First, I wanted to wish all my Jewish buddies a happy and sweet new year, shana tova umetukah. Tonight is Rosh Hashanah. The market has turned, the economy looks bad, things just look pretty bad out there. I hope you all have a healthy, successful and happy new year!

I have a special theme live at the Search Engine Roundtable for the day.

Google Israel does not have their Shofar logo up, not sure why... But if you missed it, make sure to download our free iPhone Shofar.

Tamar and I scheduled several posts at the Search Engine Roundtable and we hope some of the authors come on and do some nice posts. Danny, Greg, and Matt should have Search Engine Land under control while I am gone.

I come back Thursday AM (Wednesday night). I ask one thing. Don't email or call me while I am gone. Please. :)

Then SMX East Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday night is then Yom Kippur. Then I fly to St. Louis Sunday for Succots for a week. Crazy month!

Anyway....

Happy New Year!

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Over the weekend, Apple changed their policy in iTunes to only allow those who own the application to review them.

Now, if you try to review an App that you don't own, you get this:

I am very happy about this. Why? Well, it stops people from giving bad reviews to apps solely because they won't pay for them. It also may slow the amount of anti-semitic app reviews.

Glad to see this.

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Daily Search Coverage:

Where did my Rupees go? Make those ads rotate. Google on tagging. Google loves books. Are you a social addict? Google Moderator says hello. Google adds traffic to UK. Twitter gets political. Search in pictures features a decapitated Google lego USB drive.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Messes Up AdSense Exchange For Indian Rupee
2. Why Don't My Google Ads Rotate Evenly?
3. Google on Tag Clouds in Search Results
4. Google Pushing Book Search Results in Web Search Results?
5. Are You Addicted to Social Media? Take the Quiz
6. Google Moderator Goes Live

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Adds Traffic Data To Google Maps UK
2. Watching The Presidential Debate? Use New Twitter Election Site To Share What You Think
3. Search In Pictures: Yahoo Grenoble, Google Lego Drive & Google Chess

Daily Link Finds:

This is the September 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 September 26th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 25, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Welcome New Search Engine Land Editors!, Search Engine Land
• Did Google AdSense just screw you up ?, StartupDunia
• Do Tag Pages Benefit Your SEO Strategies, Search Engine Optimization Journal
• Google Goofs Rupee Exchange Rate, Portfolio.com
• Google Goofs Rupee Exchange Rate, Wired
• New Yahoo! Home Page, Houston Architecture
• Techmeme: Google Messes Up AdSense Exchange For Indian Rupee (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable), Techmeme

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We are working on version 2.2 of iPhone Siddur, you can see all past version information if you like. But here, I wanted to demonstrate some of the new features in 2.2.

(1) We changed the user interface of the Luach a bit, and also added Hebrew dates. As you can see, you can select "English," "Hebrew," or "Upcoming."

Here is the Hebrew view:

New upcoming view drops the shake feature for a button, it was confusing people. Plus, you can click on a date and the top changes to show more detail:

Note, horizontal does not work.

(2) Skip/Jump or Font Controls in the Siddur:

The right or left arrow can either (a) right to left from section to section, (b) left to right from section to section or (c) make the font larger or smaller.

The down arrow will skip you to sub-heading directly in that a section.

Outside of these changes, here are the changes for 2.2:

• Siddur Jump & Skip navigation controls added
• Turn off landscape mode option added to settings
• Luach Modified to allow both "Secular" and "Hebrew" date searches
• Luach removed Shake for List View and added button, which shows more details
• Add וידוי for ashkenaz before תחנון for Mondays and Thursdays (only for in Israel)
• Fixed error in edut hamizrach-shacharit-psukei d'zimra, just before 'Baruch She'amar' in "Lamenatseach"
• Fixed error in edut hamizrach benching, skips last lines of 3rd bracha and first lines of 4th bracha
• Removed more side borders
• Added Candle Lighting and Havdalah times for Yom Tovim
• Settings for "Arrow Behavior" Left-to-Right Sections, Right-to-Left Section, or Font Size
• Setting for KM or Miles
• Add email catcher to see if user wants email updates
• Fix Israeli cities, missing a ton of records
• Replace Hashem's name in Edut Mizrach with the full name
• Upload new GoDaven.com Database

Fun stuff, while this economy and market crashes.

