This is the May 31st 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 May 31st, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 30, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Google Maps keeps getting cooler, Teach42
• Getting Access to Gmail Accounts of the Deceased, Cynical-C Blog
• Google Gears Powers Offline Apps, Advertising Lab
• Cartoon Barry Tagged Me On My Google Reader Usage, The Hotiron
• How do you get started monetizing a blog?, Beginning SEO Podcast
• Japanese Hotel Loses $1.2 Million Gold Bathtub, Diamond Vues
• Look, Ma — no wires!, Techmeme
• Mahalo.com: We're here to help., Techmeme
• A Look at Google Gears Working with Google Reader, Techmeme

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 31st, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 5:02 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (2) (0)

Google Gears launched to enable offline web browsing, I demo'ed Google Reader. Human edited search engine, Mahalo was is live. eBay bought StumbleUpon. PPC does not impact SEO. The AdSense preview tool is a bit whacky. Yahoo's CTO retired. Google bought Panoramio. Ask.com appointed a new senior vice president. News Corp and NBC signd video deal and so did Google's YouTube. Google Checkout works with mobile devices now.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. A Look at Google Gears Working with Google Reader
2. Google Checkout Goes Mobile
3. Calacanis Launches Human Edited Search Engine, Mahalo
4. StumbleUpon Acquired by eBay
5. Does Google Pay Per Click Influence Organic Search Results?
6. Google AdSense Preview Tool Causes Frustration

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Yahoo's CTO, Farzad Nazem, Resigns
2. Google Gears Brings Offline Web Applications To Life
3. eBay Buys StumbleUpon
4. Google Buys Panoramio, Photo Mapping Software
5. Mark Stockford, Ask.com New Senior VP Of Operations
6. News Corp. & NBC Universal Sign Video Content Deal With Sundance Channel & TV Guide
7. Google Checkout Now Supports Mobile Devices
8. Google's YouTube Signs Major Deal With EMI Group
Google Gears launched to enable offline web browsing, I demonstrated Google Reader. Human edited search engine, Mahalo was is live. eBay bought Stumble Upon. PPC does not impact SEO. The Ad Sense preview tool is a bit whacky. Yahoo's CTO retired. Google bought Panoramio. Ask.com appointed a new senior vice president. News Corp and NBC signd video deal and so did Google's You Tube. Google Checkout works with mobile devices now.

Posted at 4:47 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

Benjamin Pfeiffer of RankSmart.com and the Senior Editor of the Search Engine Roundtable, and co-host of the Search Pulse has come to New York to visit us.

That is a picture of us. Yea, I know, I look bad. But I didn't have time to shave in the past three days. Sad, but true.

What are we doing? Well, we do some business on the side, outside of the blog. So we are discussing those things.

Posted at 10:54 AM | Permalink | Category: Blogging , Buddies , RustyBrick , SEO Tips | Comments (5) (0)

Gold bathtub stolen from Japanese hotel reported at The Age shows how a Japanese Hotel reported a $1.21 million gold bathtub was stolen from their premises.

The Kominato Hotel Mikazuki in Kamogawa was the residence of the 18-karat gold and 80 kilograms gold tub. It was located on the 10th floor of the hotel.

The tub was the main attraction for the hotel. They only opened it up a few hours a day for security reasons.

Now get this. A chain was the only thing preventing someone from stealing it. They did not have a security camera nor more advanced security.

Posted at 10:33 AM | Permalink | Category: Just Weird | Comments (1) (0)

Last night I bought a Whistler Radar Detector from Woot. I always wanted a radar detector.

The last time I got a speeding ticket was my trip to Google NYC - thanks Vanessa (just kidding).

But that ticket set me back over $200. So investing $50 in a radar detector, may be a good idea? I know, it won't help with non-moving violations but can be helpful for the Palisades Parkway.

I know it is not 100% but I'll take any advantage. I also believe they are illegal in the great state of CT?

Feature set for this puppy:
- All Band Protection – detects all radar, laser and safety radar systems including the Safety Warning System.
- Selectable All Band – user can delete one or all of the laser/radar bands.
- 360° Total Perimeter Protection – detects signals wherever they come from – no gaps in your protection.
- VG-2 Cloaking Technology – alerts you to the presence of VG-2 police surveillance.
- NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) – receives all seven (7) of the NWR radio channels to warn you of inclement weather conditions
- Easy-to-Understand Real Voice – keeps you informed and allows you to keep your eyes on the road ahead.
- High Visibility Text Display – provides over 60 easy-to-read messages.
- Vehicle Battery Saver – automatically shuts off your detector if you forget.
- Laser wavelength: 905 +/- 10 nanometers
- Radar frequencies: 10.5 - 10.55 GHz (X-band), 24.05 - 24.25 (K Band), 33.4 - 36 GHz (Ka Superwideband)
- NOAA frequencies: 162.4 - 162.55 MHz

Posted at 10:20 AM | Permalink | Category: Travels | Comments (1) (0)

Some of you already know that RSS has changed my life but to what extent?

Good question.

I do a ton of reading in order to write at the Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Land. A ton. This includes scanning and reading thousands of forum threads each day and thousands of RSS feed items from blogs, news sites and more.

Here is a look at my RSS reading trends provided by Google Reader, my primary RSS reader.

This graph shows you the number of feeds I have read in the past 30 days. Keep in mind, last week, I was offline all of Wednesday and most of Thursday, for a holiday - so I did not read feeds those days.

As you can see, I easily read over a thousand feed items each day. In the past 30 days, not including two days, I have read almost 30,000 items from my ~400 feeds.

This graph shows you that I read most of those feeds between the hours of 8am and 10am. This pretty much goes well with my schedule. I go through forums (I do not use RSS for forums) between 7am and 8am and then do RSS feeds. Forum research is used to blog at Search Engine Roundtable and RSS feeds research is used to blog at Search Engine Land. So then throughout the day I check less often for new feed items. And pretty much midnight through 5am, I do not touch my feeds.

This graph shows you that most new feed items are on Tuesdays, at least for the past 30 days. Interesting... I wonder if this is the norm for the rest of the world.

So let me tag a handful of people to get ideas on their feed reading. Now I need to tag people who use Google Reader, so this may be tricky...

- Matt Cutts
- Nick Baum
- Mike Maddaloni
- If you use Google Reader, please comment and let me know if you post your stats

Update: About a year later, I revisit this post with Have My RSS Reading Habits Changed?

Posted at 10:05 PM | Permalink | Category: Blogging , Daily Grind | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (1) (1)

This is the May 30th 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 May 30th, 2007:

• Google Maps Street View is Live, arteKa
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 29, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Peeking into Google Maps Street Views, Lifespy
• Google Maps Street View goes live, Download Squad
• Google Maps – Streets in 3D: Panaramic Photo goes live, photooo.com
• Google Maps Launches Street View Feature, GoogInsider
• InsideGoogle Video Blog: May 29, 2007, InsideGoogle
• Yahoo and Google Updates, robblack
• Doing Beginning SEO Podcast Tonight, Online Marketing Blog
• Google Street View by RustyBrick, Viral Video Chart
• Latest Tech Buzz, Google Blogger Tips, MathPoints
• Attending SMX Next Week, Karl Ribas.com Blog
• Yahoo and Google Moving Ahead on Three Separate Projects, Seeking Alpha
• Yahoo Europe Launches Panama Search Marketing Platform, Search Engine Land
• Ask.com Billboard Brings Up Unabomber, WebProNews
• Building a successful site from the ground up., Beginning SEO Podcast
• PR не утекает, Serious Revenue
• Recent Google Acquisition Leads to Antitrust Investigation, msdanielle
• Help Save Search Pulse Podcast - Today!, I Am Not a Doctor

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 30th, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 4:49 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

The 32nd pulse is live. Panama went live in Europe. YPN now pays with PayPal. Google launched street views, Microsoft added 3D views and MapQuest added an API. AdSense publishers are not Google employees. Someone die and leave Gmail unattended? AdWords tips. Trademarked names in AdWords? Google in video ad deal with China Mobile. Wikipedia is asking for SEO article help.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Search Pulse 32: Memorial Day, Yahoo! Search Update, Search Share, AdWords, Elis SEW, Ask.com Ads, SEO & More
2. Panama Launches in Europe for Yahoo! Search Marketing Advertisers
3. Yahoo! Publisher Network Adds PayPal Payment Option
4. Mapping Maps: Google Street View, Microsoft Expands 3D Views, & MapQuest Adds API
5. Google AdSense Publishers Are Not Employed By Google
6. Getting Access to Gmail Accounts of the Deceased
7. What is the Most Important Element in Your Google AdWords Campaign?
8. Google Ads Linking to Unaffiliated Individuals Cause Anger

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google In Video Ad Deal With China.com
2. Yahoo Europe Launches Panama Search Marketing Platform
3. Wikipedia Asks For Help Editing The SEO Article

Posted at 4:45 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

Grateful Dead Fan Site Reborn as Social Network from Techcrunch reports that Dead.net, the Grateful Dead fan site, is going to be rehauled to add new social networking elements.

Some of the social features outside a complete redesign and new technology includes:
- Discussion forums
- Upload their own photos
- Bookmark concerts and shows they have attended

Here is a screen capture from Techcrunch, for more, see Techcrunch.

Posted at 10:41 AM | Permalink | Category: Music | Comments (0) (0)

So my friends bought me a sweet Grill - Brinkmann Pro Series 4400 from my wedding present last summer. But now I am banned from using it.

I live in a condominium and there are tons of people who have grills. People grill all the time. But we all got notices that we are in violation of a village code. So we all need to remove our grills.

Here is my grill:

For safety reasons, I understand.

So my plan is to bring it to my parents who are not too far away. They have a nice big deck and I can go there are BBQ if I want. It makes for a good, early, fathers day present. ;-)

Only problem, I need to take it apart so I can fit it in my wife's Jeep. That will have to wait until Sunday but I have crazy day Sunday.

Posted at 9:56 AM | Permalink | Category: Food | Comments (6) (0)

This is the May 29th 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 May 29th, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 28, 2007, Search Engine Land
• What's Your AdSense Income? (Poll), Google Blogoscoped
• Do Google and Dell Install Spyware?, Google Blogoscoped Forum
• Soviel Einnahmen haben Webmaster mit Google Adsense, plexblog
• The Algorithm is a Bust, Threadwatch
• Bank Holiday Links, ViperChill
• This That, John Battelle's Searchblog
• 雅虎英国测试“巴拿马”搜索广告系统, 品味雅虎
• Yahoo! readies Panama for UK launch, E-consultancy.com
• Search Headlines & Links: May 25, 2007, Search Engine Watch Blog
• Yahoo To Launch Panama PPC System In The UK "Soon", Search Engine Land
• The Algorithm Is Offensive, Techcrunch
• What blogs and forums are good resources?, Beginning SEO Podcast
• Google New Street Views Almost Reaches RustyBrick, Techmeme
• Google Deal Said to Bring U.S. Scrutiny, Techmeme
• Bill Slawski Joins Commerce 360, Cre8pc
• Google Maps Street View and Mapplets, Google Blogoscoped
• Yahoo!'s Project Panama sees imminent UK launch, BloggingStocks
• Google Maps lanceert ‘Street View’, EdWords.nl
• Google Maps Street View is Live, Mashable
• The Algorithm Is Offensive, Techmeme

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 29th, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 3:33 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

Ask.com's promotions are causing controversy, which is kind of promotional. Google reincludes sites without a reinclusion request. Google added new video ad formats. Can clicking on your search results increase your rankings? The Federal Trade Commission is looking into Antitrust issues over the Google/DoubleClick deal. Google bought GreenBorder. Yahoo is launching Panama in the UK soon. Google added a face filter to Google Images.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Ask.com "The Algorithm" Promotions: Controversy to Publicity?
2. Does Google Reinclude Banned Sites into Google.com Without Request?
3. Google Adds New Video Ad Formats to AdWords & AdSense
4. Can Clicking on Google Organic Results Influence Rank?
5. Federal Trade Commission Investigates Google-DoubleClick Deal

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Federal Trade Commission Opens Antitrust Investigation Over Google's DoubleClick Deal
2. Google Acquires Security Company, GreenBorder
3. Yahoo To Launch Panama PPC System In The UK "Soon"
4. Google Images Quietly Adds Face Filter

Posted at 3:28 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

Google just launched street views for Google Maps. It is pretty pretty cool.

I tried it in NYC, and they mapped all the streets. Here in Suffern, NY, they didn't do all that much yet. But they did get within a thousand feet or so from my office.

This is a video demonstrating how if you go north on Airmont, and hang a left, my office building is right there. But you can't go north enough to see my office, yet.

Using Street View
In certain locations, you can view and navigate within street-level imagery. Here's how:
- Blue outlines show roads where street view is available.
- This icon shows where you are on the map. The green arrow points in the direction you're looking. You can drag the icon to navigate to a different location. You can also just click on a blue outlined road to go there.
- Drag the street view to look around 360°. Use the arrow buttons to navigate down the street. You can also use the arrow keys on the keyboard.

Cool.

Posted at 12:17 PM | Permalink | Category: RustyBrick | Comments (1) (0)

I have finally installed Akismet to help prevent comment spam on all my blogs, including this one and the Search Engine Roundtable (but other ones as well).

Akismet was originally built for WordPress blogs, but there is an easy way to integrate it with MovableType blogs. So we did that yesterday.

After you install Akismet on the server, you then need to register with WordPress to get an API key. After that, you plug the API key into your plugin area on MT and your set.

Akismet then tells MT if the comment is spam or not. If it is marked as spam, it will give it a score (-1 to -10, you define that). If it is not spam, it will give that a score (+1 to +10, you define that). I set it at + or - 1 right now and may adjust that as I see how it works.

Like I said, Akismet works with MovableType. So if you set preferences, they will work in conjunction. For example a comment was junked because of several reasons including SpamLookup Link Filter noticed the number of links exceed junk limit (4) and assigned it a -1.0. Plus Akismet says it was spam and gave it a -1.0. So the total score was -2.0 and it was junked.

Supposedly, if spam slips through and you mark that comment or trackback as junk or "unjunk", it will send the information to Akismet so it will learn. I.e. a "collaborative effort" which rocks.

Last night only two spam comments slipped through, which is nothing compared to the norm. I paid the fee for the commercial use on a month to month basis.

If all goes well, you won't hear me complaining about comment spam again.

Posted at 11:23 AM | Permalink | Category: Blogging | Comments (2) (0)

For the past few weeks, I have been waking up just a few minutes before my alarm clock buzzes at 5:45am.

