This is the February 28th issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for February 28, 2007:

• Google Shows Ask It Can Take A Joke, WebProNews
• Google: Snippets better than meta description, 2optimize
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 27, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Microsoft Advertisers Over Billed in adCenter, MarketPosition
• Google Lets You Play Your Own Video Ads, InsideGoogle
• Yahoo Updates Their Pay-Per-Inclusion Program, Search Engine Herald
• Yahoo! Search Support for 'NOYDIR' Meta Tags and Weather Update, Yahoo! Search blog
• Is Yahoo!’s Search PPC Really from Search Engines?, InsureMe Affiliate Blog
• MSN AdCenter Canada Launch: Where's Barry?, Traffick
• Choosing SEO Providers By Their Own Organic Rank, BizMord
• Yahoo! Search Support for 'NOYDIR' Meta Tags and Weather Update, Techmeme
• Comment réaliser une veille efficace ?, Actualité Référencement

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for February 28, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 4:59 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Big news today was that Yahoo! released a meta tag to exclude the Yahoo! Directory title and descriptions from showing in the search results. With that, Yahoo! is doing a search update. Google is now accepting Canadian AdWords Professionals companies. Search engines don't have to run your stinking ads! Does Google reinclusion work? Paused AdWords ads are still running, still! Google Groups transfer of ownership rules. Search Pulse 21 is live. Google is working on Governmental sales. I posted a list of in-house SEOs. Google is buying scatter TV inventory. Google Maps added live traffic data. Google's Keane left to CBS.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Canadian Companies Now Invited To Be Google AdWords Qualified Professionals
2. Good Google AdSense Resources
3. Search Engines Can Choose Not To Run Your Ads
4. Yahoo! Changes Yahoo Search Submit Express to Basic & Adds Analytics
5. Google Reinclusion Requests Going Unheard Or Not? Getting Your Site Back in Google.com
6. Paused Google AdWords Ads Still Running
7. What To Do When A Google Groups Administrator Dies
8. Search Pulse 21: Design, Google Update, Patent Apps, AdWords Algorithm, Yahoo! Search, Microsoft adCenter, SEO Training & More
9. Yahoo! Adds NOYDIR Support To Exclude Yahoo! Directory Titles in Yahoo! Search Results
10. Global Yahoo! Search Index Update

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Stepping Up Governmental Sales
2. The SEOs Doing It In-House
3. Google Buying TV Scatter Units
4. Google Maps Tailgates Yahoo, Microsoft With Real-Time Traffic Info
5. Keane, Head Of Advertising Sales Strategy At Google Goes To CBS

Posted at 4:54 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

I was driving to the bank a couple hours ago and I looked in the rear view mirror and saw this car. I looked closer and it was a Red Bull promotional truck.

I pulled out my treo and attempted to take some pictures of it. They aren't great, because I was driving and the Red Bull Truck was behind me.

I looked up some past Red Bull Cars and found this but that is a totally different car.

I spotted this while driving on Airmont Road, towards College Road, in Suffern, NY.

Anyway, thought this was interesting and would make a good personal blog post.

More pictures at Flickr.

Posted at 2:05 PM | Permalink | Category: Just Funny , Just Interesting , Just Weird , Motor Vehicle | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

This is an interesting bug, a reader told me that my feed URLs are being redirected to my home page.

So http://feeds.seroundtable.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/97339342/012542.html is not taking you to http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/012542.html like it should. It is taking you to http://www.seroundtable.com/.

I tested this on both my feeds and both are the same.

I then tested Danny's feed via Google Blog Search, since he also uses FeedBurner, and his has the same issue.

I emailed FeedBurner and Danny emailed Rick at FeedBurner...

Hope it is fixed soon, along with the FeedFlare issues, which I may drop.