Oh, we just added "Over the internet (air) Minyan Updates." So in version 2.2 and beyond, all GoDaven.com data can be updated without a new version. We check if you have an active Internet connection, then check to see if there is a new Minyan database update, if there is, we push you the new data without you noticing anything...

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About a month ago, I called Noah's Ark Ginormous Burger Challenge, a Scam because my brother in law ate the Ginormous burger a year or so ago and never received his crown.

Well, that all changes! Yesterday, my brother-in-law informed me he received his package from Noah's Ark. It came with:

(1) A letter from the owner of the place, thanking him, apologizing for the delay and so on:

(2) A t-shirt, as promised:

Back:

Front:

(3) A box of cookies, which I don't have a picture of, maybe because my brother-in-law already ate them!?

I do wonder if the owner saw this site ranking #1 for Ginormous Burger and then reading the "scam" part and deciding to do something about it? Who knows...

The important thing is, my brother-in-law is now properly crowned for his achievement!

Honestly, now I want to try to do it myself!

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Daily Search Coverage:

Microsoft announces new adCenter desktop features. Some are seeing the new side of Yahoo. Is there a third Google co-founder. Protect your AdWords account. Yahoo launches new display ad system. Should Google show outliers in query report. Google Reader listens to users. Microsoft adds features to maps. Google builds a virtual moderator named Dory.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. New Features Coming To Microsoft adCenter Desktop Beta
2. Some Yahoo Users Noticing New Home Page Design
3. Is There a Third Google Co-Founder?
4. How To Protect Your Google AdWords Account
5. Yahoo Advertising Platform, APT, Launched
6. Google's Search Query Report Groups Outliers, But Should It?
7. Google Reader Keyboard Shortcuts Changed Without Warning?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. New Virtual Earth Features, APIs & 3D Tools
2. Google Moderator (AKA Dory) Launches

Daily Link Finds:

This is the September 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 September 25th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 24, 2008, Search Engine Land
• SEO Daily Reading - Issue 113, Raven SEO Tools
• Another Google Co-Founder?, Zabawki Naukowe
• Google & SEO : le jeu du chat et de la souris , Zorgloob
• Google's change of policy on URL re-writes, Ian Lockwood
• Internetpret, Wat mij opvalt
• Vermarktungsplattform APT von Yahoo, Microsoft adCenter, Handy- Affiliate, wpAFFI, BlogTopf.de

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Own your identity and your username or nick or alias or whatever you want to call it.

A new site named usernamecheck.com can do that for you. I actually secured rustybrick a bunch other sites. Note, the site is having issues, so don't kill it by trying over and over again (like I did).

Securing your name is incredibly important for online reputation management. Trust me, this will be huge in the future. So do it now, so you don't regret it later.

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A couple weeks ago, my Incase iPhone case ripped and I was sad. After I blogged it, Incase commented telling me to call them to replace it for free. They replaced it for free.

In fact, they actually let me try a different case. They recommended I try the Slider Case. I was told it is less "grippy" then the Protective Case, but stronger and has the ability to quickly pull off the bottom to dock on your dock.

So I got the new Slider Case today and I will be giving it a try. Honestly, I am very concerned that I will be missing the grip factor I am used to on my old case. That case simply stayed put. Never slide on my car's arm rest area, never slide on the dashboard, and most importantly, it stayed in my shirt pocket when I flushed the toilet. So we will see.

Here is a video of me demonstrating the case and docking it. The dock feature is something I like, so I have to weigh the pros and cons. Incase is cool enough to let me decide.

