Been a while since i (@evankrob) blogged but Phil Mui (@philmui), Vp of Google Analytics just tweeted a MAJOR announcement regarding Google's organic search. Phil announced that all google searches will be redirected to SSL for users who are logged in to their Google accounts. Link to tweet While this is good news on the user privacy front, he also reported that Google … [Read more...]
Link Building with Sponsorships
I wanted to expand on the excellent SEJ post about link building with charities. There is another method that can also help people in need and help you build links as well, Project Sponsorship. I know the debate on buying links will not end until they stop working but Matt Cutts even mentioned sponsorships as a relevant link building technique in one of his Google Webmaster … [Read more...]
The Browser Battle has gone Racial
I thought things would be different. Our first black President is supposed to help us move past racial barriers not build up walls around our http-requests. Apparently, the folks over at Black Bird Browser didn't get the memo and have released a browser specifically for the African American community. No, I'm not joking. Blackbird is the web browser for the … [Read more...]
Google Sells Double Click’s Search Marketing Unit
Ever since Google's official acquisition of DoubleClick Perfomics, lots of people in the search community protested about conflicts of interest on Google's part. They also are worried about their competition, DoubleClick Performics' Search Marketing, not playing fair. It seems like Google decided to do the right thing. They're keeping the affiliate marketing side of … [Read more...]
Search Engine Watch: Hear MY Plea
I read this little piece on SEW today that was a complete blasting of Microsoft adCenter and in my opinion, completely unnecessary. Sure, MSN has had its ups and downs with the recently launched adCenter but don't you expect that from nearly every early version of just about any product? I understand that it is slightly different because it is more directly dealing with … [Read more...]