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Month: July 2008

  • Launch of Search Engine CUIL Premature?

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    Pete Lacis
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    The internet has been abuzz with the news of a new search engine created by former Google engineers called CUIL today.  It offers a new interface and a new take on search, sporting its own algorhythm.  However, a few quick searches reveal deep holes in CUIL’s index coverage.  Not only is it lacking key data…

  • How to Improve Traffic with Micro-blogging

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    Pete Lacis
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    One of the most popular off-shoots of the Web 2.0 space has been the advent of micro-blogging.  This capability enables users to post short “updates” (usually no more than 140 characters long) in lieu of lengthy blog posts and has means to share this information within a specific community or the internet at large.  While…

  • WordPress 2.6 Upgrade Available

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    Pete Lacis
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    For all those WordPress users out there, be certain to upgrade to version 2.6 which is out today.  WordPress is certainly a favorite blog/cms platform of ours, for its ease of use it matched equally by its search engine optimization friendly design. Be sure to check out this video about all the new features and…

  • Google, Yahoo to Index (some) Flash

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    Pete Lacis
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    With the announcement that Adobe was providing optimized Flash Player technolgoy to Google and Yahoo, the SEO community has been a buzz about what this could mean for the industry.  Until now, practically all content located within a flash or shockwave file has been invisible to search engines.  The news here is that this new…