I honestly like when I wake up before the alarm clock buzzes away. I hate the sound of that buzz. So if I wake up before, I can turn it off before it buzzes. Plus, it won't annoy the wife, who tends not to hear it anyway.

The main thing, I feel more awake throughout the day, if I wake up before I am forced to open my eyes.

Good morning.

Posted at 9:12 AM | Permalink | Category: Daily Grind | Comments (3) (0)

Yesterday, I drove over the George Washington Bridge to get to Manhattan and there was this huge American Flag.

The picture I took, which was on the way back, did not do justice. It was windy, so you didn't see the flag in full length. It is huge.

Oh, No Taking Pictures on George Washington Bridge, forgot. :-(

Posted at 9:03 AM | Permalink | Category: Travels | Comments (1) (0)

This is the May 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 May 28th, 2007:

• Cshel’s Google Search Activity by Trends, Cshel
• This Week In SEO - 5/25/07, TheVanBlog
• Google Search Activity by Trends, David Dalka
• Heroic Feats of Pay Per Click Management : Is Yahoo!’s New Ad Text Length Policy Hurting Advertisers?, PPC Hero
• links for 2007-05-26, Randy Morin Weblog
• WebVisible Update: Google’s New “Universal Search”, WebVisible Blog
• Measuring ROI Can Be Difficult for SEO, seo2rich.com
• SEO News Weekly Roundup, Charlotte Web Design

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

Posted at 11:46 AM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

No summary for you, just see below. Trying to leave the office early.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Showing an Search Engine Marketing Project Success Before Even Beginning
2. Can You Use Google Analytics on an Adult Site?
3. Microsoft adCenter Representatives Calling Inactive Advertisers
4. Yahoo! Search Marketing Testing Panama Engine in the UK
5. Google Speaks Up on Disabling Arbitrage Accounts
6. Are You Getting Google AdSense Traffic this Memorial Day Weekend?
7. European Union Questions Google's Data Retention Policy
8. Memorial Day Commemorated: Ask.com & Search Engine Roundtable

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Yahoo Testing Linking To Non-Yahoo Properties On Home Page
2. Google & Korea Daum In Content & Ad Partnership Talks
3. YouTube Tests New Video Player

Posted at 11:44 AM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

As you now know, today is my first wedding anniversary. I will be leaving work shortly to spend the rest of the day with the wife.

I wanted to share with you what she got me for an anniversary present. Well, she asked me what I wanted, and I said, a tie rack. I always kept all my ties on hangers, it was a pain to get to ties that were under an other tie. So yesterday, she bought me the ultimate tie rack.

The Sharper Image PowerTie Motorized Tie Rack. This thing either operates on batteries or AC plug. It goes in both directions, and has an emergency, detachable flashlight, if needed. It mounts on all different closet types. I installed in already and my wife put all my ties on, in some logical order that I don't fully appreciate.

So now I can browse through 72 ties in 20 seconds! Except on the Shabbos. :)

Thanks Wife!

Posted at 11:11 AM | Permalink | Category: Family | Comments (2) (0)

A little over a week ago, I posted that it was my Hebrew Anniversary: 1st of Sivan (סִיוָן). Well, today, it is my English anniversary. A year ago today (it was a Sunday), my wife and I got married in St. Louis, MO.

A lot of the history of how I about barry page. But let me revisit some of the past year, at least things I publicly wrote here.

On October 2, 2005, I proposed via Ask Jeeves to my wife. It got lots of buzz and inspired others with ideas on how to propose to their girl friends. On May 25, 2006, I went off to get married, which took place the Sunday after, on May 28, 2006.

The shopping began, returning stuff to stores, yada yada. I expressed my dislike to shopping. I also expressed my appreciation to my friends for the BBQ grill, a sweet wedding present. Another cool gift was the Philips 7FF1AW Digital Photo Frame and I have to thank Matt Cutts for his donation. I also can't believe how much stuff I had to move to get my wife moved in, but it turned out not to be that bad - or was I wrong!

I talked about our great adventure to see one of the world's largest Amoco signs, but does that top my Leaning Tower of Snapple story? Talking about great blog posts, my post on scoleciphobia took off pretty well, ahem...

Anyway, since getting married, I not only traveled for business, I traveled for pleasure. So it started adding up. I blogged about The Traveling Geek and then followed it up with an analytical comparison of Traveling With The Wife Vs. Traveling Without The Wife. Deep, deep thoughts... But sometimes, I was able to convince my wife to join me on business, here is a nice picture of my wife, Danny Sullivan and myself at Google (note: I also visited Google NYC thanks to Vanessa. Once, we saw Jesse Jackson at the airport. But then, my wife thought it would be fun to travel with out me - no fun. I then encouraged my wife to come on business again but she really just wanted to see her friends.

Then came weight issues. I knew I had a serious problem with my addiction towards Super Double Big Gulps, I guess admitting I had a problem was the first step. I then started my new no soda diet, which now means just drink Fresca at home. Oh, apparently, I also have a dressing problem. I think the diet caused my to break out in hives but who knows for sure? I know it wasn't from wearing a wedding ring, because I don't do that.

We even expressed credit card fraud - yes a true sign of a successful marriage is when you get through not having a credit card for a week and still remain married. ;-) But then we almost got Cell Phone 9 Scam but it turned out ok. But all was good, I was able to buy Leopard slippers for my wife. But then I was invited to Hugh Hefner's Vegas Suit in Palms Hotel, which required me to buy a robotic cleaning pet to make sure our home was in order - which is was. But one of our worst traveling days together, turned out to be awesome - which I was too happy about.

Any who... How fitting is it that our first year of marriage, my favorite baseball team loses to her favorite baseball team in the playoffs? I.e. Mets lose to Cardinals and Cardinals won it all, which was great. Even thought it may be considered the most dangerous city in the U.S., I was still proud.

After that, Danny, Chris, myself and others made the move from Search Engine Watch to Search Engine Land.

My wife and I went out our honeymoon on January 7, 2007. Here is the picture of the plane that took us to Israel. We looked at my old soccer field, we visited the kotel, almost got scammed by a woman, then almost died from electrocution, visited a client who has a picture by Bucky Schwartz (no joke), saw Israel in miniature form, went to the zoo, and finally yad vashem. I was happy that Canon fixed our camera as a honeymoon present, thank you Canon!

Since then we have been religiously been going out for Thursday night dinners, I always look forward to them. Even when my car gets stuck in the snow time and time again. But then I realized I need to hire a sidekick so I can free some of my time up - has it helped? Yea, a bit and should help more and more as time goes on. Where will I spend that time? Wife? Well, I did get a new PlayStation 3. Just kidding. I had a birthday, where my wife took me to one of my favorite places to eat, I like simple food.

Well that was our first year together. At least the stuff I blogged about.

Get ready.... Here is some mushy stuff...

In all honesty, people say the first year of marriage is a couple's hardest. I can honestly say, this was the easiest and most enjoyable year of my life.

Posted at 9:48 AM | Permalink | Category: Family | Comments (0) (0)

It has been a while since I posted a great deal. But this is a great deal. A bluetooth headset for $4.99.

How do you get this deal?

(1) Go to at Buy.com (yes my aff link)

(2) Use Google Checkout, you have to be a new Google Checkout user. So I signed up under my personal account, and did it that way.

(3) You get $10 off the $14.99 price. With no tax and free shipping, it comes out to $4.99.

I ordered one for my wife. The reviews are OK, but we will see. $5, can't go wrong.

Posted at 9:40 AM | Permalink | Category: Shopping | Comments (2) (0)

This is the May 25th 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 May 23rd - 25th, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 22, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Google Errors and Tools That I Ran Into Yesterday, Loyalty LM
• Yahoo Autos Caught Cloaking, Digg
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 24, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Top SEO Podcasts, NeO Blog
• Say Goodbye to Google Garbitrage, Searching Beyond the Paid
• Solomon’s Top SEM Blogs | Niche Marketing Blogs Reviewed, Social Media Systems
• I Guess Google Really Hates These Sites Too, PardonMyFrench
• Liveblogging: How do you like it?, Bruceclay.com
• More on Google Universal Search, Once a day SEO
• 3 Tips To Improve Your Blog, TheVanBlog
• Yahoo Search Index Being Updated, Elixir Systems
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 23, 2007, Search Engine Land
• PPC News Roundup - 5/23/2007, PPC Hero
• Google Shutters MFA Accounts, PlagiarismToday
• Search Matters Weekly Search Mélange, Search Matters
• The art of bookmarking, The eOK .network
• Just In: Matt Cutts to record another hit rap song!, Affiliate Pimpin
• UK yahoo panama … Almost ready?.., Seo Home blog
• Latest Tech Buzz, Google Blogger Tips, MathPoints
• Yahoo Autos Condemned For Cloaking, WebProNews
• Search Headlines & Links: May 23, 2007, Search Engine Watch
• Search Headlines & Links: May 24, 2007, Search Engine Watch
• Favorite 5 Search Marketing News Sites, MIMA Blog
• links for 2007-05-24, PardonMyFrench
• This Weeks Must Reads in Search Marketing, Web Analytics Workshop
• Incoming Traffic – Google Image Search, SEM Tutor
• Accidents happen  —  As most of you know, our program policies state …, Techmeme

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 23rd - 25th, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 1:49 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

Here are the paste three days of posts at the Search Engine Roundtable. All posts from Wednesday and Thursday were scheduled ahead of time, except for those by Ben and Kim. I won't summarize them all, just scan below. Then today, I posted three items at Search Engine Land.

Everyone, have a time labor day weekend!

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Search Pulse 31: Universal Search, Microsoft Buys Chris, AdSense MFAs, Google Hot Trends, SEO, Link Bait, & More
2. SEOs Critique Ask.com's New "Algorithm Ads"
3. Are XML Sitemaps Useful for Search Engine Optimization?
4. Getting Users to Bookmark Your Site: Traditional Bookmarking vs. Social Bookmarking
5. Yahoo Search Update Last Night
6. Does Advertising Interfere with Reading Online?
7. How To Capitalize on Google Universal Search
8. Creating a Search Engine Friendly Glossary or Definitions List
9. DMCA Page Removals are Page by Page Basis
10. Should You Attend SES Miami if You Don't Target the Latino Market?
11. Are Social Media Memes Overrated?
12. Search Market Share Update: Google Rises, MSN Falls, Yahoo Hovers
13. Elisabeth Leaves Search Engine Watch For Vacation Rentals
14. Google to Ban Ads for Essay Writing
15. Don't Email Google When you Click on your AdSense Ads by Accident
16. Google Maps Allows You to Avoid Highways
17. Google and Dell Accused of Installing Spyware on Users' PCs
18. Determining the Success of a Pay Per Click Campaign
19. Weekly Search Buzz Roundup - 05/25/07: Google AdSense MFAs, Yahoo Acts Naughty, Google Goes Universal

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. European Union Questions Google's Data Retention Policy
2. Google Registers ClimateSaverPC.com: Signs Of New Google PC Coming?
3. Search In Pictures: Google Recruiter, Google Babies, Grady Booch & New Search Construction

Posted at 1:47 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

If you are signed into Google and you do searches, Google will store your Web History. I only set it to shave my search history, so this is just a sample of that.

Here is the numbers of searches I do by hour (I believe this is based on Eastern Standard Time).

Here are also the number of searches I do by day:

It also shows me my post popular searches by hour or day. 5am, I typically search for "weather" like searches. Around 6am through 10am, I tend to search for content on specific sites (i.e. I am looking for stuff I wrote at SEW or SER or SEL, so I use site: command to find it). Then starting around 11am through 12pm, I search for lunch things, like restaurant names and stuff. Then between 1pm and 5pm, I typically search for more business things and stock quotes, along with site commands. 6pm and onward I am back to weather searches along with the others searches from throughout the day.

This makes for a good tag meme. I'll tag...
- cshel
- Danny
- Stuntdubl
- Aaron Wall

Posted at 12:17 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Grind | Comments (0) (0)

Ben, Chris and I have been doing this podcast named The Pulse for a while now. I think it has been about ten months now and we have completed 31 shows so far, 31!

You can find them all at the search pulse archive.

We are now up for a little poll at Lee's blog.

So please go to http://www.toprankblog.com/2007/05/seo-podcasts/ and vote for "The Pulse." Takes a sec.

Thanks!

Posted at 11:48 AM | Permalink | Category: SEO Tips | Comments (0) (0)

I am a fairly public person, but I do have limits. Wired had a sweet article named The Visible Man: An FBI Target Puts His Whole Life Online.

The article describes how Hasan Elahi was once on the FBI's target list decided to make it easier for the FBI to know what he is doing, at all times. He figured that it would be easier to inform the FBI before he went on a trip, that he will be going on a trip. This way, when he gets to the airport, they know to expect him.

So what is available about this guy? Everything!

Yes, his current live location, his credit card receipts, pictures of all his travels, his breakfast, etc.

Wired said, he has "documented nearly every waking hour of his life during that time."

What I found funny is that Elahi said, "It's really weird watching the government watch me."

Posted at 9:44 AM | Permalink | Category: Just Interesting | Comments (0) (0)

Not only am I swamped and tired from the holiday but I am also extremely fat from it.

Well, I am fat anyway, but more fat now.

Last time I felt this full was my honeymoon where we ate so much for a week, I honestly became sick of food. Well, I don't feel that full, but it reminds me of that.

No picture included.

Posted at 9:34 AM | Permalink | Category: Food | Comments (3) (0)

As many of you know, I was offline for the past two days, completely offline.

I absolutely hate digging out of it.

Right now, I can barely focus. It's like my fingers are drunk and tripping over each other. Not good for a blogger, not good at all.

First thing I do is download emails. Hundreds of emails come in, hundreds. Thousands are blocked for spam reasons, then a couple hundred more are then blocked on my secondary spam filter. Then the real emails. Hundreds of those, hundreds. Most of them I can quickly glance at, and delete or file away. Then there are the ones I can do quick replies to and delete or file away. Then there are the ones I need to wait and respond later (I hate those ones).

Then speak with some RBers to make sure everything went OK the past few days. Delete any voicemails that I don't need to return and move on.

Then the comment spam. I review what I can, delete was is bad. Ben did a great job watching over it when I was gone. So it was not bad. But some slipped through to the other blogs. I then ban some more domains, update some of the filtering, let the spam comments delete and rebuild and continue on.

Then comes the forum administrator stuff, reviewing the spam and posts at my own forum. That goes quickly, since I do very little promotion of that forum. And the mods there simply rock.

Then off to the feeds. Over 2,000 unread feeds. I take a quick breath, mark most of them as read and then review Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Land's caps to get me up to speed. Some feeds I read, based on folders I have set up - so I didn't mark them all as read.

But right now, I am so out of it.

