Rustybrick just posted that he noticed a few unique AdWords Sponsored Results for certain terms in Google UK (not in the Google U.S. yet). They are the Click-To-Call Listings which has been anticipated from Google for some time now. Continue Reading »
Google Click-to-Call in the U.K.

Technorati Tags: AdWords, Google

Garett Rogers put up a post which hints that Google might offer a Google Archive Search based on the following domain names they registered on September 1st:

• archivesearchgoogle.com
• archivesssearchgoogle.com
• google-archive-search.com
• google-archive.com
• google-archives-search.com
• google-archives.com
• google-archivesearch.com
• google-archivessearch.com

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Google Registered Domains - Hinting Archive Search?

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Microsoft has just put up a patent on a new type of Search Ranking system for their MSN Search Engine called the Nested Search Rankings which William Slawski. Here is an overview on how it works:

1. Takes your Search Query
2. Grab 100,000 pages relevant to your query
3. Rerank these pages according to pre-set MSN factors
4. Pull the top 1,000 pages from the resulting pages
5. Shuffle the order of the 1,000 pages based upon other pre-set MSN factors
6. Take the top 500 from the resulting pages and rerank them according to other MSN ranking features
7. Display the top 10 pages to the user

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MSN Patents Nested Search Rankings

Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Search Engine

The Retsambew Dash Klat for Charity SEO Contest by Webmaster-Talk has finally come to an end after nearly six months or so. We (me and Dustin07) were participating in the SEO Contest with the domain name http://www.linkfor.us/ and we tried to make a last dash near the end for 1st place. We held second place for a while, but then dropped back to third place. Continue Reading »
Retsambew Dash Klat for Charity SEO Contest Ended - 3rd Place