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What Google’s Content Farm News Means To You

Friday, 25 February 2011 by Paul O'Brien

For months, years, Google has been lambasted for the decreasing quality of their results. Annoyed by search results page dominated by the likes of Demand Media and other content farms, fed up with comment spam, and frustrated to the lengths everyone will go to own SERPs, the industry and consumers alike have cried from the

The Algorithm Apparently Killed Jeeves

Tuesday, 24 April 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Ask launched a strange nationwide campaign, not long ago, with cryptic billboards that raise more questions than support the brand. The first, appeared weeks ago with only what looked like a blue button and the quote “The algorithm killed Jeeves” At first glance, I thought, “what a terrible Google ad,” throwing punches at Ask like

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MSN Search Excluding Paid Search Advertisers from Natural

Tuesday, 13 March 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Did you know your position in natural search results could be adversely affected by a paid search listing? Weeks ago Microsoft filed a patent with which their search algorithm could filter the organic results to remove any duplicate listings (two domains pointing to the same website). Interesting implications I’ll admit, I’m intrigued and hope Microsoft

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