Microsoft has just released a paper (.pdf) on the value of good domains calling it "Domain Bias" which looks like one of the best papers ever written on the subject of domains that prove out the value of a good domain. This paper may become a domainers best friend in helping to sell domains to end users. The authors call this as Domain Bias according to the author is defined as "a user’s … [Read more...]
Google Changes Its Search Algorithm & Actually Talks About It
Google published a post today on its blog "to share the methodology and process behind our search ranking, evaluation and algorithmic changes. " "Here’s a list of ten improvements from the past couple weeks: Cross-language information retrieval updates: For queries in languages where limited web content is available (Afrikaans, Malay, Slovak, Swahili, Hindi, Norwegian, Serbian, Catalan, … [Read more...]
Google Changes Search Algorithm That Will Impact 35% of Web Searches
According to a new post of Google's blog today, it announced a change to its search algorithm that the company says will impact 35% of Web searches. The change builds on top of its previous “Caffeine” update in order to deliver more up-to-date and relevant search results, specifically those in areas where freshness matters. This includes things like recent events, breaking news and hot … [Read more...]
Google Promises Greater Transparency For Targeted Ads & To Give Users More Control Including Blocking Them
According to Google's Blog, Google is going to provide "greater transparency and choice regarding the ads you see on Google search and Gmail". Basically Google is talking about targeted ads that Users get based on Google's algorithm which tries to predict what ads you would like to see. "Soon, you’ll be able to learn more about these ads by clicking the "Why these ads" link next to ads on … [Read more...]
Google Panda 2.5 Update: eHow & YouTube.com Win: Here Is the List Of The Winners & Losers
Google made a rather big update to Panda search metrics which is being called Panda 2.5 last Thursday. Searchmetrics.com listed the biggest winners and losers on it blog a couple of days ago. eHow owned by Demand Media, a company we cover in our domain name Parking Stock Index, was actually one of just a handful of winners listed as content farms by SearchMetrics.com although LiveStrong.com … [Read more...]
Guest Post: From 0 To 10,000 Uniques In Less Than 60 Days: A Case Study
This post was written by Sean Sullivan who Director or Tier 1 Development with DomainHoldings: Not long ago I wrote an article asking if a .US domain could become just as successful as a .Com. The story was about CelebrityGossip.us, a domain that I acquired for my girlfriend Erika as a side project that I thought would be fun for her. After she showed that she had significant interest … [Read more...]
Game Changer? Here Comes Google Voice Search For Desktops (Laptops Too)
The WashingtonPost.com is reporting on the Google search event which was held today in which the big news is that Google is about to roll out Google Voice Search, like you find on mobile devices, on desktops and laptops. ""Google also revealed a new feature in web search today—voice search for desktop. It’s unclear when this will launch, but basically the feature performs similarly to voice … [Read more...]