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Google Selling Performics

Monday, April 7th, 2008

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 […]

Google Owns Performics (By Extension)

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

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 […]

Pagerank Restored for Our Tech Blog

Monday, February 4th, 2008

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, […]

Yahoo Improves Search Market Share in December

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

With all that shopping going on in December, it should come as no surprise that Search Engine traffic was down slightly (-3.9%) across the board during the month. After all, who can find time to goof around on the Internet when they are too busy doing last minute shopping?
Despite that drop, Yahoo! search traffic […]

Google Lenoir NC Data Center

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Last year on our tech blog, I posted about Google’s new $600 million data center in Lenoir, NC. The new datacenter supposed to bring about 200 jobs to an area of North Carolina that has traditionally relied on the furniture and textile industries to employ its residents. Here is an update on […]

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