Here is the output for a CURL command showing it is on FeedBurner's side, since I do not use a Linux box, I use FreeBSD.

curl -v http://feeds.seroundtable.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/97374916/012543.html
* About to connect() to feeds.seroundtable.com port 80
* Trying 66.150.96.119... * connected
* Connected to feeds.seroundtable.com (66.150.96.119) port 80
> GET /~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/97374916/012543.html HTTP/1.1 User-Agent: curl/7.13.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.0) libcurl/7.13.1 OpenSSL/0.9.7l zlib/1.2.3
Host: feeds.seroundtable.com
Pragma: no-cache
Accept: */*

< HTTP/1.1 302 Moved
< Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:24:14 GMT
< Server: Apache/2.0.54 (Debian GNU/Linux) mod_fastcgi/2.4.2 mod_jk/1.2.15
< Location: http://www.seroundtable.com/
< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
< Content-Type: text/plain
< Set-Cookie: NSC_gffe-iuuq-mc-wtfswfs=8efb330c3660;expires=Wed, 28-Feb-07 16:27:09 GMT;path=/
* Connection #0 to host feeds.seroundtable.com left intact
* Closing connection #0

FeedBurner fixed the issue:

We had a brief service interruption morning that would have led to the redirection trouble you reported. We sent in the smokejumpers and got things under control so you should be seeing expected feed performance/clickthrough destinations again. Please let us know if that still doesn't appear to be the case on your end. Thanks for your patience.

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This is the February 27th issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for February 27, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 26, 2007, Search Engine Land
• AdWords Editor 3.0 Available For Windows; Mac Version Coming In Weeks, Search Engine Land
• Google Ink Sends Ask.com New Google Pen, Search Engine Land
• Googlepedia : l'évidence de l'oxymore., affordance.info
• Microsoft adCenter Bug Makes Advertisers Pay Thousands, ineedhits
• Google’s New Giant Step For Advertisers is a Step in the Winning Direction, Interner Marketing Monitor

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for February 27, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 4:44 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

YahooSarah introduced YahooPete to the search marketing forums. Cre8asite Forums launched an SMO forum with new moderator Li Evans. Google is testing some special video AdSense units. Google said they will show advertisers what sites are displaying their ads. Advertisers began speaking up on the new AdWords quality score. I explained how to report some errors to Google Maps. Google sent Ask.com a new pen, really funny. AdWords editor 3.0 is out for PC and will come out for Mac shortly. Search engines do not have to display any ad. I linked to a keyword research article and tool.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Yahoo! Introduces YahooPete As YSM Rep; YahooSarah Now YPN Rep
2. Cre8asite Forums Launches Social Media And Tagging Forum & Adds Li Adds Mod
3. Google Testing Special Video AdSense Units?
4. Google To Show AdWords Advertisers Where Contextual Ads Are Displayed
5. Advertisers Speak On New AdWords Quality Score Algorithm
6. Find Road & Map Errors On Google Maps? How To Report Them

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Ink Sends Ask.com New Google Pen
2. AdWords Editor 3.0 Available For Windows; Mac Version Coming In Weeks
3. Search Engines Do Not Have To Display All Ads Says Court
4. Keyword Research Steps & Tool Update

Posted at 4:40 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

I have had an American Express business card for ages. I recently upgraded to the platinum business card to reap some better rewards. But I think American Express is getting the upper hand.

I know people who really know how to use those rewards. They get free flights, upgrades, extra perks, etc. I get nothing.

I was at a friend, he told me that he has American Express Luggage Tags. Supposedly, they get you your bags faster. So I called, asking for these luggage tags, and they acted like they never heard of such things. Hmm, what does this look like or what about this or this.

I called a couple times in the past, seeing if I can get upgrades and so on. Noddaa.

I think I am using my AMEX card wrong...

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This is the February 26th issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for February 26, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 23, 2007, Search Engine Land
• MSN AdCenter: How Doth Thee Suck So? Let me Count the Ways, AU Interactive
• Whoa. adCenter Bug Costs Millions, Clicks and Bits
• Microsoft adCenter CPC Costs Spike: Known Bug, Techmeme
• Google Algorithm Update, Search Newz
• This Week In SEO - 2/23/07, TheVanBlog
• Ads by G (image) di adsense, Aziz Raharjo
• Artículo en Clarín Pymes y el porque del Blog, E | Laws
• Some advertisers being charged over a thousand dollars per click by Microsoft, Web Metrics Guru
• Yahoo! Search Highlighting Keywords In Cache Link, Unofficial SEO Blog
• manage to experience: Seminar, Ian Joyce
• Link-o-Rama: A buffet of quick tips and mostly free resources, 7CM
• Google Tracking Clicks, Are Rankings Affected?, Unofficial SEO Blog
• A cuppa statement, Maeghan's Musings
• Costly AdCenter Bug -- MS Fails to Learn, SearchAnyway PPC
• Geo Targeting Tips With Yahoo! Search Marketing, Sabahan.com
• Yahoo Sees Better Results With New Ad Platform, InformationWeek
• Misc bits, Matt Cutts
• YeeHaw! Adwords Editor Version 3 is Available, PPC Lab
• AdWords: Improvements All Around, Marketing Pilgrim
• First Wikipedia, Now YouTube: Creeping up the SERPs, Marketing Pilgrim

