Modern SEO News Blog http://www.modernseo.com Devoted to the art of SEO Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:38:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Guess the Affiliate/Niche for $15 I have a ton of websites lying around here and there and SEO is something that would take a few weeks to come into effect (in my opinion - I’m sure others can probably do it quicker than I can).

Anyways, I did some decent SEO on a website and it ended up getting a TON [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/affiliate-marketing/guess-the-affiliateniche-for-15/ Modern SEO Revival I’ve been busy with many new projects lately, but I have come back to revive one of my prosperous blogs - Modern SEO News. I’ll be updating the blog on a daily basis and accepting sponsors as well.

We will also be touching on the affiliate scene as well now! Look forward to more blog posts.

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/modern-seo-revival/ Google Health Now I think this is a bit silly, it feels as if though Google is taking over every aspect of the average man’s life. I can understand them dominating the advertising and search engine area of the internet, but a line should be drawn! Now they have released a new program entering into healthcare, Google [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-health/ Possible Removal of Google PageRank? Search Engine Journal is reporting that Google might decide to remove their Google PageRank bar from their Google Toolbar. Technorati Tags: Google, PageRank

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/pagerank/possible-removal-of-google-pagerank/ Clicksor is a formidable alternative to AdSense? As soon as people get banned from AdSense, it seems that they run to Clicksor, hoping that they get more leniency for the same price. Last year this would have been crazy talk to most webmasters, but now that Google has released more and more restrictions on the type of content you’re allowed to [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/advertising/pay-per-click/clicksor/clicksor-is-a-formidable-alternative-to-adsense/ Microsoft Acquires AdECN Considering that Microsoft already runs it’s own advertising service via adCenter, it was quite a surprise when they bought AdECN. However, AdECN is quite the catch, considering the features that they offer for their advertisers (and the publishers). Technorati Tags: Microsoft, adCenter, AdECN

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/msn/adcenter/microsoft-acquires-adecn/ Yahoo! Search Marketing or Search Bribery? I decided to take a crack at Yahoo’s Overture PPC program today and stumbled across this page that talks about paid inclusion in Yahoo!’s Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). Now this doesn’t seem like bribery at first, but… Technorati Tags: Yahoo, Overture, PPC

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/yahoo/yahoo-search-marketing-or-search-bribery/ Modifying Google AdSense Ad-Language I just thought this would be a great find for Google AdSense users, especially those that run websites in a language other than English. In fact, I saw an advertisement in Hindi in my gMail Account yesterday. I don’t know if it was a random coincidence or they somehow managed to get my ethnicity (even [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-adsense/modifying-google-adsense-ad-language/ The Tools/Websites of an SEO I received an E-Mail from a reader, Jeff, asking to make a blog post on the tools that I would use when developing a website to check on their status, as well as research a website before buying it.

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/the-toolswebsites-of-an-seo/ API Websites I’ve worked with a couple of API websites in the past and I’ve always been interested on the concept of running websites which are supplied with continuous amounts of free content. Furthermore, people are now creating scripts that are meant to utilize these APIs.

Anyway, I found this great website with a list of numerous APIs [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/websites/api-websites/ DreamHost Security Leak I was pretty amazed when I heard a company as prominent as DreamHost have a security leak as massive as 3,500 FTP accounts. Caydel was one of the unfortunate customers who had his account bypassed. Apparently he noticed a ton of spam links placed on his website, but didn’t think of anything at the time. [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/webmasters/web-hosting/dreamhost-security-leak/ HitTail Suggestions I’ve been using HitTail every now and then when I’ve been thinking of a blog post to make, since I definitely don’t mind being favored by the search engines! Anyway, I think they offer a great service and they do have a ton of tools for their Basic (a nicer way to say free) Users.I [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/hittail-suggestions/ eBay Buys StumbleUpon I really thought this was an odd combination, since I would have never expected eBay to be even remotely interested in anything in the social bookmarking area. Nevertheless, it has happened yesterday and we can only see what eBay has in store for StumbleUpon.

According to the senior directory of eBay, Michael Buhr, they will keep [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/online-marketing/stumbleupon/ebay-buys-stumbleupon/ Affiliate Ingenuity Basically Revver is a video community, similar to YouTube, but they also display advertisements at the end of all their videos. The best part, is that they are also offering an affiliate program that pays you by PayPal to promote their videos by choosing a video to put on your site.