Off to write more...

Posted at 8:47 AM | Permalink | Category: Daily Grind | Comments (1) (0)

This is the May 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 May 22, 2007:

• Google Coop Meets Google Gadgets, Search Engine Land
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 21, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Search Headlines & Links: May 21, 2007, Search Engine Watch
• Weekend Update, Bruceclay.com
• Google Universal Search starts on 16 May: videos, blogs, news, images integrated, onLineMarketing
• Google to Give the Virtual Boot to Arbitrageurs, msdanielle
• Google is shutting down AdSense arbitrageurs, TrendPlex
• Google cierra cuentas de Adsense, The Stromboli Project Blog
• WebVisible Update: Google’s New “Universal Search”, WebVisible Blog
• The Perfect Storm: Google's New SearchMash Test Site, IgniteBLOG
• Google Trends Now Has Hotness, WebProNews
• New Google "Hot Trends" Demonstrates Radio/Web Synergy, Google Watch
• Top 100 Best SEO Blogs 2007 by topseo, Top SEO Blog
• Google Trends Adds Hot Trends, Search Engine Journal
• Google Meme: Hot Trends Added To Google Trends, Techmeme
• Google’s Hot or Not Trends, Pandia
• Google Cracking Down on AdSense Arbitrage, eTail dTail Blog
• Building Link Popularity, SEO Hong Kong

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

Posted at 4:06 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (1) (0)

What is with the "Y", I don't know. People, signing off for the next couple days.

Google Trends released "hot trends," I'll call theme Google Meme. Yahoo Autos was caught cloaking. Google Maps added neighborhood search features. Google messing with bolding AdWords variations. Google and Salesforce might tie the knot. Google shuffles AdWords results around, but people spit out their cookies. Google wants the FCC to allow the auctioning of radio bandwidth. Google disallowed advertising essay writing services. Yahoo is going to be updating their index tonight.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Trends Releases "Hot Trends" Tool
2. Is Yahoo! Autos Cloaking?
3. Google Maps Allows You to Search Your Neighborhood
4. Google AdWords Now Bolding Keyword Variations in Google.com
5. Google in Potential Partnership Talks with Salesforce
6. Google.com Shuffles AdWords Listings: Results Return After Cookies Deleted

Search Engine Land topics:

1. Google Meme: Hot Trends Added To Google Trends
2. Google To FCC: Sell Radio Bandwidth Through Real-Time Auctions
3. Things You Can't Advertise On Google: Guns, Booze & Now Essay Writing
4. Yahoo Search Update Tonight - May 22nd

Posted at 3:59 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

There is this one guy, he or she keeps adding new domains, spamming the heck out of my blogs. I keep blocking domains and even keywords, but he/she always seems to be getting through. So if you own any of these domains, please do not target my blog.

advancepay.biz myadvancepay.com myadvancepay.net myadvancepay.org myadvancepay.info thepaycash.info thepaycash.com thepaycash.org thepaycash.net thepaycash.biz myadvancepay.com forpay.org forpay.com bestforpay.biz forpay.net forpay.biz bestforpay.info bestforpay.com bestforpay.net bestforpay.org bestforpay.biz thepaycash.info thepaycash.biz thepaycash.org thepaycash.com thepaycash.net bestforpay.biz bestforpay.org bestforpay.com bestforpay.net myadvancepay.com forpay.org forpay.com thepaycash.com forpay.net forpay.biz myadvancepay.biz myadvancepay.org myadvancepay.net forpay.biz thepaycash.net thepaycash.org thepaycash.biz thepaycash.com forpay.biz myadvancepay.com myadvancepay.net myadvancepay.org myadvancepay.biz forpay.com thepaycash.com thepaycash.net thepaycash.org thepaycash.biz forpay.net forpay.org bestforpay.info bestforpay.com forpay.org myadvancepay.com myadvancepay.net myadvancepay.org forpay.com forpay.net forpay.info bestforpay.net bestforpay.org bestforpay.biz myadvancepay.com yourforpay.net yourforpay.org yourforpay.com thepaycash.info forpay.biz thepaycash.biz thepaycash.com thepaycash.com bestforpay.info myadvancepay.biz bestforpay.biz yourforpay.com myadvancepay.biz forpay.org thepaycash.com yourforpay.com thepaycash.biz forpay.biz yourforpay.com

Posted at 1:44 PM | Permalink | Category: Blogging | Comments (5) (0)

This is a heads up that the holiday of Shavuot (שבועות) starts tonight and ends late Thursday night. I wont be reachable or blogging those days. Tamar and I do have several posts scheduled to go live at the Search Engine Roundtable tomorrow and the day after, but they won't be live posts. Ben will be managing the blog and deleting any comment spam.

So why am I off? Well, the holiday of Shavuot (שבועות). It is the day we were given the Torah תורה or chumash חוּמָשׁ on Mount Sinai.

Tonight, it is customary for us to stay up all night learning Torah. So that means, no sleep. We stay up until the sun comes out. So technically, I will be up for well over 24 hours straight now. We start morning prayers at around 4:30am, so that we time it so when we say a certain portion of the prayers, we begin it at sunrise.

The rest of the holiday, it is customary to eat dairy meals. Cheesecakes, lasagna, cheese-filled blintzes and more. I personally prefer meat. The synagogues and homes are dressed up with green plants and nice flowers. We read Megillat Ruth (מגילת רות) in syanagogue. And more...

What is with the image above, well a Flickr search on shavuot returned results for that. Why? Well, the image was taken on an Israeli kibbutz (קיבוץ), aka a place where a community goes to live off the land. So what does this have to do with Shavuot? It shows the Bikkurim, giving of the first fruit, which was brought the first day of Shavuot to Bet HaMikdash (בית המקדש) aka Holy Temple.

Some good resources at Wikipedia, Holidays, JewFaq.org and Chabad.org.

Note that I covered a new feature at Google Trends named hot trends. It basically shows the hottest keywords being search on today at Google. Number 36 is the word shavuot - kinda neat!

Posted at 10:39 AM | Permalink | Category: Religion | Comments (2) (0)

Man Sleeps Through Gunshot to the Head from the Chicago Tribune reports a man slept through being shot in the head by a gun.

Michael Lusher apparently is a sound sleeper. A small-caliber bullet struck the 37-year-old Altizer man in the head as he slept Sunday morning, but he didn't realize it until he awoke nearly four hours later and noticed blood coming from his head, said Cpl. R.H. McQuaid of the Cabell County Sheriff's Department.

The bullet travelled through two of the walls in his trailer before striking the man. Supposedly, the bullet lost enough velocity that it did not cause serious damage. Oh, and yea, it also didn't travel fast enough to wake him up.

Supposedly, his mobile home was sprayed will bullets, and only one hit him. The one that hit him, just caused him to bleed.

Lusher came home from a night on the town about an hour before he was shot while lying in bed, McQuaid said.

I wonder what he had to drink that night?

Posted at 10:23 AM | Permalink | Category: Just Weird | Comments (1) (0)

This is the May 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 May 21, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 17, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Yahoo Maps Upgrades -- Too Little, Too Late, Wired
• Google Text Link Ads vs. Text Link Ads, Top seo pro
• Google Pay-Per-Action Screenshots & Tracking, Top seo pro
• What is SEO (Search engine optimization), SBA Web Design Blog
• Гугл без рекламы ;-), Within
• United in hatred? Not so much, it’s something called *community*, Fyre Goddness
• Freedom From Link Color Blue, Cre8pc
• This Week In SEO - 5/18/07, TheVanBlog
• Google Now Done In Much Better CSS, InsideGoogle
• Ну вот, приехали… Универсальный Гугл,  Within
• Should SEOs Care About Wikipedia?, Search Engine Watch
• Charity Link Meme, I've Been Tagged, SearchRank Blog
• Google To Shut Down AdSense Arbitrageurs, Techmeme
• Google To Shut Down AdSense Arbitrageurs, Digg
• End Of Adsense Arbitrage, XenKatana
• La fin des MFA?, Le eMini Blog
• This Week’s Weekly Links of the Week - Week 51, SOME RANDOM DUDE
• Is Adsense Arbitrage Seeing Its Final Days?,  Charlotte Web Design
• Surrealismo pornográfico, Yeray-Muad'Dib blog
• Google is Shutting Down AdWords-to-AdSense Websites (aka Arbitrageurs), Sitening Blog
• links for 2007-05-21, colorfulmoment.com
• Google Targeting AdSense Arbitrage Accounts?, Search Engine Journa;
• Google Cracking Down on AdSense Arbitrage, Search Engine Watch Blog

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

Posted at 1:37 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

Google may be shutting down AdSense arbitrageurs. 301 redirects are a great and cannot be used too much. Yahoo Search Marketing short descriptions are out. Google News allows cloaking, snore. Google Custom Search Engine wont be universal. Google and Saleforce.com may join forces. Yahoo may buy Bebo. Google may launch a phone service in the UK. June is search bug month.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google To Shut Down AdSense Arbitrageurs
2. Can Too Many 301 Redirects Hurt Your SEO Efforts?
3. Did Yahoo! Search Marketing's New Shorter Descriptions Hurt Your Sales?
4. Optimizing Your Videos to be Included in Google.com Web Results
5. How To Allow Google News To Index Your Subscription Only Source?
6. Google Custom Search Engines Will Not Have Universal Results

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Rumor: Google & Salesforce.com To Join Forces Against Microsoft
2. More Rumors: Yahoo After Bebo? Google Launching Phone Service?
3. June To Be "Month of Search Engines Bugs"

Posted at 1:32 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

There is a Charity Link Meme going around. I think I was "tagged" for it three times. David Wallace tagged me, Donna tagged me and AIM Clear taggedme.

So where do I give charity to?

Well, by Jewish law, I have to give at least 10% of my income to charity. Where does that go?

Mostly Jewish organizations. I rather not list them by name. But they consist of local Jewish day schools, yeshivas, synagogues, local food for poor, and many others.

Charity is called Tzedakah (צדקה) in Judaism. Tzedakah is often not the 10%, the 10% is technically not mine, so I am 100%, but I think it is not Tzedakah. The 10% comes from Devarim (דברים) where it says "You shall set aside every year a tenth part of all the yield of your sowing that is brought from the field." It is called Maeser (not sure if I am spelling it right). Here is another good resource on Jewish charity.

There is another Jewish law that you cannot give more than you can afford to give. So even though it is a great thing to give lots of Tzedakah, if you will give more than you can afford it is a bad thing. You need to support your family and you need to support yourself.

Ill Tag:

- Patrick Gavin at Link Building Blog
- Judah Gutwein at Bling Bling Blog
- Jeremy at ShoeMoney
- Chris Boggs at his blog
- Tamar Weinberg at Techipedia

Posted at 12:29 PM | Permalink | Category: Religion | Comments (0) (0)

Tamar Weinberg has been working here for a while now and it due to the nature of her job, she will need some business cards. Thing is, she has a wide range of responsibilities and we can't come up with a title.

Most of our business cards do not have titles on them. But Tamar seems to want a title. We thought about sidekick as a title, but that seemed kinda ridiculous.

I personally do not have a title on my card. We used to give our programmers cards, but they never used them. So we decided to stop printing them. Programmers, if you want cards, let me know.

But Tamar will be going to conferences, networking, doing all the things a social marketer does.

So we can go titleless or we can give her a title. Just need ideas...

What does Tamar do? She helps me with my job. She blogs, she social networks, she helps with client relations, she does research, content writing, offers Ronnie advice on server stuff, makes sure sites are search friendly and more social networking stuff and blogging.

Here is a poll, feel free to add:

Would love to get some comments with title suggestions...

Update: Just want to note, Tamar does have a title for the Search Engine Roundtable as Assistant Editor but that would not be the same title for her RustyBrick work.

Posted at 11:00 AM | Permalink | Category: RustyBrick | Comments (5) (0)

The initiation of the RustyBrick Cyber Athlete Match Up was on Friday, May 11th.

We started with the xBox 360, played a war game, and most of us were destroyed but one RustyBricker. It happened to be the one who owned that xBox. So I thought, maybe it was rigged. I brought my PlayStation 3 in this past Friday, May 18th. Biy was I wrong. The same RustyBricker who dominated last week, on his own xbox, beat us all on the PS3.

So now it gets competitive. He had to leave early. We had time to practice. I won some, another bricker one some. Next week, we go after the one who kills us all. Keep in mind, we play shooter games mostly.

We are thinking of doing a real competition with a trophey at the end of the season (whenever that is). I found this fitting trophy for the winner.

Want to see us in action? Here it is:

Honestly, I enjoy this stuff. Plus I think it is good for the company. 1 hour break, per week, to end the week, builds company unity - gotta be something to that. Now I just need to get some of the other guys to play.

Posted at 9:50 AM | Permalink | Category: RustyBrick | Comments (4) (0)

Today is the first Hebrew anniversary for my wife and I. The Hebrew day is the 1st of Sivan (סִיוָן), also known as Rosh Chodesh (1st of the month) Sivan. We got married a year ago today, which was May 28th (a week and two days) from now in the English Calendar.

More about our wedding at the about barry page.

My wife and I really don't celebrate this anniversary but it is easy to remember, since it is on Rosh Chodesh. But we will celebrate, some how, our english anniversary.

It has been a good good year.

Good weekend all.

Posted at 7:16 PM | Permalink | Category: Family | Comments (2) (0)

This is the May 18th 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 May 18, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 17, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Google Universal Search: Rendering #1 Useless Since 2007, Search Engine Lowdown
• Stereotyping “Free” Tools, SEO Hong Kong
• Microsoft Wants Integrated Search Pages, Too, Wired Blogs
• links for 2007-05-18, KB Cafe
• Google, MySpace and WebSideStory, Rich Page Ramblings
• Microsoft to Acquire aQuantive, Inc. (Microsoft), Techmeme
• Things I Wish I Would Be More Serious About, ECE-WEB Marketing Incites

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 18, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 3:30 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

Google fixed the problems with the query stats. YPN can terminate you anytime they like. Yahoo deleted old Overture data? Google added Google Reps to forums. AdSense gave us insight into proxies. IP addresses and SEO. No, you can't encourage clicks on AdSense charity ads. Microsoft acquired AvenueA/Razorfish's aQuantive. Google Videos in search include third party video sources. Click fraud is at 10 to 15%, says Fair Issac. Taylor Swift is featured in Search in Pics. Google may buy FeedBurner!

