Man the latest update on Google is clearly showing some odd stuff. For example on one domain I own it says the site isn’t in google at all. If I do a site: search on the domain I get 300+ pages but everything except one is in supplemental. If I look back at the page with the highest pagerank for November it’s listed perfectly fine in Google with a cache date of 3 days ago (not tagged as supplemental). Traffic took a downward turn on the 17th. This site was also recently approved in the human reviewed yahoo directory in the beginning of December, so it’s not spam central.

I know all you googly people are off drinking eggnog but man this is the kind of stuff that just makes you pull your hair out and wonder what they heck did they do and why am I getting all this conflicting data.

Update: go see Matt Cutts Explaining algorithm updates and data refreshes

PS: How can there be three pages of people saying stuff is moving at WMW and Matt say “everything is normal“? Reminds me of the Monthy Python coconut exchange

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SFX Motor Sports Podcast

For the curious visit CNet, for the legally minded take note that the link goes to google and google is the one doing the redirecting.

Hat tip to my non-analog spectral friend.

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In addition to playing with my feedreader I’ve also been playing with my email lately and I’m equally frustrated at not being able to do what I want. Web Based Email For More than One Address »

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Over on threadwatch I recently made a comment that social media should not be used for meeting short term sales goals (link). I read an article today from Reuters that showed how giving something away to generate an early buzz resulted in more long term sales Disney learns lessons from “High School”

In print and online advertising for “High School Musical” that preceded the movie’s airing on the Disney Channel, tweens were directed to the “HSM” Web site to download a free track. That song, “Breaking Free,” ended up being one of the biggest hits on the album. “It was a great way to sample the music and to drive kids to the site,” Whiteside says. “The interesting thing is the track we were giving away as the free download ended up being the most-purchased on iTunes.”

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I’m at my wits end trying to find a feed reader that works for me and am looking for some suggestions. Feed Reader Suggestion »

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So which is wrong Google Zietgiest or Google Adwords, either way one of you is lying …

See the top searches for 2006 and look at #5 radioblog. Try and buy the keyword here’s what you get …

Price jacked to $10 and I get told the keyword is rarely included in searches (new ad not paused) … umm does the right hand side of the page have a clue what’s going on on the left hand side?

hat tip to Chris Winfield on SEO Buzz Box for jump starting the process SEO Buzz Box

PS: because I’m sure someone will ask I was buying PPC to send to a music related site.

PPS: Edit according to Google trends Radioblog searches are growing …

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Dean’s got a guest blogger over on his wordpress site. Jessica was nice enough to answer some questions I posted:

Jessica On The Web « Speaking Freely

Which do you use more email or text messaging?

Texting. I send email to my grandparents. My friends all text, email is just too slow and you have to be on a computer. If you’re at a computer then messaging is quicker.

You can’t get better information than that, thanks again Jessica.

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So it seems it’s not ok to buy links, however it is ok to pay for an editorial review which may get you a link as long as it’s not guaranteed.

Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO » SEO article in Newsweek

Josh, with Yahoo, you’re paying for the manual review of a site by an editor–it’s not automatically approved by any means.

Go forth and review in non guaranteed linking prosperity …

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This is the way things work in the real world

this is the way things would work if Google ran the world

any questions …

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SO I was asked to take a look at Aaron Wall’s Search Engine Glossary over on SEOBook.com Search Engine Glossary Review »

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I know everybody says it but one of the most important parts of Pubcon is the networking. I met Mario and Merrick Lozano of PRLeap and had a great time “talking shop” one night. Merrick was nice enough to do an interview and answer a few questions about himself and his company. Interview with Merrick Lozano of PRLeap.com »

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I met Chris at Pubcon in Vegas where he was live blogging some of sessions on his regular site 10e20.com. I also went out for drinks with him this past Monday night in the city (when people from NY say the city they mean Manhattan, any other use of the “the city” to describe a place other than Manhattan is just plain wrong). Today I see Arron announcing Chris Winfield is blogging on SEO Buzz Box .

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I came across a post today that was actually pretty interesting. I’ve been trying similar things but I think this execution was really good, for lack of a better name I’m going to call this a compilation post. What is a Compilation Post »

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All right you know there aren’t many times Matt Cutts and I are 100% agreement over anything, but like he says

Bruce Clay Blog. I know I know, it didn’t really start in 2006, but 2006 is the year it became a must-read. Lisa and Susan, get them to turn on comments over there, will ya?

