Is Google putting more weight on brands in rankings?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video. Monica from Madison, WI asked: Can you verify that Google is putting more weight on “brands” in search engine rankings? If the answer is “Yes” — what is Google’s definition of a brand? Inspired by Aaron Wall’s post: www.seobook.com
Youtube vs free speech
Some time ago I instigated an action against youtube by releasing the videos called Youtube versus the Users Part 1, 2 and 3. The videos all got 10s of thousands of hits and were mirrored by those who supported the cause hundreds of times. Now if you type the exact title into the youtube search engine, I get nothing at all. I have talked to people all over the world and this is about what 50 % of the people find. This is a pretty Orwellian re-write of history, and there is only one appropriate action that anyone who desires to protect free speech could engage in, and thats to call bullshit on youtube. However this pattern is something that is of wider concern. Youtube has effectively a monopoly on the user based video market. The fact that they are willing to manipulate that system to their advantage opens
Flickr SEO – Optimizing Your Flickr Photo Gallery
Tips to optimizing your Flickr Account. www.flickr.com SEO & link building with your Flickr photo gallery. Titles,metas (tags), profiles, description, etc. Enjoy. Please Comment! jameseo.com