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Knol: Google Coins A New Word

Most of the techie blogosphere can tell you a knol is a unit of knowledge, now that Google has informed us it is so.

Danny Sullivan Suggests Google Needs Scrutiny

In deconstructing the letter sent to the Federal Trade Commission by two US Senators, Danny hinted at other Google aspects the Senators should consider about the search giant's business.

China Blocks Everything But Baidu?

Chinese citizens trying to access sites owned by Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft aren’t having much luck; instead, they’re often getting redirected to Baidu.

Hostility Greets News Of Calacanis At Search Event

The Kelsey Group's Interactive Local Media/SES Local event in Los Angeles in November will feature a keynote conversation with Jason Calacanis, whose critical views of SEO have earned him few friends in the industry.

Interview with Danny Sullivan & Neil Patel

Spotlight on Search Interview with Danny Sullivan of Third Door Media and Neil Patel of Advantage Consulting Services

Link Selling Equals Google Juice Squeeze

The paid link debate has a new topic to chew on, namely the official word and demonstrated effect of Google penalizing sites that sell links.

Google Turns Nine(-ish)

Some people refuse to accept that they’re aging.  Google’s okay with the idea; it just refuses to age at a reliable rate.  But the search giant has decided that today, September 27th, is its ninth birthday.

Google Gobbles up News Vertical

Late on Friday afternoon is a brilliant time for Google to announce a major change with their news service if they do not want people to talk about much. With their AP, Agence France-Presse, The Press Association in the United Kingdom and The Canadian Press syndication deals, Google claims they are improving duplicate detection, increasing listing variety, and as a net result they are sending MORE traffic to the people they signed syndication deals with.

Seven More Questions About SEO

Rand Fishkin followed up his original ten questions (plus bonus) on SEO knowledge with the answers, and some new questions from Danny Sullivan for everyone's perusal.

SEM Bogus for Sites That Don't Function

While there are bugs in the Beta version of Sphinn, that doesn’t seem to be stopping search engine marketers from racing over to try Danny Sullivan’s Sphinn.com I visited twice and haven’t joined because I’m disappointed there’s no place for me there.