Friday, January 30, 2004

Google faces trademark suit over keyword ads | CNET News.com

Google faces trademark suit over keyword ads | CNET News.com: "A lawsuit filed this week has intensified an ongoing dispute over whether Google's policy of selling ads related to search terms is legal or involves trademark infringement. "

About.com : http://www.seoinc.com/seo-newsletters/seo-enewsVol6-Google-Hilltop.html#Google-Removes-DNS-Entries

About.com : http://www.seoinc.com/seo-newsletters/seo-enewsVol6-Google-Hilltop.html#Google-Removes-DNS-Entries: "Google removes DNS entries from the data base = No more Google Dance Tools?"

GOOGLE Hilltop Algorithm Changes Vol6 1-27-2004

SEO Insites GOOGLE Hilltop Algorithm Changes Vol6 1-27-2004

Here is what the Hilltop Algorithm looks like:
Old Google Ranking Formula = {(1-d)+a (RS)} * {(1-e)+b (PR * fb)} New Google Ranking Formula = {(1-d)+a (RS)} * {(1-e)+b (PR * fb)} * {(1-f)+c (LS)}
Google quickly found that the Hilltop algorithm also had flaws. So Google created a two-step search process that combines PageRank technology and the Hilltop algorithm.So how do companies continue to enjoy top rankings on Google?Getting top rankings on Google depends on meeting the criteria of PageRank and Hilltop. Therefore, companies have to receive significant numbers votes or quality links from authority sites (PageRank) and have meaningful / relevant hypertext links (Hilltop) inbound to their web pages. Just as it has always been, Content is critical and linking is now more important that ever.Two Conclusions can be drawn from our research:

1.Google is not trying to force companies to buy keywords; it is simply trying to improve its algorithm.

2.The search engine optimization methodology and strategies used to achieve top placements just became significantly more complicated with the addition of Hilltop With Google handling 75 to 85 percent of all search requests, companies doing business on the Web must retain top rankings in the search engines in order to survive. And that means making sure that your firm satisfies the criteria of the two algorithms.

SEO Insites GOOGLE Hilltop Algorithm Changes Vol6 1-27-2004

SEO Insites GOOGLE Hilltop Algorithm Changes Vol6 1-27-2004: "ogle removes DNS entries from the data base = No more Google Dance Tools?"

Google Tells Booble to Cease and Desist Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimization News from Search Engine Journal

Google Tells Booble to Cease and Desist Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimization News from Search Engine Journal: "Google Tells Booble to Cease and Desist "

Tuesday, January 27, 2004

Major Google Update

Major Google Update -> High Rankings Search Engine Optimization Forum: "there seems to have been another major update on google"

labs.google.com - Papers by Googlers

labs.google.com - Papers by Googlers: "Below is a partial list of papers written by people now at Google, showing the range of backgrounds of people in Google Engineering"