This is the July 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 July 31st, 2007:

• New Way of Checking Supplemental Results, SEO 2.0
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 30, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Another way to find supplemental results on Google, Instant Reflections
• Another way to report on Google's supplemental results, Eihab Zaher
• Google Dropping Supplemental Result?, SEOpreneur
• Google en bref - 30 juillet 2007, Zorgloob.com
• Neue Abfrage für Googles “Supplemental Results”, CS Internet Blog
• Seiten im Supplemental Index, Neue Abfrage
• Supplemental Results czyli wynik uzupełniający, berlinski.pl
• Top Internet Marketing Blog Posts' Ever, ViperChill

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

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Today was a pretty slow day... I covered some more reports of Yahoo Search ranking updates. I wrote about those classic dangling links. Google Analytics had a pretty serious outage. Google Docs added a hide and sort feature. I asked if Google is pesky about matching on exact match types. Google launched campaign optimizer for AdWords. iCrossing bought Proxicom. Microsoft is to give away Microsoft Works for free. IAC reported earnings, Ask.com didn't do that swell.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. More Yahoo Search Ranking Changes
2. Dangling Links & Google's PageRank
3. Google Analytics "Outage" Causes Reporting Delay
4. Google Docs Adds Hide and Sort Features
5. Does Google Opt For Non Exact Matches In Organic Search?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Launches Campaign Optimizer For Automated AdWords Tips
2. iCrossing Acquires Proxicom After $62 Million Funding
3. Microsoft Works To Be Ad Funded
4. IAC Reports Q2 Earnings, Ask.com Revenue Down On A Per Query Basis

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It is enough already!

My blog is being hit by tons of comment spam pointing at the WashingtonPost.com. These links go to pages like these.

Then there are Google ads on this page, yes Google is profiting from this. In addition, there is a text ad pointing to http://buygenericviagr.forumlivre.com/.

Here is a screen capture:

The good news is that it looks like Google has not yet indexed this page as of yet.

Yes, they are targeting "biagra," because the "b" and the "v" keys are right next to each other.

But the comment spam is just so annoying!

WashingtonPost, please stop these pages from being generated!

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This is the July 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 July 30th, 2007:

• Bulk up Your Robot: Sitemap Autodiscovery Supported by Major Engines, StraightUpSearch
• Friday Recap, BruceClay.com
• Google Disables Supplemental Results Command, WebProNews
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 27, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Google Disables Supplemental Results Command, Revenue Source
• Ultimate GMail Collection: over 80 Tools and Tips, MakeUseOf.com
• Google Checkout requiring personal info be faxed in?, The Purse Forum
• If you don't like someone: Website Sabotage!, Bert Vierstra Blog
• Pilgrim's Picks for July 27, Marketing Pilgrim
• Google vs Jimmy Wales, Techmeme

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

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AdSense numbers are not matching up. More SEO dictionary terms. A new way to find supplemental results. Take a look at someone's AdSense filter list. Wikia to launch soon. Google releases new meta tags. Gmail seeks movie talent. Company address on footer may be powerful. Live image search adds features. Jim Lanzone was profiled. Google Maps got spammed.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google AdSense Reporting "Today's Earnings" Different From "Total Earnings" of Day
2. The Living SEO Dictionary
3. Yet a New Way to Find Supplemental Results in Google
4. A Peek Inside Your Google AdSense Filter List
5. Wikipedia Founder Proposes Open Source Search Engine
6. Google Expands Robots Exclusion Protocol, Unavailable After Tag Now Live
7. Gmail Team Seeks Talented Filmmakers to Show How Email Travels
8. What are the Effects of Two Addresses in the Footer of a Website?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Live Image Search Adds Face, Portrait, B/W, & Related Features
2. From eTours To Commanding Ask.com: Jim Lanzone's Story
3. Google Maps Bulk Upload Spam?

Posted at 2:51 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

I just got off a phone call with this lady.

She called me while I was out and asked me to call her back in regards to some research she was doing. I thought I would help the lady out with her research and give her a call back.

I quickly learned that this research was to help this individual help her individual client. So in reality, she had a client that had questions. She didn't know the answers to those questions. She called me and others to get the answers. She then probably billed her client for the time she spent getting those answers.

I was nice, I think. I spent almost 20 minutes on the phone with her, giving her answers. I went through some history, some new examples, etc... Showing her how these things work. She then got more specific and I tried my best to help.

