From the monthly archives:

November 2006

Google Click Tracking in Gmail

November 30, 2006

I can’t believe that I am the first one to notice this, and I guess it’s because I don’t use GMail regularly that I didn’t notice this before, but if they didn’t actually want your user data would Google be tracking clicks in Gmail?

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Getting Buried in Digg, Not as Bad as it Sounds

November 30, 2006

Without any intervention on my part my post on What’s one Digg Worth got submitted to Digg. I didn’t plan this story but it dropped in my lap so I’m running with it. It’s absolutely the goal when working your own stories for them to stay up as long as possible, the longer they’re up [...]

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What’s One Digg Worth

November 29, 2006

Back in October I conducted a little test to see what the value of making it to the homepage of Digg was actually worth, here are the results:

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The Domain Question for Matt Cutts

November 29, 2006

All right since Matt Cutt’s and I are well on our way to be being best friends (as is clearly shown in the picture to the right of him telling me jokes) I think it’s ok to ask the question that’s on everybody’s mind regarding the site review session, can Google see behind a private [...]

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Michael Gray

November 28, 2006

Well some search engines seem to be having a hard time with the whole date/trust thing so let’s see what happens in two weeks (starting serp)

Michael Gray
Michael Gray on Squidoo
Michael Gray on 43 People
Michael Gray on 43 Things
Michael Gray on 43 Places
Michael Gray on Allconsuming
Michael Gray on Wikipedia

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Pubcon 2006 Custom Search Engine

November 28, 2006

OK so I was working on something earlier in the day for Brett, and while I was food shopping (a woman’s work is never done!) I came up with a cool idea to try. Why not create a custom search engine specifically for Las Vegas Pubcon 2006 with the Google Custom Search Engine. So check [...]

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Ted Leonsis SEO Contest

November 27, 2006

Is all that hard work Ted Leonsis did blogging about to be put to the test? It is if the Ted Leonsis SEO Contest gets any traction.

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Adwords Quality Score Interview

November 27, 2006

If you’re interested in reading what I have to say about the adwords quality score check out An Interview With Michael Gray aka Graywolf I gave over on PPC Blog

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Thinking About the Adwords Quality Score, User Data, and Organic Rankings

November 26, 2006

It’s dark, it’s late, I’m on my second red bull and I’m looking at some stats. I’m seeing things, funny things, interesting things, things that should be thought about, take a look into my thinking if you are curious …

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my First +30 Penalty

November 26, 2006

Noticed I got my first +30 Penalty today, not enough data to formulate a reasonable theory yet, if you’ve got anything you’d like to share in public drop it in the comments, or by email to keep it private, that even includes people who’s names rhyme with Cat Lutz and if your employer rhymes with [...]

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Ted Leonsis Better Get Back to Work

November 24, 2006

Ted Leonsis didn’t like what Google had to say about him so he decided to change it, in January he started blogging sometimes several times a day even linking to Mark Cuban (heck he said it I didn’t), and here’s what happened:
He added lots of tags to his blog posts, dropping names of famous [...]

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Thanksgiving Dinner with Pictures

November 24, 2006

While this post isn’t technically about SEO that doesn’t mean you might not get a few ideas on how get more out of some social media tools by reading about my Thanksgiving Dinner

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Nick Wilson is now Podcasting

November 24, 2006

Nick Wilson founding Father of Threadwatch, and part owner of Performancing has started Podcasting on a new site CommuniContent. Nick’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I think he’s almost always got something interesting to say.
Hat tip to web professor on the find.

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My Website Isn’t Banned in Google

November 23, 2006

This post is a follow up to is my website banned in Google. Looking at the screen shot below you can see I’m no longer banned.

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Is Google Pushing a Republican Agenda and Burying Internet Porn

November 22, 2006

Recently there have been a number of stories alleging that Google is in bed with CIA and feeding them data. Having just returned from an internet conference and speaking with some Goolge Engineers I feel pretty confident that Google’s response that they are not involved with the CIA is true, however there is a growing [...]

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Using Sitemaps to Combat Duplicate Content

November 21, 2006

If you talked to anyone at the recent pubcon you realized one the things that’s on everyone’s mind is duplicate content, scrapers, splogs and adsense. While I didn’t get a chance to spend any time with anyone on the Google Sitemaps team, sometimes it takes a few hours on a plane for an idea to [...]

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Linkedin and Review Begging

November 21, 2006

If you’re using Linkedin or ever wanted to but don’t have anyone to link to consider this a formal invitation. Here’s a link to the profile for Michael Gray and if you want to connect invite or drop me an email at graywolf [at] wolf-howl [dot] com.
Since Guy Kawasaki can beg for links I figure [...]

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Social Photo Sites – Mindshare not Marketshare

November 21, 2006

According to hitwise, Photobucket has 44% of the market share and flickr only has 5% (see Hitwise US: PhotoBucket Leads Photo Sharing Sites; Flickr at #6). However looking at Flickr for Pubcon and finding 1000+ photos and then finding 0 photos on photobucket for pubcon, tells me who’s winning the mindshare of web publishers. The [...]

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Don’t Join The Game

November 21, 2006

http://www.lost.eu/7d36

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Longuylind

November 21, 2006

Hey Susan if you’re going to pick on Lisa for being from Longuylind at least get it right. It’s one word Longuylind not two words Long Island. Kind of like ‘Nawlins and not New Orleans. Of course one of the fun things about living on Longuylind is we have all these really cool towns with [...]

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