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Google on How Much Content You Should Have On Your Home Page

Chris Crum — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:18:21 +0000

The latest Google Webmaster Central video from Matt Cutts talks about home page content. Given issues like content depth and site speed, which Google has brought up a great deal in recent memory, the content on your home page is …

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Is Bing Growth Being Inflated By Shady Sites?

Chris Crum — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:38:39 +0000

Facebook took in an estimated $1.86 billion in advertising revenue last year, according to eMarketer , and AdvertisingAge says that the top two advertisers were AT&T and Match.com. Google was number five. It is the third-largest advertiser on Facebook, however, that has raised a few eyebrows, including those of Google’s Matt Cutts. The advertiser is something called make-my-baby.com – not a well-known brand that you’d expect to see in the top three. Cutts, the head of Google’s webspam team, said the following in a Google Buzz update early this morning (via Marshall Kirkpatrick, who has an interesting write-up of the situation): Visiting make-my-baby.com instantly prompts you to install a browser plugin. The "terms and conditions" link takes you to http://mmb.bingstart.com/terms/ which has phrases like "If Chrome ("CR") is installed on your PC we may change the default setting of your home page on CR to Bingstart.com." I also noticed this phrase in the Zugo toolbar section: "To uninstall the Toolbar, please visit the Toolbar FAQ ( http://www.zugo.com/toolbar/faq/ )." Sadly, that url is a broken link. It looks like a few people have had trouble uninstalling the Bing/Zugo toolbar, according to pages like http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/746034 or http://mymountain.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-remove-bingzugo-toolbar-hijack.html If make-my-baby.com is Facebook’s 3rd biggest advertiser, I wonder how many people are installing this software without reading the fine print that says "Installing the toolbar includes managing the browser default search settings and setting your homepage to bing.com" ? After some discussion about the find, Cutts also says, "It’s entirely possible, even likely, that FB and MSFT didn’t realize this was going on. I wouldn’t assume they were aware of what was going on." One has to wonder how much of Bing’s growth can be attributed to practices like this. It might not be a substantial amount, but on the other hand…third largest advertiser on Facebook? And this is just one example of a site like this. It didn’t take Cutts long to find several more with a quick search. There’s no telling how many site like this are actually out there. "It’s pretty remarkable that even at the top of this giant success story of Facebook advertising, and perhaps near the top of the story of Bing’s steady rise as a search engine, is a Web 1.0-style pulling the wool over the eyes of gullible internet users," says Kirkpatrick. It’s worth noting, as mentioned by a commenter in the Buzz conversation, that Cutts broke this story using Google Buzz, which goes to show – it doesn’t matter if the site is called Twitter, Quora, or Google Buzz – if there is interesting content there, it’s got to have some value. Webspam in a growing problem. Watch our exclusive interview with Blekko CEO Rich Skrenta , who talks about the trend.

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Ask Grows Share of U.S. Searches in March

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:43:11 +0000

Google loses share, while Bing remains relatively flat.

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Average Search CPC Data by Category for January 2010

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:58:21 +0000

Average cost-per-click rates in January for Auto, Finance, Retail, and Travel categories.

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Is Their Any Legitimate Work At Home Jobs On The Internet?

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:50:38 +0000

I would like to be able to work at home to be with my children. I live in a very rural area and the cost of gas compared to local wages is not worth the trip into town.

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Does Anyone Know Any Work At Home Jobs That Are Real?

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:57:23 +0000

I’d love to work at home but there are alot of scams out there or you have to pay like $29.95 or so.

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Does Anyone Know Of Good Customer Service Rep Jobs, Or Work At Home Jobs?

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:55:44 +0000

I am looking for quality customer service or any work-at-home jobs. I do not want to pay to get the information. Why should you pay for a job? I do not want any gimmicks or frauds. I know I am asking a lot. Yet, there must be good companies looking for employees to do customer service reps who can work at home. Again, I am not looking for something that I have to purchase to buy a list or anything. Thanks.

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Is There Such A Thing As Data Entry Work At Home,, Without Paying For It?

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:55:43 +0000

I’m trying to find some data entry work to do at home, on the side. I work for a professional office but nothing to bring home. I have heard of companies years ago that would send you work, or you pick it up, and do the input for them in the evening, UPS the work back or take it back to the company. I must be in dreamland or something, because now a days you have to pay to get this kind of work, or so I see on-line. I was just checking as a last resort to see if anyone knew of something that is out there, that sounds remotely like this.

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I’m Good At Typing And Wondering How Can I Find A Legal And Legit Work At Home Business?

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:49:29 +0000

I know there are alot of work at home business that are fraud. I was wondering if anyone out there is doing an at home business doing typing that really works. I’m looking to make some money while I’m home and my son is at school.. I would greatly appreciate any advice or ideas.

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How To Data Entry Work At Home?

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:53:34 +0000

Can you tell me a legit data entry work at home? How to do it at home?

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