22 November 2002

Interview time again - the name Jill Whalen will be known to most of you :)

The perfect page test. That man Sullivan examines search engine results.

And finally, can you spot a hoax?

21 November 2002

Inktomi release WebSearch 9. Initial reaction has been mixed. We'll wait and see.

A search engine that locates communities? "Page builders can link anywhere. But they don't, Gary Flake, of the NEC Research Institute in Princeton, and his colleagues have found. Instead, pages congregate into social groups that focus most of their attention on each other". Indeed.

And finally, <first person>I work for an advertising agency, Breathe Communications. A few days ago, our security webcam was stolen. The cheeky monkeys can be seen at the end of the footage, naturally. </first person>

20 November 2002

Search Engine Marketing vs Direct Marketing. Adtech conference has "standing room only" for search marketing seminar.

Also from the Adtech conference: the quality of search engine traffic is important. Ya, we know that already, but it's good to remember that most of the internet world is only just waking up to this marketing channel.

Webmasterworld.com reaches Top 1000 sites on the web, according to Alexa.

And finally, web design, eh. Hilarious.

19 November 2002

Looksmart take SEO inhouse? Scroll down and check out the preferred experience. (Thanks Search Engine Guide).

Brett's interview has sparked another interesting discussion. What is the ideal font size?

Overture and Google awarded supplier deals with Yahoo! Japan.

Chris "I really wish I'd thought of that idea" Riding has a useful seo support forum. Myths dispelled. Daily. Nice take on SE "spam".

Page & Brin up there with Edison & Marconi? Researcher waxes lyrical about the benefits of Google.

Google contines to infiltrate the mainstream. Article concludes that "Google is not *just* another internet company".

And finally, Dubya's inbox online.

18 November 2002

There was some nashing of teeth over Ralph's interview on Friday. Whether you agree with Ralph's approach or not, the interview helped raise pertinent questions. The overwhelming response has been "fascinating".

In the coming weeks, we'll be featuring perspectives from the other end of the search marketing spectrum. Our series aims to present a broad range of views in order to help us understand where we are at as an industry and where we're heading. Stay tuned.

Study reveals that most searchers are happy with search engine results, but will change search engines if they don't find what they are looking for.

Google cache anomaly. Search Google for kite arch sled . At the bottom of the page you will see a link to a page titled "Piani di costruzione" Click the cached link and see what happens to the address of the page after "To link or bookmark this page..." (well spotted Hanan Cohen)

Our place in the universe. Fascinating.

And finally, a fight between friends over who had the hairiest buttocks.

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