example, we [...]
• Pagerank Restored for Our Tech Blog - At some point over the weekend, Google restored the Pagerank to our tech blog. I filled out a reconsideration request on Thursday (I think) and the PR was restored sometime over the weekend. So, that was pretty quick in my book. I still do not agree with their whole approach to quashing paid links, [...]
• Web Design Completed - We recently put the finishing touches on another web design for a North Carolina company: Coastal House Watch. They are a full-service, Emerald Isle NC property management company that takes care of everything from routine home maintenance to securing your house when a hurricane is heading our way. They will take pictures before [...]
• Yahoo Responds to Microsoft - Again - Since Microsoft’s attempt earlier this month to bully Yahoo into submission, Yahoo decided to publicly respond. In a letter sent over the weekend, Roy Bostock and Jerry Yang had a few barbs sent Microsoft’s way: As a follow up to a recent meeting among our respective legal advisors we had on this topic, and at your request, [...]
• Yahoo Updates Search Algorithms - Yesterday, Yahoo announced that they are in process of rolling out some algorithm changes.  This means, don’t freak out if your Yahoo! rankings are fluctuating. Even though Yahoo and the other search engines lag way behind Google in market share, they still have approximately 20% of the market.  So, you can’t completely ignore them when they [...]