The Search Engine Blog

It’s limited to 100 related keywords, but it’s free. I always like free. I’m sure you do too. No adult terms which is too bad really. I like to know if I’m optimizing on keywords that I shouldn’t be optimizing on. Really…I’m old… I don’t know all the modern slang. Ok…don’t believe me.
Free Keyword Suggestion […]

The Site Explorer tool now lets you authenticate using META tags, provides detailed authentication errors, allows you to delete URLs (really?) and offers the site explorer badge.
The first two are great. Delete URLs? Now that sounds dangerous. Change your password now to a very secure one. Site Badge…now don’t be silly…we already trashed that ridiculous […]

The reviews keep coming and going and coming and…. Google search results could include a map with reviews. Search for a restaurant at Google maps in your area and see what comes up. There may or may not be reviews there. The questions you need to ask yourself is if you are listed in Google […]

Is MSN being too heavy handed in penalizing for back-linking? Back-linking is rapidly building unrelated links to your site. Typically this is done through link-swapping software and other techniques frowned on by every reliable search engine. MSN is penalizing not only the offending site, but also every site on the IP address. This means if […]

In the “why are they doing this” category is the Yahoo! badge. This displays a count of inbound links to your site. What is wrong with this you ask? It’s not about quantity, but quality. I’d rather have one good link from an authority like Miscrosoft than one link from Bob the auto mechanic. Number […]

Microsoft’s Search Live submission feature is still not working. Good thing I provide paid listings for most of my customers….paid listings were still working last time I needed to use them.
Live search submission page broken

Advertisers are responsible for techniques used by marketing firms they hire. A very expensive judgement against Priceline, Travelocity, and Cingular requires that they repay investigation costs to New York and do things right in the future including providing a way for people to remove the intrusive software. Finally a good court decision that actually protects […]

Will the search world totally invade all of our activities? Imagine writing a document and having the software know all you’ve typed before and offering suggestions based on that information. Or having it search the Internet for similar documents and related information. Imagine a GPS phone that knows where you are, knows that you need […]

Mac user can now use the very useful Google AdWords editor. Rush to download this free tool at….
Inside AdWords: AdWords Editor now available for Mac

Identity theft is obviously an issue for many, however there are the fearmongers that will take advantage. The simple truth is, never give out personal information unless you really have to. Argue with people asking for it when you think it isn’t needed. Along this vein of thought is a web site where you can […]