With the fact that they [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/affiliate-marketing/affiliate-ingenuity/ An End to Incentivized Offers? A couple months ago, Shoemoney posted up an E-Mail he received from an anonymous source. Apparently, ValueClick Media is running “free” incentivized offers and have a small disclaimer at the bottom:

To receive the incentive gift you must: 1) register with valid information; 2) complete the user survey; 3) complete at least 2 Silver, 2 Gold [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/advertising/an-end-to-incentivized-offers/ W3C Considered a Factor in SEO Ranking? I just made a blog post on SEOFox regarding the impact W3C Compliance would have on one’s SEO Ranking. Overall, I believe that having a W3C compliant website really couldn’t hurt. It would definitely hurt your website if a search engine couldn’t index your website correctly. Furthermore, it would annoy visitors using problematic browsers like [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/webmasters/website-development/w3c-considered-a-factor-in-seo-ranking/ Same eBay Listings under Various Sub-Domains Most people think that well-established companies like eBay wouldn’t have disorganized pages in Search Engine Results Pages, but I guess this discovery by Aaron Wall can’t go unnoticed.

It seems that eBay has a huge amount of sub-domains, one for every category, search results and such. Well, having a huge amount of sub-domains for every category [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/same-ebay-listings-under-various-sub-domains/ Rumors of Microsoft buying Yahoo! Let me start by saying these rumors are most likely fake. Blogs like Search Engine Journal take the fact that just because the stock price rose by nearly 19% for Yahoo!, it dropped earlier this morning. Technorati Tags: Yahoo

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/yahoo/rumors-of-microsoft-buying-yahoo/ MySpace News = New Social Marketing Target Well it has been a while since MySpace has done something new in order to get a bigger user base. Now that they’ve launched MySpace News (BETA), I’m sure that they’ll attract all the social media experts out to game MySpace News. Technorati Tags: MySpace

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/online-marketing/social-media-marketing/myspace-news-new-social-marketing-target/ Yahoo! Acquires Right Media Right Media is one of the biggest CPM Networks on the net and is well established on the net. Last night, Yahoo! has announced their recent acquisition of Right Media Network. Technorati Tags: CPM, Yahoo, Right Media

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/advertising/cpm/yahoo-acquires-right-media/ Viral Marketing via Dollars I was working on a computer and sitting next to me where a couple of kids entering the serial numbers on the bills on TrackTheBill.com - A way for users to track where their money originated and ended up. The interesting part is that the kids where writing the URL to the website on the [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/viral-marketing/viral-marketing-via-dollars/ Google Layout with Yellow Ad Box Many of us are accustomed to seeing the natural blue sponsored advertisement box at the top of the natural listings on Google. But Google has changed their sponsored ad box to a yellow color. Technorati Tags: Google

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-layout-with-yellow-ad-box/ Google Fishing for Paid Link Reports I really don’t agree with the new post that Matt Cutts published which is basically looking for webmasters to snitch on each other, even though there are probably a ton of people looking to hurt their competitors.

Similar to what this post says, I think this would be a huge problem for people selling/buying links in [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/link-building/google-fishing-for-paid-link-reports/ Digg Traffic CTR vs. Search Engine Traffic CTR It has been a long debated topic between social media marketing experts, who claim that digg users rarely enjoy websites with advertisements blatantly placed on the website. Therefore, the assumption was made that they do not click advertisements.

Well Chitika has run an analysis to actually prove this theory and provide a very nice explanation of [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/online-marketing/social-media-marketing/digg/digg-traffic-ctr-vs-search-engine-traffic-ctr/ Google Search via Toll-Free Phone Number Google seems like it isn’t interested in simply making money from advertisement revenue, but now it looks like they are offering searches over a toll-free phone number. You can call them at 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) for no charge. Technorati Tags: Google

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-search-via-toll-free-phone-number/ RSS Rights A lot of talk has been going on inside the WebmasterRadio.fm Chatroom a while back about whether people should be allowed to copy/syndicate someone’s RSS Feed without permission (either given on the website or received from user). I decided to put in my thoughts and what I perceive publishing an RSS Feed would mean.

