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The Race For Attention Tightens Online As McCain Gains On Obama

by on Sep 05, 2008 (0) Comments

Obama vs. McCain

Now that convention season is over and the candidates have about eight weeks before they find out who will lead the United States for the next four years, it’s time we compare each candidate’s attention online as we head into the final stretch.

According to Google Trends data, Republican candidate John McCain is quickly gaining ground on Barack Obama and witnessed a spike in searches the day he announced Sarah Palin as his running mate. However, Obama witnessed an even greater spike at the same time, perhaps due to his convention speech the night before and some comparative searches pertaining to Palin.

The Other Side of SEO (as seen by Search Engines)

by on Sep 04, 2008 (0) Comments

In case your wondering why your rankings may have dropped in Google, it appears they have rolled out a new infrastructure for assessing relevance.
A few weeks ago SEO specialists speculated that anchor text (the text in the link) now has less significance, which according to testing we conducted is valid. However, there is more [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “The Other Side of SEO (as seen by Search Engines)”, url: “http://www.seodesignsolutions.com/blog/articles/the-other-side-of-seo-as-seen-by-search-engines/” });

No Joke: Google Introduces Its Own Browser, With A Cartoon

by on Sep 01, 2008 (1) Comments

Google Blogoscoped has published a lengthly cartoon sent to them by Google and drawn by Scott McCloud that provides the first public details about Google Chrome, an open source browser based on WebKit and powered by Google Gears that has been rumored but never before confirmed.

According to the cartoon (which can be seen in its entirely here – thanks Marshall), the Google Chrome project has already undergone a substantial period of development with engineers working to create a product that’s secure, user friendly, fast, stable, safe, and easily testable. No word yet, however, on when it will be released.

This is a straight shot over the bow of Microsoft, which has tightly integrated its Live Search offering into its dominant Internet Explorer browser (and which, surprise, is in turn tightly integrated into Windows). It also makes for an awkward relationship with Mozilla, whose Firefox browser Google basically funds.

The cartoon breaks down Google Chrome’s features into the following four topics.

The 7 Top SEO Tactics You’ll Ever Learn.

by on Aug 29, 2008 (0) Comments

As a current owner of a website, I have discovered its not as easy as people make it seem. Its a common misconception to think that creating a site is easy. You need to make sure that your layout is easy to understand and friendly to the user. The interface colors and placement of items [...]

The optician that guarantees visibility!!!

by on Aug 21, 2008 (2) Comments

It is never good to just exist. Getting known is part of the desire of every human mind. When it comes to the Internet, you have to be known in order to even exist! Search Engine Optimization is a process by which you are able to improve the number of visits to your site and [...]

Goofy Web 2.0 sites that don’t really make sense

by on Aug 20, 2008 (0) Comments

It’s not all wine and roses around here at Web 2.0 Watcher. Some of the sites I come across are just plain goofy. Maybe it’s just me – I’m not getting the point, or I don’t see the potential. Maybe the idea is sound but the implementation needs work. Maybe these sites are just not meant to exist.

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Google Tries Milking Mobile YouTube for Ad Money

by on Aug 19, 2008 (0) Comments

Search engine giant Google has begun testing video ads on its mobile version of YouTube in the U.S. and Japan. The move is an attempt by the Mountain View, Calif.-based search engine to monetize YouTube’s video ad potential. Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion in October 2006.