Project Teaspoon

2007/04/01 in Random Stuff | 1 comment

Yes, it’s April Fools’ Day once again!

Project Teaspoon
“That’s what we call it here at Google, anyway. What you’ll call it is a godsend: free wireless broadband throughout your home, a host of optional breakthrough applications — all with just one quick, easy self-install. Learn more about Google TiSP (beta) today.”

TiSP: Going with the Flow
“Google TiSP (BETA) is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting your commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of thousands of TiSP Access Nodes via fiber-optic cable strung through your local municipal sewage lines.”

Maybe I should list them in Link Book Web Directory under Internet Access Providers or maybe even Home Improvement?

Enjoy!

MSN Advanced Search Operators

2007/03/29 in Directories and Search Engines

Are no more for the time being as they have decided to disable a few of the advanced operators such as link:, linkdomain:, and inurl:.

For the time being, you can still access the results via HotBot.com if you are interested. 😉

We are flattered, but…
For those of you who use some of the advanced query syntax in our search engine such as link:, linkdomain: and inurl:, you may have noticed that this functionality has been recently turned off. We have been seeing broad use of these features by legitimate users but unfortunately also what appears to be mass automated usage for data mining. So for now, we have made the tough call to block all queries with these operators.We are doing our best to get this back online as soon as possible in a manner that allows folks that use this functionality for real queries. We have a few good ideas up our sleeve on how to enable this, but want to make sure we are making the right changes that will give you the functionality you want and all of our customers the experience they deserve. Our apologies and thank you for being patient. Keep an eye on our blog for updates.Eytan Seidman

Lead Program Manager, Live Search

Aviva Delivers

2007/03/10 in Directories and Search Engines | 1 comment

We all have a list of favorite directories we use to jump start our latest projects or clients sites; established web directories such as DMOZ, Yahoo!, BOTW and Business.com are usually at the top of any serious marketer’s campaign.

A number of popular second tier directories that come to mind include Wow Directory, Skaffe and GoGuides, these directories provide quality indexes consisting of manually reviewed and edited web sites, and confer some measure of trust.

While we’re all impressed with or have some respect for the directories mentioned above, one other directory has really caught my attention: Aviva Directory. Aviva is a rapidly growing quality directory, and in my opinion could move ahead of some of the well known second tier directories by years end.

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Discover Your Links

2007/02/05 in Link Development | No comments

Google has recently updated their webmaster tools to allow you to see a larger sample of your Google backlinks beyond what the link: operator listed. The data is much more comprehensive and you can sort and even download the information.

The links are currently divided into 2 categories, external and internal links. External links are links on pages other than your site or domain. Internal links are those within your own site or domain.

Google will not reveal all of the external links indexed for your site, but they will reveal a much larger total than the link: operator reveals:

Google knows about more links than the total we show, but the overall fraction of links we show is much, much larger than the link: command currently offers.

For more information you can visit Google’s Webmaster Central Blog and check out Discover your links. Vanessa Fox offers a post about Who links to your site at the official Google blog also.

I’ve a feeling this one will keep webmasters busy for awhile. 😉

Contest Update

2007/01/24 in Directories and Search Engines

So there’s about 2 weeks left in the DirectoryContest.com contest and many of the participants are scurrying for that last push to try and get their sites to the top of Google’s results on February 6, 2007 at 10:00am PST.

I’m seeing quite a bit of link purchasing still going on in an attempt to outrank others at the finish line. Some of the top sites have up to 17,000 links pointing to their entry page, which is a detail page for the contest site. Amazing.

It’ll be difficult to determine just which directories provide the best overall value when this is finished as it appears to have turned into another SEO contest.

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