First of [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/rss-rights/ Access the Internet using your Toilet (from Google TiSP) Google has entered the broadband wireless internet service and is offering free internet access via toilets! That’s right, Google plans on using the central sewer system of your water company to help you connect to their broadband service - Google TiSP (Toilet internet Service Provider).

This is only available in the U.S. and Canada at the [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/access-the-internet-using-your-toilet-from-google-tisp/ The Plus Box Google has added a new plus box in addition to the one-box displayed at the top of certain search results which promote their own services (Blogger, Google Images). This plus box is meant to provide more information for a specific listing related to stocks or map destinations. You can view an example of the plus [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/the-plus-box/ Google Acquires AdScape I’ve been away with business, but I’m back and am not all amazed to find out that Google has acquired AdScape Media yesterday or so. For those that don’t know what AdScape does, it is a company that helps place advertisements inside video games. Gaming has evolved over the years and has become a vital [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/google-acquires-adscape/ EarnersForum Contest and Elite Retreat Pass Giveaway Just a heads-up to any SEO or webmaster that would be interested in attending the 2007 San Francisco Elite Retreat Conference on March 19th & March 20th, there is a small contest being held on EarnersForum.com which is handing out a free pass (a value of nearly $5,000) for people that can answer this question:

“Why [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/webmasters/earnersforum-contest-and-elite-retreat-pass-giveaway/ Viral Marketing via Microsoft Vista Gadgets Many people have started upgrading to the latest operating system from Microsoft - Windows Vista. For those that have a wide 15″ screen, you wouldn’t mind displaying their gadget sidebar on the side. Considering how many new computers have Windows Vista installed and the gadget sidebar enabled by default, you can expect a lot of [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/viral-marketing-via-microsoft-vista-gadgets/ ShoemoneyAds is now AuctionAds Eveyone remembers ShoemoneyAds before he closed it. For those that don’t know what was so great about ShoemoneyAds, it offered a way for websites pertaining to a certain niche to display the latest eBay Ads, which would redirect them through the user’s CJ Affiliate Code.

Well now he has launched a new service - AuctionAds, which [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/ebay/shoemoneyads-is-now-auctionads/ The Free SEO Clinic Have you been longing for some free SEO advice from leading SEO Professionals in the industry? Well Loren Baker has started a new project - the SEO Clinic! Basically it mocks the ‘Pimp My Site’ Sessions at Search Engine Strategies, except it’s free!

To participate in this new service, you would need to submit your website [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/the-free-seo-clinic/ PayPerPost Rising Up? PayPerPost, the famous blog ad network, been absent from the blogosphere for a while now. I received a newsletter from them a few days ago and I decided to take a look at what they’ve done so far. I logged into my account and I was amazed at the changes that PayPerPost has undergone. Technorati Tags: [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/blogging-revenue/payperpost/payperpost-rising-up/ StumbleUpon Traffic I’ve been enjoying some great StumbleUpon traffic for the last few days to most of my sites. When I checked my referral logs, I noticed that the referrals were coming from StumbleUpon Referral Page. It was meant to be a source for webmasters receiving traffic from StumbleUpon to get even more traffic via paid traffic. Technorati [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/online-marketing/stumbleupon/stumbleupon-traffic/ My Personal Blog I always admired other SEO’s like Shoemoney who have their own personal blog which receives a ton of attention from other bloggers. Well I’ve decided to start my own personal blog, since I don’t like posting a ton of my personal information on an SEO-based News Blog. I’m also starting my own personal blog because [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/my-personal-blog/ Yahoo! Tracks AdSense Clicks via MyBlogLog I thought this was an interesting read where Shoemoney was banned from MyBlogLog (but they made up later) and found yet another MyBlogLog exploit a few posts later!