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Query Stats Working Again at Google Webmaster Central
2. How Can Yahoo! Publisher Network Terminate My Account?
3. Yahoo! Search Marketing Delete Old Overture Data?
4. Google Adds Bergy, Wysz & Pat To Google Webmaster Help Forums
5. Google AdSense Speaks Up on Proxy Sites
6. How Important is the IP Address for SEO?
7. Google AdSense Team: It's Not Okay to Encourage Clicking of Ads for Charity
8. Microsoft Acquires Ad Company aQuantive for $6 Billion

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Video Hits Google Universal Search & Google Video Now Live With Meta Search?
2. Billable Click Fraud Is 10% to 15%, Says Fair Isaac
3. Search In Pictures: Taylor Swift, Nooglers, & Deepak Chopra
4. Rumor: Google To Buy Feed Analytics Company FeedBurner For $100 Million

Posted at 3:19 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

The software I use to power all my blogs is MovableType. They have a pretty good system for blocking junk comments. What are junk comments or comment spam? Well, they people trying to place links to their sites to generate traffic or link popularity to boost their search rank.

So for years, I have left the "junk" comments in the backend and never deleted them.

Last night, I removed 300,000 junked comments.

This has tremendously improved the speed of the Movable Type backend.

The thing is, the junk comments fills up quickly. I get hundreds of blocked comments per hour. It is constantly filling up, so from now on, I will continue to delete the junked comments.

Posted at 10:33 AM | Permalink | Category: Blogging | Comments (0) (0)

My brother-in-law ripped out a Dilbert for me the other day and I thought it would be funny to share with data and analytics people. It is from May 17th.

Some may enjoy it, other's won't. Sorry, if you don't.

Posted at 10:29 AM | Permalink | Category: Just Funny | Comments (1) (0)

I am a big fan of the Logitech VX revolutions mouse, as I said here and here.

My only one issue is that it is kinda smaller, since it is made for mobile computers.

My brother purchased the MX version, which is the full size and it rocks. So I have been waiting for a good deal, and today is that day.

DealNews has the deal:

newegg.com offers the Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse, model no. 931689-0403, for $79.99. This $40 mail-in rebate and coupon code "EMC517FLOGI" (for $5 off) cut it to $34.99. With free shipping, that's the lowest total price we've seen.

I purchased it from NewEgg.com just an hour ago. Not sure what I will do with this mouse now. :)

Posted at 10:21 AM | Permalink | Category: Computers , Shopping | Comments (0) (0)

This is the May 17th 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 May 17, 2007:

• SEOs for Charity Link Meme, SEOscoop
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 16, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Ad Free Google, Stephen's Lighthouse
• Social Digg Media Digg is Digg not Digg just Digg one Digg Website, SEOish.com
• Charity Link Meme, SEO Refugee Blog
• Search Matters Weekly Search Hotness, Search Matters Search Marketing Blog
• Newbie Tips and Tricks: PPC and Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Fortune Cookies
• Google 2.0: Google Universal Search, Techmeme
• Google Adds Mobile Ad Preview, WebProNews
• New Google page menus?, BlogSat
• Universal search: The best answer is still the best answer, Techmeme
• Google Trialling New Way to Display Local Results within Web Search, The Praized Blog
• Google, SEO PHP blog
• Google’s New Universal Search, WOLF21
• Resultaten in google, Zoekmachines

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 17, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 4:49 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (1) (0)

You can preview your Google mobile ads. I lunched the Search Engine Roundtable's tag cloud. Google launched universal search. Do you rank well in Yahoo but not Google? How is anchor text stemmed? Google is now using CSS elements. Google Webmaster Central query stats froze in time. Yahoo UK has gone fishing. Imagine is Live Search's test bed. YouTube to co-sponsor the Democratic debate. Google Korea forcing age verification for select adult keyword searches. Natalie Portman is top search term for Star Wars, according to Lycos.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Offers AdWords Advertisers a Preview Tool for Mobile Google Ads
2. New Tag Cloud at Search Engine Roundtable: Should Tag Clouds be Blocked from Search Engines?
3. Google Revamps Search Results Landscape with Universal Search
4. Pages Ranking Poorly in Yahoo Search But Well in Google?
5. Does Google Split or Stem Anchor Text?
6. Google.com Recoded Using CSS
7. Google Webmaster Tools Query Statistics Frozen
8. Yahoo Search UK Not Showing Search Results?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Imagine Live Search - Microsoft's Test Site Launches
2. Democratic Debate To Be Co-Sponsored By YouTube
3. Searching For An Adult Topic? You'll Have To Prove Your Age To Google Korea
4. "Natalie Portman" Most Searched For Star Wars Term

Posted at 4:25 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

Sad but true. I was looking at my stats for this blog and noticed it was dominated by pornography keywords. Here they are in order of most traffic:

• cartoon porn
• comcast plays porn instead of cartoon on disney channel
• porn cartoon
• disney porn movies
• porn cartoons
• porn
• cartoon porno
• pornographic pictures
• porn disney
• porno cartoon
• disney cartoon porn
• disney porn
• disney porno
• disney cartoon sex
• porno disney
• cartoon porn

Kinda sad, but supposedly, I should be making lots of money if I rank well for these keywords. I made $17.21 with Google AdSense on this blog over the past 7 days. So I guess I need better ways to monetize it? Kidding.

Seriously, why am I ranking so well for these keywords?

Remember my post named Comcast Plays Porn Instead of Cartoon on Disney Channel which now has over a 100 comments? It was on the front page of Digg for a long time and has almost 3,000 diggs now. So because of all the comment, the recency of the post and the links pointing to the blog post (mostly because of the visibility of the post from Digg), I rank well for these keywords.

No, I won't be monetizing them more than AdSense.

Posted at 3:46 PM | Permalink | Category: SEO Tips | Comments (4) (0)

I took the elevator down to the lobby when I went to my afternoon meeting. I noticed a blotch of ink on the first floor elevator button.

Of course, I snapped a picture on my Treo.

Why? To warn you. Before pressing a button in an elevator, make sure there is no ink on that button.

Did I get inked? Nope, I hit the side of the button. Lucky me.

Posted at 3:39 PM | Permalink | Category: Just Weird | Comments (5) (0)

Nathan Weinberg was complaining his CPU spiked to 147 degrees fahrenheit. Come on! That is not hot.

On average my CPU is at about 160 degrees. MacBook Pros are made to run hot.

If my CPUs were in your laptop, your case would melt.

Actually, I keep my laptop on a coolpad which helps it say at the coolest possible temperature. By keeping it elevated, air circulates around the machine and flows through.

How do I know how hot my Mac is?

I use a Mac Widget named iStat Pro from iSlayer.com which shows you not just temperature, but tons of other details on:

• CPUs (up to 8 cores)
• memory
• hard drives
• IP and external IP
• bandwidth
• battery
• wireless keyboard
• mouse battery
• uptime
• temperatures
• fans

To name a few. So Nathan, you keep your laptop in the freezer. I'll blog a bit more. ;-)

Posted at 12:18 PM | Permalink | Category: Apple Macs , Computers | Comments (4) (0)

This is the May 16th 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 May 16, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 15, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Matt Cutts says paid directory links are fine, SEOptimise
• Mother’s Day Google Doodle and other logos, InsideGoogle
• Google Search ohne Ads, document.write("Markus Tressl")
• Search Engines and Mother’s Day, Think Search Engines //
• Search Headlines & Links: May 15, 2007, Search Engine Watch Blog
• My First #1 Google Ranking - Blog Meme, SEOptimise
• Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - Meta-Google, KB Cafe
• Matt Cutts Identifies Which Directories Will Get You Penalized, Netpaths
• Microsoft To Offer adCenter Accreditation, Search Engine Land
• Google Local onebox, Google Inside
• Google Audio Ads given to more users, Googling Google
• Google Launches Audio Ads to the Masses: Step by Step Screen Captures (Rustybrick/Search Engine Roundtable), Techmeme
• How Deep is your Brand?, VisInsights
• Wie gelingt B2B-Kommunikation?, Das B2B-Marketing-Blog
• Google Bomb Removal Is Done By Specific, Seperate Algorithm, InsideGoogle
• Google 2.0: Google Universal Search, Search Engine Land

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 16, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 4:48 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

We have successfully - I guess you can say that - completed our 30th edition of the pulse podcast. Digg Digest is out. Is there such think as ethical linkbait? When will Microsoft bring the link command back? Small stuff SEO is where it is at. Google Custom Search Engine. June search conferences coming. Google 2.0 is out! Court reverses Google porn thumbnail pictures ruling. You can preview Google Mobile ads. Yahoo has a new mission statement. Google added Lausanne to book search. Microsoft stopped start.com and started Search Club.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Search Pulse 30: Mothers Day, Google One Box, Google Relations, Penalties, Fake Bans, AdWords & More
2. Digg Digest - 5/16/07: Stephen Colbert is not Great, Mobile Feed Readers, and Your Name Should Google Well
3. Ethical Linkbait: When Have You Crossed the Line?
4. Microsoft Live Search Link Command Still Offline
5. Should You Focus on the "Small Stuff" in SEO?
6. Microsoft adCenter To Launch Accreditation Program
7. Why I Like The Google Co-op Custom Search Engine
8. June Search Conference Update: SMX Seattle, SES Toronto & SES Latino

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Experimental: Opt-In To Google User Interface Experiments
2. Court Reverses Copyright Ruling Against Google Over Google Image Thumbnails
3. Preview Google AdWords Mobile Ads
4. Google's Got A New Tag Line? OK, Yahoo's Got A New Mission Statement
5. Microsoft To Offer adCenter Accreditation
6. Princeton University, University of Texas & University of Lausanne Join Google Book Project
7. Microsoft Launches Live Search Club While Closing Start.com
We have successfully - I guess you can say that - completed our 30th edition of the pulse podcast. Dig Digest is out. Is there such think as ethical link bait? When will Microsoft bring the link command back? Small stuff SEO is where it is at. Google Custom Search Engine. June search conferences coming. Google 2 point Oh is out! Court reverses Google porn thumbnail pictures ruling. You can preview Google Mobile ads. Yahoo has a new mission statement. Google added Lausanne to book search. Microsoft stopped start.com and started Search Club.

Posted at 4:41 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

I turn around and look outside the window and everything is dark, like it is night time. The trees are blowing, like I have never seen them blow. The rain, lightening and thunder is coming down like I can not remember. Bam! The electricity goes out for a second. Backup worked, server is fine.

But the weather continued like that for five minutes or so. Now the sky seems clear. But wow.

A Tornado watch in Rockland County, New York! When do we every have tornados? We are not in the mid-west here. This is the east coast. The worst we get is bad snow.

ALERT 3 - Tornado Watch
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6:00PM EDT
Issued: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:03 PM EDT
Expires: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 6:00 PM EDT

Anyway, things seem to have calmed down. Too bad Twister didn't come here to film.

BTW, check out their dumb site at http://movies.warnerbros.com/twister/.

Posted at 3:46 PM | Permalink | Category: Weather | Comments (7) (0)

Friends, Family, and non SEO's - you should read this as well...

Google will never be the same.

As many of you know, Google is not just a web search engine. You use Google to find web pages, but you also use it to find a local pizza store, to find a phone number, to get driving directions, stock prices, images, and so on.

Danny Sullivan wrote back in 2003 while at Search Engine Watch Searching With Invisible Tabs to demonstrate how the "tabs" you see at the top of the search box at Google, will have to eventually go away. Today, is that day.

Here is the image Danny used to convey the message that the tabs must go away:

Yes, the tabs over run us.

Today, Google 2.0: Google Universal Search from Danny at Search Engine Land describes how Google is finally taking a full invisible tab approach.

Do a search for something local, like new york dental school and you will get local results right in place of the organic search results. Here is a screen capture:

You see, the local map in the middle. That is what I am talking about. Also note, the top "tab" links include web, images, news, maps and more - well those are being moved more out of the way also. Danny has examples here of that.

So people, this is the new Google. As a searcher, it will impact your daily searches. For an SEO, well - I'll quote Danny.

The skilled search engine marketer's most important asset is understanding how search engines get various types of listings, then helping their clients enter the appropriate databases.

~ Danny

Posted at 2:40 PM | Permalink | Category: SEO Tips | Comments (0) (0)

The new Google Analytics is out and I was playing around with the charts the other day - sweet stuff. So I decided to compare the Search Engine Roundtable visitors. I thought it would be cute to profile New Yorkers versus Israelis.

Here is a map overlay of the state of New York. The larger the orange bubble, the more people in that area visit the site. New York City is where most my readers are, if they are based in NY State, but as you can see, I have three Suffern readers (one myself, curious who else are out there).

Here is a map overlay of the state of Israel. The larger the orange bubble, the more people in that area visit the site. Petah Tiqwa, Rosh Haayin, Tel Aviv and Haifa are the most dense for me. Jerusalem is the bubble on the right middle portion, pretty small.

But what I found most interesting is how Israel's love Windows and hate Macs.

New York Readers: 81% use Windows and 16% use Mac.

Israeli Readers: 96% use Windows and 1.7% use Mac.

Don't Israeli's know that Apple Macintosh computers are far superior than PC's running Windows? ;-)

Of course, this is a gross misuse of statistics and we all know there are much better studies out there. But I thought it was fun anyway.

Oh, Google, I know you are reading:

Thanks!

Next month, I will be comparing Search Engine Roundtable to Cartoon Barry readers. Should be fun.

Posted at 1:59 PM | Permalink | Category: Blogging , Computers | Comments (3) (0)

Kevin Gibbons tagged me asking me, what was the first keyword phrase I was able to get a number one listing in Google for.

Great question.

Honest answer: I have no idea. No clue. I wish I do. I just don't remember. I am sorry. :)

I suspect I always ranked with for rustybrick in Google. Although at times, Yahoo did not rank me well for rustybrick.

Sorry to disappoint.

Also, I won't tag anyone else, since I could not answer the tag properly.

Posted at 12:14 PM | Permalink | Category: SEO Tips | Comments (1) (0)

This is the May 15th 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 May 15, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 14, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Pat Tells All: Blatantly Baiting Barry Schwartz, SEOish.com
• More Google Blog links, Vinabuzz
• Digg is Sending Lowest Referral Traffic in 1.5 Years, SEOmoz
• Did I really ask for this ?, SEO Home
• Search Headlines & Links: May 14, 2007, Search Engine Watch Blog
• Google Audio Ads Now Live in AdWords, Search Engine Journal
• Google AdWords - Audio Ads, Gulp
• Working the Media, Yahoo! Publisher Network
• Google Audio Ads See Broad Release, Search Engine Watch Blog
• Introducing Dean Martin to the Staff, ViperChill
• Marketing Pilgrim announces contest fab five finalists, SEM Training & Certification

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 15, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

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

I wrote some tips on how to migrate an AdWords campaign to a third party company to manage. Google launched audio ads to the masses. There are ways to search Google in an ad free way. Publishers are upset with the new AdSense login authentication. Matt Cutts told us which directories are good. Yahoo expanded email capacity to unlimited globally. Yahoo filled the CFO position with Blake Jorgensen. Ask.com is set to spend $100 million this year.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Handing Over the Keys to Your Google AdWords Account
2. Google Launches Audio Ads to the Masses: Step by Step Screen Captures
3. Ad Free Google: Search Google Without Ads
4. Webmasters Frustrated Over Forced Upgrade of AdSense Accounts to Google Accounts
5. Matt Cutts Tells Us Which Web Directories Can Impact Your Search Rankings

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Yahoo Expands Unlimited Email Offer Globally
2. Ask.com: The $100 Million Brand
3. Yahoo Fills CFO Position With Blake Jorgensen

Posted at 3:38 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

Remember my post on Why I Blog? The main reason was to potentially help people. Well, I think I may have helped one person.

