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Hello, I am Serge Thibodeau and I am a search engine optimization expert. My company is Rank for $ales and this is my personal search engine blog. This is where I give my personal comments, some general observations I make about the search industry as a whole, interesting SEO articles and topics that will interest anybody that owns a website and wants it to rank higher in the major search engines. This blog is updated daily and is said to be addictive. Welcome to Serge Thibodeau, Live. |
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My 2 featured articles for the week ending October 29: 
Is it OK to buy links? Is it safe to do it?
The 10 steps to get in the SEO Hall of Shame
Blog archives for the week of Oct. 25, 2004 588 - October 29, 2004 - 7.53 PM EST Google's stock rising even further Google's stock is trading near the $200 mark, and investors have to wonder whether many of those buying the stock near such a high price could be money managers, the same managers who once turned the IPO down and said they would never buy any shares. And it's not just day traders and mom-and-pop investors accumulating Google shares. Even though Wall Street veterans know that all hot IPO issues eventually come back to earth, and that Google faces long-term challenges from formidable rivals such as Microsoft and Yahoo, trading data suggests that institutions are indeed among the buyers. Posted on Businessblog™ 587 - October 28, 2004 - 10.46 AM EST Yahoo adds search feature for cellphones While Google's SMS uses text-only messages to deliver its results, Yahoo's new mobile search feature offers localised search results, maps and site icons that let people point, click and make the call. The two companies took their most significant steps yet into the cellphone market within a few weeks of each other, showing just how eager the web search industry is to expand its reach. Posted on Businessblog™ 586 - October 28, 2004 - 7.20 AM EST Internet users making less searches for sex Internet users are making far fewer searches for pornography and sex, and instead are searching for eCommerce and business topics as compared to seven years ago. "Twenty percent of all searching was sex-related back in 1997, now it's about 5 percent," said Amanda Spink, the University of Pittsburgh professor who co-authored "Web Search: Public Searching of the Web" with Penn State professor Bernard J. Jansen. Posted on Businessblog™ 585 - October 27, 2004 - 3.31 PM EST Google buys mapping company Keyhole Google just acquired Keyhole for an undisclosed amount. With Keyhole, you get a satellite image of the world and can view streets in the major cities and political hotspots, while finding local hospitals, restaurants and libraries. Unlike traditional mapping technologies like MapQuest, Keyhole creates a dynamic 3D interface for geographic information. Posted on Businessblog™ 584 - October 27, 2004 - 10.56 AM EST Is Google's new Desktop Search too powerful? Google's new Desktop Search feature is really fast and efficient. But is it capable of too much power? Introduced last week as a free download, Google Desktop Search keeps track of files on your computer's hard drive in much the same way that regular Google finds information you want on the Internet. Posted on Businessblog™ 583 - October 26, 2004 - 7.35 PM EST Copernic will offer enterprise search Copernic announces the creation of a new separate company, Coveo Solutions Inc. The company will focus exclusively on providing easy-to-use, powerful and secure enterprise search software to businesses, organizations and government entities. The creation of Coveo is in response to overwhelming market demand for its flagship product, Coveo Enterprise Search (CES), formerly known as Copernic Enterprise Search. Currently, CES is being used by more than 3,000 businesses worldwide. These businesses and organizations require robust document-level security, low total cost of ownership, and superior relevance with one, unified approach from the desktop, across the enterprise and the Internet. Posted on Businessblog™
582 - October 26, 2004 - 9.26 AM EST Microsoft includes Google to help sell Windows Microsoft offers a Google search tool for download from the Microsoft website. Google's Deskbar is included in Microsoft's Partner Pack for Windows, a collection of Microsoft and third-party products released last week that Microsoft describes on its website as "the ultimate application package" for a Windows XP PC. Posted on Businessblog™ 581 - October 26, 2004 - 8.18 AM EST Google's market cap now bigger than Yahoo Google's stock soared for a third day Monday, increasing the company's market value above that of Yahoo, to more than $50 billion, just two months after Google's IPO. Google rose $14.97, or nearly 9 percent, to $187.40, boosting the Mountain View, Calif. company's market capitalization to $50.8 billion. Shares of Yahoo edged up 24 cents to $35.20, for a market cap of $47.8 billion. Posted on Businessblog™ 580 - October 25, 2004 - 3.05 PM EST Yahoo and Adobe partner to provide toolbars Yahoo and Adobe have partnered to provide more Yahoo toolbar downloads to Adobe reader downloaders. Adobe and Yahoo announced the strategic relationship aimed at providing consumer services to Internet users. Leveraging the over half-a-billion copies of Adobe Reader software distributed to date and Yahoo the two companies will introduce integrated products that feature Adobe services, significantly increase the reach of Yahoo Search and expand the online utility of Adobe Reader.
Posted on Businessblog™ 579 - October 25, 2004 - 2.12 PM EST Google to expand into brand advertising Once it has built its business model through generic search listings, Google might soon want to expand into brand advertising. Speaking to investment analysts on the company's first-ever earnings call last week, Google executives said its fledgling effort at distributing graphical ads was an important initiative for the company. Google has begun to test the display of graphical ads on Google Image search. "Currently, it is a small component of our business, but we think it has a very exciting future," CEO Eric Schmidt said of graphical ads. Posted on Businessblog™ 578 - October 25, 2004 - 10.48 AM EST 26% of Internet surfers use online rating systems Pew Internet and the American Life Project closely analyzed 1,400 Internet surfers and users in the US during the summer of 2004, in an effort to better gauge the country's use of online rating systems. Posted on Businessblog™ 577 - October 25, 2004 - 8.54 AM EST New search engine marketing association in the UK The UK Search Engine Marketing Association is looking to provide legal advice on search engine techniques, promote best practice, publish data on the search engine business in the UK and generally represent the industry.
Lloyd said 'The UK search engine market is currently the second largest in the world outside the United States. Posted on Businessblog™ 576 - October 25, 2004 - 8.45 AM EST MSN still promising its search engine for 2004 The world's biggest software company has set a closer date for the delivery of its desktop search program, after Google released a test version of its competing search feature for searching a personal computers' hard disk. During its earnings call with financial analysts, Microsoft said an MSN-branded tool would be made available before the end of 2004. The tool and an algorithmic Web searching engine will be in beta testing by year's end, a representative said Friday. Posted on Businessblog™  Sponsored by Hébergement de sites Web au Québec Sponsored by Canadian Local Search Engine Sponsored by Starflix Sponsored by Marketing Trends.org Sponsered by Brazilian Web Hosting.com Sponsered by Internet Trends.org Sponsered by SEO Radar Hosted by Sun Hosting Sponsered by Web Hosting Review Guide Protected by Proxy Sentinel™ Traffic stats by Site Clicks™ Driven by escalate Sponsered by Blog Hosting.ca Serge Thibodeau Live is listed in Global Business Listing This blogging site was designed by GCIS Graphics and logo done by Montreal Web Design Blogging software provided by Businessblog Developed on the Web Services™ development platform Serge Thibodeau, Live is a GCIS Web property Partner: Internet Search Engine News.com Sponsor: Link Rent Sponsor: Press Broadcast.ca Sponsor: Avantex Sponsor: Internet Services Broker Sponsor: B. Price W. H. Sponsor: Wholesale W. H. Sponsor: Canada Web Hosting Sponsor: Tech Blog Sponsor: Bloggers.ca Copyright © Serge Thibodeau 2004. All rights reserved. All views and opinions expressed on this blog are those of Serge Thibodeau only and are not representative of any company listed. All slogans, trademarks, text or logo representation used or referred to on this blog are the property of their respective owners. | |||||