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for February 26, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 5:12 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Finalized the Search Engine Roundtable design over the weekend. Is Google Apps asking for it? YouTube has been spotted in the second result for shoe. Microsoft refunded adCenter advertisers. Google AdWords Editor 3.0 is now live. Google Maps stickers are only for UK businesses. NASA is providing more Google Earth KMLs. Google Videos spotted in Google search results. SEMPO board was announced. Google Checkout coming to Australia soon? Google ordered to change AdSense contract in South Korea. Webmaster Central has more detailed malware warnings now. Microsoft bought health search engine Medstory.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Design Update For Search Engine Roundtable
2. Is Google Apps Domain Verification Asking For Trouble?
3. Number Two Result in Google For "Shoes" is YouTube
4. Microsoft Refunds adCenter Advertisers Over Weekend
5. Google AdWords Editor Version 3.0 Available
6. Google Maps Stickers Are For UK Businesses Only

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. NASA & Google Earth Color Earth With Near Real Time Information
2. Google Video Plus Box Results
3. 2007 SEMPO Board of Directors Announced
4. Google Checkout Australia Coming Soon?
5. Google Ordered To Change AdSense Contract By South Korea's Watchdog
6. Google Steps Up Web Page Malware Notifications
7. Microsoft To Buy Health Search Engine Medstory Inc.

Posted at 4:57 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

Via Digg, over 2,200 Diggs at this point, a MacBook Pro got shot but it still works.

The picture was originally hosted at Flickr but it seems to have been deleted. I suspect due to all the traffic that photo received from Digg.

Wired posted a copy of the picture, which I then posted here.

Supposedly, the MacBook Pro got shot while in a Brazilian mugging, saving a life. I doubt it.

Posted at 1:52 PM | Permalink | Category: Apple Macs , Just Weird | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

This title look familiar? It is, I wrote about it less than two weeks ago when it snowed last time. But I made progress.

I got my car out about a few hundred feet before I got stuck. I was luckily able to get my car back into its parking spot and then drive my wife to the bus.

But again, my car is left stranded in the parking spot. If there is a little hill and I have to go up in it slush or snow, it won't happen. I can go down hills or even drive on snow when it is flat, but up hills, forget it. No matter if I had speed or not, I could not make it up the hill.

I thought maybe after getting four new tires and renewing my nys inspection, I would have better luck. But no.

So I have my wife's car - good thing for it. Thank you wife!

Posted at 11:11 AM | Permalink | Category: Motor Vehicle , Weather | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

I am crazy, I know. I actually purchased a PlayStation 3 Saturday night and had to go to a different store to find a sold out Madden 2007.

The graphics are very nice, very. Thing is, I don't have much time to play.

I think I am going to set up a "Game Night" at my house for a few of my friends. Maybe a Saturday night. I joked with my wife that the wives can cook up food for us while we play.

I played a couple of games with my favorite team, the Jets. Wow, I am so bad. But I assume that will improve over time.

Will I keep this device? Totally depends on if I have time to play. I can return it within 30 days. I am not the type to return things. But this was expensive and if it just sits and collects dust, I think I will return it.

Posted at 11:00 AM | Permalink | Category: Buddies , Computers , Homey | Comments (6) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

This is the February 23rd issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for February 23, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 22, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Searchmob Roundup, John Battelle's Searchblog
• The Secret to Mastering Google’s Local OneBox Results Real Estate Marketing, blAAwg
• Large Networks Adding New Editorial Content Formats, SEO Book.com
• Large Networks Add New Editorial Content Formats, WebProNews
• Image of the Day, Googlified
• Yahoo! has Nasty Sausage Ingredients, Apogee Weblog
• My Plan to Out the SEO Sheisters…Are You With Me?, Marketing Punk
• A Ripe, Juicy Roundup, SEOmoz
• Algorithm Update At Google?, TheVanBlog
• Google AdWords Quality Score Algorithm Update Now Live, Morris Moralde Home Page
• Google Tracking Clicks, Are Rankings Affected?, Unofficial SEO Blog
• Major Microsoft adCenter Bug Costs Millions, Search Engine Land
• Google sends out Mini Fridges to select people, Trip Hop Clan
• Microsoft Adcenter CPC Bug, PPC Blog
• links for 2007-02-23 at Past is prologue, Clopin
• Microsoft Search Center Printing Its Own Money?, Shaving Occam
• Microsoft Adcenter CPC Bug, WebProNews

