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Kevin Kantola
01
Apr

Search Engines Enjoying April Fool’s Day

April 1, 2006
Ask.com has decided to roll out RhymeRank saying this new technology will help out rappers and poets and lead Ask into head-to-head competition with the major search engines. According to Ask, “Aspiring rappers and poets are a huge, untapped market,” said lead engineer Keith Hogan. “Someone will win a Grammy one day using this product....
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31
Mar

Ask and You Shall Receive

March 31, 2006
Ask has changed its image lately and added some new tools. The butler was killed off in favor of a new, clean interface (as stated in my last post) with only a Search Tools panel on the right side separating it from Google’s clean interface. Also, now when you do a search there is a...
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27
Feb

Ask Kills Butler with Candlestick in the Boardroom

February 27, 2006
Well, the butler did it, or apparently didn’t do it according to Ask. Formerly, AskJeeves.com is now just Ask. Well, just ask, Ask. The butler couldn’t cut the mustard (or Colonel Mustard), so he finally got the ax. Ask, has a whole new cleaner interface now with a fresh new look and a Search Tools...
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18
Feb

Search Engine T-shirt Competition Heating Up

February 18, 2006
On the lighter side of things, Search Engine Journal is holding a t-shirt competition with many humorous entries. So far, many of the t-shirt ideas revolve around Google and PageRank as can be expected, but some wander off into other areas as well. You can also check out my entries, number 56 on the list....
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27
Jan

The Great Firewall of China According to Sergey Brin

January 27, 2006
In order to be a part of the Chinese search market, Google will need to censor certain results from the eyes of the searchers. This is according to Google co-founder, Sergey Brin. At the World Economic Forum in DAVOS, Switzerland, Brin said that Google has had a change of heart and will now censor some...
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21
Jan

Google versus the U. S. Attorney General

January 21, 2006
U. S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has sent a subpoena to Google to compel Google to turn over data in the form of search queries conducted on the Google search engine. So far, Yahoo and MSN have complied with their own separate subpoenas, but Google has refused. The U. S. Attorney General’s office has issued...
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06
Jan

On the Lookout For Next Google PR Update

January 6, 2006
Well, it’s the beginning of the new year and the beginning of the next quarter. So, this typically means that a Google PR update is imminent. By all accounts, right now, though, all looks quite on the Google-front. On a separate note, it appears that the Big Daddy update at Google / AOL has also...
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29
Dec

New SEO Contest A Brewin’

December 29, 2005
Well, I don’t usually report on this sort of thing, but there has just been announced a new SEO contest in the works similar to the “nigritude ultramarine” contest a few years back. The new keyword phrase will be announced on January 15, 2005 at noon, PST. This new SEO contest targets Google and the...
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25
Dec

Happy Holidays & Happy SEO and Internet Marketing for the New Year

December 25, 2005
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah and a most Merry Kwanza! I hope it has been a good year for everyone from an SEO and Internet marketing perspective. My wishes are that for 2006 we all find the prosperity we are all looking for online and continue to build upon what we’ve learned in 2005....
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15
Dec

Sponsored Links Debate In Full Force

December 15, 2005
There is a debate raging right now about whether or not publishers should or should not have sponsored links on their websites. Jeremy Zawodny of Yahoo gives sponsored links the thumbs up and Matt Cutts of Google gives them the thumbs down. Many publishers feel that they have the right to monetize their own websites...
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