After I was done, she then asked if I knew anyone else who can help her. I said I do. But I felt bad giving out the names of these people because it would not help the masses. I explained... Typically a reporter or researcher will call me or others... They would ask us dozens of questions. We answer to the best of our ability. They write it up and publish the knowledge for everyone to see.

In her case, she is getting all this information and keeping it to herself. I said, if this information would help the masses, then great. But she admitted, it would only be used for her consulting project with this client.

So based on that information, I did not offer any additional people she can ask these questions to. I even suggested she research the wonderful amount of free and educational information available on the web. If she had questions, I told her about discussion forums and how everyone can benefit from the exchange of questions and answers.

Am I wrong for not handing out the names of my peers to this person?

Am I wrong about helping the masses versus just helping an individual profit off her client?

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This weekend, some guy I know came over to me and told me he was at a testing conference.

He explained that a Google Maps person was up on the stage giving a presentation on how they add test case scenarios to find bugs in Google Maps. He then told me that the person giving the presentation mentioned my name for a bug I reported...

I said it was possible, but the first thing that came to my mind was a real bug. Yea, remember when I reported about a serious Google Maps bug? See the image at the top right? It was a bug that got caught between a glass plate and the film during the scanning process. So, a real outer-space bug did not overtake a portion of Germany.

He said, it wasn't that bug, but rather a bug that had driving directions go in circles. So I just looked it up and found the 200+ U-Turn Google Maps bug. That was probably it.

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I blog so much that even my family members and friends want to know if they will be on the blog soon.

If I am with friends or family and we are doing something interesting or even ordinary, they joke. "So will this be on your blog today?"

In fact, this happened a few times in the past week. Once when I was at a "guy's night out" last week, they asked if I would blog about it. I did not, but I guess now I am. It also happened with family this weekend, where one family member asked if I would blog about the meal I ate.

So although I decided not to blog about those two events, I am actually blogging about those two events.

Makes you wonder...

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

Daily Link Finds for July 27th, 2007:

• About time. But half-hearted. Annoying. - Sitemap Protocol, Google Groups
• I've been optimizing for local business(es) for several years--some things that work, SEOmoz
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 26, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Бесконечная реклама от AdWords, easy4buy.com
• All NoFollow Google prevents indexing of Google Custom Search blog, SEOCompany.CA
• Google Docs интегрировал Google Calendar, easy4buy.com
• More News on Usability and Marketing, She%u2019s Going to San Jose, Cre8PC
• Search Headlines, Search Engine Watch Blog

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

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There are new reports of AdWords Editors bugs. Google maps adds popular search feature. Google dropped the supplemental index command. Business.com was sold for $345 million. Google does solar panels. There are AdWords tracking URL problems. Changing IP addresses? Yahoo match type offers confusion. Yahoo adds travel search shortcuts. Google's brand increased 44 percent. Google promotion boxes have been spotted in product search. SEOmoz does SEO jargon. Search in pictures is out, featuring dog food. Google launched the unavailable meta tag today.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Continued Google Adwords Editor Issues
2. Google Maps Adds Popular Searches Near Location Feature
3. Google Drops Supplemental Results Query Command
4. Business.com Sold for $345 Million
5. Google Goes Green with a Solar Panel Project
6. Google AdWords Advertisers Report Tracking Problem
7. Should You Worry About Rankings if Your IP Address Changes?
8. Yahoo! Expanded Match Confuses Advertisers

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Yahoo Search Adds Travel Shortcuts
2. Report: Google's "Brand Value" Increases 44%
3. "Google Promotion" Box Found On Google Product Search
4. New Search Engine Optimization Glossary
5. Search in Pictures: Google Dog Food, Yahoo Blow Up Chairs & Matt At World Camp
6. Google's "Unavailable After" META Tag Now Live

Posted at 3:17 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

I have this ambient orb sitting on my desk. It changes colors throughout the day. Right now it is blue and looks like the image at the top right of this post.

Back in the early February, I bought an ambient orb and hooked it into our task tracking system.

We configured it to change colors based on what the employees were doing. I honestly always forget what the colors represent, so I figured I make a quick list of what each color represents, so I have somewhere to reference the material quickly.

So those are the meaning behind the colors that come from my ambient orb.

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Very often, when I am driving to work I see this Turkey crossing the street. So I decided to finally stop driving, take out my iPhone and snap a picture.

Pretty good quality...

Where exactly do I see this turkey? Right around here... Make sure to click on the blue pointer marker.

