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SES San Jose - Getting Started With SEO

This sponsored session was an entry level overview of what websites should be doing on their website to get visibility and rankings in search engines.

ComScore: Big Three Gained In June Searches

Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft all saw month over month increases in their share of the US search market in June 2008.

No Manual Intervention On Rankings, Says Google

The search advertising company doesn't go in and tweak the results that come up for queries, except for the times that it does.

The Importance of SEO Copy Writing to High Rankings

In this MSNBC interview the Snr. V.P. of Network Solutions covers what any business needs for page one search rankings. 

Google Notebook Could Influence Rankings

Google has filed 3 new patents for its Google Notebook service which suggest plans to use Notebook listings as an additional factor in calculating Google's search engine rankings. Bill Slawski reported on the new Google Notebook patents; highlighting the points in the 3rd patent (Presenting Search Result Information) that refer to potential ties between Google Notebook content and Google's ranking algorithm.

Does AdWords Hurt Organic Rankings?

Perhaps more so than ever since there was a leaked screen shot of a search result screen showing internal "GG Scores" that assess the value of an organic result, observers/punters have speculated (for reasons I can't fully fathom) about the negative impact on your organic rankings that might come from advertising on paid search.

Northeastern Sues Google Over Search Patent

Northeastern University has sued Google in the patent-friendly federal court for the Eastern District of Texas, accusing the search giant of infringing upon its work.

Internal AdWords Tool Raises Rumors About Rankings

A post by French blog Zorgloob has raised a flurry of rumors about Google organic rankings being influenced by Google AdWords advertising. Zorgloob posted screenshots from an internal Google tool that assigns scores and classifications to Google's organic listings raising questions about the way the Google SERPs are determined.

Change In Yahoo Rankings

Yahoo! Search is updating some important changes to its algorithm and index.

Selling Paid Links Can Hamper Your Google Rankings

Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land points out that "Selling paid links can hurt your page rank or rankings on Google". He says, "More and more, I've been seeing people wondering if they've lost traffic on Google because they were detected to be selling paid links."