http://blog.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2011, Megite 30 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:38:09 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_1 92d828ff904b1881ca30f97d96b53e81 It looks like more people want to join the anti-Google chorus because it is the cool thing to do. Of course, if you want to be unique you can’t just use regular old curse words because Steve Jobs took that one. Rupert Murdoch doesn’t really call Google names but he does think that their business [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 3 Feb 2010 08:43:01 +0100 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_2 93902b13455a55ec2448894b05de949a Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T21:36:05-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_3 8d43ab044d6e5122a1c47ab3de1a7a68 A few weeks ago, Kathleen and I went on our first cruise together. It was her fifth and my first, so I got to experience a lot of new things. If time allows, I'll try to write about that in the future. But for now, I want to talk about one of our shore excursions. Our first day in port was in Puerto Vallarta. The weather was absolutely perfect: ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:36:20 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_4 9fad56ca26a14b1e365068dd719e2225 Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T12:28:00.000-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_5 5e1520e585145ed147688b1760e508f1 This post is the latest in an ongoing series about how we harness the data we collect to improve our products and services for our users. - Ed. We've learned that when performing a search on Google, people sometimes forget to separate words with spaces. Moreover, people often mistakenly repeat a letter within a single word. For instance, when ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:00:00 PST http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_6 2a43c4a6731a6de81788a7a61c1f0710 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:52:03 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_7 883c8df5cbd8a2c917fa178ed6826ca9 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:42:17 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_8 3117adf6782a7e9856027de6df7c5dce Team Manning and Team Brees, eat your hearts out. It's Team Romo that won the search bowl - at least on Bing. That's right, the Dallas Cowboys were the most searched NFL team on Bing this season. They beat out both teams that will play in the Superbowl this coming Sunday - the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints. If you're wondering ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:42:17 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_9 866a97a580736469eeb924f811862da7 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:08:56 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_10 bf3f63635d73f2757c5b3b05b4fb68bd Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:43:11 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_11 df9342832b6fd0abc490eeb2b0674ffd Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:44:22 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_12 7cb995b2b46f17a76f1c92a31dc2c2a9 A quick note, readers, to let you know that this blog will soon be shuttered and its content merged with ClickZ's regular news and features coverage. The news and commentary you're used to seeing here will soon begin to appear over in ClickZ's regular news section . To subscribe to all our news content, please see our e-mail newsletter and RSS ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:13:31 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_13 173ad2487266458b983bf1dcea5ada95 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:45:14 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_14 aca21b441a7fe158477b7ac417882b22 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:13:31 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_15 cf53ecb159fff02312af150aded14f8f I myself worked for firms that were acquired by Yahoo (YHOO) and AOL (AOL) for preposterous sums before management at the respective companies killed off all the value. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:13:31 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_16 6d2e1c3898929c64f464429dfe570772 So, there are at least three things to cover. First: doing what, exactly? Sec­ond: what of all this around us—what of the vast robinsloan​.com empire? Third: whoah, let’s talk about how cool Twit­ter is! We’ll take it, as always, bird by bird: (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:13:31 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_17 d7b6698fcdb18e9b3666255b6a3c303f Bronco's success is attributed to the collective performance of its team. Effective, open communication in our workplace keeps us focused and driven towards providing you with an outstanding service. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:44:51 PST http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_18 6f48e34a7f11d7b3c0e13f7506afe17f Some Google AdWords advertisers are reporting that their ads are being disapproved due to what is called "Artificial Ad Traffic." There are two thread at Google AdWords Help on the topic. At this point, no one really fully understands the... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:32:20 -0600 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_19 01d7e3145a469ae5a9c9a2c041dfce46 by Stoney deGeyter The following series is pulled from a presentation I gave to a group of beauty bloggers hosted by L'Oreal in New York. Most of the presentation is geared toward how to make a blog more search engine and user-friendly, however I will expand many of the concepts here to include tips and strategies for sites selling products or ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:31:11 PST http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/1#item_20 65ba0aa88a5764089ea4783106ada25c Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:21:38 -0600 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/21#item_1 5ca446bf1818c6440ec14c36acc957fb by Mike Moran Image by liewcf via Flickr When I see the same issue coming up for so many clients, it makes me think that something more is at work. My latest issue that seems to crop up with nearly every client is tracking offline sales back to Web activity. I mean, I know it isn't easy, but it's amazing how rarely I run into a client who feels ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:21:38 -0600 http://blog.megite.com/searchenginewatch/1265189675/21#item_2 0ee13e0f5687387095f6849656865fde Google apparently previously said that on Picasa Web Albums, you can “Store up to 8,192,000 photos from a 5MP camera”. However, Picasa is limited to 1000 albums containing 1000 pics each... which is far less than the advertised 8,192,000. People complained about this, some wanting a refund for buying additional Picasa storage, and now ... (Read on Source) ]]>