For those webmasters operating a quality blog, here is a quality blog directory submission opportunity that you can take advantage of. BOTW Blog Directory is unlike the other blog directories; the folks at BOTW have been known to only link to the highest quality sites around as evidenced by their past activities with their regular directory. All sites are manually reviewed … [Read more...] about BOTW Blog Directory
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Future of RSS
Feedburner reports in their blog post "how feeds will change the way content is distributed, valued, and consumed" In it, it discusses the feedback loop which leads to advertising in RSS feeds. Since the feed data is semi-structured, it is possible to enhance the feed with 3rd party services in a generalized way. Meta-data can be readily incorporated and other content … [Read more...] about Future of RSS
How to Get Back Into the Search Index
What happens when you discover that your site is banned from search engines like Google and Yahoo? It may have been dropped from the index for legitimate reasons (server issues, link spamming, hidden text, and other reasons outside of webmaster guidelines) or for previously unknown reasons (Google Bowled, duplicate content, etc). Banning can occur with each algorithmic … [Read more...] about How to Get Back Into the Search Index
DMOZ Listings for Free
DMOZ.org aka the Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. This directory is built and maintained by a global community of volunteer editors. Submission to the directory is free-of-charge. Many site owners have tried submitting their site for inclusion into this free directory but failed to gain acceptance for various … [Read more...] about DMOZ Listings for Free
Interview with MSN Search Team
Andy Edmonds and Erik Selberg, part of the team at MSN Search, did an interview and talked about MSN Search technology. They also discussed the ways MSN is improving search results and what search could look like in the future. MSN is the newest search engine in the market today and capitalizes on groundbreaking technology the other search engines do not use currently - … [Read more...] about Interview with MSN Search Team