I am not sure why Twitter engineers are struggling with this, and potentially misleading tech journalists (and even some well respected SEOs) with the SEO issues hampering the indexation of Twitter.com
Read more on Dear @twittercomms – A Basic Search Query For Your Engineers…
I have been testing whether links posted in Google Buzz pass PageRank or at the very least can help with indexation of content since 22nd February 2010
I didn’t write a blog post about it, but I did write something exclusive for my readers on Google Buzz (those few of you out there) as a test case, posting a link from that page to one of the most poorly indexed sites known to the internet, which happens to be owned by Google.
Read more on Google Buzz SEO – Evidence Buzz Now Used For Indexing…
I managed to ping Google’s @mattcutts after the announcement of rel=”author” support from Google on Twitter and he clarified the use case a little.
As Twitter’s search is still so terrible at finding things I am adding the conversation here.
Read more on rel=”author” is Same-Site Only…
Google launched their +1 button today. Lots of people have writeups but I suppose they have had prior access in some way. Heres one on Search Engine Land for instance.
But one thing I haven’t read about anywhere are the technical implications of +1 and the way it deals with canonicalization of votes, which currently is significantly inferior to both Facebook and Twitter.
Read more on Google +1 & The Problem With Canonicalization Of Votes…
Whilst I was on a hiatus for the last year on Twitter, my use of Skype increased dramatically.
I use Skype for team communication for uQast, direct customer support & 1-on-1 training, large group chats with my SEO friends from the SEO Dojo, and to keep in contact with friends & family.
Read more on Todo List: 5 Ways Microsoft Can Take Skype To The Next Level…
So How Can You Get uQast For Free?
A serious problem – I have 2800 “Zombies” that haven’t been fed for 11 days – they like eating my brains.. or the product of my brain, yet can’t get their daily dose.
Read more on 2800 Social Media Zombies Need Feeding On Friendfeed…
I’m either a total idiot or a raving lunatic or both.
I can’t even pinpoint within my data as to when this foolish or unfortunate incident occured because well… just look at the data.
Read more on How I Kicked Myself Out Of Google Blogsearch For Months or Years…
The IAB in the UK is reporting that from 1st March 2011 the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will now have its coverage extended to include additional forms of online marketing and communication.
Read more on ASA To Oversee UK Websites & Social Media…
It has been 6 months since I left Twitter – plenty of time for Twitter to clean up their SEO act and if they needed/wanted some direct feedback I am not hard to contact directly.
Read more on Twitter Lists (part 1) – Twitter Wants Your Brand…
Digg is a community of millions of users but it only takes a few hundred to stage a significant protest – a few thousand active diggers working in a coordinated manner and Digg might have to rethink their current plans… after a year+ of development.
Read more on Reddit.com Hostile Takeover of Digg.com #diggrevolt…
Google like searchers to have a good user experience.
This means that if they show a search result for something, if a user clicks the result, they should be given the information they expect – what is promised in the headline and snippet in the search results.
Read more on Google Pay Per View – How Will They Handle First Click Free?…
This is just a quick look at basic SEO factors and how Digg screwed them up.
I am a SEO geek – if there were 140 characters on Twitter that have meaning – I might want to be able to find it, or help other people to find it.
Read more on Topsy Search & Twitter Backups…
I don’t know whether to call the last few days “Leo Gate” or “Social Media Gate” or “Buzz Gate” but one thing it certainly highlights is how different the Google Buzz Team is:-
Read more on 5 Reasons Buzz Is Google In Startup Mode…
Leo Laporte seems a little upset with Google Buzz & Twitter – actually social media in general – to be honest in many ways I agree with him – if conversation happens for lesser mortals like me it is because I have reached out and actively looked for conversation engaging with others.
At times it seems like Leo suggests that content might be somehow filtered out of other people’s feeds.
Read more on Memories & Interactions In Social Media…
People sharing Twitter passwords with rogue friend apps has been a problem for a few years – I have written quite a few posts warning people of the dangers of sharing passwords with insecure apps, and have also been critical of giant social networks continuing the practice of scraping data from other services using standard password authentication.
Read more on Twitter… About Password Security & OAuth…
The Twitter retweet code places a link to Twitter on every page you include it, and they didn’t add a nofollow to the link. It is quite possible Google will decide to ignore all these links in the future, especially as it is effectively hidden and not a “vote” for a particular page. The destination of the link doesn’t show similar information to what is in the button.
Read more on 7 Reasons Not To Use The New Tweet Buttons…
This blog post mainly comprises of a message I just sent to the Salmon Protocol mailing list, but I have expanded on it a little.
Salmon Protocol is actually one of the most exciting things that will be used by Google Buzz & theoretically could dramatically make huge changes to the way communication flows around all kinds of web content, whether comments on blog posts, votes & likes on Youtube videos, maybe blog posts themselves, video replies etc.
Read more on Salmon Protocol Endpoints & Canonicalization…