Patrick Sexton (aka feedthebot) has wrote a touchy story about how he became an SEO.

He describes how he had no money except for $20 from selling "paintings on the street" earlier in the day. He then took that $20 and put it into a "video poker machine," where he won $750. That night he flew to Honolulu where he burned through the rest of his money while staying in Waikiki.

In Waikiki he had a few days left for his room at the hostel he was staying at and spotted a "sign that said that you could work for a few hours a week instead of paying rent." So he did that.

In the hostel was a computer, which he used frequently during his stay. He spent a lot of time there learning about making web sites and how search engines work. Here is the kicker for me..

Okay, I wasn’t even aware of the term SEO yet, but by goly, I had an honest to goodness website to play with now. I began researching SEO heavily, very very heavily. The first thing I did was read every page of Barry’s RustyBrick.com . My first two memories of SEO were his tool page and an image that showed the inter-relationship of search engines that I am not sure if it was on his site or not, but I remember that image.

That was my first SEO research which led to me discovering an enormous amount of resources that were out there. The website of the hostel was eventually redesigned and has enjoyed top ranking for years, and I made some good money out of it. That was my first SEO “job”

So Barry, thanks and I look forward to meeting you and saying hello at SMX.

A true touching story. Thank you Pat, thank you for sharing that with me.

Truly made my day.

And I hope to see you at SMX as well!

Posted at 10:05 AM | Permalink | Category: Blogging , Buddies , SEO Tips | Comments (1) (0)

Internet could help encourage exercise from Reuters reports that Internet users actually do exercise during the week!

Researchers found that Internet-based exercise programs worked as well as printed advice in getting sedentary adults to take up regular physical activity. One year into the study, the Internet users were getting 80 to 90 minutes of exercise each week.

Ground breaking!

The study was of "249 sedentary adults who were randomly assigned to one of three groups."

Let's see, I am a heavy Internet user and I play basketball on average 200 to 300 minutes per week. Sometimes I walk, but not often. Sunday, I played a bit of Tennis.

Reminds me of the Geek A Cycle...

Posted at 9:53 AM | Permalink | Category: Just Interesting | Comments (0) (0)

I use Digg every now and then, supposedly mostly when I spam them, in any event...

This post will make me look dumb, but I figure if I couldn't easily figure it out, others may have not either.

Some how, some reason, I had the Technology section set as my home page for Digg.com. It bothered me that the main page was not the generic news section which is inclusive of all sections.

I went to my preferences and there was no option there to set your home page. So I gave up.

Then yesterday, I saw a little link on one of the inner sections named "Set Topic as Digg Home." Whoo hoo! That is what I wanted, so now the news section is my Digg home page again.

Here is a screen capture of the location of that link.

Simple, staring me in my face almost every day, but still, I didn't see it.

Posted at 9:41 AM | Permalink | Category: Blogging , Daily Grind | Comments (0) (0)

This is the May 14th 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 May 14, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 11, 2007, Search Engine Land
• ¿Por qué Google no ha penalizado al sitio web de Volkswagen por utilizar ‘texto oculto’?, Jubeo News
• Spreading the Link Love, ViperChill
• This Week In SEO - 5/11/07, TheVanBlog
• If you are a SEO you have to read all of this, Browse8.com Directory
• Click Away,  Charlotte Web Design
• Search Headlines & Links: May 11, 2007, Search Engine Watch Blog
• Google's 950 Penalty - Part 9, WebmasterWorld
• Matt Cutts on -950, Google Groups
• Avoid the PPC Ramp Up Money Pit, PPC Tips and Tricks, aimClearBlog
• Heroic Feats of Pay Per Click Management : Peeling Back The Layers of Google’s Pay-Per-Action Beta Test, PPC Hero

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 14, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 4:22 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

Yesterday was Mother's Day. I talked about launching an SEO friendly site. Google's bomb algorithm is not frequent. Yahoo Japan goes image Flash happy. Microsoft adCenter turns off conversion tracking for some. Matt Cutts talks about the minus 950 penalty. Sergey Brin gets married. American Blind vs. AdWords lawsuit continues. YouTube test inline ads. Matt Cutts revisits paid links. Google game ads worry privacy advocates.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Ask.com's Bold Mothers Day Logo, Google.com & Yahoo Go Simple & As The Search Engine Roundtable
2. A Drop in Traffic After Relaunching a SEO Friendly Version of a Site
3. Google's Google Bomb Algorithm Is Not a Live Algorithm
4. Yahoo! Japan Image Search Has Flash Preview Player
5. Microsoft adCenter Conversion Tracking Turned Off Automatically
6. Matt Cutts of Google Comments on "-950 Penalty" as "Over Optimization Penalty"
7. Sergey Brin of Google and Gary Price of Ask.com Get Married
8. Google AdWords American Blind Lawsuit Update: Jury Selection in November

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. First Signs Of YouTube Inline Ads
2. Matt Cutts Revisits Google Rankings & Paid Links
3. Google Game Ads Patent Sets Off Privacy Debate

Posted at 4:18 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

I just downloaded TextExpander from Smile on my Mac and I am now testing it live.

I often type the same things over and over again. Such as code to quote people. Here is an example of me showing you how blockquote works.

TextExpander saves you countless keystrokes with customized abbreviations for your frequently-used text strings and images.

With the Search Engine Roundtable I often type the same things, such as using phrases like "Forum discussion at" and then hyperlink to a forum such as Cre8asite Forums or DigitalPoint Forums or Search Engine Watch Forums or WebmasterWorld. So this should speed things up.

There are dozens of keystrokes I can automate. This is my first real test. The time is 2:32 PM.

Here is the video how I typed this entry.

As you can see, I was a bit distracted while typing away. But from this, you can see how I actually blog, well - blog while knowing people are watching over my shoulder.

Posted at 2:48 PM | Permalink | Category: Blogging , Computers | Comments (5) (0)

Since I am in a history mood, I thought I share my past email signatures. I decided to publish my email and phone numbers here, but please do not spam me, please. :)

The first email signature I was able to find in my archives was this one from 1999.

Simple and no phone number on this one.

I then added a phone number to my email signature some time in early 2000 or late 1999. Then we had a 914 area code, until Westchester County stole it from Rockland County.

In late 2000, I changed it to the 845 area code.

Then sometime in 2002 we moved to a new office, in Suffern, NY. So we needed a new number.

My signature remained like that until a couple months ago. But this is what my signature looks like now.

I pretty much added the Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Land stuff to the signature file.

In fact, my Treo email signature still does not have the Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Land stuff on it.

I actually experimented with this colorful signature for a couple days and then gave up on it.

It was too much.

So why did it take me so long to add Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Land? Well, to be honest, the bulk of my email responses have nothing to do with the Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Land stuff. The majority of my emails at RustyBrick related, so I didn't want to confuse those folks.

Even today, the bulk of my emails at RustyBrick related. But when I switched to Apple Mail and finally got around to messing around with email signatures, I thought graying out the Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Land parts was a good alternative.

I can, of course, make different signature files for different responses. But that takes too much time, I rather just use a default. So this is my current default now.

Damn, I can blog about anything...

Posted at 11:03 AM | Permalink | Category: Daily Grind | Comments (5) (0)

Yesterday, I happened to stumble upon news that the USPS first class stamp rate was being increased from $0.39 to $0.41.

I thought to myself, didn't they just increase the rates almost a year ago. So then I went looking and found a great site that tracks the The History of Postage Rates in the United States. In fact, they changed the rate from 37 cents to 39 cents on January 8, 2006, about 486 days ago. On average, they change the rate every 1,534 days. If you start tracking rate changes from 1958, the average time they change the rate is every 975 days, which is about every two and a half years.

The increase from 39 cents to 41 cents is 5.13%, the average increase in stamp prices since 1917 throughout today is 14.54%, but in the past ten years or so the average increase is 5.10%. The increase from 1917 to today is now at 1,266.67%.

Here is chart showing the increase from 1917 throughout today:

The average dollar change since 1917 is 1.81 cents.

But in reality, prices have gone down. What would cost $0.03 in 1917 would now cost $0.54 in 2006. So since our stamp price is $0.41, we are actually making out here.

I estimate, the next price increase will be around January 13, 2010. I hope not sooner!

Posted at 10:36 AM | Permalink | Category: Just Interesting | Comments (8) (0)

Typically, RustyBrick is seriously all work and no play. We are hoping to change that by starting the RustyBrick the RustyBrick Cyber Athlete Match Up.

It is completely unofficial right now, but watch out, we may make it serious. And if we do, watch out Cyberathlete Professional League, because us brickers will come and get you.

Today, we will be testing the waters with xBox 360. We will set up the conference room at around 4pm today and then beat on each other via game console. We hope to configure the project to work with the game systems, should be fun.

Since we plan on doing this every Friday, at about 4pm, until whenever - we plan on bringing in different game units.

Jimmy, a RBer, has both an xBox 360 and Wii. I have a PlayStation 3. So this week we play xBox and next week we play PlayStation.

Should be fun.

Posted at 3:21 PM | Permalink | Category: RustyBrick | Comments (2) (0)

Here are my three favorite images from this week's Search in Pictures column I wrote at Search Engine Land.

A 404 page on a web site, means page not found. For Yahoo! to put an ad near the 404 line on a baseball field, is not too bright, but yet pretty funny.

Does this top Yahoo!'s ad? Maybe... This is a promotion in disguise by Ask.com. Where is the ad found? By a urinal.

What is so funny about a snail? Nothing much. But Laura Lippay of Yahoo! took a picture of it and wrote, "these litle guys are always hanging out by the door to greet the early arrivers." Now, that is something I would blog about!

Posted at 3:11 PM | Permalink | Category: SEO Tips | Comments (0) (0)

This is the May 11th 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 May 11, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 10, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Beware of Fake Google Emails Warning About Site Penalty, Digg
• New Meme: Things I wish I could be more serious about, SEO Igloo Blog
• Paid Links and the Effect on Google, SEO Buzz Blog
• seriously, Vanessa Fox
• Google Stops Sending Penalty Notification Emails Due To Fake Warnings, Search Engine Land
• Search Headlines & Links: May 10, 2007, Search Engine Watch Blog
• Mobile Screen Capture and Mobile RSS Readers, David Dalka

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 11, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 3:07 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

Yahoo is going short on ad descriptions. The AdSense implementation on AskBaby.com rocks. AdSense locations are being reviewed. Does rotating content on pages hurt SEO. How popular is you domain? The Buzz is out. Thailand drops charges. Google to censor still. Court OKs Googling. Politicians are not SEOs. Google cancels penalty warning emails. Microsoft to experiment with interactive search ads. And Search in Pictures is out.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Short Descriptions Coming To Yahoo! Search Marketing Wednesday
2. Colorful Implementation of Google AdSense on AskBaby.com
3. Google Explains What AdSense Ad Locations Are Acceptable
4. Does Rotating Content Hurt Your Search Engine Rankings?
5. Google AdWords Negative Suggestion Tool: Useful? Visible?
6. How Popular is Your Domain?
7. Weekly Search Buzz Roundup - 5/11/07: Google Analytics, Webmaster Relations & Microsoft with Yahoo

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Thailand Changes Mind, Won't Sue Google Over Insulting King
2. Google To Continue To Censor Results, Shareholders Agree
3. Court Says It's OK To 'Google' Your Employees
4. Google Stops Sending Penalty Notification Emails Due To Fake Warnings
5. Political Candidates Need Serious SEO Help
6. Microsoft Thinking Of Testing Mouse Over Image Ads In Live.com Search Results
7. Search In Pictures: Mazel Tov Gary, Psychedelic Google, Taylor Hicks At Yahoo

Posted at 3:03 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

The summer is basically here and that means a ton of summer music tours. I used to go to concerts all the time but the last one I was at was Jimmy Buffett at Madison Square Garden, which was a cool concert.

In any event, some of the concerts I have been to in the past include (some several times):

- Neil Young
- Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
- Jimmy Page with Black Crows
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Rush
- Dave Matthews
- Phish
- Jimmy Buffett
- Tom Petty
- Jethro Tull
- Eric Clapton
- Steve Miller Band
- others (cant think of right now, including festivals)

So like I said, the summer is here and concerts come with it. Here are some of the concerts, I want to see (some I did not list because I can't to them).

- Allman Brothers on Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at PNC Arts Center. Update: I will miss this one due to a conference, err.

- Meat Loaf on Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at PNC Arts Center.

- Rush on Sun, Jul 8, 2007 at PNC Arts Center.

- Jimmy Buffett on Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at Madison Square Garden again.

I would love to see Bob Dylan but the dates don't work out too well.

So those are them, I would have liked to see more, but maybe I missing something and not finding the concerts I would like to go to.

How about you?

Posted at 10:23 AM | Permalink | Category: Music | Comments (4) (0)

This is the May 10th 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 May 10, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 9, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Making Clients as Link Partners a Good Idea?, SEO Hong Kong
• AdSense Publishers Want To Ban With Wildcards, InsideGoogle
• I Wish I Was More Serious About Not Being Serious, Cre8PC
• The Pursuit Of Happyness, ShoeMoney
• Tamar is Finding Signals Amongst the Noise, Small Business SEM
• *in order of pr!* List of forums that allow signature links, webjedis.com
• It’s always gotta be me, iHaochi
• links for 2007-05-10, InsideGoogle
• Search Headlines & Links: May 9, 2007, Search Engine Watch Blog
• Entfernung Ihrer Webseite www.domain.tld aus dem Google Index - Google Search Quality Team - DONOTREPLY@gmail.com, BOT-TRAP
• German spammers banning all domains out there, Sebastian's Pamphlets
• Eyetracking My Love For Ketchup, Internet Marketing Blog

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 10, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 4:29 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

Rumors that Yahoo is working on a new keyword tool, I honestly doubt it. Is there anyway to get reinstated after an AdWords ban? Fake German Google emails warning of bans are being sent out. Microsoft's Bill Gates is going to focus on search. We covered a thread on when moderators of forums go bad. Adam Lasnik of Google responded once more to webmaster communication. Yahoo's, Terry Semel spoke at Microsoft. Yahoo hired two scientists to focus on social stuff. And the cap is out!