What time do I see this turkey crossing the street? Typically between 6:20 and 6:40am (EST).

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

Daily Link Finds for July 26th, 2007:

• Headlines of Note for July 25, 2007, Internet Marketing Monitor
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 25, 2007, Search Engine Land
• AdSense Advertisers Being Forced to Run Pay-Per-Action Ads, Search Engine Guide
• AdSense Publishers Will Get Pay Per Action Ads, Like It Or Not, Search Engine Land
• Google Custom Search - All NoFollow, WebProNews
• Pay-Per-Action Ads may open up Google to being a victim of fraud, Natural Search Blog
• Search Headlines, Search Engine Watch Blog

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

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Yahoo launched the quality rank model in Europe. Google explains what "other" means in the AdWords placement reports. Google does not index private Facebook profiles. Google is forcing in publishers into PPA ads. Digg signs with Microsoft for ads. Yahoo tests search assist user interface. Google Docs integrates with Google Calendar. AdWords adds run forever option a few months ago. Google AdWords may provide phone bill like invoices.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Yahoo Launches Quality Score Search Ad Ranking Model in UK
2. What Does "Other" Mean in Google AdWords Placement Reports?
3. Google Does Not Index Private Facebook Profiles
4. Google Opting AdSense Publishers Into Pay Per Action (CPA) Ads
5. Digg Partners with Microsoft for Ad Delivery
6. New Yahoo Search Engine Refinement: Yahoo Search Assist
7. Google Docs Integrates Google Calendar with Create Event
8. Google AdWords Allows Campaigns to Run Forever

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Who Called On Your Ads? Google AdWords May Provide Phone Bill Like Records
2. AdSense Publishers Will Get Pay Per Action Ads, Like It Or Not

Posted at 3:49 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

Too funny... iDating Goes Warp Speed with iPhone via iphonesavior.com.

Just when you think you've seen it all, singles groups across the country find new hope for romance via iPhone speed dating."iDating" parties have become so popular in some cities like San Francisco, California, adding multiple nights and still packing in standing room only crowds. "The iPhone makes speed dating more user-friendly, because you're rejecting a photo not a real person." said Niko Atuna who co-hosts her own iDating parties in the downtown San Francisco area for $25 a person.

So now we have speed dating made for iPhone lovers. :)

More coverage at MyiTablet.

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As many of you know, we created a *revolutionary* new software product for bloggers and editors named RustyBudget.

Today, Ronnie added a new feature that helps Danny and I stay off each other's toes.

Sometimes Danny will add something to the budget for headlines and then I will add the same story, not seeing that he added it already. Sometimes it happens where I add something and Danny dups me. We are human.

So we added a duplicate content detector. Basically, if you have added a story to the budget in the past and try adding it again with the bookmarklet, it will warn you.

Here is an example of the warning:

I cannot tell you how excited I am about this feature. It not only tells you that you are stepping on someone's toes. It tells you whose toes and also gives you clarity into when it was added in the past.

Note: This only works if the URL matches, we are not matching on story titles. Also, this only works on a budget to budget level, so if I add something to SEL and the same thing to SER, it won't prompt me - which makes sense.

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Chris Pirillo twittered that he sold his old cell phone on cellforcash.com for $110.

He said he thinks you should, too.

Should I?

I can sell my Treo 700p for $63. Seems kind of low, but I suspect there isn't much hassle involved with that type of sale.

What do you think?

Want to buy my Treo for more?

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This is the July 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 July 25th, 2007:

Daily Link Finds

• Blog Editors Rejoice: RustyBudget, Search Engine Lowdown
• New Essay: Adversarial Information Retrieval: The Manipulation of Web Content, ResourceShelf
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 23, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Top25 Bloguri SEO, Blog City
• Classement Feedburner des blogs (francais et anglais), www.vincentabry.com
• Google & Other Search Apps For The iPhone, Search Engine Land
• Google recognizing _ (underscore) as a word separator? Better buy some new urls!, SEO Refugee
• Google to treat Hyphens and Underscores in URLs the same, AOSEP
• Headlines of Note for July 24, 2007, Internet Marketing Monitor
• How to Attract Links and Increase Web Traffic, Google Adsense Home
• Hyphens, Search Engine War
• Hyphens and Underscores, Together at Last, SoloSEO Blog
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 24, 2007, Search Engine Land
• SEO Podcast: July 23, 2007, Eric Lander
• Sphinn is Like 5 Hungry Lions Feeding in a 10 Foot Square Cage, AIM Clear Blog
• Top 25 SEO Blogs, www.ilikeweb.cn
• Underscores are now word separators, proclaims Google (Stephan Spencer/CNET News.com), Techmeme
• Beta: RustyBudget Makes Group Blogging Easier; Also Useful for Solo Bloggers, ResourceShelf
• Live Search Now Supporting Sitemaps Autodiscovery Via Robots.txt File, Search Engine Land
• The Wisdom, SEOmoz

