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I got the latest copy of SMS fall 2007 and once a again enjoyed the read..

Its was a great read regarding the internation side of search as i’m in the uk and “play” with a few european search engines..

The UK with its 79% google search share is something I agree with you a stats point of view.. Great info to remind clients too…

The toolkit page was a good reminder of how you should check your own bookmarks once in a while LOL..

Anyway its well worth a read so go and subscribe: http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/magazine.html

OR

Get 3yrs worth of copies for free.. Well if you can complete the puzzle:

http://www.seo-scoop.com/2007/09/06/sms-crossword-puzzle/

P.S..   Boris Mordkovich and Andrey Milyan are not identical twin but have the same avatar lol

As we all know the moon is made of cheese..

Even google knows …

See a close up on google moon :

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/brettwordpress/2005/07/21/google-maps-visits-the-moon/

So can’t you just land a camera on some cheese ?

Read more about how to get your hands on $20 1st price over at the times:

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2452806.ece

 Very cool.. Google homepage logo today features item from Roald Dahl books..

I was a big fan when I was a kid… (still am) …

Loads of info on Roald Dahl with the link direct form google’s homepage 

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=roald+dahl

Its been a long day..

You log into your adwords account..

Your feeling a little alone in the would…

NOW google has a answer… Yep “Ask a Specialist via Chat ”

I’m not sure how “helpful” the specialist is at finding you a pub, restaurant or a lady for the night but helping with adwords he/she’s your man / woman.. .

Tamar Over at SERT has had go:

Very cool…

Far more write up and info over here : http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/014771.html

More Help info from google: http://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=17472

Making a good $ from adsense on forums isn’t to easy…

I’ve tested and tested placements colours and sizes..

The main problem is always not to put off your users by having advertising…

I read this blog http://adsense.blogspot.com/2007/07/getting-your-forum-site-to-perform-well.html 
from google a while ago regarding how megaforums are making far more adsense $$$ ..

I personally felt that it was taking it to far as the first thing a new user sees is a chance to register with ads next to it.. hmmm.. not good for growing the forum imho…

So I took the same idea to make people sign up instead of offering them a choice of competitors…

So.. I’m using VB and if you need the code just drop me a email…

Basically i’ve inserted in the first post the nice large sqaure adsense box BUT only viewable to non members… Above the box its mentions that if you sign up this ad box will no longer be shown…

Since adding this registerations have really increased along with the adsense $ ….

Why?

Well many forums answer questions, mine is no different… Many people search for an anwser, hit the site and leave, now if these people see enough of attactive ad then you get a click vs the back button.. Simple..

Here is a screen shot for you:

Some massive speed issues with good in the uk..

Its only 8am GMT so most people still in bed but trying to login into to google is taking about 30 seconds..

Gmail, adsense and even just doing a search is painful..

I know this well not take long to fix but its pretty crazy how slow thing are right not..

You may suggest its just me but every other site is loading fast in both IE FF so some DC might be down over here..

Come on and reset that switch so I can do a little work!

update:

I’ve asked a load of people in the UK if google was slow and got the same answer.. Over the last 24hrs people in the UK have had quote “awful” connection speed’s with google..

Its seems to be fine now a few hr’s later… At least I can do some work now..

OK.. This isn’t really going to work for many people but today I added a new way to combat SPAM submissions to one of my directories…

Almost all of my sites are for the UK only… Non UK traffic only really cost me $$ and makes me nothing… Anyway I have a UK directory for the uk.. Simple so no non UK sites are allowed…

Of course many so called SEO’s or spammer can’t F**king read the conditions for a submission…

So… I’ve added the following..

$time_array = localtime(time());
$currenthr=($time_array[2])-1;
if ($currenthr > 9 && $currenthr < 18){

//allow submission

}

else {

// tell them the office is shut  (along with a few other things) 

}

At present I have a 82% rejection rate… And because i’m off on my holidays soon I need to cut down this rate..

Posted a bit about it here:

http://www.seohome.co.uk/2007/09/07/matt-cutts-on-directories-way/

Matt has posted over on DP about directories and what value there may have:

 ”Q: Hey, as long as we’re talking about directories, can you talk about the role of directories, some of whom charge for a reviewer to evaluate them?
A: I’ll try to give a few rules of thumb to think about when looking at a directory. When considering submitting to a directory, I’d ask questions like:
- Does the directory reject urls? If every url passes a review, the directory gets closer to just a list of links or a free-for-all link site.
- What is the quality of urls in the directory? Suppose a site rejects 25% of submissions, but the urls that are accepted/listed are still quite low-quality or spammy. That doesn’t speak well to the quality of
the directory.
- If there is a fee, what’s the purpose of the fee? For a high-quality directory, the fee is primarily for the time/effort for someone to do a genuine evaluation of a url or site.
_

 Full post and other questions here: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=4391628#post4391628

The one thing that got to me in the above post by matt is the 25% rejection… As a run a few “niche” directories myself and have for many years now, the 25% is so high imho… I’ve just done the maths on one i’m getting 8% inclussion, thats a 82% rejection!…

75% inclussion would imho = 75% of a free for all.. vs my 8%…

Hmm…

But on the positive side I’m glad matt has spoken against FFA …

At last you can search you feeds…

So if you want to keep up with the chatter about the new iPods or Superbad, now you can. We’ve added a familiar search box to the top of Google Reader so you can search across all the blogs and sites to which you’re subscribed.

I’m a bit lost on why this took so long to add…?

Anyway far more info on the blog over here :

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/find-needle-in-feedstack-with-google.html

http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2007/09/we-found-it.html

Stumble upon not working this morning..

Hope it comes back soon…

I’ve just launched a new site on monday and SU is ranking #1 for the domain which is 2 words joined together..

Come on SU get back online