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Kevin Kantola
07
Apr

Google Sandboxing New Links?

April 7, 2005
According to an article in WebProNews there is a new theory based on anecdotal evidence and the recent G-patent application that Google is sandboxing new links. According to the theory, this sandboxing of new links, or new link filter as some are calling it, dampen the value of new links pointing to a website. What...
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06
Apr

Click Fraud Class Action Court Case Filed

April 6, 2005
According to an article in Excite, a class-action lawsuit has been filed against Google, Yahoo!, AOL, Lycos, AskJeeves and other search engines regarding click fraud and collusion. Lane’s Gifts & Collectibles LLC from Texarkana, Arkansas lead the plaintiff team in the lawsuit. The story first broke through the Wall Street Journal yesterday and today they...
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05
Apr

Google Grading Websites with Patent: Sandbox Evident

April 5, 2005
Employees of Google have filed a patent with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (#20050071741) that outlines how Google is using or will use historical data to rank websites. This pending patent gives credence to the Google Sandbox theory, in that historical data is being used to determine a website’s ranking in the search...
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04
Apr

Yahoo! Announces Search Engine Update

April 4, 2005
On March 31, 2005, in the new Yahoo! Blog, Tim Mayer announced that Yahoo! was starting to release its new updated search results. According to Mayer, this was no bologna or April Fools joke, either. Mayer stated, “Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Watch had asked search engines to provide an algorithm ‘weather report’ in his...
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01
Apr

Microsoft Buys Google for Cool $37 Billion

April 1, 2005
According to the Seattle Times, software giant Microsoft has just closed a deal to buy the world’s largest search engine for an unprecedented $37 billion in cash and stocks. According to the Times, “Microsoft has decided to abandon its new search engine after just a few short weeks in order to capture the holy grail...
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31
Mar

Blaster Blasted for Virus Attacks: Microsoft Merciful

March 31, 2005
According to PCWorld.com, Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19-years-old from Hopkins, Minnesota has been given a sentence for launching the W32.Blaster-B worm and its variant in August 2003. In a merciful move by Microsoft, the teen will not have to pay back the $497,546.55 owed the software giant. The Blaster-B worm exploited a Microsoft security flaw and...
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30
Mar

Amazon’s A9 Opens OpenSearch For All

March 30, 2005
Amazon-owned A9.com has opened up its OpenSearch technology for all users who currently have a search box already on their websites. OpenSearch is a new XML-based technology that lets users syndicate their website’s search results. On the A9 website, a visitor can search for products or information and once the results are returned, they can...
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29
Mar

Urchin Finds Google, WebTrends Finds Francisco Partners

March 29, 2005
Google has announced its intent to buy Urchin Software Company. Urchin is a San Diego based web analytics firm that offers leading edge tools for analyzing visitor behavior upon websites. Urchin offers two main products, Urchin On Demand (accessible via the Web) and Urchin Software, a modular log-based web analytics software that resides on a...
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28
Mar

French Flogging Fries Folks at Google

March 28, 2005
An article in InADaily.com says the Google is backing off from a lawsuit filed by Agence France Presse. In an earlier blog story that I posted a week ago titled, “French Fries Google With Copyright Lawsuit Again” I pointed out that Agence France Presse (AFP) had filed a $17.5 million lawsuit against the California search...
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26
Mar

SEO Companies Play Chess with Search Engines

March 26, 2005
Chess great Bobby Fisher recently emerged from Japan, escaping to Iceland to avoid U. S. authorities. Even Bobby would be amused with the chess match that search engines and SEO’s play on a daily basis. This is especially true when it comes to linking. In the old days, websites didn’t have to have links from...
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