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

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Notice any Yahoo referrals in your Google placement reports? Google Analytics went black for 30 minutes. Google added the noindex tag to the custom search blog. Microsoft now accepts some sitemaps. Social networking and identity theft. EU is pushing a Google competitor. Yahoo indexes sites quicker via Yahoo Answers? Yahoo forms CADNA. FCC might not support all of Google's ideas. Immortaility and Cialis in Google. Microsoft does game ads with EA Sports. Advocacy group sues over Google's N.C. benefits. CA & Yahoo team up on toolbar. Digg partners with Microsoft on ads.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Yahoo Referrals Found in Google AdWords Placement Reports
2. Google Analytics Outage for 30 Minutes
3. Google Prevents Indexing of Google Custom Search Blog
4. Microsoft Now Using Autodiscovery Sitemaps for Crawl Assistance
5. Can Social Networking Cause Identity Theft?
6. European Google Competitor Gets $165 Million in Funding
7. How Long Does it Take Yahoo to Index Your Site?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Yahoo & Others Form Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse
2. Live Search Now Supporting Sitemaps Autodiscovery Via Robots.txt File
3. FCC: Nice Ideas, Google -- But We Don't Like All Of Them
4. From The SEO Trenches: Google Bans Immortality, But College Students Party With Cialis
5. Microsoft Scores Video Game Ad Deal With EA
6. Advocacy Group Sues Over North Carolina's Incentives To Woo Google
7. CA & Yahoo Team Up To Offer Co-Branded Yahoo Toolbar
8. Digg Buries Google AdSense For Microsoft Ads

Posted at 4:44 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

About two point five :) weeks ago I got a notice that I had to renew one of my wild card security certificates with Verisign.

Knowing what a hassle it is, I started the renewal process immediately. Now, two point five weeks later, we are still in the process of renewing.

Why is it such a big deal? Well, I have a feeling we are the only one using Verisign for wild card certificates. It seems like whenever we have to renew, no one knows what to do. I have to speak with several different people, who then talk to several different people, before anything can get done.

I am really close now. Our order has gone through and now we just need to go through the four steps of verification. Three of the four steps are done, now my billing guy needs to update the payment step and then we should be issued a revised CSR (certificate signing request).

We are far from out of the woods. I am afraid, like last year, the from CSR is issued and we will have to go through the process again.

This is exactly why I started a month prior to renew the wild card certificate.

There is one really cool step where you have to prove you are from that organization and that you ordered the certificate. They ask you to click on a web site and then that web site asks you to type in your phone number. Then it calls you and you are given a pin to enter in. You enter the pin in and then they call you back with a new pin to enter. If done correctly, the step is done. I wrote more about it last year at the RustyBrick tech blog.

Anyway... Verisign is a pain but that one cool feature is fun.

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I had an employee, for about three weeks, that only ate one meal per day.

He came to work, drank only water and left without eating a bite of food. He said that is what he did his whole life. Yes, he was skinny. Very skinny. But he only had a dinner and that was it all day.

I wonder what metabolism that guy had?

Tonight, I eat a nice meal at Smokey Joes with the guys in the community.

Looking forward to a nice large hamburger.

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I am not going to blog here today. Why? Today is Tisha B'Av תשעה באב...

