Janet Meiners Latest search engine news blog articles from Janet Meiners. http://www.seocentro.com/seo-archives/author/Janet+Meiners.html Janet Meiners News Archive http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10331 Today I wish I were a political blogger. I supposedly had a ticket to the Democratic Convention, which fell through. Then I had the misfortune (in this situation) to live in a state that didn't get a lot of tickets. Some lucky bloggers - one from each state - were also part of the State Blog Pool or Corps (here's a list of the bloggers by state ). I have a feeling, that while it would be fun to attend the parties and see the speeches, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:45:33 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10236 The Olympics is over and US advertisers should be pleased with the results. Not only did we take home a lot of gold from athletes, this Olympics brought record web site traffic - and an experiment in online video advertising. The two weeks long Olympics was a test in how video advertising would play out. According to eMarketer - NBC - the lead sponsor of the games, gets a bronze for their work. They brought in $5.75 million for running video ads. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:57:47 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10128 The government can't be all that bad. They Twitter . They don't make us practice until we're almost dead for the Olympics . Plus they use other social media sites to communicate and encourage freedom of press. Now, if they could just let reporters live twit during press conferences it would look just like BlogWorld - speakers could look down at an audience of laptops. Silicon Valley nerds may be early adopters of social media - but the government is not only twittering, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:19:08 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=9670 The email newsletter Daily Candy , now going on its eighth year, got a sweet deal this week. Comcast is buying the company for $1.25 million . Rumors were that Comcast would pay far less - around $75 million and it's many times over their revenue. The pithy newsletters focus on what's hip and fashionable - marketing products to young women - and drawing national advertisers. Last year they expanded to include a kid's edition aimed at well keeled moms. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:05:28 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=9668 Let the games begin! The Olympics in Bejing have begun and Tibet monks aren't the only protesters - the media is angry too. While Chinese citizens may not have freedom of the press or Internet, but their Olympic guests expect it. And to be sure, the media was promised they would have full access to web sites. But reports are that not only are sites being blocked but that the government is monitoring Internet activity. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:34:32 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=9630 Google Insights for Search is like candy for Internet marketers fascinated with Google. It will surely lead to hours of searching and plotting. We are very interested in getting more information about how, why, and when people search the web. Google Trends was already useful but Google Insights gives much more information. If you run a paid search campaign, or if you're looking for ideas for a press release, or figuring out where the bulk of your customers come from, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:36:57 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=9570 Last March Google acquired DoubleClick and it's affiliate and search marketing arm Performics. That sent some chills up the spine of a lot of companies who saw it as a conflict of interest. Today it was announced that Google is selling a part of Performics, to Publicis Groupe , one of the top four global advertising companies. Just this June Google rebranded Performics to the "Google Affiliate Network" but seemed to have done little else with the division. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:35:58 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=9276 Tweens, the age group between 8-12 years old are unique in that they are the first group to have grown up with computer and internet access. They are also getting mobile phones and more grow up using them. My son who is almost 8 has grown up watching me blog and is now obsessed with Club Penguin. I admit it's a little disconcerting of thinking to marketing to him or the kids his age. But where there is a market'there are marketers' My son is a child, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:01:41 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=9272 For Marketing Pilgrim readers who love data - here is a follow-up to Rapleaf's social media study . The link has a spreadsheet that you can apply formulas to. The study looked at 49.3 million people on social networks and breaks them down by age and gender. This is good to study to look at if you want a general idea where to focus your marketing on a specific social network to a target customer. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:12:33 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8901 Google AdWords advertisers that run content-targeted ads are going to have a easier time managing their campaigns. Until now the content and keyword ads were managed separately. A new feature combines both keyword-targeted ads and placement-targeted ads into one campaign and both will show ads based on keywords. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:12:48 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8194 Real estate has been a more frequent topic recently on Marketing Pilgrim and I promised to write about recent stats on what real estate related terms people are typing in search engines . According to HitWise, the most popular web search volume for real estate sites goes to realtor.com. That's based on data collected for the four weeks ending Jan. 26, 2008. Hitwise is a subsidiary of Experian, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:48:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8004 Social networking site ConnectU sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for stealing their idea. They allege he used the source code they hired him to create for their site. Now four years later Facebook is celebrating their four year anniversary, and that the lawsuit against them is finally settled - in Facebook's favor. Facebook asked that the case be dismissed, for lack of evidence, and that happened. ConnectU then filed another lawsuit against Facebook in March, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:58:31 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7683 Last month I posted about patterns between men and women and their patterns of making friends on social networking sites. Rapleaf has another study that gives more insights into which sites are popular between the sexes and across age groups. People on social media sites are usually in the age range of 14 to 24 years old. Rapleaf's study focused on 49.3 million people in their database who are aged 14-74. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:27:28 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7350 Real estate is on my mind - I could easily do a linky goodness edition on the theme today. Overstock.com Inc. is getting into real estate search ( realestate.overstock.com ) for bargain hunters who are already on their site to get overstock items. So now you can not only find the house, but you can buy the sheets, silverware, and curtains for it. You can also get a car for the driveway! Overstock has more than 3 million classified, foreclosure, and auction listings. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:28:26 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7347 Just what we want to hear - bad news about the housing market, but this time online. Turns out online searches didn't have as significant impact on homebuying or renting decisions as we may have hoped. That doesn't necessarily mean real estate sites should pull back their budgets though. The Pew Internet & American Life Project Survey, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:08:35 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7016 In a global world we have easy access to news that happens anywhere in the world within minutes or hours. I've noticed more people my age (in their 30s) say they simply don't watch the news. Rather than a constant reminder of problems that are so large and remote that it overwhelms them, they tune it out. Or, like me, I get most of it from Yahoo news or from blogs. What about the younger crowd, how do they view the news? Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:18:33 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6889 A study by Borrell Associates found that almost all newspaper web sites are profitable - thanks to online advertising . Advertising revenue accounts for over half of revenues locally, and 57.3 percent, goes to online advertising like Google. They studied 3,100 sites owned by newspapers, radio stations, TV stations and independents to find out where they are making the most ad revenues. According to Borrell, there are some important "firsts" in the newspaper industry. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Fri, 30 May 2008 20:36:40 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6770 Affiliate marketers in New York have reason to follow politics - and it's not the presidential race. Instead it's a new law ( pdf of law ) that has retailers collect taxes for sales through affiliate marketers based in New York. The law applies to all online transactions for companies that have no physical presence in New York. It starts June 1, 2008. The bad idea started with Governor Spitzer, and was recently signed into law by New York's new governor David Paterson. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Wed, 28 May 2008 19:39:36 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6713 What blogs or sites do journalists visit most often? A study from Brodeur and Marketwire sought to find the most popular and credible sites . They measured the influence of social media on these topics: politics, healthcare, lifestyle, technology, and travel. Here are some basic findings of the study: If you're a technology reporter, you're most likely to blog as part of your job description. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Tue, 27 May 2008 20:03:59 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6588 I spend a good part of my day thinking about and advising clients about how to increase their search engine rankings. InternetRetailer reported on ways to optimize your web site . These tips come from speakers at the ACCM direct-marketing industry conference and trade show in Orlando, FL. I've also added my commentary and extra detail. Update your web site with good, new content. Search engine web crawlers constantly check for new content on your web site. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Thu, 22 May 2008 23:33:56 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6460 If you're on a social networking site, chances are you have less than 100 friends. If you have thousands, you're not only in the minority, but you're probably male. According to a large study of people with at least one friend on a social networking site, men have more friends than women . Men and women also seem to be motivated by different values. That's the conclusion of a study by Rapleaf of 30.74 million social networkers. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Tue, 20 May 2008 17:26:37 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6431 Online advertising in general is fairing well in a slow economy. However, display advertising revenue, especially for bigger websites, is not doing as well . (Marketing Pilgrim runs display ads - Andy how are they doing - notice any downturn?). Web sites, newspaper publishers, and news media companies like CBS make money by selling display ads. Remember all the new ad networks that have popped up in the last few years? Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Tue, 20 May 2008 12:27:31 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6401 Today's tech news is full of Microsoft, Yahoo " and now Facebook. Microsoft keeps coming up with ways to buy some part of Yahoo. And now the rumor (reported by Robert Scoble) is that Microsoft may also buy Facebook for $15 to $20 billion . All of this in an effort to compete against Google - or as others suggest - perhaps just to survive. Here's the argument: One of the advantages Facebook has is that they do not allow Google to index their internal pages. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Mon, 19 May 2008 16:49:19 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6288 Facebook was onboard with Google's new Friend Connect - until they looked a little closer at how the technology works. Then they suspended Google's access to Facebook. On the Facebook Developer's blog post " Thoughts on Privacy " it says: We've found that it [ Google Friend Connect] redistributes user information from Facebook to other developers without users' knowledge, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Fri, 16 May 2008 02:41:17 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6278 Facebook was onboard with Google's new Friend Connect - until they looked a little closer at how the technology works. Then they suspended Google's access to Facebook. On the Facebook Developer's blog post "Thoughts on Privacy" it says: "We've found that it [ Google Friend Connect] redistributes user information from Facebook to other developers without users' knowledge, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:25 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6191 Sanford Wallace, aka "Spam King," or "Spamford" - a notorious spam king - is finally paying for all that spam. Wallace is president of Cyber Promotions and now he and his partner have the distinction of getting one of largest anti-spam judgments. The court has ruled that they owe MySpace about $230 million in damages. U.S. District Judge Audrey B. Collins in Los Angeles ruled in MySpace's favor Monday. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Wed, 14 May 2008 18:57:49 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6085 First MySpace announced data portability , then Facebook announced Connect , and now Google has Friend Connect. Each is making it easier to share profile information from one social networking site to other web sites (and hoping to be place you go to do that). Google's Friend Connect was announced today. To add social networking features to any web site, you can get code from Google (although, unfortunately, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Mon, 12 May 2008 16:59:43 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6027 Facebook is borrowing $100 million to accommodate growth on the site. The money, from venture loan firm TriplePoint, brings the amount raised to around $350 million. The site has grown quickly and needs around 50,000 more servers to handle the load. Facebook has over 70 million active users and around 109 million monthly visitors. According to Business Week, Google and Microsoft need a lot of server space. Google has at least a million servers and adds 500,000 per year. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Sat, 10 May 2008 16:27:35 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6018 Yesterday MySpace announced that you can use your MySpace profile on other sites . Not to be outdone, today Facebook announced their version. It's called Facebook Connect and it's a good sign that data portability is catching on. Especially because Facebook usually doesn't follow suit when it comes to sharing data (unless it's for advertising). Facebook Connect was announced on the company's developer blog. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Fri, 09 May 2008 23:30:59 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5953 Each time you sign up for a new site you create a profile which is unique to that site. You've got to upload a picture and fill everything out. It's a pain to keep up with it all, which is why I haven't yet added my picture to my Digg or LinkedIn profile. MySpace has launched the Data Availability initiative which can make MySpace your home base for profiles. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Thu, 08 May 2008 21:09:11 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5846 Another Google exec has decided to leave Google to join Facebook . This time it's Elliot Schrage, vp of global communications and public affairs. He'll become the vp of communications and public policy at Facebook. He was at Google for two years. The funny part is how quickly he got on Facebook and started sharing the news. Like the COO hire, this is a strategic hire for Facebook as they try to follow in Google's stock price footsteps. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Tue, 06 May 2008 23:11:40 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5668 I feel like I'm trying to sell something, but it's true. Google is running a promotion to encourage people to try Google TV Ads. Details below' Google TV Ads is out of beta after almost a year. As part of Google AdWords, you can run and track the results of television ads . At first glance the two concepts seem incongruent - online advertising and tv ads. However, people watch tv and then go online to search, edit Wikipedia articles, go to web sites, and yes, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Thu, 01 May 2008 21:44:59 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5654 In recent interview with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, Google's CEO Eric Schmidt spoke out about his biggest concerns. Most pressing issue is the possible merger of Microsoft and Yahoo - which could happen as early as next week. Then there's the problem of how to make money off YouTube - which is costing the company millions a year in hosting costs. First, the tale of good (Google) and evil (Microsoft) and the fight over struggling Yahoo. In the interview, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Thu, 01 May 2008 18:50:50 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5525 If you read Marketing Pilgrim, or if you read online marketing blogs, you've probably heard of Twitter. It's the rage at tech conferences and in certain communities. Outside of these circles, almost no one has heard of it. But while it may not have reached critical mass, the growth is pretty impressive. I've noticed that people either haven't heard of Twitter , have a mad crush on it, or HATE it. I asked a room full of paid search managers if they tweet, and one did. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:01:56 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5445 An Google vanity search launched a movie idea for a filmmaker named Jim Killeen. He searched Google on his name to see what came up. This was two years ago and Killeen's life was feeling empty. He was 38 and single. So after taking interest in the other Jim Killeen's of the world, he decided to contact them and make a movie about what he learned. He put everything on the line to make documentary about his journey which is now showing on YouTube and called, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:26:27 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5336 Google AdWords advertisers who want to show ads on mobile phones had just one choice - text ads. Now they can also run banner ads - or as Google calls them "mobile image ads." They are like regular banner ads but smaller. All of the mobile image ads are keyword-targeted. You pay only when someone clicks on the ad (unlike many others that charge per impression or how many times your ad is viewed). There are four sizes of banners to choose from: (305 x 64), (215 x 34), Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:02:23 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5288 Yodle, a company that focuses on local internet advertising, has been accepted as an authorized reseller of Google AdWords (tm). The program is to help companies focus on paid search for small businesses. According to a Nielsen survey, 74% of people said they use search engines to find local business. Yet, only 3% of local marketing budgets are spent online. When it comes to paid search, it's somewhat easy to start, but difficult to manage. If you don't manage it well, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:31:35 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5210 Happy Earth Day everyone. It's time to plant some trees so you can unload any liberal guilt you may be carrying around. Here are some things you can do to show you're green: Earth Day For Google Fans Donate to a nonprofit that focuses on environmental issues and Google Checkout will put you on a Google Map. You'll get your own marker and they'll show that you're connected to friends who also donate. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:24:06 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5150 Blog software company Six Apart acquired creative agency Apperceptive, a company that built blogs for sites such as The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, BoingBoing, and iVillage. Now they're launching an advertising network for blogs . They are also venturing into design, programming, and blog marketing services . As an ad network, Six Apart is competing with Federated Media Publishing, Glam, Blogads, and others. Here's how it will work - they will get advertisers, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:06:09 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5089 Blockbuster is being sued over their Facebook advertising campaign . Texas resident Cathryn Elaine Harris says Blockbuster violated the federal Videotape Privacy Protection Act. The company used the Facebook Beacon that told what movies she rents. Harris says Facebook didn't get her written consent to share the information. She filed a class-action suit, and is asking for at least $2,500 for each violation of the statute. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:37:36 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5039 Here's for an original name - SocialMedia Networks - which is a new ad network for - yes, social media sites. People spend a lot of time on social networks and they tend to be younger and quite Internet savvy. However, they are a fickle group who don't like overt marketing messages. SocialMedia Networks says they're the first ad network to focus 100 percent on social media. They have over three billion ad impressions to more than 15 million unique visitors per month. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:20:06 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4997 It started with Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron putting his Twitter account up for auction on eBay . He had 1,500 followers then and at last check he's at 1,757. The auction was bid up to over $1200 before he ended the auction ( about as many followers as our own Andy Beal has ). eBay called him to ask him to delete the auction, but later said it wasn't against their terms of service. Didn't matter anyway - he deleted the auction before it ended. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:26:49 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4944 Two years ago Google acquired Urchin web analytics and made it free. They renamed it Google Analytics and it's now the most popular hosted analytics. Google Analytics is hosted by Google and you access your account online. Today at ad:tech in San Francisco, Google Analytics announced a free download of Urchin software. The software is a standalone version that you can host on your own server (and if you're paranoid about Google having access to your data, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:29:04 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4812 Last week they were suing each other, this week they're signing a big advertising deal. Time Warner owned AOL has signed an exclusive online advertising deal with Verizon . AOL will manage the account through their advertising subsidiary, Platform-A Advertising. Verizon will use Platform-A's sales force and for the bulk of their online and mobile phone advertising. The deal includes managing Verizon's display and mobile advertising network. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:45:08 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4715 At the end of February Yahoo! Search Marketing announced that minimum bid prices for ads would not be set . Instead the minimum price you pay for each click would be based on value and quality. The change was phased in gradually but as early as next week it will be permanent for all US advertisers. That means the automatic 10¢ minimum bid will be discontinued. Minimum bids will vary rather than be set. Instead higher quality ads will start paying less per click. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:03:14 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4656 Multiple platform instant messaging web service Meebo has hired Carter Brokaw as their Chief Revenue Officer. Meebo launched in September 2005 with investment from Sequoia Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Meebo has been popular because it can let people chat online, in most cases even if a firewall would block IM. Translation - you might be able IM on your college network or at work. Meebo has focused on raising revenues and capital. First, they looked for a buyer, Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:47:46 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4592 comScore reports that more people are searching for auto insurance quotes online . It also looks like people are more influenced by paid search than natural search results. The queries for auto insurance quotes were up more than 35% in 2007. There were nearly 9 million search-referred auto insurance quotes made in 2007. More than one-quarter of were made through a search engine. The overall growth for online auto insurance queries increased only 15%. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:13:36 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4556 Web directories, especially high quality ones, are coveted links for search engine marketers. The holy grail is a link on DMOZ , but it's pretty much unreachable. I know of someone who took great lengths to become an editor so he could get his site included. A few months later he resigned in frustration. DMOZ is known to be backlogged and highly political. You stand more chance of getting a link on Wikipedia. Now web directory Best of the Web (BOTW. Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:47:16 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4484 Facebook's 67 million users can now instant message each other - or at least some of us can. The new feature is being integrated gradually. The IM service is an in-browser client, and you can chat with your Facebook friends that are logged in. So far it doesn't support external IM services, like Yahoo or MSN Messenger. The way the launched IM reminds me of how my college grounds department cut down trees on campus - on the weekend. Why? Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:42:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4470 The Internet is about speed and innovation and it feeds a culture of impatience. We don't like to wait. Not for a page to load or even for another page of search results . What makes Google unique then, is their insistence on looking long term in such an uncertain and dynamic online world. First start with the founders - who've each pledged to be at Google at least 20 years . Search Engines News SEO News Janet Meiners Janet Meiners Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:00:34 GMT