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Daily Search Coverage:

See some really high minimum bids. AdWords API brings back still supports the minimum bid report. Google shows different accessing dates. How long did your reinclusion take? Too many links too quickly? Remove those dud keywords. Does Google monitor landing pages? More answers from Google on SEO. Google launches In Quotes. Google Reader improves. Digg cashes in.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google AdWords Minimum Bids Reach $100
2. Google AdWords API Will Support KeywordMinCPC Reporting
3. Google Webmaster Tools Slower In Reporting Than Google Cache
4. How Long Did Your Google Reinclusion Process Take?
5. Can Inbound Links Come in Too Quickly?
6. Removing Bad Keywords Improves Your Google AdWords Quality Score
7. Does Google AdWords Monitor Landing Pages?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Answers More SEO Questions
2. Google Launches "In Quotes" Project To Compare US Presidential Candidates
3. Google Reader Expands Friends Sharing, Tagging, Ordering Feeds & More
4. Digg To Expand With $28.7 Million In Funding

Daily Link Finds:

This is the September 24th, 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 September 24th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 23, 2008, Search Engine Land
• FAST & EASY WAY TO IMPROVE YOUR ADWORDS QUALITY SCORE, The Inside Angle
• google prefers that you don't use URL rewrites...., nameless things
• Google's "New" Static/Dynamic URL Policy is Nothing New, Best Rank Blog
• Live von der Wiesn, seoFM
• Major SEO change at Google - They're OK with dynamic URLs - kinda, Jeff Hendricks
• SEO & SEM, bonnes pratiques, mikiane.com
• The Complicated World of SEO - Take a Good, Long Look, Then Charge Ahead

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I am not sure if you noticed, but when you click on an iTunes link from your iPhone, it doesn't open the App Store anymore. This started happening when Apple posted the 2.1 software update. I noticed it a few times when clicking on a link from an article about an App, and the page not coming up. I brushed it off as a bug with the URL and then forgot to buy those apps.

But it is not a webmaster or App developer issue. It is an Apple issue. I tried this will several links from my iPhone, from several developers, using the LinkShare link or the iTunes Store link, the same issue happens.

When you click on a link, it tries to open it in Safari and send you to the App Store on your iPhone, but it does not. Instead, you get:

If I wasn't lazy, I would check the useragent and tell any iPhone users to search for the app in the App Store, as opposed to clicking on the link. But I am lazy and I hope Apple just fixes it soon.

But many are complaining about this issue at the Apple Discussions forum.

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Daily Search Coverage:

Did someone hack into your Google AdWords account? Some country specific domains can be geo targeted in webmaster tools. Are you cashing in on AdSense in 2008? Lisa leaves Bruce! Yahoo created a digital advisory council. Google Maps enhances NY metro transit information. Google says, stop rewriting dynamic URLs to static URLs.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Increase in Google AdWords Accounts Being Hacked Into?
2. .TV & . ME TLDs Can Be GeoTargeted In Google Webmaster Tools
3. Making More Money With Google AdSense in 2008?
4. "Bruce Clay Blog Without The Lisa? That's Like Peanut Butter Without the Jelly!"
5. Major Google SEO Change: Google Prefers You Don't Use URL Rewrites

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Yahoo Forms New Digital Advisory Council
2. Google Says, Don't Rewrite Dynamic URLs To Static URLs
3. Google Maps Transit Information For New York Metro Area

Daily Link Finds:

This is the September 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 September 23rd, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 22, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Duplicate Content and Search Engines: The Truth, Interactive Return
• How To Target Hispanic Searchers, HispanicTrending
• Idees d'optimisation du referencement des images, WebRankInfo
• Techmeme: Dynamic URLs vs. static URLs (Google Webmaster Central Blog), Techmeme

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Yesterday, I decided to start tracking the online reputation of my bank.

I went to Google News and subscribed via RSS to my banks long name, short name and stock ticker. I am not running to the bank to take out my money and put it under my bed, but I do want to stay informed on the health of the places that holds my money.

You should do the same! Let me show you how, if you don't know how...

