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Latest Version of WordPress Released

The latest version of the WordPress blogging platform was released late yesterday.

Google Patent Defines The Sandbox

If there were any doubt new sites may be spending some time alone on part of the playground, a recent Google patent application seems to define a place where new documents go in their index.

301 Redirects Resolve in 2 Weeks in Google

A thread over in the Google Webmaster Groups talks about the Google Sandbox, and about 301 redirects. In this thread, Adam Lasnik jumps in and sets some expectations on the handling of 301 redirects, and also does some myth breaking. Here is what Adam has to say:

Latest Wordpress Bugfixes

If you upgraded to or installed the new WordPress version 2.1 that was released last month, you’ll be interested in a major bugfix released today: […] Version 2.1.1 includes about 30 bug fixes, mostly minor things around encoding, XML-RPC, the object cache, and HTML code. It’s available for immediate download on our download page.

Cache Date - New Google PageRank

Given Google's reliance on core domain authority and displaying outdated PageRank scores, cache date is a much better measure of the authority of a particular page or site than PageRank is.

Google Sandbox Playing Favorites?

I don't write as much as I used to or would like too. Web development takes up most my time these days.

There Is No Google Sandbox

No less an authority on search engine optimization than Shari Thurow has claimed the fabled Google Sandbox, a holding pen for sites new to the index, does not exist.

Does Google Use Whois for Sandbox?

SEW looks at whether Google might be using Whois information when determining the legitimacy of a particular web site.

Yahoo News Tests Trackbacks, Enhancements

Yahoo News is gearing up to implement trackbacks.

TrustRank + Sandbox = TrustBox??

There seems to be a new term emerging around the whole sandbox/trustrank issue. In this article I look at that new term and discuss it's implications in the SEO field.