Good Riddance to Keyword Referral Data
Written by editor on October 10, 2013
Search engines are moving away from keyword-based rankings; time for data to reflect this.
Why Spammy SEO Tactics Work (for a little bit)
Written by Damon on May 24, 2012
Spam still works on Google because not all spam detection processes are instant.
Highlights from the Leaked 2011 Google Rating Guidelines
Written by Damon on October 19, 2011
Google’s 2011 rating guidelines are a worthwhile read for SEO professionals.
More on How Google Plus Changes SEO
Written by Damon on July 8, 2011
Google Plus is the perfect social network for bridging the search-reality divide.
Query Forensics: Choosing the Right Synonyms for Long-Tail Key Phrases
Written by Damon on July 7, 2011
Query expansion via synonyms provides clues to the highest volume search terms.
Query Forensics: Beginning Look at Synonyms in Google
Written by Damon on June 29, 2011
Google search results show when they are using synonyms for query expansion.
Wolfram Alpha and Yahoo!: Destined for Failure
Written by Damon on May 19, 2009
First, the release of Wolfram Alpha, a computational knowledge engine that crawls the web to calculate the answers to questions.
The Importance of Server Speed
Written by Damon on February 17, 2009
In case you didn’t know the importance of server speed, have a careful look at the time spent downloading a
What’s Wrong with Penalty Disclosure?
Written by Damon on February 3, 2009
It took Google about 1 day to react to the hyves subdomain disclosure.
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Internet Bias in Search Results
Written by Damon on December 30, 2008
Everyone is writing about how Internet-based business will win even in the face of a recession. It seems like I