It seems that DDN found out that the JavaScript code that is loaded with MyBlogLog tracks clicks made on your advertisements on Google AdSense as well as Yahoo! [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/mybloglog/yahoo-tracks-adsense-clicks-via-mybloglog/ Free SEO Services on DigitalPoint It seems that the SEO industry is really grabbing the attention of everyone on the web. Now more and more people are learning about Search Engine Optimization and creating companies which offer Search Placement services (a few are even advertising on the blog). Well I stumbled upon a new thread on DigitalPoint where a member [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/free-seo-services-on-digitalpoint/ The Linkbait Poker Tournament I’ve been away for a while, but I just got my new Windows Vista laptop and I’m back to blogging on a regular basis! So when I got back, I quickly glanced through my feeds and I was bought to Quadzilla’s Second Linkbait Poker Tournament! I classified it as linkbait because SEO’s participating in this [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/link-building/the-linkbait-poker-tournament/ Technorati WTF is the new Digg? I’ve been toying around with Technorati WTF (which stands for “Where’s the Fire”) and I’ve been watching it for a while. In fact, a few minutes ago I created a WTF for Dave Pasternack.

Technorati Tags: Technorati

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/technorati/technorati-wtf-is-the-new-digg/ Dave Pasternack: The Grandfather & Self-Proclaimed Specialist of SEO Since this is an SEO Blog, I thought it would only be fair if I actually talked about the one person who made this all possible by inventing Search Engine Optmization - Dave Pasternack. Dave Pasternack was the first to discover the potential of Search Engine Marketing by optimizing your websites for Search Engines. Technorati Tags: [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/dave-pasternack/dave-pasternack/ Google Me - The Movie Google has definitely become a part of everyone’s lives - internet savvy and computer illeterate users use Google on at least a weekly, if not daily basis. However, many people use Google as a reference engine to check the background of someone’s history on the web. A documentary movie has now been created which revolves [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-me-the-movie/ AdVolcano Cost-Per-Term (CPT) Advertising A lot of people have been using AdBrite because they believe that they are in control of their advertisements. Well I recently started using AdVolcano and I have to say that I like what I see! Technorati Tags: AdBrite, AdVolcano

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/advertising/advolcano-cost-per-term-cpt-advertising/ YouTube Revenue Sharing Model A ton of forums have started sharing revenue with their users via Google AdSense, started by DigitalPoint Webmaster Forums. Well now YouTube is headed down the same path by offering to share revenue with the people who upload the content which makes YouTube famous! Technorati Tags: AdSense, YouTube

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/youtube/youtube-revenue-sharing-model/ Google Personalized Results A lot of people may have already noticed the Google Personalized results which may affect the Search Engine Results Pages (SERP’s) when you’re logged into your Google Account (via cookie). Well I was listening to The Pulse on WebmasterRadio.fm and they were talking about how a ton of people are now using Google Accounts with [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-personalized-results/ GoDaddy Mention on Super Bowl XLI I thought it was amusing that during the Super Bowl XLI today, they aired a mention for GoDaddy with the slogan “GoDaddy: Make a .com with us”. There was also a commercial for GoDaddy which can be seen here.

Now this got me thinking, are companies starting to get so big that they don’t care how [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/websites/domain-name-registration/godaddy-mention-on-super-bowl-xli/ SEO Sales Badge Well we have finally launched a nifty little SEO Tool in Modern SEO Tools. It is the SEO Sales Badge. The purpose of this tool is:

Show possible advertisers the SEO Statistics of your website
Display your SEO Statistics to people who might be interested in buying your website

[...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/seo-sales-badge/ Make Competitors Suffer on Wikipedia Well every SEO is outraged with Wikipedia placing nofollow tags on all outbound links, in fear of the great amount of spam they would receive from the GlobalWarming Awareness2007 SEO Contest.

Most people are looking at the negative side of this. However, me being the optimist I am, am happy because I don’t have any Wikipedia pages [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/seo-news/make-competitors-suffer-on-wikipedia/ Google AdSense Rewards Publishers by Banning Them So I was listening to Shoemoney’s Net Income show earlier this week and Shoemoney did ask him what users should do if a publisher is banned from Google AdSense.

Brian Axe: We actually have a very thorough public appeals process, if a publisher feels they were improperly banned from AdSense.

He also mentioned that if publishers notify [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-adsense/google-adsense-rewards-publishers-by-banning-them/ Google AdSense Representative LIVE on Net Income Google AdSense is definitely one of the bext contextual PPC program on the web. Google is also present at some of the big conference like Search Engine Strategies (SES). Well now they are expanding their view to Shoemoney’s Net Income radio show on WebmasterRadio.

