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Yahoo, Microsoft, Google oh my! (part 2 – the acquisition)

Wednesday, 06 February 2008 by Paul O'Brien

As questions whirl about the bid from Microsoft to acquire Yahoo!, I’m still astounded at how the focus of the media is on Search and what such a merger of traditional technology and internet behemoths will mean for Yahoo’s share of search relative to Google. The fact is, Google’s core technology and search science means

Published in Search

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Weighting the Value of Inlinks by Your Domain’s Life

Wednesday, 30 January 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Does anyone know… Does Google weight the value of inlinks relative to the lifespan of a website? While debating with some friends the question of buying links, I argued that buying links has its place in that new businesses, new companies with no brand recognition, reputation, or awareness, need way to catch up to the

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Published in Insights / Research, Natural Search / SEO

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Easily Add Video to your Site – Google Adsense Links to YouTube

Saturday, 05 January 2008 by Paul O'Brien

This is old news but I’ve finally had a chance to take a look and I’m enthusiastic about the potential. Google Adsense has integrated YouTube video to bring web sites and publishers a sponsored video service which automatically features relevant videos based on the content of your site. “A new way to enrich your site

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Published in Advertising, Social Media

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How to Explain SEO to the Illiterate – the Library Analogy

Thursday, 27 December 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Having spent the past few days with family and friends for the Holiday, I repeatedly found myself in the situation of trying to explain search engine optimization and how websites are not simply ‘found’ through Google. Peppered with questions about how SEO is Marketing or why Google doesn’t just do a better job, I can

Published in Fun, Insights / Research, Natural Search / SEO

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Improving Search through Google’s Distributed File System

Thursday, 08 November 2007 by Paul O'Brien

For those of you interested my post last month about how search engines really work, Doug Judd has written a slightly technical brief about the Google File System and specifically, how it can be improved. Doug is leading an open-source project which builds on top of distributed file systems like GFS, HDFS, and Kosmos, bringing

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Published in Google, Search

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How Search Engines Work

Tuesday, 09 October 2007 by Paul O'Brien

About a week ago, Kosmix, one of the few emerging businesses doing anything significant in Search, announced the release of a search technology that gives them a significant advantage in the search space: the Kosmos File System. With all our talk of algorithms and indexes, I’m sure you realize that an engine isn’t as simple

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Published in Advertising, Search

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AdBrite instead of Google AdSense / AdWords

Monday, 20 August 2007 by Paul O'Brien

I’ve had a chance to spend some time with AdBrite and I’m impressed with the opportunity for you, us, as marketers and publishers. Coincidentally, they are set up in the booth next to ours at SES so I’m sure I’ll get a chance to chat with them during the conference and may follow up with

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Published in Advertising, Search

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