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Is Yahoo Working on New Keyword Tool with Search Volume Data?
2. How To Get Reinstated After Being Banned from Google AdWords
3. Fake German Google Search Quality Team Warning from DONOTREPLY@gmail.com
4. Microsoft's Gates To Focus On Search
5. When Forum Moderators Go Bad
6. Adam Lasnik of Google Responds to Webmasters Again

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Yahoo's CEO, Semel, Speaks At Microsoft's Strategic Account Summit
2. Yahoo Getting Academic On Social Networking
3. SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 10, 2007

Posted at 4:22 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

In my Google Reader vs. Bloglines mobile RSS reader comparison I took screen captures of the two services in my Treo. I tried a few screen capture utilities before selecting this one.

The one I selected is named QuickTake from Toysoft.

It was easy to install through the install conduit. It then automatically resets itself. Then when the Palm turns back on, you have to enable the software (which reminds me now to disable it). Then you can go to the screen you want to take a screen shot of and hold down the key(s) you selected to trigger the screen capture.

For some reason, it was giving me a saving picture error. I then tried to remove my SD card and reinsert it. That did the trick. Saving worked.

Then I send the images, which are stored in the pictures program via bluetooth to my Mac. I then uploaded to Flickr and presto, wrote my content around the images.

Here are the features:
- Save any screen at any resolution at anytime and at anywhere
- Save screen to JPG or BMP format on the external card
- Pictures are small when is saved. Typically around 30K for 320x320 16bit color JPG
- Support multiple external cards eg: Sony®Clie with CF and Zodiac®
- Timer capture
- Take picture at any resolution
- Assign any of the four hard keys to take picture
- Sound notification when picture is saved

Worked well on my Palm Treo 700p. It only cost $12.

Posted at 1:55 PM | Permalink | Category: Blogging | Comments (1) (0)

I have been testing and comparing Google Reader versus Bloglines as my primary reader for some time now. The history goes back a while, but you can start here and then click back through the links to see that I finally switched over to Google Reader from Bloglines.

I never compared the mobile versions of Google Reader & Bloglines. So I figured I do a post right now on that. I am not a heavy mobile RSS reader, I would say I used the mobile RSS readers a few times per week - i.e. when I am out and I am bored (see Streaming the Daily Search Cast Podcast at the Mall.

The Intro Pages:

What You See on Bloglines Mobile:
- Total Number of Updated Feeds
- Categories or Folders
- Items Updated by Folder & Feed
- Mark All as Read
- Display All Feeds (including unread ones)
- Display Saved (Starred) Feeds
- Search Feeds

What You Don't See on Bloglines Mobile:
- The Updated Feed Titles

What You See on Google Reader Mobile:
- The Updated Feed Titles
- Mark All These Items Read

What You Don't See on Google Reader Mobile:
- Total Number of Updated Feeds
- Items Updated by Folder & Feed
- Categories or Folders
- Mark All Items As Read
- Display All Feeds (including unread ones)
- Display Saved (Starred) Feeds
- Search Feeds

Summary on Intro Pages for Bloglines versus Google Reader Mobile Edition:
Google Reader Mobile does allow you to see "starred" items as well as view the folder/categories (i.e. tags) for items unread by folder or category. But it requires an additional click. It would be nice to set this as a preference. But this is not a huge deal, I can always bookmark the /tags page instead and use that. So you can get to almost all the information Bloglines provides on the first page, but it takes one extra click.

Let's take a look inside now.

Viewing A Feed Item:

What You See on Bloglines Mobile:
- The Feed Title
- Contents of Feed
- Link To Original Post
- Date and Time
- Email Content Feature
- Save (Star) Item Feature
- Keep as New Feature
- Unsubscribe from Feed Feature
- Mark Feed As Unread
- Feed Summary

What You Don't See on Bloglines Mobile:
- View Next Unread Item

What You See on Google Reader Mobile:
- The Feed Title
- Contents of Feed
- Link To Original Post
- Save (Star) Item Feature
- Keep as New Feature
- View Next Unread Item

What You Don't See on Google Reader Mobile:
- Date and Time
- Email Content Feature
- Unsubscribe from Feed Feature
- Mark Feed As Unread
- Feed Summary

Summary on Item View Pages for Bloglines versus Google Reader Mobile Edition:
While I like the features on Bloglines, some may be overkill and slow things down. I do not need to see the feed summary when I am viewing an individual item in that feed. The other features are nice to have and I wish Google would add them. I also find a preview of the next unread item in your feeds at the bottom of the item feed view useful and would recommend Bloglines add that to their mobile edition.

Conclusion:
Overall, I find Bloglines Mobile to have more features that I would use while reading my mobile feeds. It is, however, not enough to make me switch back to Bloglines. As I said, I do not use mobile RSS as often as when I am at my office or on my computer at home.

Posted at 11:07 AM | Permalink | Category: Blogging , Computers , Daily Grind | Comments (4) (0)

I like Ketchup that much that I thought to blog about it.

It doesn't represent a distaste for any food. I like the food I eat also. But I also enjoy putting ketchup on it while I eat it.

I am not a mustard guy. I am a ketchup guy.

I love putting ketchup on hot dogs more than anything else. But I still put it on spaghetti, most chicken and turkey, hamburgers, eggs, potatoes, etc.

The Heinz Ketchup Web Site has some cool information about the company and product. The timeline is interesting as well.

Heinz Tomato Ketchup was launched in 1876. There is a wealth of information on Ketchup at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup.

Are you a mustard or ketchup user? Do you put it on everything like me?

Posted at 10:34 AM | Permalink | Category: Food | Comments (17) (0)

This is the May 9th 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 May 9, 2007:

• Twitter for twits?, NeO Blog
• New MSN Live Hotmail, Think Search Engines //
• Webspam2.0 und viel Erotik (-Bier), seoFM
• VW busted for scamming Google search, gets off easy, Automotive News
• Daily Blog & Weekly Comic, Star Dot Star Comics
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 8, 2007, Search Engine Land
• MSN Says "Carpe Diem" to adCenter Advertisers, Searching Beyond the Paid
• Google Analytics Revised, Think Search Engines //
• No Penalty For VW From Google, Hate The Grind
• Google sorprende a VW haciendo trampas en las búsquedas (y se escapa con solo una reprimenda), Autoblog Spanish
• VW busted for scamming Google search, gets off easy, Turbo Tuning
• Google Analytics Launches New Version With New UI & Features (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land), Techmeme

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 9, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 3:41 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

What do you do with bad in-house SEOs? Google Analytics launched new features. AdSense, support wild cards. AdSense phone verification is broken. Stop attacking Google over communication. DMOZ 2.0, interesting. Build links ethically please. Google AdWords tips. 29th edition of Search Pulse is live. eBay may buy StumbleUpon. Gates to focus on ads. Yahoo redesigned Yahoo Videos and closed Auctions. Microsft bought CareerBuilder, Google may buy SimplyHired.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. What To Do When Your In House SEO Goes Bad?
2. Google Analytics Releases New Version With Sleek New User Interface
3. Google AdSense Publishers Ask for Wild Card Support on Competitive Ad Filter
4. Google AdSense Phone Verification Temporarily Down
5. Google Attacked Over Webmaster Relations
6. Should DMOZ Incorporate More Web 2.0 Elements?
7. Ethical Link Building Incentives
8. Google AdWords Tutorial Sites and Books
9. Search Pulse 29: Yahoo & Microsoft, Robots-NoContent, Google Hell, .Edu Links, AdSense Terms, Earnings, adCenter, Twitter & More

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. eBay May Buy StumbleUpon For $75 Million
2. Gates: My Remaining Time Aimed At "Search, Buyers & Sellers"
3. Yahoo Redesigns Yahoo Video Home Page
4. Yahoo To Close Yahoo Auctions
5. Microsoft Buys CareerBuilder; Google Interested In SimplyHired

Posted at 3:37 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

What is a search blogger to do? Danny just released most of the conferences dates for SMX and there are many other major conferences taking place. Don't get me wrong, I am more likely to go to an SMX over an SES these days for many reasons. But let's just take a look at the line up.

June:
- SMX Advanced: Seattle, June 4-5, 2007 √
- SES Toronto: Toronto, June 12–13, 2007 X
- SES Latino Search: Miami, June 18–19, 2007 X

July:
- SES Travel: Seattle, July 26-27, 2007 X

August:
- SES San Jose: San Jose, Aug 20–23, 2007 √

October:
- SMX Local & Mobile: Denver, Oct. 1-2, 2007 X
- SMX Social Media: New York, Oct. 16-17, 2007 √
- SMX Stockholm: Stockholm, Oct. 31 & Nov. 1, 2007 X

November:
- SMX Travel@PhoCusWright: Orlando, Nov. 12-13, 2007 √
- SMX London: London, Nov. 15-16, 2007 ?
- SES Paris: France, Nov 27–28, 2007 X

December:
- SES Chicago: Dec 3–6, 2007 ?
- PubCon: Las Vegas, Dec 4-7, 2007 ?

February:
- SES London: England, Feb 19–21, 2008 ?
- SMX West: Santa Clara, California: Feb. 26-28, 2008 √

The ones with green √ I most likely will go to.
The ones with red X I most likely will not go to.
The ones with yellow ? I do not know yet.

Obviously, these are subject to change.

Posted at 1:11 PM | Permalink | Category: Blogging , SEO Tips | Comments (7) (0)

No one is perfect, even-though we strive to be, or do we? Anyway, that is for another blog post. There are things that I wish I was more serious about. Well, maybe not "serious" but "devoted to" or "scheduled to" to do on a daily basis.

Here is a list that comes to the top of my head as I write this:

• Learning Torah more often, the daily dose is great and all, but I still feel guilty about not doing much more than that.
• Eating the right things, I am getting older and I know I should take better care of myself.
• Playing sports harder than I do, I am lazy but I do play well.
• Brushing my teeth better, things are OK, but I should do better.
• Being more patient with people. I am known to do things very quickly and thus I have very little patience. Sometimes that is transparent to others.
• Going to evening prayers (I got mornings and afternoons down, but I get tired at night).
• Sometimes I blog too much, need to be careful with that.
• I am sure there are other things, but they don't come to mind right now.

Family, feel free to blast me in the comments. Friends, maybe you shouldn't. ;-) Fellow SEOs, sure, why not.

I'll tag people with this... Let me think... My old time buddy Shawn Hogan. I bet Kim Krause Berg would have a colorful response. Let's tag another woman, Vanessa Fox because it has been 9 days since she updated her blog. How about ShoeMoney since he will be 100% honest with us. And we need someone from outside of the U.S., so how about DaveN, I am sure he will make us laugh.

Posted at 10:23 AM | Permalink | Category: Daily Grind | Comments (9) (0)

My wife asked me to mail a couple cards last night, but we didn't have any stamps at home. So I took it to work where I have a Postage Meter from Pitney Bowes.

I stamped the cards already but is it impersonal to send cards via the mail addressed with a business meter?

I mean, there is no way you would send out wedding invitations with a postage meter stamping them all (although I think that would be the best way to do that). So in this case, did I do something wrong?

Posted at 10:10 AM | Permalink | Category: Family | Comments (7) (0)

I had a dental appointment at 2:30 today. It is nice because they are on the same floor in the building RustyBrick is based in. So they called me 10 minutes before the appointment to tell me that there would be a five minute delay. I walk in, I wait one minute and then go into the dental chair.

FYI, I twittered a lot of the dental experience.

In any event, I went for a cleaning.

They did x-rays first, those turned out perfectly. Then came the cleaning part, so now I am tatar free - whoo hoo. It was overall pretty quick. It did hurt at several points but I don't think I cried. :)

All isn't great. I have to have my wisdom teeth pulled eventually. The Dr. said it doesn't have to be tomorrow.

Did I mention, my father-in-law is a dentist. I am sure he will do it.

What do I mean by blacked out at the dentist?

Good question. Towards the end of the appointment the lights went out. There was a true blackout. So that means a blackout in my office. So when I got back to my office, Ronnie was getting up our test servers and fixing our phone system. All is working now. But I did not black out at the dentist office, the building did.

Oh that picture is right after the appointment on my Treo.

Posted at 4:18 PM | Permalink | Category: Just Weird | Comments (7) (0)

This is the May 8th 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 May 8, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 7, 2007, Search Engine Land
• SEO Blogs and Forums That I Read Daily, SEO/PPC
• Volkswagen Caught Cheating Google, [H] Enthusiast
• Volkswagon Spamming Search with invisibleContent Tag, IT’s Life
• A Month of Interesting Weeks?, Metamend
• Setting Up Blog with SEO in Mind, Think Search Engines //
• VW Gets Google Pardon, MySpace Buys PhotoBucket, Meridiancrest.com
• "The Round Up" by CH Staff, CollegeHumor
• ビジネス - " ユーザー " にシフトし続ける検索エンジン , Japan.internet.com Web
• AdCenter isn't the only one with problems, The Seattle Times
• Adding a meaningful description to web pages, Mark’s (we)Blog
• Weekend Update, Bruceclay.com
• Google Docs Gets Some New Features, InsideGoogle

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 8, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 2:29 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

I reported on a poll at Digital Point forums that 65% of AdSense publishers earn $100 or more. Yahoo will stop updating the Overture keyword tool. Should SEOs ask for site credit links? MSN released Live Hotmail. Google AdWords duplicate ads are frustrating. Yahoo integrated lyrics into search results. Should PPC landing pages have their own page? Google Finance adds features and integration. iGoogle has been removed, say Google. MySpace is to buy Photobucket. Google Analytics launched a new version today.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. 65% of Google AdSense Publishers Earn $100 or More Per Month
2. Yahoo To Stop Updating Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool
3. Should SEO's Ask for Site Credit Links?
4. MSN Live Hotmail Debuts
5. Google AdWords Customers Deceiving System, Frustrates Other Advertisers
6. Yahoo! Integrates Lyrics Search into Results
7. Should You Prevent Landing Pages from Being Crawled if it Interferes with Google AdWords?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Yahoo Search Integrates Lyrics Shortcut
2. Google Finance Integrates Google Calendar, News & Reader While Adding New Features
3. Looking For iGoogle? It's Been Removed, Says Google
4. MySpace To Buy Photobucket For $300 Million
5. Google Analytics Launches New Version With New UI & Features

Posted at 2:27 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

There is no doubt to anyone that I do most my blogging in the day. Most of that before lunch time and most of that before even most people eat breakfast.