Step 1: Go to Google News
Step 2: Enter your bank's name in the search box (have short names and other names, don't worry, go with one name for now). I'll enter in bank of america as an example.
Step 3: Subscribe to the search results via RSS or Email. To subscribe via RSS, right click on either "RSS" or "Atom" on the left hand column and copy the URL. Then go to your RSS reader and copy it in your add subscription area. If you prefer email, just click on "News Alerts" on the left hand side and follow those steps.
Step 4: Add your bank's other names and stock ticker to Step 2 and repeat Step 2 and 3 again.

I don't think we have to worry about a bank run. But it always makes sense to stay on top of companies you work with and companies that you have money with, even if they are FDIC insured.

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The Google Book Search blog announced you can embed Book results into web pages now. So here is an embedded book result, from a book that quotes me a couple times. Just use the search box in the frame under this sentence to search for "barry schwartz."

I also noticed that "Rustybrick" is a type of plant, according to the Standardized Plant Names by American Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomenclature.

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Daily Search Coverage:

My video recap is live, do check it out. Google Maps ties the knot with Tele Atlas. Yahoo not listening to redirects? How soon should you submit another reinclusion request? Google gains more search share. Google Maps goes night and day. You better pay your SEO firm. Google does logo for Fall. Google adds Book Search to APIs.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: September 21, 2008
2. Google Maps Now Exclusive To Tele Atlas Data
3. Yahoo Search Not Listening to Redirect Rules?
4. Should I Submit Another Reinclusion Request?
5. comScore Shows Google Securing More Market Share
6. Google Maps Street View Offers Night Vision!
7. Think Twice Before Not Paying Your SEO Firm

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Reminds Us That It's Autumn
2. Google Announces Google Book Search APIs

Daily Link Finds:

This is the September 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 September 22nd, 2008:

• Friday Recap, BruceClay.com
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 19, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Updated Google Patent Hints At Linkage Penalties and Site Expiry, DigitalPoint Forums
• 3 Native iPhone Zmanim Applications in the App Store, KosherJava
• 4 points cs pour optimiser le rerencement de vos images, Higherweb
• Kamouflerade Google AdSense annonsenheter fungerar smre, Mclord
• Quality Score = 10/10? Es ist so einfach!, Inside SEM
• Quality Score Improvements Coming to Adwords, ankitrawat.com
• SEO Requires The Slow Approach, Pogra.com
• TaT: OMD und die letzten Tage, Internetmarketing-News.de
• The Weekly Insider 9-15-08 to 9-19-08, eVisibility
• Welcome Back Microsoft, DaveShap.com
• Yahoo's Testing New Site Design, ankitrawat.com

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Sunday, I spent most of the day, 8-hours to be exact, driving back and forth to Baltimore, Maryland. It took about 3.5 hours each way. We stopped once, each way, for a bathroom break and I got gas (cause it was cheap in NJ). I am stubborn, so I did not use the bathrooms and any break. Not cause they may be unclean, but because I do not like to stop for breaks - I like to go direct. I dislike stop overs. Why did I stop? Well, I had passengers.

Here is the trip overview (not exact addresses):

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We did drive over the Delaware Memorial Bridge, which I found to be nice:

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There was this crazy truck driver swiveling back and forth into lanes, on the way home. It was kind of crazy. Looked like he was driving a race car with a load on the back, the load was waving back and forth, trying to catch up with the car. :) Guess what... I did not see a "How am I driving" sticker on the truck. :)

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Not, that is not the truck. :)

Why so many embedded Google Maps Street Views? Cause I am obsessed with Tamar's finding on night vs day Google street views. Move one block over and it gets dark!

Oh, why did I drive to Baltimore? For a friends wedding.

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When I started having my email issues, one of the first things I did was manually turn off Apple's spotlight indexing.

To do that, open Terminal and use this command:

sudo mdutil -i off [harddrive]

Replace [harddrive] with your hard drive's location.