Today at 5:00 p.m. central time (which is less than an hour [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/podcasts/webmasterradiofm/net-income/google-adsense-representative-live-on-net-income/ WordPress 2.1 Ella Modern SEO News has just been upgraded to the latest version of WordPress Ella 2.1 - released last week on their download page. The upgrade was extremely simple and easy to do as usual.

Technorati Tags: WordPress

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/wordpress-21-ella/ Google Trying to enter Video Game Advertisements A couple of private online newspapers are reporting that Google is planning to enter the video game advertising industry. This is seen by Google’s attempt at trying to acquire AdScape Media. Technorati Tags: Google, video game, advertising, AdScape

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/advertising/google-trying-to-enter-video-game-advertisements/ The Shoemoney Effect Andy Beal has been putting up polls on his blog and one of his recent polls was to find out who was the “Queen of Search” on the net. There was an odd twist caused by Shoemoney which is hilarious in a way!

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/the-shoemoney-effect/ Odd Technorati Problems I’m a frequent user of Technorati and since today morning I’ve been noticing something really weird. I tag most of my posts on Technorati and my latest post on the Google TV Hoax appeared 7 times under different blogs (according to Technorati), but they were all pages inside Modern SEO News. Technorati Tags: Technorati, tag

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/odd-technorati-problems/ Google Bomb Threat Neutralized Everyone has heard of the common Google Bomb effect where a ton of websites linked to George Bush’s biography using the anchor text “Miserable Failure”. Well Google has announced that the Google algorithm has been modified to prevent such pranks. Technorati Tags: Google Bomb, George Bush, Miserable Failure, Google

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-bomb-threat-neutralized/ YouTube Subpoenaed by FOX over 24 I thought this was amusing when I read about it. Everyone knows of the action packed show - Twenty-Four (better known as 24) on FOX. Well last week or so was their premeire for their 6th Season (and it was a great one!), but someone uploaded the first four season premiere episodes of 24 on [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/youtube/youtube-subpoenaed-by-fox-over-24/ Google TV Hoax It seems that people are taking advantages of Google’s tendency to keep newly launched projects a secret until the public bloggers find out about it. One person has uploaded the following video to YouTube, which is an obvious prank. Technorati Tags: Google, YouTube

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-tv-hoax/ Odd PageRank Fluctuations I am aware that there was a pagerank update a few days ago. But I’ve started noticing some huge changes in the Google datacenters and a good amount of my websites are losing pagerank.

I don’t know if it’s a simple roll-back which will go away or not, anyone else experiencing this? Technorati Tags: pagerank, Google

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/odd-pagerank-fluctuations/ Google AdSense Policy Update I finally conjured up the time to read through the new Google AdSense Policy, which was updated a week back or so. JenSense has the best write-up about the various changes that Google has added to their policy. I’ll be blogging about the changes that I’ve noticed with the policy. Technorati Tags: Google

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-adsense/google-adsense-policy-update/ Wikipedia Fires up Nofollow Tags Due to the recent GlobalWarming Awareness2007 SEO Contest, the founder of Wikipedia has made all outbound links tagged with a nofollow for fear that many SEO’s will be trying to spam their pages for links to their websites. Technorati Tags: GlobalWarming Awareness2007, SEO Contest, nofollow, SEO, links

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/seo-news/wikipedia-fires-up-nofollow-tags/ AGS 2006 - A Glimpse Since 2006 I picked up an expired domain name with a Pagerank 4 last week - AGS2006.com, but I couldn’t think of a good way to market it correctly, since it had the year “2006″ in it and the current year is 2007.

I spent a while debating on what the 3 letters (A, G & S) should [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/ags-2006-a-glimpse-since-2006/ MaxBounty Accusations on EarnersForum I just thought it was amusing how MaxBounty is defending themselves against Shoemoney’s blog post claiming MaxBounty Sucks. I’ve been following the thread on EarnersForum where Shoemoney makes an appearance to rant against MaxBounty’s owner.

