31 October 2002

Clickz examine the magic of the landing page in relation to PPC strategies. They also sort-of give their opinion on a certain law suit.

Google Answers is officially launched today. Teenage homework dodgers overjoyed.

And finally today, the web savvy Taliban reunited. (Thanks once again to "regular contributor" Andy at MakeMetop for the tip).

30 October 2002

Interesting guess at the distribution of PageRank

ClickTracks are looking for beta testers from the SEO world. Usually we avoid PR releases, however their approach to providing stats in context looks interesting. Usability designers should also love this.

And finally today, here's a site full of mad stuff (Thanks to Dominic Barry for the tip)

29 October 2002

It was a public holiday here yesterday, so we were out doing other things. Like mowing lawns.

The on-going guessing game continues as to when/if Google will update this month. Google guy attempted to win a mouse-pad by saying "I think the update will happen when it's ready, and we've finished our normal battery of testing and evaluation", which is just the kind of "direct" answer we've come to expect ;)

Myway.com. Google powered search engine with "no pop-ups, no banners, no kidding". Sponsored listings, however....

And finally today, Iraq pre-empts pre-emptive strike.

25 October 2002

Yahoo have changed their express submit option.

Google removes results on it's local search engines for over a hundred sites that might be illegal under French and German law.

Yahoo in janitorial dispute.

Read this: we guarantee you'll laugh out loud (really)

And finally today, the very strange world of weebl and jolt. (Thanks to Andy at MakeMeTop for the tip)

24 October 2002

Webmasterworld are running a Google update competition. Correctly guess the time and date and win a Google mousemat.

Google to online advertisers: stop scaring users. We fully agree - place the user first. Enough already with those damn pop-ups.

Profit problems ahead for Overture, so say executives. However, third-quarter earnings beat analysts' expectations.

Good golly, Kim. (See Tuesday, October 22, 2002 entry) People are going to start talking :)

Guess who's number #1 for the term "stoned chicks"

And finally today, Rubick's cube in Flash.

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