Aside from generating one of the worst names in 2007, what else will Google Knols offer? Too many American brains are already branded with the “grassy knoll.”
Is Google Knol an attack on Wikipedia or ezine/article directories? Will Google finally offer something that is not just an imitation of something already out there?
myspace
online dictionary
distance
web hosting
area codes
menu
aishwarya rai
tattoo
music lyrics
conversion chart
halloween costumes
jessica mcclure
ellen degeneres
tila tequila
deborah kerr
foxy brown
shar jackson
jorja fox
sean p diddy combs
mlb world series
vanessa anne hudgens
goticketscom
britney spears
joey bishop
ellen degeneres show
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“Social networking” is the newest “buzz” word for the technophobic replacing the previous buzz word web 2.0. Social networking is beginning to make a spash in the retail advertising sector and Madison Avenue types.
According to this post, Microsoft has been going head to head with Google for over four years. Ballmer vowed to kill Google at least as early as 2005. Now Microsoft is calling out Google on trademark issues. Microsoft makes a very valid point, Google has leveraged other people’s trademarks to make a vast fortune in advertising fees. They make a good case that Google was the original black hat on the internet.
Programmableweb a pretty comprehensive list of Web 2.0 APIs for Mashups, etc. This is one of those pages that make you say “wow!”
http://www.programmableweb.com/apilist
Google’s love affair with Squidoo seems to be over. Many SEOs are claiming that Google has dropped Squidoo pages in ranking or are being completely removed from the index for being too ’spammy.’ It reflects a lot on Google that it can take a website that is getting a ton of traffic, boosts its online exposure, then unceremoniously dumps the site.
Google is still having a fling hubpages.com, stay tuned.
When some organization calls you on the phone or someone whats to do SEO for you, ask them what results have they brought in to current clients using:
Affiliate Management
Social Bookmarking & Tagging
Analytics, Conversions and Increasing Profits
Copywriter
Creating Affiliate Programs
Ebay
List Building Strategies
Integration Strategies
Keyword Research
Market Research
Marketing
Online Video
Social Networking
Web 2.0