The thread basically consists of Shoemoney making a suave appearance on page 2 claiming:

as i said at dp if maxbounty will [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/advertising/cpm/maxbounty-accusations-on-earnersforum/ V7N Contextual Network Many blog owners are screaming for a way to earn revenue from their blog. There are numerous paid posting services like ReviewME, PayPerPost and Blogitive which offer the blogger a way to earn money. However, these services do not provide you with ease and flexibility as the V7N Blog Links Service aka V7N Contextual. Technorati Tags: [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/blogging-revenue/v7n-contextual-network/ GlobalWarming Awareness 2007 SEO Contest It seems that the excitement caused by SEO Contests has not yet fully died out. A new website has risen and they plan on holding an SEO Contest on a yearly basis - SEO World Championship. I have already mentioned their website before, but the keywords for the 2007 SEO Contest has been announced earlier [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/seo-news/globalwarming-awareness-2007-seo-contest/ The Importance of Content & Links There have been many different threads started on various forums over the topic of which is more important - content or links? Of course it would play into which perspective you’re looking the question at.

If you simply want a good ranking in Search Engines and get a good amount of traffic, you would choose links. [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/link-building/the-importance-of-content-links/ DMOZ Open Directory Project Opens Submissions I know this may be a bit late, but DMOZ/ODP editing has been opened up for those who want to submit their links to the directory. They were down for well over 2 months due to server problems in the AOL Datacenter and didn’t allow new submissions at all.

Well over the months, they were able [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/link-building/directories/dmoz-open-directory-project/dmoz-open-directory-project-opens-submissions/ SearchFrays - The Search Query Game This is a cool game I came across when browsing through my blogroll today morning - SearchFrays. Basically, SearchFrays will supply you with a random website which is chosen from their list and you have to guess which keyword that website is ranking on the first Google result page.

You earn more points for the less [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/searchfrays-the-search-query-game/ Google Audio Ads Google seems to be releasing a new service meant to target offline marketing for their advertisers - Audio Ads. Marshall M. found this by simply searching on Google Search for “audio ads”. Technorati Tags: Google, advertisers, audio

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-adwords/google-audio-ads/google-audio-ads/ Blogging is Lucrative Modern SEO News has been running for nearly a year and I’ve been blogging just for the fun of it. When I first started, I had no idea what Search Engine Optimization was, or what it could accomplish. I just entered to participate in the Redscowl Bluesingsky SEO Contest. Technorati Tags: blogging, Redscowl Bluesingsky, SEO Contest

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/blogging-revenue/blogging-is-lucrative/ Clicksor Promotes Low-Paying Rates Yesterday, listening to Net Income, there was an advertisement on behalf of Clicksor meant to attract advertisers to join their advertising service (They offer CPC, CPM, popunders, banners and other advertising options). Technorati Tags: Net Income, advertising, CPC, CPM, popunders, banners

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/advertising/pay-per-click/clicksor/clicksor-promotes-low-paying-rates/ New Advertising/Marketing Idea - Agloco There have been many of those “paid to surf” advertising services out there, which most people consider to be extremely low-paying nowadays. Well I recently came across a new service which is still in it’s BETA stage and has not been launched yet - Agloco Malaysia. Technorati Tags: advertising

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/advertising/new-advertising-marketing-idea-agloco/ ShoeMoney Closes ShoemoneyAds Well I knew it would only be a matter of time before Shoemoney gave up on ShoemoneyAds. Only so much free money a man can pour out a month. Technorati Tags: Shoemoney, ShoemoneyAds

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/ebay/shoemoney-closes-shoemoneyads/ WordPress Security Update Released - 2.0.7 It seems that even though I just upgraded yesterday with the release WordPress, the hacker who went around hacking SEO Blogs had discovered an exploit in WordPress. They immediately rolled out a new version and I suggest you upgrade to their latest version, 2.0.7: http://wordpress.org/download/ Technorati Tags: WordPress

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/wordpress/wordpress-security-update-released-207/ SEO Blogs on a Hacking Spree Just went over to Stuntdubl’s Blog and it seems that he has been hacked. The website isn’t loading correctly (or the template isn’t) and all the permalinks are redirecting to FuckingPirate - a WordPress hacker. Technorati Tags: WordPress, hacker

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/seo-news/seo-blogs-on-a-hacking-spree/ Blogging Questions Just a couple of questions asked by a forum member which I thought are common questions that the average person would ask:

First question: Do the search engines favor blogs over regular websites?

Second question: Do the search engines favor Wordpress.com over other blogging softwares?

