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December 31st, 2007 at 01:55pm
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Back at SES Chicago, one of the keynote speakers, David Isenberg focused his presentation on the issue of Network Neutrality. One of the more interesting aspects of his presentation was how little those of us in the industry think about this issue.
Yet, if the telcos succeed in violating network neutrality, it will blow up the web experience as we know it. The consumer will no longer be in control on the web, and an era of innovation will be sorely impacted. Can you imagine Facebook being successful if the bandwidth to access it is controlled by a telco that is offering a competing service? Or, the telco will not give the service enough bandwidth to work properly unless they pay additional fees?
Additionally, in the current web environment, the consumer has virtually unlimited choice. The biggest challenge that the consumer faces is sifting through all the choices, but with choice, comes power. In a world where the consumer is loaded with power, the companies that want their business must truly compete for it. If the choice starts to become limited, then the power of the consumer will fade with it.
Greg Jarboe of SEO-PR and I spoke with Mr. Isenberg after his keynote. One thing that we all agreed upon was that the current telco companies are not well adapted to capitalizing on the web as it is, and they view the current web environment as a threat to their continued growth.
Worse still, these companies have large war chests, and the people they are working on selling their story to are the members of congress. Unfortunately, many of those in our congress are not particularly web savvy, so they may not understand the web as it exists today, and how critical that is to the innovation and growth that we are experiencing, and to consumer control (and therefore consumer rights).
Hopefully, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and others have their eye on the ball on this one.
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December 31st, 2007 at 12:32am
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Okay, conundrum. For usability reasons I am splitting the tables in my database and the scripts that access it on my education-related site into tw
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December 28th, 2007 at 08:38pm
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Search Engine Journal’s 2007 Search Blogs Awards have been posted, and the voting has begun.
The Search Engine Watch Blog has been nominated for “Best Search Industry News Blog of 2007,” and the Search Engine Watch Forums have been nominated for “Best Search Engine Community/Forum.” If you agree, head on over to Search Engine Journal and vote for us.
You can also share some SEW-love for our Link Love expert Justilien Gaspard, whose blog is nominated in the “Best Link Building Blog of 2007” category; or for SEW blogger and Local Search expert Michael Boland, nominated for “Best Local Search Blog” for the Kelsey Group Blog.
Andrew Goodman, conference chair for SES Toronto, is also nominated for “Best Contextual Advertising Blog” for his Traffick blog.
Even if you don’t vote for us, head on over and cast your votes. What else were you planning on doing on the last workday of the year?
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December 28th, 2007 at 08:38pm
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We’ve compiled a list of the most significant search-related events of 2007, as reported by Search Engine Watch.
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December 28th, 2007 at 08:38pm
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We really do love your software. And we appreciate the fact that you introduce valuable new features so frequently. But please: slow down a little, and spend a bit more time on bug testing.
In the time-honored model of software development (call it “pre-Web 1.0″), teams of programmers worked for years to craft scores of subroutines, knit them together into a megalithic “major release,” and then test and re-test the application on a variety of software and hardware platforms. The application would often be “pre-released” to internal and external teams of alpha and beta testers who would run the software under an even wider variety of conditions.
All this methodical testing slowly but surely eliminated major software bugs until the “release” could be dubbed “Golden Master.” Only then would it be released to the buying public, hopefully with only minor bugs remaining. Thus Word 2.0 begat Word 3.0, etc.
That model, though still practiced widely for PC- and server-based applications, seems almost anachronistic in today’s environment of high-velocity incrementally-released Ajax-based web applications. New features – minor and major – appear overnight, often with little or no warning, explanation or documentation. And all too often, with minor and major bugs.
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December 28th, 2007 at 08:38pm
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I have worked for years on a site that we legitimately got excellent ranking on in Google’s organic results. Our top search phrase was used on our sit
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December 28th, 2007 at 08:38pm
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Hi.. I’m a beginner in SEO. I’m trying to publish a new blog but the problem is I can’t find it in google SE.:mad: what would I do in my blog….? so
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December 28th, 2007 at 08:38pm
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when i create an adwords account i would know when google will review my account. for example will they review my account in my first login to the
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December 28th, 2007 at 08:38pm
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Hi, I want to be a Search Engine Optimizer. Presently I am working as a link builder and want to switch from this job. I have a call from a SEO Compa
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December 28th, 2007 at 08:38pm
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This year could be defined by social media, blended search, or even the changes in SEO. All told, 2007 is mainly the year that search continued to mature and fit in with other marketing disciplines. In today’s SearchDay, “2007: The Year that Search Grew Up,” we look at some of the top stories and trends of the past 12 months, and we come to the conclusion that sometimes you need to do more than just get better at what you’re already doing.
Of course, there were many other important events in the search world in 2007. Yahoo’s constant state of reorganization. Ask’s unending push to become a legitimate search contender. AOL and Microsoft’s continual morphing into advertising companies. And the acquisitions keep on coming.
For a list of articles, columns, and blog posts about the most significant search-related events of 2007, check out “This Year in Search.” And never fear, we’ll be back again next year to keep you updated on all that’s relevant in the search world.
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