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Google Updates Indexing To Treat TLDs Differently

Google Updates Indexing To Treat TLDs Differently

By Chris Crum May 2, 2013 | 3 Comments

Google has been updating its indexing systems to treat some TLDs differently than in the past. Some country-code TLDs are being treated as generic TLDs. The list, which may still change more over time, of generic country code TLDs is …

Demand Media Announces Domain Business HQ In Dublin Demand Media Announces Domain Business HQ In Dublin

Demand Media announced today that it is opening its largest international office in Dublin, which will serve as the company’s international headquarters for its domain business. Last month, the company announced that it intends to split its content and domain …

Matt Cutts Talks Location And ccTLDs Matt Cutts Talks Location And ccTLDs
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In Google’s latest Webmaster Help video, Matt Cutts discusses location and ccTLDs. Specifically, he responds to the following user-submitted question: We have a vanity domain (http://ran.ge) that unfortunately isn’t one of the generic TLDs, which means we can’t set our …

Demand Media To Split Into Two Public Companies Demand Media To Split Into Two Public Companies

Demand Media announced today that its board of directors has authorized a plan for the company to explore separating into two separate public companies – one for its media business and one for its domain business. CEO Richard Rosenblatt said, …

Factors To Consider When Choosing A Domain Name Factors To Consider When Choosing A Domain Name
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The old saying “a stitch in time saves nine” couldn’t be more applicable than when it comes to launching a new website. It pays to take the time “make your list and check it twice.” Making the right choices before …

Demand Media's eNom Teams Up With Parallels On TLDs Demand Media's eNom Teams Up With Parallels On TLDs

Demand Media announced today that its domain registrar eNom’s Top Level Domain (TLD) program is included in the latest version of Parallels Plesk Panel and in Parallels Domain Name Network. “The Internet is undergoing an historic change, and our valuable …

GoDaddy Now Offers Websites to OfficeMax Customers GoDaddy Now Offers Websites to OfficeMax Customers

If you’re a small business looking to set up a web presence, you’ll soon be able to get started by walking into OfficeMax. GoDaddy and OfficeMax have just announced a partnership that allows for the sale of GoDaddy website bundles …

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Google Not Blocking Domains Like It's Supposed To Google Not Blocking Domains Like It's Supposed To
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Google is not blocking domains users tell it to from search results. Early last year, in Google’s efforts clean up the quality of its search results, the search engine launched a feature that let users block domains from search results …

The Best Drunken SEO Pitch You'll Hear Today The Best Drunken SEO Pitch You'll Hear Today
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McCollum & Griggs LLC, a Kansas City law firm has put out a humorous clip featuring a voicemail they claim comes from West Coast SEO company. The guy, who the firm says is drunk (which does appear to be quite …

Matt Cutts Talks Parked Domain Content Matt Cutts Talks Parked Domain Content
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Google has released a new Webmaster Help video. It’s another one of those in which Matt Cutts answers his own question. This time, it’s: I have a parked domain and want to launch a new website on it. Are there …

Google EMD Update: What Is Its Real Impact? Google EMD Update: What Is Its Real Impact?
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As you may have noticed, Google has been announcing a lot of algorithm changes lately. This big round of “weather reports” kicked off a couple weeks ago, when Matt Cutts announced the EMD update. He described it as a “minor” …

Another Domain-Related Algorithm Tweak From Google Another Domain-Related Algorithm Tweak From Google
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Google finally released its big lists of algorithm changes for the months of August and September. There are 65 changes on the lists in all. We’ll be discussing various components in different articles. The first thing that strikes me about …

Google EMD Update: Good Or Bad For Search? Google EMD Update: Good Or Bad For Search?
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On Friday, Google’s Matt Cutts revealed that Google was rolling out a new algorithm update geared at reducing “low-quality” exact match domains in search results. He indicated that “the EMD algo” affects 0.6% of English-US queries “to a noticeable degree”. …

Google EMD Update Was Only One Update From That Day Google EMD Update Was Only One Update From That Day
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Update: Apparently the other update people are experiencing was a new Panda update. Google transparency at its finest. As you probably know by now, Google’s Matt Cutts announced an algorithm change on Friday – the EMD update. The change was …

Search.xxx Launches to Make .xxx Browsing Safer Search.xxx Launches to Make .xxx Browsing Safer
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If your daily porn searches have led you to some of the more sketchy, unsafe places on the internet, a new search engine may be of interest to you. It’s called Search.xxx, and it’s the world’s first comprehensive search engine …

Did This Google Update Actually Improve Results? Did This Google Update Actually Improve Results?
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Google messes with its algorithm every day, but it’s not every day that Google lets us know about what it’s doing. On Friday, Google’s Matt Cutts tweeted about a new update to Google’s algorithm, which he said, “improves the diversity …

Matt Cutts Tweets About New Google Update Matt Cutts Tweets About New Google Update
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Google launched an algorithm update that affects the diversity of search results. Google’s head of webspam and Distinguished Engineer, tweeted: Follow @mattcutts Matt Cutts @mattcutts Just fyi, we rolled out a small algo change this week that improves the diversity …