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On April 18th Adobe announced that it was purchasing Macromedia for $3.4 billion. For those who don’t know, Macromedia is the company that produces Dreamweaver, the GUI web design tool used by millions of webmasters around the world. According to the Adobe press release, this purchase with strenthen their ability to help people communicate better. […]
From reading the title many of you are probably wondering what W3C compliance has to do with SEO and many more are probably wondering what W3C compliance is at all. Let’s begin by shedding some light on the later. What Is W3C Compliance? The W3C is the World Wide Web Consortium and basically, since 1994 […]
Welcome to the April 14, 2005 edition of “Climbing The Beanstalk”, the bi-weekly newsletter on search engines and search engine positioning from Beanstalk. For a time where very little happened in the way of actual updates or algorithm changes there is a lot to report and so let’s just get right to it shall we […]
Google’s debut of it’s satellite images as part of Google Maps was received by me as a relatively hum-drum development in their technologies. And then I went to visit the site. If nothing else it’s very VERY cool. They say an image is worth a thousand words so you’re best to simple visit their site […]
Notice: It’s been many years, and literally all the external links on this page were 404ing so they have been removed. The post is being kept online for historical reference. Welcome to the March 30, 2005 edition of “Climbing The Beanstalk”, the bi-weekly newsletter on search engines and search engine positioning from Beanstalk. For a […]
It has been recently announced that Yahoo! has or is about to acquire Flickr, an online photo sharing company with over 250,000 members who, judging from their blog, are very loyal. While not confirmed, rumor has it that the deal was/is for $30 million. When asked about the deal Yahoo! searches’ Jeremy Zawodny wrote: “Flickr […]
Yesterday Google announced that it has agreed to purchase web analytics software company Urchin. While it’s a bit too early for this to have caused a stir, it’s undoubtedly coming with predictions and pontifications as to what this move means. The biggest concern that seems to be brewing (still early though) in the forums over […]
It’s no SEO secret that inbound links to your site are an important part of any complete search engine positioning strategy. You’ve undoubtedly received numerous emails touting the benefits of exchanging links with other websites. Provided that the sites are related, reciprocal linking can definitely help you in your quest for higher rankings however, establishing […]
On March 21, 2005 AskJeeves announced their purchase by IAC/InterActiveCorp (Nasdaq: IACI) for $1.85 billion. The addition of the vast number of services offered by IAC/InterActiveCorp AskJeeves could well become a more significant contender in the search engine arena. This already excellent and relevant engine stands poised to take a much bigger piece of the […]