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« Previous EntriesGoogle Analytics Merits My Tinfoil Hat!
Saturday, June 21st, 2008Google is now providing ‘trend data’ to web site owners. Neato, eh?
If you read their FAQ, data is shared via the opt-in feature of Google Analytics, which various people have pointed out is hidden in the GA interface.
You can opt-out of the Google Analytics sharing, but you can’t opt your site out of the Trends [...]
City Requests Removal from Google Maps
Saturday, May 31st, 2008The Minneapolis Star-Tribune today reports that the city of North Oaks, Minnesota, has requested that all street-level images of their community be removed from Google Maps.
Google says that no community has ever issued such a blanket request. This doesn’t surprise me - North Oaks, sometimes known as the ‘Forbidden City,’ is somewhat unique. All roads [...]
Broken Record: MSN Search is Stinktastic
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008I still hate Live Search. They give me more reasons to hate each day.
Reality Check
Thursday, January 17th, 2008Let’s stop pretending otherwise: MSN Search sucks.
I35W Bridge Updated in Google Maps
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Google Maps quickly accomodated changes in transportation infrastructure after a widely-publicized bridge collapse in Minneapolis.
Submissions: Snake Oil
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007People persist in believing submissions are necessary for the top 4 search engines.
New Webmaster Central Feature
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Google’s Webmaster Central added a feature allowing secured communication between the search giant and webmasters. Neato.
Minneapolis Locals: SEO Event 7/11
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007MIMA’s hosting a search event in Minneapolis. Let’s all go.
Flash: It’s Not Just Search
Thursday, July 5th, 2007The Google Webmaster Blog has a post about uses of Flash in Web pages. Naturally, as one might expect from Google, they focus on the ability of Googlebot or other spiders to ’see’ Flash.
Nothing’s wrong with this, mind you. Flash navigation is bad and needs to not exist.
But there are plenty of good reasons to [...]
On Self-Defeating Business Models
Monday, June 18th, 2007One of the interesting things to watch over the coming year will be what happens to a fairly common SEO business model, that of the ‘guaranteed top rankings!!!!’
With Google’s move to Universal Search and personalization, and the various manuevers of Yahoo, it’s hard to say where the people who promise rankings will land. It’s certain [...]
