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Feb

New York Times About Face – Buys About.com

February 19, 2005
The New York Times has announced that it will buy information portal and content provider About.com for $410 million at about a 30-percent discount on what Primedia paid for this property in the year 2000. The New York Times Company, whose newspapers include the New York Times and the Boston Globe, stated that the move...
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18
Feb

Internet Explorer Says ‘No Phishing’ With New 7.0 Browser

February 18, 2005
Microsoft has announced that a new standalone Internet Explorer 7.0 browser (beta) will be available this summer, reversing their previous stance that no new upgrades to IE would roll out in advance of the long-awaited Longhorn operating system. According to an article on CNET, the decision was made because, “I think it’s a response to...
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17
Feb

New Google Toolbar 3.0 beta Blocker or Blockbuster?

February 17, 2005
The new Google Toolbar 3.0 is a nice step up from the previous toolbar. It has several new features that will make surfing the web more efficient and enjoyable. New features include Spellcheck, Autolink, WordTranslator and Customize Search. Spellcheck will underline questionable words (or non-words) in any web page form that you happen to be...
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16
Feb

Irish Setter Sites on Yahoo! – Dublin Dubbed New HQ

February 16, 2005
The Irish have set their sites on Yahoo!, winning a contract that will create 400 new jobs over 5 years. Yahoo!’s European headquarters will be quartered in Dublin, populated mostly by graduates with skills in website editorial, information technology, financial services and customer support. Yahoo!’s decision to dub Dublin their new European Vacation home centered...
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15
Feb

Stinkin’ Linkin’ – Linking Goes Hollywood

February 15, 2005
Back in the old days, you didn’t do reciprocal linking because you didn’t realize that there was a benefit from this in the search engine rankings. Back in the old days, you linked to websites that you liked and thought your visitors would benefit from. Other Webmasters linked to your site for the same reason....
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14
Feb

SEO Software: It’s Fair to Beware

February 14, 2005
As the owner of an SEO firm, of course I am biased when it comes to standard, hands-on SEO versus SEO software. Disclaimer aside, there are a few areas to consider when deciding whether to go with traditional SEO or SEO software. First is motivation. Do you wish to purchase SEO software because you think...
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13
Feb

Google Sandbox as a Deterrent to Relevant Search Results

February 13, 2005
The Google Sandbox is theorized to be a deterrent to SEO’s, Webmasters and others who wish to manipulate search results and put up multiple fly-by-night websites in order to gain top positions in the rankings. Thus new websites are penalized in the SERP’s and the waiting time is approximately 8 months now to get out...
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12
Feb

Viagra Spammers Go Soft Over Lawsuits

February 12, 2005
Technology giant Microsoft and drug company Pfizer have teamed up to sue the pants off international spam rings that send out millions of bogus emails for fake Viagra every day. Attorneys for Pfizer have said that the fake Viagra doesn’t work like the real thing and in some cases can be a real let down...
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11
Feb

Google Employee Fired for Badmouth Blogging

February 11, 2005
Mark Jen was fired from Google after 2 weeks with the company for posting critical remarks in his blog, http://99zeros.blogspot.com/ according to an article about Jen in WebProsNews.com. After a couple of weeks hiatus, Jen is back posting again and this time a Google AdSense banner appears on his blog which is ironic since Jen...
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10
Feb

Mamma Gets Hip with Keyword Bids

February 10, 2005
Mamma.com has finally decided to spruce herself up a bit, get a makeover and start offering the ability to bid on keywords for the classified ads. After flat sales with the flat rate offering Mamma has decided to offer both which is good for Mamma and not so good for advertisers. Mamma in the past...
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