There are pretty significant differences one would see in my writing if I were to blog during the night versus the day.

Sometimes I think of something at night and say, hey that would make for a great blog post. I then "sleep on it" and I think to myself, how could I have even considered blogging about that topic.

A night you are more free about your writing. During the day you are more conservative with your writing.

The pros about writing at night is that you do tend to be more "creative."

What else do you think would change over the course of the day in one's writing style?

(FYI - I think this post would have come out better, if I wrote this at night...)

Posted at 10:23 AM | Permalink | Category: Blogging | Comments (3) (0)

I think. I have been patiently waiting for Verizon FiOS to come out next to my office. I know our neighbors in N.J. have it.

So I called and they told me that when I see cable spindles, that is a sign that they are laying the ground with fiber for Verizon FiOS.

So I hope that the spindles I just saw next to my office building are for Verizon FiOS, I hope.

I currently have both T1 and Cable Internet in the office. The T1 costs me about $550 per month, I can get it for about $300 now, but I would have to renew for 2 years. I know FiOS is around the corner, so I am holding out. Once FiOS gets here, I will replace the T1 with it and run both Cable and FiOS.

It appears that they offer static IPs so that would work well.

So I am a bit excited over spindles, is that normal? :)

Posted at 6:49 AM | Permalink | Category: Computers | Comments (2) (0)

Nothing.

Spotted on Digg this house is on the World's Steepest Street. Yea, which is named Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand.

At its maximum, the slope of Baldwin Street is approximately 1:2.86 (19° or 35%) - that is, for every 2.86 metres travelled horizontally, the altitude rises by 1 metre.

This is no joke!

Here is a 19° angle via Photoshop.

Crazy.

Posted at 3:49 PM | Permalink | Category: Just Funny | Comments (2) (0)

This is the May 7th 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 May 7, 2007:

• Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon - Personalized Recommendations, Andy Beard
• PPC Weekly Roundup- 5/4/2007, PPC Hero
• This Week In SEO - 5/4/07, TheVanBlog
• MathPoints: Latest Tech Buzz, Google Blogger Tips
• Cómo Google rastrea un blog instantáneamente, Alberto García
• What Barry Schwartz Would Do If He Inherited SEOmoz, SEOmoz
• VW Caught Red Handed Using Hidden Text, Netpaths
• 12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know, Evsionlab.com
• Volkswagon busted for using 'hidden text' to spam Google, Digg
• Cloak your sitemap!, Joost de Valk

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 7, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 3:39 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

I am tired... Looks like my VW post is now on Digg home page. Ok, back to search stuff...

AdWords works as text and keyword ads. Microsoft was caught using Intellitxt to promote Live.com. Google Blog search results were found in Google Search. Are XML sitemaps used for scraping. Google News added new sorting option. YouTube offers revenue share and still has legal woes. Google Docs adds features. Do you use Google Web History? Are link exchanges still working? If so, how about directories? Google launched Gadget Ads. Schmidt interview McCain. Which web analytics package is right for you?

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Back To Your Roots: The Google Ads That Work The Best
2. Microsoft Using Intellitxt To Promote Live.com Search
3. Google Testing Blog Search Results In Google.com
4. Are XML Sitemaps Files a Welcoming Door in for Scrapers?
5. Google News Adds New Sorting Option
6. Google AdWords Ad Missing Title in Sponsored Results
7. YouTube to Offer Revenue Sharing with Popular Content Producers
8. Four New Features for Google Docs Announced
9. Are You Using Google Web History?
10. Google Hell? The Efficiency of Link Exchanges
11. Are Directories Useful for Search Engine Optimization? Which are Ideal?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Launches "Gadget Ads" Beta
2. Google's Schmidt Interviews Senator John McCain
3. More YouTube Woes
4. Detailed Comparison & Review Of Web Analytics Software Underway

Posted at 3:36 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

Adam Lasnik, the mini-Matt, of Google, wrote Stop being a twit on twitter!

My response. Stop being a twit about twitter.

The box where you enter your twitter communication into specifically asks, "What are you doing?"

If I am waking up, taking a walk, about to shower or writing a blog post - those following me on twitter may want to know or may not.

Twitter is not a blog it is a quick way to put down what you are doing at the moment.

I twit if I am going through my feeds or running through forums or going to play basketball or if I am at a wedding. Doesn't matter how big or small it is, it is twit worthy, in my opinion.

Adam explains that your twitter communication has to be "informative or entertaining." No it doesn't. Did I know that when I was leaving for the airport, that there would be a major accident in the GSP, that made me twitter that i think i will miss my flight that ended up coming true. The twitters goes on, but as you can see, something that was very not interesting or entertaining, turned into something that was. Without that first twitter, it would not have been as entertaining.

Monty Loree left a comment at Adam's blog saying, "I get a sense that many people who spend countless hours isolated behind a keyword, need an out let to say things like “I ate a cheese burger” etc."

It is true, very true. Twitter gives that to me. I blog dozens of times per day. Let me have my out and don't be a twit about it. ;-)

Posted at 1:10 PM | Permalink | Category: Blogging | Comments (14) (0)

As I told you, I was honored to be invited to Gary & Lisa Price's Wedding that took place yesterday. My wife and I tripped up to Chicago for the weekend. We spent the "shabbos" with Yisha's friends in Chicago and then went up to the wedding Sunday morning.

I spotted Gary about 11am as he was walking into the Ketubah signing room. We took a quick picture together.

Then after some explanatory and technical matters I was privileged to sign Gary and Lisa's Ketubah. Here I am doing that:

My signature came out pretty well. I signed in script but this is how it looks like in print.

ברוך יעקב בן אריה יוסף שוורץ

Then after I signed, others signed as well, and then we moved to the ceremony part. Everyone in the family walked down to music.

There is Gary and Lisa under the chuppa (aka canopy) getting married. They read some things, read the ketubah, say the 7 blessings, Gary gives the ring, they drink a bit of wine, then Gary breaks the glass and they are married.

Gary and Lisa go out, they hide for 18 minutes or so while the friends and family go to the reception area.

Then Gary and Lisa join us. The bride and groom are kings on this day and should be treated as such.

There were plenty of search geeks at the wedding, including a number of Ask.com folks and librarians. But so was Danny and Chris.

Let me just tell you, Gary looked so calm and relaxed. He looked incredibly happy. I am so happy for Lisa and Gary!

Mazol Tov!

Posted at 10:36 AM | Permalink | Category: Buddies , Religion | Comments (2) (0)

Just Rude. Yea, looks like the same guy I wrote about last week. It is! But new picture and new day.

Today:

Thursday:

Notice how today's image, the scratches behind the back tire are no longer than. New truck? Same fleet? I don't know.

Jimmy at RB suggested I invest in these, I think I just may.

This is like the fourth time he parked like this. Basically, every time I have seen this van, it is parked in two spots.

Posted at 10:19 AM | Permalink | Category: Motor Vehicle | Comments (6) (0)

This is the May 4th 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 May 4, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 3, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Comcast F*#@S UP! Big Time!, The Brutal
• Comcast Plays Porn Instead of Cartoon on Disney Channel, Jason's Incredibly Lame Blog
• Comped-cast, a blog about nothing
• Handy Mandy…, Plays Well With Others
• Google Reader Gains Ties To Gmail, WebProNews
• Google Admits the VW Spam, Think Search Engines //
• Gray or White, that is the problem, Webfaqt.com
• how to check for an invalid PageRank?, Webfaqt.com
• Ultimate Comcast Cable F*** Up!, TiG Wolf
• O Confronto entre a PubCon e a SES Chicago, BRANE
• Ask brings it algorithm online, ParysNET
• Power of Digg.com - Real Example, Think Search Engines //
• Google Telling the Web How To Link… Or Else, SEO Refugeee
• Weekly Rap-up of Search Engine Industry News - 4/30 - 5/4, SearchRank Blog
• Microsoft si Vuole Comprare Yahoo!, DElyMyth - /dev/null
• Microsoft-Yahoo, a Likely Team-up Against Google, Bamtastic!

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 4, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 7:37 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

Tamar did most the work today, since I was traveling. She wrote on the interview of Adam Lasnik of Google. Timing a 301 redirect can be important. Google AdSense changed up the ad placement requirements on us, again. Is Google headed towards a monopoly? Google Product Search results were found in the main Google index. Microsoft and Yahoo were rumored to be in merger talks, nah. Google and Yahoo are testing new user interfaces again. Finally, Tamar posted the weekly search buzz roundup.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Interview with Google's Adam Lasnik on Paid Links, Duplicate Content, and Other Topics
2. When is the Optimal Time to Implement a 301 Redirect?
3. Google AdSense Team Addresses Ad Placement
4. Is Google Headed Towards a Search Monopoly?
5. Google Product Search Results in Google: An Oversight
6. Microsoft and Yahoo in Discussions for Merger
7. Weekly Search Buzz Roundup - 5/04/07

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Yahoo, Google Test New Search Results Pages

Posted at 7:33 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

Funny, I travel fairly often. On average, probably once a month. Today was I had a pretty bad experience. Continued from my amex story, here it is.

So we got to the airport a bit late, but did not miss the flight yet...

- Ticket agent told us that we have to go on standby for the next flight because we have to "fly with our bags." I said, are you sure? We can catch this flight (we had 30 minutes to get to the gate) and have our bags go on the next flight. She said, no - you have to fly with your bags.
- Booked us on standby for next flight
- Spent time in continental suite
- That flight didn't take us, it was way over booked and so was the next one
- We go to ticket counter and they tell us our bags went on the flight! They said they should not have put our bags on that flight.
- They book us on an American Airline flight to Chicago that takes of in 20 minutes
- We run to AA to get our tickets
- AA tells us there is no reservation for us
- I go back to continental, they say they put it through
- I go back to AA, no record of it
- I go back to continental, they said they sent it again and this time on a later flight
- I go back to AA, no record of it
- I go back to continental, they push it through again
- I go back to AA, no record of it
- Now two continental agents are helping us, one stands by AA the other keeps trying to send the tickets to AA
- After an hour it works, we have tickets on a 1:55 flight to Chicago
- Flight is delayed to 2:25
- We go through security
- We were both selected to be hand searched (not kidding)
- We then get through security and go to gate
- We try to change our tickets to sit next to each other (no luck)
- I am now waiting at the Gate, no plane yet, hoping to take off at 2:25

That is my story.

Posted at 1:12 PM | Permalink | Category: Travels | Comments (2) (0)

I have been complaining and complaining about American Express and not reaping the rewards of the card.

Well, today, this morning, it came in handy.

I missed my flight due to someone getting hit by a car on the Garden State Parkway. It caused a 40 minute drive to take over 2 hours. We missed the flight by minutes. In any event, I hope the guy is OK, I heard he was taken to the hospital. When we passed the accident, there were like 5 cops there and two lanes were closed (of the three).

We got to the airport, they said we missed baggage checkin by minutes. So now my wife and I are on standby for the next flight, hope we make it.

During that time, we decided to try the Continental Presidential Suite. It is a reward one gets for being an AMEX platinum card holder. It worked, I am sitting here now. My wife is watching TV and drinking some fancy drink, while watching TV. I am on the free wifi, drinking coke and blogging away. This is a nice way to be on standby.

You see, I just don't complain on this blog. :)

Posted at 10:12 AM | Permalink | Category: Travels | Comments (3) (0)

Yesterday, Brian Mark made this site popular. How you say? Well, he submitted my post named Comcast Plays Porn Instead of Cartoon on Disney Channel to Digg.

Then someone told me it became popular. I had no idea he submitted it until it became popular. What I mean by "became popular" is that it was promoted to the Digg.com home page. Then it took off.

Today it has these many Diggs:

That is a lot of Diggs.

Yesterday I received over 45,000 unique visitors from Digg from it. Which lead to about 90 comments.

Not only did it make the home page, but made the "Top 10 in All Topics" section, which is big.

So thank you Brian for making this blog popular. I normally get about 600 uniques per day, so that is a 44,400 increase. :)

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This afternoon, I wrote about how Volkswagen was spamming Google.

Now it was funny, because Danny and I were chatting on the Daily Search Cast and we were talking about how the Google Enterprise blog featured Volkswagen's web site as using their search service smack in the middle of their site.

Deal is, while Danny was chatting, he noticed that Volkswagen was spamming Google by hiding text. Basically, the Volkswagen site did not show text that was found within the site code. I.e. Only Google saw the text but me or you as a human did not.

This clearly goes against Google's quality guidelines and can result in a site being banned from their index.

Avoid hidden text or hidden links.

So Google actually acknowledge Volkswagen's wrong doing;

Barry Schwartz over at Search Engine Land pointed out that the VW of America site that I previously blogged about was including site keywords in an invisible div layer on site pages, which is not in keeping with Google site quality guidelines. I reached out to the technical director of VW's creative agency and found out that they were including the keywords in this manner to increase the amount of content crawled by the Google Search Appliance for the Flash-based pages of the site. Once alerted to this, VW switched to including relevant keywords in the META data in the of the web pages on the site, an approach that is in keeping with Google quality guidelines. Thanks to Barry for pointing this out and to VW for being so responsive to the issue.

Nice, so Volkswagen gets personalized Google support for this and will not be deindexed from Google. Nice to know people in high places, I guess. :)

In any event, I am happy Google responded to this report. I am not really to thank for this, Danny is. He spotted it and asked me to write about it. But I don't mind taking the credit. Thanks Danny!

Posted at 9:57 PM | Permalink | Category: SEO Tips | Comments (21) | TrackBacks (2) (2)

My good buddy and mentor, Gary Price will be the one asking the question this Sunday and not answering them. This Sunday, Gary will be getting married. In the Jewish world, the man asks the woman if she will marry him, the woman does not ask the man. So Gary will be asking the questions this Sunday and not answering them (but trust me, he will be answering a lot of questions in the future).

Gary, who got engaged to Lisa back in August of last year is going to finally, finally get married!

For those who don't know Gary, a post at the Ask.com blog has a great short bio.

Regular Ask Blog readers may know Gary Price as Ask.com's Director of Online Information Resources. Reference and information junkies may know him as the founder of ResourceShelf and Docuticker. SEO acolytes may know him from his book The Invisible Web (co-authored with Chris Sherman), or his recent interview in Search Engine Watch. And he's known to librarians and educators worldwide as an expert on search and research techniques.

I am honored to be signing Lisa's Ketubah or wedding contract. What an honor!

