Manual Google

If you read the above quotation carefully, you'll see that Google relies "heavily" but not fully on computer algorithms. In a recent interview, Google's Engineering director Scott Huffman explained that a lot of human reviewers (probably 10,000) manually review Google's results:

"Every day, we are looking at a random sample of grades that we think represent the queries we get from users. Evaluators look at the quality of each result relative to those queries."

Real people take a look at Google's search results and they tell Google which websites they don't like. If your website looks spammy, it might be reported to Google by these people.

Umbraco CodeGarden09

What is "White Hat" Vs. "Black Hat"

The search engine optimization industry is often divided into two camps. "White Hat" SEO's attempt to work within the rules and goals of the search engines.

"Black Hat" SEO's try to gain rankings using whatever methods work best, often deliberately working against the interests of the search engines and their users. Automated software tools for "Black Hat" SEO have been around almost as long as search engines themselves. SEO Genie the first major software tool to automate "White Hat" search engine optimization.

12 IT Holly Places

Those are hardly the only ones. We've identified the 12 most sacred places where IT enthusiasts can go to pay homage to the computing gods that passed before them -- or at least catch a peek at where some of the more exciting events in IT lore occurred. Fortunately, would-be pilgrims can do a lot of the traveling via the Web, saving wear and tear on the sandals and sackcloth.

Tech mecca No. 1: 367 Addison Ave., Palo Alto, Calif. [4]
Tech mecca No. 2: 2066 Crist Dr., Los Altos, Calif. [4]
Tech mecca No. 3: 232 Santa Margarita Ave., Menlo Park, Calif. [4]
Tech mecca No. 4: CERN -- Geneva, Switzerland [5]
Tech mecca No. 5: Bletchley Park, England [6]
Tech mecca No. 6: Xerox PARC -- Palo Alto, Calif. [7]
Tech mecca No. 7: Ames Lab, Iowa State University -- Ames, Iowa [8]
Tech mecca No. 8: Moore School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia [8]
Tech mecca No. 9: IBM's "Main Plant" -- Poughkeepsie, N.Y. [9]
Tech mecca No. 10: Room 2713, Dobie Hall, University of Texas -- Austin, Texas [10]
Tech mecca No. 11: Kirkland House, Havard University -- Cambridge, Mass. [10]
Tech mecca No. 12: Lyman Residence Hall, Stanford University -- Stanford, Calif. [10]

The Time Has Come To Regulate Search Engine Marketing And SEO

The following post was written by a well known executive at one of the largest sites on the Internet. The author has requested to remain anonymous - not for dramatic effect, but because of the backlash he would receive from the SEO industry and possibly Google itself. He also doesn’t want his company associated with the post.

He is starting a discussion on the need for government regulation of the organic and paid search policies of Google, which maintains a commanding lead in search market share today. Or at least transparency in how search results are determined. There is clearly growing frustration on the constantly changing “border policies” that are created and enforced by Google and other search engines. It is a fascinating read..... Read The Full

New Slides From Google related to SEO

Umbraco CodeGarden 09

I was at the last Code Garden 09 the annual Umbraco CMS Conference , Was Really Great , It's Getting better Each Year.

Those are my presentations there , done 2 Sessions.

Umbraco + SEO

Craig Edmonds's: 3 Elements of Quality Website Traffic

Craig Edmonds's nice article
3 Elements of Quality Website Traffic

The success of any SEO campaign is measured through the bottom line—meaning, if your visitors actually make a purchase. As a website owner, you need to understand that getting high traffic is not enough. For your ROI and your bottom line, your website needs to consistently attract high traffic that comprises quality visitors, from prospects to repeat customers.

Below are 3 essential elements for successfully generating high-quality traffic. Keep in mind that the success of any online campaign relies heavily on how well you know your niche market.....

Nice article here http://www.craig-edmonds.com/3-elements-of-quality-website-traffic/

Titles Importance and structure.

Another nice video on SEO

Strange Google Distrebute Microsoft products.....

Take a Look :

http://www.google.com/toolbar/ie8/

May be the next thing is Windows 7 Optimized for Google in special offer from the Search Engine... :-)

Upgrade now to Internet Explorer 8 optimized for Google

We're sorry, but Internet Explorer 8 optimized for Google is only available for Windows XP and Vista.

Download IE8

System requirements:
Windows XP SP2+/Vista, 64MB RAM

New in Internet Explorer 8

• Accelerators help automate tasks such as mapping an address
• Web Slices keep you up to date with changes in your favorite sites
• Enhanced Tabbed Browsing helps you manage many tabs at once

What does "optimized for Google" mean?

• A Google homepage you can personalize
• Preinstalled Google Toolbar
• Your default search engine set to Google
• Accelerators for easy access to Gmail, Blogger and other sites

My Gmail Reached an 10k Emails Amount

10,000 Emails !!!!! 

I just can't think what If all of it printed on  paper ...... 

Nice Toolbar

Give me back my Gmail!!!!

I am using Gmail from is't start days ....

It just the best Email Solution that i met, but now for more over than 2 hours the service is down 

:-( ,  and i can't get my mail , email is todays moust recent addiction , here what i get when trying to reach Gmail.

Google
	Error

Server Error

The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request.

Please try again in 30 seconds.

Not 30 secon'd , eaven 30 minutes dosn't helped ... waiting ... waiting .... Give me back my Gmail!!!! 

Nice video on how to do SEO For Video Clips.

Site Command Explained

Matt Cutts on Preventing Blight

One of the things I'm thinking about in 2009 is how Google can be even more transparent and communicate more. That led me to a personal goal for 2009: if I give a substantial conference presentation (not just a question and answer session), I'd like to digitize the talk so that people who couldn't attend the conference can still watch the presentation.

In that spirit, here's a belated holiday present. In November 2008 I spoke on a panel about "Preventing Virtual Blight" at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. A few weeks later I ended up recreating the talk at the Googleplex and we recorded the video. In fact, this is a "director's cut" because I could take a little more time for the presentation. Here's the video of the presentation:

Word Press Rules SEO , Video Instalation Demo

The Word press engine rules the blogging industry ,
Here is a nice tutorial

Nice Video about Myspace Marketing and SEO

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