Lastly: Can anyone make a recommendation on other blogging softwares available for good [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/blogging-questions/ The Power of Akismet Akismet is a useful tool to any WordPress Blog Owner who has to deal with hundreds of spam comments each day. I have been using it for a while and of course the occasional spammers do get through, but that’s maybe once a week - not something to get me annoyed easily.

To show my love [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/wordpress/the-power-of-akismet/ Google Video Advertisement Caught on Flash I recently came across a Google Video advertisement on a website while I was checking out the pagerank of one of my domain names (CPHosts.com) and I decided to use Wink Software to capture the advertisement on flash:

Watch Google Video Advertisement - Please note it takes around 45 seconds to load

It shows the interface to [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-adwords/google-video-advertisement-caught-on-flash/ Google PageRank Update - January 2007 Well I know this is a bit late, but it seems that Google is updating it’s pagerank values which is displayed on the Google toolbars. Modern SEO News is still at it’s regular Pagerank 4 and didn’t move up yet. If you would like to check out your pagerank, I would suggest this tool. Technorati Tags: [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-pagerank-update-january-2007/ Google’s Security Hole Caused by Cookies Please note this security issue has already been fixed by Google.

I thought this was odd that Google had a security hole due to the amount of cookie’s their users store on the computers. It seems that if someone wanted, they could trick gMail users into visiting a page on Google (I’m guessing a page on [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/websites/security/googles-security-hole-caused-by-cookies/ Yahoo! Acquires MyBlogLog MyBlogLog has been catching the attention of bloggers throughout the blogosphere at an alarming rate. More and more bloggers have added the famous MyBlogLog widget to their sidebar to display the latest visitors to their blog. There have been a lot of rumors flying around that MyBlogLog might be acquired by Yahoo! and it turns [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/yahoo/yahoo-acquires-mybloglog/ TextLinkAds MarketPlace This is a Sponsored Post, but I am a customer of TextLinkAds and have used their service before.

It’s been a while since we’ve talked about the SEO Favorite Marketplace - TextLinkAds. I personally like using TextLinkAds because of the fact that many of my websites acquire PageRank pretty quickly and since it doesn’t receive a [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engine-optimization/link-building/textlinkads-marketplace/ Sexist Online Marketing Since the dawn of MySpace, many spammers have been experiencing various different qualities and features of the technique and skill required to spam MySpace and increase the number of friends added to your profile. A well accepted fact is that having a picture of a female rather than a male would result in more friends. [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/online-marketing/sexist-online-marketing/ Google Might Index Content for Mobile Search Search Engines are slowly starting to offer their own PDA/Mobile customized versions of their search engine. However, not many have decided to take a patent on a new search technology which might give them the advantage of obtaining a stronger search engine - offering different content for PDA. Technorati Tags: Search Engines, PDA, Mobile

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google-might-index-content-for-mobile-search/ Google Stopping Bots from Crawling SERP’s Many people know very well of the situation with spyware and viruses which hijack search engine results on popular search engines like Google, Yahoo! or MSN. However, I have never heard of spyware programs which conduct search queries on Google for a purpose. Technorati Tags: spyware, virus, Google

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-stopping-bots-from-crawling-serps/ New Search Engine - Search Wikia (Wikiasari) I’ve been meaning to talk about this new search engine which is to be released by the founder of the Wikipedia Encyclopedia, Jimmy Wales. The correct name of the search engine is “Search Wikia”, not Wikiasari as other people say. This is causing some commotion since people are already making assumptions as to what the [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/new-search-engine-search-wikia-wikiasari/ Light Posting Well like most other internet marketing specialists who work on the internet, it’s nice to take a break whenever you want. So I was enjoying most of last week by spending time with my family and enjoying the winter season while I can. I also caught up on some of my gaming needs and stopped [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/light-posting/ PayPerPost Features So I’ve been starting a ton of blogs all around and most aren’t earning much from Pay-Per-Click services like Chitika. So I’ve been using blog marketing services like PayPerPost on the blogs for the last 2 months. I have quite a lot to say about them though! Technorati Tags: Chitika, PayPerPost

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/blogging-revenue/payperpost-features/ Test Drive the New AdBrite If you are a member of AdBrite, you have probably seen a good amount of changes and additions to the AdBrite Marketplace, like how they’re offering CPM Advertisements.