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for February 23, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 3:43 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Microsoft had a big bo-bo with adCenter. I gave some Yahoo geo targeting tips. I wrote about the Google personalized search patent. Yahoo now highlights keywords in the cache. I showed some possibly deceptive AdWords trick. You cannot remove words from the Google Custom Search Engine. I looked at the numbers behind your feeds. Todd wrote on the new SEO game. Google posted on robots.txt. Google China auto suggestions by default. I looked at top 25 web 2.0 companies. And Yahoo improved movies shortcuts. Good weekend.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Geo Targeting Tips With Yahoo! Search Marketing
2. Promoting Google Referral Products Using AdWords & Google Pages
3. Google Patent Application On Personalization & Removing Documents From Google.com
4. Yahoo! Search Now Highlighting Keywords In Cache Results
5. Microsoft adCenter CPC Costs Spike: Known Bug
6. Can You Remove "Google Custom Search" From Search Box?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. The Numbers Behind Your Feeds
2. New Search Engine Optimization
3. Google Explains The NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW, NOARCHIVE & NOSNIPPET META Tags
4. Search Suggestions The Default At Google China?
5. Top 25 Web 2.0 Start Ups To Watch
6. Yahoo Search Improves Movie Shortcut Results
7. Major Microsoft adCenter Bug Costs Millions

Posted at 3:35 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

Diamond Vues points to a Binary Wedding Band from GreenKarat.com.

The ring in the picture reads "A Marriage of Values."

But you can have almost any message you want on your ring, well - in Binary.

I would wear one of these puppies, just like I would wear the anniversary reminding ring.

But honestly, I would prefer the binary ring, if I had to wear a ring. Which I do not.

Funny, because I just came back from the bank. The banker asked me if I was married. I said yes. He asked, you don't wear a ring? I said, correct.

Posted at 12:56 PM | Permalink | Category: Family , Just Interesting , Shopping | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

This is a question I get every now and then. For some background, my search blog, Search Engine Roundtable, reports on the "pulse of the search marketing community." What that means is we try our best to find our article stories directly from the search community, within search forums.

People often wonder how I and the crew find our threads. Well, I am not going to give away all my secrets but I will tell you some basics.

Every morning, normally between 6:45am and 7:45am (EST) I do my "forum research." This includes a bunch of things.

How Do I Find Good Search Marketing Threads:

(1) I go to my preferred forums first; they include:

• Search Engine Roundtable Forums
• Cre8asite Forums
• DigitalPoint Forums
• Search Engine Watch Forums
• WebmasterWorld

(2) I scan all new posts from the last time I visited the forum. I try to spot quality signals from these posts. Quality posts have certain signals:

• Descriptive titles
• Nice number of responses relative to post data and forum membership numbers
• Thread creator is long time contributor
• Thread commenter(s), those that reply, are long time contributors
• The thread views are high, relative to data and membership
• A search representative participated in the thread

Don't get me wrong, these signals are just that, signals and they do not work 100% of the time. So some times you got to go with your gut and dig deeper yourself.

(3) If content is low, I then go to my secondary search forums list and do the same in step two.

(4) I then have some tricks to find some really hot threads, but I cannot share those tricks.

(5) I rarely ever get people submitting a thread to me. I wish I did. But people rarely use the submit a thread form to inform me of good posts. And I rarely ever get notifications from forum moderators or administrators of quality threads. So this is an open invitation... Please use the submit a thread form to send us quality threads - don't worry if you are unsure - we won't yell at you. But if we do use your submission, then you are likely to get link credit...

That is how I find some of the threads I post at the Search Engine Roundtable. Again, I didn't list my secrets, and I doubt I ever will, but there is some information for you.

Posted at 11:24 AM | Permalink | Category: Daily Grind , SEO Tips | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

My client is running a contest to win a free diamond circle pendant. All you have to do is submit an idea for a name for a new blog to be hosted at their e-commerce site's domain.