Gosh darn it you need some sort of comments over there. Put some link condoms on the thing if you need to (SEOmoz did), but we need some dialog already. I like the direction you’re going but I feel like I’m watching TV with no way to interact …

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Since I had a few requests for bookmarklets I use here are a few. If you like them click on the link and drag it to your bookmark toolbar. SEO Bookmarklets »

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Just for kicks I thought I’d post a picture from a site that’s suffering from the minus 30 penalty from the webmaster central (aka Google Sitemaps) control panel. The keywords have been sanitized but looking at the right panel is actually rather amusing. For the super-curious the one that is ranking at #29 is an accidental typo that I almost ranked for. Minus 30 Penalty from the Webmaster Central Control Panel »

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In an effort provide google with some quality feedback from an actual user looking to buy a product and being extremely disappointed at the results I got, I’d like to point out [Digi Glam Makeover Gift Set]. Please someone explain to me how all of those eBay results are helping me.

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Nick Mentioned this in his December 6th podcast but I think it’s important to note and hopefully get him a few listeners by dropping another link. Search Engine Land is really making Search Engine Watch look like the keystone cops during a chinese fire drill. Smack dab in the middle of SES Chicago Conference, as of this morning SEL has 25 posts for that time period, compared to 9 for SEW. Search Engine Land Strong Out of the Gate »

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I’m starting to see referral traffic from Megite.com pretty regularly. I’m also testing it out in my feed reader, and as a concept I’m liking it. In practice it needs a little tweaking, the same stories keep popping up all day even though I read them. It looks like this is happening when they add more sources to the conversation. It’s a bit odd. I’ve never been a big fan of the “river of news concept”. I like my stuff organized in neat little compartments, the mish-mash of unrelated topics is well distracting. However as a vertical aggregator I think it’s one to watch.

Update:
The folks from Megite caught my post and have have responded, sometimes the blogosphere is a pretty cool place!

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Did-it.com
Did-it.com

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If you happened see any of the site review clinics at pubcon you might have wondered how do people look things up so quickly. Lots of people use bookmarklets for quick and dirty type searches. For example say you wanted to to know who a site links to using the new MSN [linkfromdomain] command. So go to your bookmark toolbar and create a new bookmark in the location field enter this value:

javascript:location.href='http:/'+'/search.live.com/results.aspx?q=linkfromdomain%3A'+document.domain.replace('www.','');

To use it visit any domain and click on the bookmarklet it should redirect you to that MSN with a linkforward search executed for that domain.

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So I come across a story on CNN about how a toy company used YouTube to create a Viral/Word of Mouth Marketing Buzz for a new remote control helicopter. Did they embed a youtube video … did they even include a link to any of the videos … did they even include a url in non linked format so I could copy and past it myself …

More Picco Z Videos

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In a keynote address today Jason Calacanis said “SEO is bullshit, if you generate a web page with good content Google will rank the page properly” Let’s see if that’s true.

Jason Calacanis - The Weblog
Jason Calacanis - Weblogs, Inc.
Jason Calacanis - via Wikipedia
Jason Calacanis - via JenSense.com
Jason Calacanis - Gothamist
Jason Calacanis - Technorati
Jason Calacanis - Techcrunch
Jason Calacanis - The Media Center
Jason Calacanis - New York Magazine
Jason Calacanis - via digg
Jason Calacanis - via Edge
Jason Calacanis - via Blog Business

Feel free to Reproduce this Jason Calacanis post on any website you own. And be sure to link to My Squidoo Jason Calacanis fan page and MySpace Jason Calacanis fan page. Techcrunch

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If you’ve been around small children who are under the age of 8 you’ve probably heard of The Wiggles. For those of you who haven’t they are a group of four men who sing, dance and frolic entertaining kids with some highly infectious stick in your head all day songs. The Wiggles and Understanding Your Market »

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CShel has been doing a little research and thinks she got an answer tot he question of can google see private registration data.

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Jim Boykin and the crew over at WeBuildPages have been pretty busy working on a redesign and fine tuning some of their tools, and Jim asked me to take a look at a few of them. Internet Marketing Tools Review »

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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? Google Click Tracking in Gmail »

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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: What’s One Digg Worth »

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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 registration, and what are some general-ish guidelines about owning multiple domains people should keep in mind. I ask the question on behalf of all the people who aren’t in your list of blackhat SEO blogs and want to keep out of it. Sometimes it’s better to light a candle than to have people wander around in the dark.

OK fine all that stuff about us being best friends is well pretty much made up, and I shamelessly stole the pictures from Marshall Clark’s blog

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