Now that is has been a few days, and Mail has stopped duplicating my IMAP folders, I decided to turn it back on.

sudo mdutil -i on [harddrive]

Spotlight is basically the tool you use to find files on your Mac. I rarely ever use it, because I am filing nut, but I do use it on some occasions. So why did I turn it back on?

I think it is required for Time Machine to work. So I decided to give it a try. After about an hour of running, (it fluctuates between 4 - 6 hours of indexing time remaining), I noticed it gobbled up about 750MB of space.

I'll keep watching it and kill it again, if it eats up more than 2GB of space.

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Daily Search Coverage:

Google Maps adds roads to Israel. Google patent shows us more SEO hints. Google and Yahoo to proceed with search ad deal soon. Live adds Powerset features. Google makes site stats logo optional. Yahoo tests new home page design. Yahoo redoes the Search Monkey. Search in pictures features Marissa Mayer's birthday. Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day everyone!

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Maps Adds Streets to Israel & Mobile Coming Soon
2. Updated Google Patent Hints At Linkage Penalties and Site Expiry
3. Google & Yahoo's Search Ad Deal Kicks Off October 11th
4. Search Industry Celebrates Talk Like a Pirate Day 2008
5. Live.com Search Results Feature Powerset Integration
6. Google AdWords Site Stats Logo Now Optional
7. Do You Like Yahoo's New Site Design?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Pirate Search & Talk Like A Pirate Day
2. Yahoo Modifies Search Monkey Layout
3. Search In Pictures: Marissa Mayer's Birthday, Jenga At Google & 49ers With Yahoo

Daily Link Finds:

This is the September 19th, 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 September 19th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 18, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Arrrrgh! It's Talk like a Pirate Day!, 20 Million Minutes
• Google-Mitarbeiter optimieren Suchergebnisse, ZDNet.de News
• International Talk Like A Pirate Day, Robert SEO
• Talk Like A Pirate Day & The Industry, Search Engine Land
• Techmeme: Google in one more language (Cap'n Pam Greenebearde/The Official Google Blog), Techmeme

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Last week, I blogged about the Shabbat Shalom app we created for the iPhone or iPod Touch.

Well, now it is live and free at iTunes or App Store. To get it, click here.

Note, we found two minor bugs. So we will wait for feedback to collect over the weekend. And then release a new version some time early next week.

This app is really out there for free to (1) help Jews learn about Shabbos and (2) promote the iPhone Siddur app.

Please post your feedback at this Google Groups thread, please.

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Via LaughingSquid Nick Bilton and Danielle Bilton's iPhone cupcakes won the Cupcake Decorating Championships.

How tasty do these looks?

My two favorite things; iPhone and Cupcakes!

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Daily Search Coverage:

The "oh well" feeling of Google and links. Are you being capped by Google? Who did you blame for Uniter Airlines? Take an SEO break already! Image SEO, more tips for you. Google Maps does street views and walking directions, but they do not fully work. Yahoo is testing a new home page. Live Search adds India maps features and improves Virtual Earth imagery.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. The Google Link Conundrum Summed Up
2. Does Google Limit The Amount AdSense Publishers Can Earn?
3. Survey Says: United Airlines (UAL) Stock Price Drop Blamed On
4. Is it Time for Another SEO Break?
5. Some Insights into Image Optimization for Search
6. Google Mobile Maps New Street Views & Walking Directions Not 100%

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Yahoo Tests New Home Page
2. Microsoft Launches New Live Search Maps India & New Virtual Earth Imagery

Daily Link Finds:

This is the September 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 September 18th, 2008:

• Google does not crawl links hidden in Javascript Onclick Events, seogadget.co.uk
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 17, 2008, Search Engine Land
• 13 Tools for SEO, WesUnruh.Info
• A Google le siguen gustando los blogs, adseok.com
• Google soms knap irritant, ZB DIGITAAL
• Google's Human Reviewers - Matching User's Intent, Jim Boykin
• Google: Just a mechanical turk, The MetaSieve Blog
• Links for 2008-09-18, SERPS.CN

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So cool!!! Arrington blogged that the Earthscape iPhone app is now available for FREE.