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

Daily Link Finds for July 23rd, 2007:

• Friday Recap, Bruceclay.com
• Mishegaas, Jew School
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 20, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Blog Tools Web 2.0 Applications, www.feedmyapp.com
• Brief notes (5 Av 5767, Erev Shabbos edition), Iyov
• Manage your blogging life with RustyBudget, DoYouCommunicate
• PageRank Related Websites, Ryan Shamus
• RustyBudget: Multi-Author Blog Management, Techcrunch
• RustyBudget: Multi-Author Blog Management, Sphinn
• SEO Articles You Should Read for 7-20-07, SEO Aware
• Dear Apple: Please Give Me the iPhone Without the Phone, techipedia
• Marketing frankfurters when you should be selling hot dogs, Pink Hat SEO
• RustyBudget, sistemas de administración de blogs multiautor, www.genbeta.com
• Three Erics, Two Daves a Drew and a Barry, Online Marketing Blog
• Harry Potter Will Cost Companies Billions?, www.dotcult.com
• Top 25 SEO Blogs, www.dailyblogtips.com
• MathPoints: latest tech buzz, Google Blogger tips, web2.0, www.mathpoints.com
• WappBlog: RustyBudgetï¼öåõ¢éòüBlogåçèä½úå·¥åÖ·, www.wappblog.com

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

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Can you add more than 200 URLs to your Google AdSense competitive filter list? Did a real Yahoo Search update happen? I believe the Yahoo Publisher Network outage is now resolved. JavaScript triggering bots are no threat to Google. Microsoft goes short on data retention. People are blaming Harry Potter for poor AdSense earnings. Internet Explorer Googlebot. Google Reader has some technical issues. SEO and Usability as one? Vote for the next webmaster central feature. Are search results biased? Google AdWords offers personalized ads based on referrer.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Can You Add More Than 200 URLs to the Google AdSense Filter?
2. Did Yahoo! Search Really Do a July 2007 Update?
3. Yahoo Publisher Network Issues Resolved?
4. Google AdSense Accounts for Bots Like Ask.com and Snap.com
5. Microsoft Shortens Length of Time for Web Search Data Retention
6. Did Harry Potter Affect Your Google AdSense Earnings?
7. Becoming a Googlebot for Testing Purposes
8. Google Reader Rendering Error Caused Minor Outage
9. Do SEO and Usability Get Along?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Vote For The Next New Google Webmaster Central Feature
2. Are Search Engines Biased?
3. Personalized AdWords: Google Ads You See Influenced By Previous Searches

Posted at 5:46 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

I like to introduce new software we built here at RustyBrick. It is called RustyBudget, in short it allows bloggers and authors to easily manage the stories they want to write about at their blogs or publishing sites.

Duncan Riley did an excellent write up on it.

RustyBudget is essentially “a writers or editors budget”, where a blog owner and blog writers can manage story leads, including author allocation, story notes and overall task management.

Why did I build it? Because I spend a ton of time blogging and managing the topics that should be covered at the blogs I write at. As many of you know, I write at both the Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Land. Both blogs are extremely active in terms of traffic and the number of posts we write each day. On both blogs, I help manage what topics we cover and what we don't cover. We manage which authors writes what and what stories they should bring in with it. As you can imagine, the larger the blog, the more authors the more topics, the more confusing things may get.

This software helps organize these tasks and also helps the task more efficient. And efficiency is something I am all about. So initially we built something internally, and then built it out to make it for anyone.

Some people don't like the colors, which is not a big deal, because you can customize the look and we are planning on adding an API. But the bottom line is, that without this tool, I would be spending a heck of a lot more time managing the blogs as opposed to writing at the blogs.

I made a quick intro video on how it works:

For additional demos, go here.

It is free for anyone to use. We only charge if you invite three authors or more to collaborate with you. And then it only costs $4/user/month.

Please let me know your thoughts. We can add features as you see fit.

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Tiger Time Lawn Care mows your lawn. But they add a premium to the price. Why? Well, they have young woman mow your lawn in their swim suits.

They call it the "Bikini Cut." Here is some news coverage:

Nuts...

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Today, according to EarthCalendar.net, is Hot Dog day! More information at Hot Dog.org.

We have a theme at the Search Engine Roundtable and here is a screen cap of the top.

Thing is, religious Jews do not eat meat today.

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Today is Moon Day, the day Armstrong and Aldrin land on moon in 1969.

None of the search engines have a logo, but we have one at the Search Engine Roundtable...

Happy Moon Day!

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This is the July 20th 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 July 20th, 2007:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 19, 2007, Search Engine Land
• Al iPhone le falta hacer popcornâ%u20AC¦ pues no!, BitSignals
• BlogTips: Top 7 SEO Blogs, erick-blogtips.blogspot.com
• $41.59 down on goog stock Ouch!, SEO Home
• New Google Penalties Notification, 1 Choice 4 Your Store Blog
• Search Headlines, Search Engine Watch Blog

That is the discussion I have found via Google Blog Search around the posts at Search Engine Roundtable for July 20th, 2007. Thank you for contributing!

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