I fly out tomorrow morning to Chicago and spend the "Shabbath" with friends of my wife in Chicago. Then Sunday morning, I trot over to the hall to celebrate with Gary and Lisa.

More about Jewish weddings here

Posted at 4:37 PM | Permalink | Category: Buddies | Comments (4) (0)

This is the May 3rd 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 May 3, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 2, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Holy SEO Podcasts Batman!, I Am Not A Doctor
• Digg, Google Hype, and a Charity-benefiting SEO Contest, Bruce Clay Blog
• Grey PR on all new pages even after being indexed..., SEO Home Blog
• Yahoo Lets Webmasters ID Non-Essential Page Elements, Search Engine Watch Blog
• Why do we automatically setup Yahoo & MSN PPCs?, SEO Mom
• There are people who don't use feed readers? (Brad Hawkes/Official Google Reader Blog), Techmeme
• Introducing Robots-Nocontent for Page Sections (Yahoo! Search Blog), Techmeme
• Weekly Search Marketing News & Links, Search Matters
• VW Search Spamming?, Think Search Engines //

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 3, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 4:14 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

adCenter confirmed my suspicions on why they changes their terms and conditions. Yahoo is supporting a nocontent attribute now. AdWords slowed down to a halt yesterday. Google Reader improved the email feature. There are ways to check the true toolbar PageRank of a page. AdSense keeps repeating the same optimization tips and now wants you to switch to your Google Account. Ask.com is launching the algorithm campaign. Google pushing for open wireless. Google and Gatorade together in Oklahoma. Volkswagen is spamming Google.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Microsoft Changes adCenter Terms & Conditions to Boost Distribution of Content Ads
2. Yahoo! Supports Robots-Nocontent: Enabling Organic Search Page Section Targeting
3. Google AdWords Advertiser Interface Slows To Halt
4. Google Reader Improves Email Feature
5. Tools to Check a Sites True Google Toolbar PageRank Score
6. Google AdSense Optimization Reports Offer Repetitive Tips
7. Google AdSense Upgrades Old Accounts to Google Accounts

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Now Starring: The Algorithm - Ask.com To Focus On Ranking System In New TV Ads
2. Google Leading Wireless Challenge Against Broadband Incumbents
3. Google & Gatorade, Together In Oklahoma
4. Google Features Volkswagen, Which Happens To Be Search Spamming

Posted at 4:12 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

I told you that I got joost a while back. Well, now, if you want Joost also, I can give it to you for free. I now have invites to give away.

If you want an invite, just comment below. Please hit the submit comment button only once (thanks).

Joost lets you watch some TV on your computer and it works well. I never use it.

Here is what it looks like:

Thanks.

Posted at 10:41 AM | Permalink | Category: Computers | Comments (281) (0)

Porn played on Disney Channel in N.J. from the AP newswire tells an unusual story.

5 year old boy watching cartoon on the Disney Channel. All of a sudden, porn comes on. The kid continues watching. Father walks in. Notices porn. Dad looks at the channel and notices this porn is airing on the Disney Channel.

Customer Paul Dunleavy would also like to know. He was stunned Tuesday morning to find his 5-year-old son watching something other than "Handy Manny," a cartoon about a bilingual Latino handyman and his talking tools.

"It was two people doing their thing, it was full-on and it was disgusting," the Middletown father of three told The New York Daily News for Wednesday newspapers. "I couldn't believe it."

This issue was confirmed as a "programming error" which occurred around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. It was isolated to "a local New Jersey facility," the article says.

"My son was extremely upset because he thought he'd done something wrong," Paul Dunleavy, Comcast Cable customer.

Posted at 10:17 AM | Permalink | Category: Just Weird | Comments (115) | TrackBacks (1) (1)

Today, I got to my office at about 6:35am and there was one van in the area I parked. There was literally a hundred spots on both sides of this van. But this guy had to park in two spots!

Here is a picture:

FYI, this is not the first time this van parked like this.

This is not the first time I am complaining about how someone else has parked. I wrote about a guy who parked too close to me in the past. If you need help parking, use the practice your parking online tool I wrote about in the past.

Trust me, I am not the only one who takes pictures of people who park poorly. There are hundreds of photos tagged at Flickr as ycantpark for people to let off steam about bad parkers.

Don't be a bad parker, please.

Posted at 10:08 AM | Permalink | Category: Motor Vehicle | Comments (3) (0)

This is the May 2nd 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 May 2, 2007:

• 5 Reasons why Google PageRank is overrated and 5 more about why it can still be useful, SEOptimise
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 1, 2007, Search Engine Land
• iGoogle - That sounds so cool I want one!, I Am Not A Doctor
• PPC Weekly Roundup - 5/1/2007, PPC Hero
• Google Personalized Homepages, My little corner of the Universe
• Making Sense of Paid Search, SEM Geek
• UK Supplemental Results, FroggBlogg
• Most Influential Duo in IT, Think Search Engines //
• Digg Gives Into User Revolt; Are Those DMCA Takedown Notices Even Valid? (Danny Sullivan/Search Engine Land), Techmeme
• Fixing Google Web 2.0 Style III, Search Engine Journal
• Fixing Google Web 2.0 Style IV, Search Engine Journal
• More Coverage of Revolt Against Digg, Think Search Engines //
• Google Rolling Out PageRank Update, Mark Berrera
• Sass Pirillo, Bad Astronomy Blog
• What the Hell is Google Hell?!?!?!??, Zackary’s Paradox

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 2, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 4:34 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

Search Engine Watch spoofed up their ads. The Search Pulse from last night is archived. The grey PageRank score color is back. Third party AdSense host access is real. Yahoo! moved the UK keyword suggestion tool. How to get linked from educational sites? Can changing your registrar information hurt you? A Digg revolution is taking place. More on Google hell. Yang fought Filo sumo style at Yahoo. Globe Glider did a maps mashup.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Search Engine Watch Forums Adds "Intrusive" Ads
2. Search Pulse 28: PubCon vs. SES, Links, PageRank, Virus AdWords, News Search, iGoogle & More
3. The Return of the Grey PageRank Score in the Google Toolbar?
4. Google AdSense Hosts with Access is Legit
5. Yahoo! Removes UK Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool
6. How Do You Obtain Links from .edu Sites?
7. Impact of Changing Registrar Data on Search Rankings
8. Social Media Revolt: Digg and Democracy
9. Being "Condemned to Google Hell" and Matt's Rebuttal

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Yang & Filo Sumo Each Other To Save The World
2. Globe Glider Enables "Next Generation" Maps Mashups

Posted at 4:31 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

The other day, I told you WebProNews published my interview. I had one complaint, that they said I was from the "Cartoon Barry Blog" as opposed to my main site, the Search Engine Roundtable.

Good man, Mike McDonald, explained it was a mistake and it would get fixed. And it was!

Thank you Mike!

If you want to see the video, here it is again!

Posted at 12:34 PM | Permalink | Category: SEO Tips | Comments (1) (0)

I have been having issues using my rewards from my credit card companies. Some of you know I have been having problems reaping the rewards or getting discounts on flights with my two cards.

My pimp mile guy emailed me an article from SmartMoney.com named The Rewards Programs With the Most Bang for Your Buck.

In short, they go through a handful of rewards cards including the two I have (AMEX and Citi Elite).

In our number crunching, Citibank's Thank You Network came out ahead, with the highest per-point values in three of the five categories, and fair values in the other two. If you tend to go for a certain kind of reward, says Bilker, check out how your credit-card program stacks up against the competition. Applying for a new card? Before you sign up, ask the issuer to send you a copy of its latest rewards catalog.

OK, so I picked the right one. The AMEX card seems to have a great airline program. However, "they're next to impossible to redeem." "Because the airlines are so full [with paying customers], they don't want to give away those reward seats," says Tom Parsons.

Last night I signed up with Regus program on my AMEX. I will be in Chicago this weekend and I want to have a place I can go to work with high-speed internet and quiet. Hopefully it will work.

Posted at 9:51 AM | Permalink | Category: Shopping , Travels | Comments (0) (0)

I admit it, I have a serious condition. It is commonly referred to as OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder. But my OCD is not typical.

I am obsessive and compulsive about emails.

Like most people in the tech industry, I get tons of emails. To be honest, I will go out and say, I probably get more emails than the average guy in tech. Why?

• I get email notifications of every single update that happens in my business automatically.
• Blogging related emails (all the press releases, tons of tips from readers, etc.)
• SEO emails (people think I am a help desk)
• Google emails (when Google has issues, I act as Google's help desk also)
• Standard client emails throughout the day, of course.
• Internal RB emails.
• Friend/Family emails.
• Of course, SPAM

I am pretty sure I ordered the list above in volume order. It gets overwhelming sometimes.

But what makes it worse is that I am obsessive over not having email in my inbox. I absolutely hate having email in my inbox. I also hate not knowing if there is new email in my inbox that should be filed away quickly.

My email filing system is pretty good. Here is a sample structure but not exact:

- Search Related
-- Search Engine Roundtable
--- SER Advertising
--- Google
--- Yahoo
--- Ask.com
--- Microsoft
--- Design
--- Pulse
--- Seals
--- Misc
-- Search Engine Land
--- Google
--- Yahoo
--- Ask.com
--- Microsoft
--- Misc
-- SEW Blog
-- IMNY
-- Conferences
--- SES
--- PubCon
--- SMX
--- Misc
-- Forums
--- Cre8asite
--- SEW
--- WMW

- RB Related
-- RB Clients
--- Client X
--- Client Y
--- Client Z (and so on)
-- Prospects
-- Biz Development
-- Hosting
--- Email
--- Servers
--- VOIP
--- Network
--- Security
-- Employees
--- Employee A
--- Employee B
--- Employee C...
-- Legal
-- Affiliate
-- Receipts
-- Promotions

- Personal
-- Wife
-- Dad
-- Basketball
-- Misc

This list goes on and on...But I need to stop somewhere...

Then I use Smart Folders for quicker access to some type of mail. I won't get too specific here also.

Now, if an email is not filed away quickly and I know it should be, it really bothers me.

What is worse, is that if I am not by my computer, I live on my Treo. I am the rude guy who you are having dinner with and while talking to me, I am going through my email on my Treo. I am also the guy who is walking from my office to the bathroom, reading email on my Treo. I am also the guy who is responding to emails while driving 75 MPH on the highway (I know!). The list goes on.

But it all goes back to me being compulsive and obsessive about email and email not being in my inbox. Well, I do sometimes see the bottom of my inbox and that feeling, is something I cannot describe.

Update: I am live doing the Search Pulse radio show and I am checking email! I am sick!

Posted at 4:29 PM | Permalink | Category: Computers , Daily Grind | Comments (7) (0)

This is the May 1st 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 May 1, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 30, 2007, Search Engine Land
• This and That, Internet Marketing News
• Google Pagerank Predictor, Roger Andersen
• Etes-vous blogodépendant?, Toile-filante
• Search Headlines & Links: Apr. 30, 2007, Search Engine Watch Blog
• Google's Adam Lasnik Will Review Google's Latest PageRank Update For Errors, Search Engine Land
• PR Updated Sunday 29th April 2007, Seo Home blog
• New alexa t-shirt for amazon ;), Seo Home blog
• iGoogle, but Which One? Time to Fix the Google Apps Chaos..., Zoli's Blog
• Google PPA: Beta Testing At Its Best, Searching Beyond the Paid
• Are you a blog addict?, Nag on the Lake
• PageRank Update, Search Marketing IS (NOT) Rocket Science
• Google en bref - 29 avril 2007, Zorgloob

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for May 1, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

Posted at 3:29 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds | Comments (0) (0)

I wrote about some ways to remove your cached result in the search engines. Google launched iGoogle. Negative Keywords may be added to the AdWords keyword tool. The recent PageRank update may be reviewed. Brin and Page named most influential. adCenter may use not keyword data for display ads. Google is supplemental happy in the UK. Comcast partnered with Yahoo.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Removing A Page From the Search Engines: Google & Yahoo Easy; Live.com & Ask.com Hard
2. One Ad Google Let Slip
3. Google Launches iGoogle at Google Personalization Workshop
4. Google to Add "Negative Keywords" Tab to Keyword Tool?
5. Google to Review Most Recent Toolbar PageRank Update
6. Sergey Brin and Larry Page Named #1 Most Influential Duo in IT
7. Microsoft adCenter Using Matching Criteria Other than Keyword Searches to Display Ads
8. Google Placing UK Filtered Results in Supplemental Index?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Comcast Partners With Yahoo For Online Display & Video Ads
2. Google To Merge Personalized Services To "iGoogle" Brand
3. Google's Adam Lasnik Will Review Google's Latest PageRank Update For Errors

Posted at 3:28 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

This is as political as I will get on any of my blogs, I hope.

Many know that Barack Obama's political campaign has set up a Twitter account at http://twitter.com/BarackObama on March 5th.

Today the account has sent out a Twitter saying:

Wondering why, four years after President Bush landed on an aircraft carrier and declared ‘Mission Accomplished,’ we are still at war?

Cool!

I am for Barack?

Posted at 2:35 PM | Permalink | Category: Blogging | Comments (1) (0)

Well, not really. But I want free stuff from Google and apparently, if you say Google Sucks on your blog, you may get a freebee from Google.

Yesterday I reported that Google Transit Sends Upset User Superman Cape. Yes, they did!

One guy almost died trying to cross over an eight-lane highway on foot, based on Google Transit's suggestion. OK, fine, he didn't almost die because he was smart enough not to attempt crossing an eight-lane highway on his tricycle. But he blogged that Google told him to. And guess what it got him? A Super Man Cape from a Googler.

Well, did I once tell you that I used Google Maps to drive back from SES Toronto. I got to the USA / Canadian border and they arrested me!

Well not really. They asked me a billion questions and the border, then asked me to drive my car into this small garage. Then they asked me and my friend to step out of the car and wait in a small room. Then after checking some things about me and the car, they said I can go.

So I almost got put in jail for life because of Google Maps! Who knows, maybe, just maybe, I could have been sentenced to death! Maybe!

To make things worse, after I got back on the highway. Within 1 minute, I truck picked up a rock from it's back wheel and it hit my windshield and cracked it. As I drove the 6 hours or so back, the tiny crack grew to cover the whole windshield of the car. Good thing insurance covered it but I almost fell out of the car while driving because the windshield could have fallen of the car. Yes, I blame Google Maps!

Google Sucks until I get something free from them. ;-)

Posted at 12:00 PM | Permalink | Category: SEO Tips | Comments (114) (0)

One mistake, one little mistake, then they have to do it all over again!

Or not.

Posted at 11:56 AM | Permalink | Category: Just Interesting | Comments (0) (0)