So I downloaded it and it is basically Google Earth desktop on your iPhone. The neatest part is you can upload pictures directly to the app, which makes it incredibly easy for folks to picture-up the earth...

Here is a picture of where I work:

I did upload a picture, but since I was indoors, it geotagged it not exactly near my office building...

Here is a demo on how it works (I did not make the demo):

My email woes are getting better, but still things are not 100% right.

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I have been having email issues. I am getting emails fine, but my desktop client, Apple Mail, has somewhat been corrupted.

In short, it seems like my IMAP trash can is duplicating my deleted mail over and over again. I typically have about 25,000 deleted emails in a 30-day period stored in my trash can. But it has been duplicating that file over and over again. This morning, I had almost 300,000 emails in my trash folder. I tried deleting it, but those files are not on the IMAP server.

So now, I am trying to rebuild my mailboxes completely. To make things worse, the email server thinks I am hacking it, and it is blocking me out. Fun stuff.

As an email OCD freak, I cannot describe the stress this is giving me.

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Daily Search Coverage:

Google loves blogs. Google's fake http errors. Google disabled a site command feature? Live Search is updating. Get me a ten out of ten with AdWords. FeedBurner opens up FeedProxy. Stop the ad blending! Yahoo loses two more employees.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Still Loves Blogs, Says Matt Cutts
2. Google Webmaster Tools Generating False HTTP Errors
3. Google Disable the "Hidden" Site Search Feature?
4. Live Search September 2008 Update Underway
5. How To Ensure That Your Google Quality Score is 10/10
6. FeedBurner Allows Access Again To feedproxy.google.com Via Robots.txt File
7. Too Much Blending of Google Ads Hurts: It Pays to Experiment

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Yahoo's Exodus Continues: Director Communications & Search Monkey PM
2. Live Search Is Updating, Expect Ranking Changes

Daily Link Finds:

This is the September 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 September 17th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 16, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Link Building for Big Old Sites, Web Data Source
• Live Search Is Updating, Expect Ranking Changes, Search Engine Land
• Search Evaluation at Google, Search Newz
• Techmeme: Google's 12 Hour (and counting) Custom Search Outage (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch), Techmeme
• What Happens to Bullies?, pamelaheywood.com

Posted at 12:36 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

Here at RustyBrick, we can't have enough fun in the day. The latest example is our coders love of Red Bull (not Kosher). When they are done with a can, they rip off the tab at the top and then place it on the window. This is about a month-plus of drinking red bull, between 3 coders.

RustyBricker, Jimmy Mancusi is the man behind this experiment and he is the guy in the picture.

Their goal is to create two full walls of red bull cans. Use the sugar free cans, the lighter cans, to write an R and B (not for Red Bull, but for RustyBrick). That would be cool. ETA until the RB Red Bull wall is about 2 more months, if I had to guess.

Who knows, maybe when Red Bull sees this, they will stop by in the Red Bull Car to visit us.

Posted at 10:06 AM | Permalink | Category: Just Funny , RustyBrick | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

So the market and economy is doing pretty bad, to say the least. Heck, even Wall Street Journal's new design is more black that ever. :)

So I decided to ask my Twitter buddies, "Are you taking your money out of the bank?" The responses were pretty funny:

Skizzlizzit
@rustybrick If I had money to take out, I would. :)

ophirc
@rustybrick I In high school economics they told us to fear the day when all will ask banks for their money...

jimhedger
@rustybrick my CND commodities heavy portfolio is being slammed!

NeOBlog
@rustybrick I like to keep most of my money tied up in jelly beans... because they're always of value...

SEOHolicc
@rustybrick what money?

DavideDiCillo
@rustybrick as WaMu customer i've been thinking about it

cyandle
@rustybrick uhhh...what money..? :)

JeremyLuebke
@rustybrick I'm not that paranoid yet, or should I say I'm not that rich to not be covered by FED yet :D

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