Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google’s “Gold Standard” Search Results Take Big Hit In New York Times Story — The New York Times has a great, detailed story out today about a merchant with an unusual marketing strategy: be mean to customers. Any publicity, even negative publicity, means a win with Google’s ranking algorithms.
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Announces Can’t Be Missed Press Event On Search – What’s Up? — Google’s announced a special press event for next Wednesday on search that “you won’t want to miss.” What big news could there be? Let’s speculate — but I wouldn’t get too excited. — Here’s what the invite says:
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Demand Media’s IPO: The Google & SEO Aspects — Demand Media has filed for an IPO. The company, known as a content farm to some, produces much of its content on sites like eHow and others in direct response to what it determines people are searching for on the web.