Well they are also testing a new control panel for their users, so go ahead and take it out for a test-drive! Technorati Tags: AdBrite, CPM

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/advertising/adbrite/test-drive-the-new-adbrite/ Tips for Digg Promotion Neil Patel has put up an article which goes over the basics of “Digg Promotion” in depth. Technorati Tags: Neil Patel, Digg

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/online-marketing/social-media-marketing/digg/tips-for-digg-promotion/ PayPerPost Requires Disclosure Policy I knew it was only a matter of time before PayPerPost asked for a Disclosure Policy to be present on all blogs in their marketplace.

I received an E-Mail nearly 6 days ago from PayPerPost which said:

ORLANDO, FL – PayPerPost, the leading marketplace connecting marketers with bloggers, videographers, photographers, podcasters and social networks, announced the [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/payperpost-requires-disclosure-policy/ Google Bases Quality from Domain Profile Many other SEO’s may have already heard of the talk at Search Engine Strategies (SES) in Chicago recently. Apparently, there was a panel of judges who sat in front of webmasters and reviewed numerous websites which were shot out to them. On the panel were the following:

Greg Boser
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]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-bases-quality-from-domain-profile/ Blog Tagged There has been a ton of blog tag fever going around, since everyone is now creating chain posts which end up blogging someone else! There is even a Blog Tag Tree done by Solo SEO, which was mentioned on SEO Rockstars, and is done completely by hand! I’ve been blog tagged by LittleAmerica first, so [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/blog-tagged/ PayPerPost Blog I was just browsing through the internet as usual and came across the PayPerPost Blog. It does have a great design which blends in with the main website. They also have one great MyBlogLog Community as well (MyBlogLog is starting to determine the reading communities of today!), so I decided to join their community and [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/payperpost-blog/ Pixelotto - The New Million Dollar Homepage Almost everyone has heard of the great Million Dollar Homepage created by Alex Tew last year which received a good amount of attention and was definitely a big hit. Well he has now released his next version of the Million Dollar Homepage which seems like it would most likely fail miserably (in my opinion) - [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/pixelotto-the-new-million-dollar-homepage/ The Speed of Google Google has always displayed the amount of time (in seconds) it took for them to return the results of a search query. This time has been getting smaller and smaller over the years and they have finally broken the barrier of returning a result in 0.00 seconds! Technorati Tags: Google

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/google/google-book-search/the-speed-of-google/ MyBlogLog Registration Loophole A lot of blogs have started using MyBlogLog and placing their community widget on their blogs (I’ve placed mine on the center sidebar). A community like MyBlogLog should have a verification method like Technorati does, to make sure that authors of blogs are who they say they are. Due to a lack of verification, a [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/mybloglog-registration-loophole/ Another SEO Contest - SEO World Championship The buzz created by the million SEO Contests over the year partly died off. But a new SEO Contest has risen to start an annual competition for Search Engine Optimization. Technorati Tags: SEO, SEO Contest

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/search-engines/seo-contests/another-seo-contest-seo-world-championship/ Chitika Related Products Unit (RPU) I received a newsletter E-Mail from the Chitika Publisher program which discussed a recap of what they have accomplished over the year of 2006. They mentioned Chitika ShopLincs and their referral program, but they also mentioned a service that I’ve never heard of before - Chitika Related Products Unit (RPU) BETA. Technorati Tags: Chitika, Publisher

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/marketing/advertising/pay-per-click/chitika/chitika-related-products-unit-rpu/ Don’t have an HP Camera to be a Paparazzi I heard that Hewlett Packard (HP) has some of the greatest 6 Megapixel Digital Cameras out there. I’ve never been a big fan of taking pictures, but I noticed a couple of SEO Specialists (mostly Shoemoney’s Image Gallery) who took a ton of pictures by carrying a camera to all the SES Conferences and taking [...]

]]> http://www.modernseo.com/blogging/dont-have-an-hp-camera-to-be-a-paparazzi/ Modern SEO News PDA Compatible I found another great WordPress plugin through Marketing Pilgrim at Imthiaz’s Blog - WordPress PDA Plugin which modifies how your WordPress weblog is displayed to users who visit your website using a PDA or Mobile Browser.

It is pretty simple to install, all you need to do is upload the file and activate it in your [...]

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