Currently the client has a blog at Diamond Vues, where they talk about new diamond things, industry news and so on. At their new blog, they want to talk more specifically about "loose diamond articles and information."

Thing is, they need a name. So here are the details on how you can win...

This diamond pendant by Excel Diamonds.com features a 3/4 diameter circle pendant, prong set with .25 carats of dazzling G color, SI clarity diamonds in 14kt. white gold. The piece weighs 2.8 grams and includes a 16 inch white gold cable chain. The winner will receive this diamond pendant in a beautiful presentation case.

If there is more than one entry for the winning title, we will choose the earliest entry and to the best of our abilities. You may also feel free to enter your submission in our comments section on the blog posting itself. This will afford you a time/date stamp for your entry(s).

The poll ends on March 23, 2007 at 9:30 EST.

So help them out, they are good guys, and submit an idea or vote for a current idea.

Posted at 11:01 AM | Permalink | Category: RustyBrick | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Last week I wrote about a late night Digg and explained that it sent me about 3,500 visitors or so, it actually turned out to be a few thousand more the next day. But let me tell you, a late afternoon Digg sends a hell of a lot more traffic than a midnight Digg.

Yesterday I wrote a story named Google Sending Out More Google Coolers To AdWords Advertisers. Later I saw it was Digged by some user, so I dugg it myself. Then early afternoon it was made popular, and forget about it. Here a screen shot of the Digg at this point in time.

Digg sent me over 17,000 visitors just yesterday from an late afternoon home page Digg placement.

Worthless traffic? Probably... But I bet the advertises like the extra eye balls on their ads...

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I think everyone was thinking it would snow last night.

Luckily, it did not.

But instead, it looked like it "salted" last night. All the streets here are shiny and covered with salt from the plow trucks.

I guess they were or are preparing for a snow storm. But I don't see snow on the radar until possibly Sunday now. So I suspect, last night's storm blew over us, and did not touch down in my neck of the woods.

I was going to take a picture of the streets, because they honestly all looked sparkly from all the salt, but I did not. Instead, the pic above is of Morton Salt Plant in Utah by some flickr user.

Posted at 6:49 AM | Permalink | Category: Weather | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

I have a client that wants to do some video casts. I am far from a videographer so I was wondering if any of you have advice.

Of course he can buy a web cam, but he wants them to come out nice.

What video camera do you recommend?

What type of lighting?

Anything else I should know about this?

Who knows, maybe I'll do some video stuff myself. But not sure how exciting I can make SEO videos...

Hope some of you have ideas and suggestions. I should probably wait for Matt to arrive in California from Dublin before hinting for an suggestion from him.

Posted at 7:18 PM | Permalink | Category: Computers | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

This is the February 22nd issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for February 22, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 21, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Google drops SOAP, John Menick's Blog
• It wasn't a quality score update, but it's fixed, PPC Discussions
• Digg’s Solution is not ‘Technical Obscurification’ … it’s Personalization!, Profitable Signals
• Headlines of Note for February 21, 2007, Internet Marketing Monitor
• Medical Emergencies Can Be Fatal Due To Google Maps, Digg
• Google Algorithm Update Under Wraps?, Unofficial SEO Blog
• Search Engine Roundtable Undergoes A Design Change, Unofficial SEO Blog
• Major MSN AdCenter Changes! at Rachit Dayal’s iMarketing Blog, Rachit Dayal
• Minimum Bid Translation To Visible Quality Score, PPC Blog
• links for 2007-02-22, Vinny Lingham’s Blog
• How A Site Is Ranked In Yahoo! Directory, Unofficial SEO Blog
• Des changements dans l'algorithme de Google ?, Portail Express Blog
• Is Google Maps misleading health emergencies?, Kevin, M.D.
• Presidents Day Google Algorithm Update?, SEO delusions
• Google Mini Fridge is back!, Digg
• Should SEOs Avoid Sitemaps?, WebProNews

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for February 22, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 4:43 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Google's AdWords quality score algorithm is live and will be fully in affect within three days. Some keywords deactivating and activating in AdWords. Google released fee based Google Apps. Google sent out more Google Coolers. Google images reverts to old design. WebmasterWorld launches SMO forum. Yahoo to launch singing news cast. Google shuts down blogger for death threat. A study was released on searcher behavior. Windows Live Shopping beta is closed. Yahoo is redirecting more queries to Site Explorer.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google AdWords Quality Score Algorithm Update Now Live
2. Keywords in AdWords Being Activated & Inactivated Automatically?
3. Google Apps Premier Edition Launches
4. Google Sending Out More Google Coolers To AdWords Advertisers
5. Google Images Now Back With Old Design
6. WebmasterWorld Launches SMO Forum Named Social Media Tagging & Bookmarking Optimization

