It has been close to a year since I first starting delving into the intricacies of various forms of blog search, and 10 months since I returned to the subject. My post yesterday on the Microsoft Yahoo deal was the ideal opportunity to see how things might have changed over the last 10 months, as it is a topic being heavily discussed on 100s of blogs.
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Blog Search Revisited – Google vs Technorati vs Techmeme
Posted in Google, blogging tips Also tagged Google, google_blogsearch, google_blog_search, technorati, technorati_search Comments closed
Techmeme PageRank Penalty?
I just happened to glance down at my Search status toolbar in the status window of Firefox, and noticed that Techmeme's Google Toolbar PageRank had been reduced to 4
Techmeme Sell Links
Techmeme has very clear advertising with sponsored postsWrong Reaction From Techcrunch On Paid Links?
I think this is one possibly for the water cooler on Sphinn, because I find it comical in a sad kind of way.
Ted Murphy rightly questions Google quite openly to explain why PPP bloggers are being punished for not using nofollow on links, yet many prominent bloggers post quite blatant pagerank passing links to their advertisers every chance they get.
Not only do they mention their advertisers in "Thanks To Our Advertisers" posts, but they also name drop them every chance they get as a form of disclosure.
As an example, almost every time PayPerPost was discussed, either Text Link Ads
Posted in Google, blog monetization, blogging tips, marketing, web 2.0 Also tagged goog, Google, izea, pagerank, paid links, socialspark, techcrunch Comments closed
The Pied Piper Of PayPerPost?
Over the last year I have given a fair amount of coverage to PayPerPost, who now house the service along with other endeavours under the name Izea.
There are multiple reasons why I have supported PayPerPost and similar programs so strongly, and yet at the same time have never reviewed a link buying / selling service.
I have mentioned link buying and selling in passing, and also a couple of Wordpress plugins, but those plugins generally allow you to sell links which have a nofollow.
My emphasis both in editorial about services and in the few reviews I have myself written is to encourage the writing of quality content with editorial links. Compensation in whatever form should be based upon the time involved, expertise, and possibly the size and influence of the audience, and not based upon any SEO benefit to a site or service being reviewed.
Posted in Google, SEO Blog, blog monetization, blogging tips, stats Also tagged advertising, alexa, blogging tips, goog, Google, izea, marketing, megite, metrics, monetization, pagerank, payperpost, rating, reputation_management, technorati Comments closed
Google Didn’t Listen To Seth 18 Months Ago
I have spent the morning watching a number of contrasting videos which in some ways suggest that Google may have jumped the shark, and I don't fully agree with any of them. The Seth Godin Video is interesting, because he was telling Google what to do 18 months ago.
Seth Godin Speaks to Google
In this video Seth Godin is insightful, and explains to a bunch of Googlers all about Purple Cows and Flipping the Funnel on its side and embracing buzz marketing.
The concepts are sage advice, however there is one major pitfall.
If the perfect way to market a product is to flip
MyBlogLog Acquisition Coverage
It is interesting looking at the acquisition coverage for MyBlogLog.
First of all Techmeme gets it partially right, that one of the original sources for the sale was Forbes.
If you expand all the related coverage, it is a shame the announcement on the MyBlogLog Blog doesn’t seem to have been cited anywhere near as many times.
Techmeme Goes SEO