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Launches Fee Based Google Apps
2. Yahoo To Launch Singing News Show Named "Odd News Underground"
3. Google Shuts Down Blogger After Threats To New Zealand Politician
4. Google To Launch YouTube Content Identification System Soon
5. Buyers & Information Seekers Search Differently
6. Windows Live Shopping Goes Offline
7. Yahoo To Redirect More Search Query Types Site Explorer

Posted at 4:27 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

I kind of turned it into the night I take my wife out for dinner.

Past few weeks, I convinced my wife to go out for dinner on Thursday night. She accepted most of the times. And now, my wife emailed me from work, asking "are we going out to eat on a date?"

I replied, "Are you asking me out on a date? ;-)"

She said, "Yes, but no electronics allowed."

Hmm... Made me pause for a minute.

But she deserves it. And I look forward to it.

Posted at 11:04 AM | Permalink | Category: Family | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

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More networking widgets spotted, this time via Techcrunch...

That is my LinkedIn profile in a box, more info at http://www.linkedinabox.com/users/941832.

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I was messing around with FeedBurner and noticed a Publicize tool named SpringWidgets.

So I quickly created a custom SpringWidget for the Search Engine Roundtable. Here it is:

I think Windows users can then add this as a "widget" in their OS.

Ok, Windows user's download it here and then plug in the feed into the RSS section.

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This is the February 21st issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for February 21, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 20, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Get That Site Back Up Before It's Delisted, WebProNews
• Adwords Fiasco #2: Geotargeting Problems, Searching Beyond the Paid
• Get That Site Back Up Before It's Delisted, Revenue Source
• Googleholic for Feb 20th 2007, Download Squad
• AdWords CPC Price Gouge Bug Fixed?, WebProNews
• SERoundtable Gets Completely Re Designed, Google Blogoscoped Forum
• Search engine love: now they crawl me, now they don't, SEO Theory
• links for 2007-02-21, NOWUSEIT.COM
• Headlines of Note for February 20, 2007, Internet Marketing Monitor
• Change of Server, WebProWorld
• Today’s Links, Drainedge Link Tank
• Pilgrim’s Picks for Wednesday, Marketing Pilgrim
• Yahoo! Glithc Costs Advertiser $42,000, SearchAnyway PPC
• Search Engine Roundtable Redesigns, Search Engine Journal
• Search Engine Roundtable gets Complete Makeover, SearchMob
• What do Successful Bloggers Bookmark?, Everybody Go To

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for February 21, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

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I will be posting 25 posts all within 24 hours. Wow! So I will be very brief with my summary.

Archived the 20th edition of the Search Pulse. Launched a new design for SER. Gmail shows relevant ads. Does Google use click data in ranking? AdSense is testing italics titles. Ask.com renews with LookSmart. Yahoo! advertiser was charged 42 times. Was there a Google search update? Watch out for the Google Maps health issue. The AdWords API won't include quality score. Google Images reverted back to old design. Docs and Spreadsheets is top Web tool. YouTube and CBS are iced. Desktop hole was plugged. Yahoo Japan goes for dinner. SEOs suggest not to use Sitemaps. Google's CSE gets supplemental.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Search Pulse 20: Valentines, AdWords Score, SEO Galore, AJAX, Anchor Text, Wikipedia, Yahoo, Google, & More
2. Version 3 Of The Search Engine Roundtable
3. Google's Gmail Does Show Thematic Ads At Top
4. Does Google Use Click Data For Ranking Purposes?
5. Google Testing Italics Titles in AdSense Ads
6. Ask.com Renews With LookSmart
7. Technical Glitch Charges Yahoo! Advertisers 42 Times
8. Presidents Day Google Algorithm Update?
9. Google Maps Sends Health Emergencies To Wrong Location
10. Google Not To Include Quality Score In AdWords API

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Images Reverts Back To Old Design
2. Google Docs and Spreadsheets Tops Web Productivity Tools
3. Google's YouTube & CBS Deal Caves?