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Re: Patent Filing for Google Mobile Search Provides Indexing Clues

Andrew Girdwood — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:08:06 -0000

Thanks for bringing this to SearchEngineLand and for the quick link update! I may have missed this patent had you not made the effort to share and so this is a helpful post.

Re: Search Marketers Share Flickr Photos

Andrew Girdwood — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:35:37 -0000

Thanks Andy. I'll let you know how it goes!

Re: Shameless Solicitation for MyBlogLog Community and MBL Security Issue

Andrew Girdwood — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:13:43 -0000

Hehe. I think the system works well. MBL is set up so that I auto-join you if I view your blog ten times.

All you have to do is lure me in from Google Reader a few more times...

Re: Google Custom Search for Search Engine Marketing Sites

Andrew Girdwood — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:13:04 -0000

Great idea. Thanks!

Re: Announcing the Marketing Pilgrim Job Board for Internet Marketing Jobs

Andrew Girdwood — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:41:03 -0000

Hey. Cool. Not only is this a good source of income for Marketing Pilgrim I think jobs have a style and professional quality far above yet-an-other affiliate link or shoehorned AdSense slot.

Good addition to the site!

Re: Which Has More SEO Value: An Image File Name or ALT Attribute?

Andrew Girdwood — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:02:50 -0000

Good find. Frankly it's easier to find people who talk about the "alt tag" than it is to find sensible forum discussions on the alt attribute these days.

Historically, the file name is most important - the point that it would be hard to find a picture of a cANAL. However, with the addition of Sitemap XML for images it has all changed.

Re: Which Has More SEO Value: An Image File Name or ALT Attribute?

Andrew Girdwood — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:02:50 -0000

Good find. Frankly it's easier to find people who talk about the "alt tag" than it is to find sensible forum discussions on the alt attribute these days.

Historically, the file name is most important - the point that it would be hard to find a picture of a cANAL. However, with the addition of Sitemap XML for images it has all changed.

Re: Which Has More SEO Value: An Image File Name or ALT Attribute?

Andrew Girdwood — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:02:50 -0000

Good find. Frankly it's easier to find people who talk about the "alt tag" than it is to find sensible forum discussions on the alt attribute these days.

Historically, the file name is most important - the point that it would be hard to find a picture of a cANAL. However, with the addition of Sitemap XML for images it has all changed.

Re: Search Love Triangle: Ask.com Wants Those Looking For Yahoo.com On Google.com

Andrew Girdwood — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:40:16 -0000

Heh. Catchy title - just in time for Valentines Day. I noticed Ask doing this back in October 2006 (screen shot) If they've re-started then perhaps the tactic works for them!

Re: Design Update For Search Engine Roundtable

Andrew Girdwood — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:43:36 -0000

Hiya, just to chime in with everyone else and say how much I like the new look. You've got that balance between "corporate" and "stylish" right (who said "corporate style" was an oxymoron?).

It's good to see thought leaders like Search Engine Roundtable include Google's Custom Search as part of the core design and not an awkward add-on.

Re: Design Update For Search Engine Roundtable

Andrew Girdwood — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:43:36 -0000

Hiya, just to chime in with everyone else and say how much I like the new look. You've got that balance between "corporate" and "stylish" right (who said "corporate style" was an oxymoron?).

It's good to see thought leaders like Search Engine Roundtable include Google's Custom Search as part of the core design and not an awkward add-on.

Re: Design Update For Search Engine Roundtable

Andrew Girdwood — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:43:36 -0000

Hiya, just to chime in with everyone else and say how much I like the new look. You've got that balance between "corporate" and "stylish" right (who said "corporate style" was an oxymoron?).

It's good to see thought leaders like Search Engine Roundtable include Google's Custom Search as part of the core design and not an awkward add-on.

Re: The big day has finally arrived….

Andrew Girdwood — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:58:04 -0000

Congratulations to the pair of you!

Re: MyBlogLog...Why Am I Doing This Again?

Andrew Girdwood — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:38:24 -0000

Why do I do it? It is fun to see who turns up on my blog. For a long while I was even saddo enough to screen capture popular visitors!

Re: MyBlogLog...Why Am I Doing This Again?

Andrew Girdwood — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:38:24 -0000

Why do I do it? It is fun to see who turns up on my blog. For a long while I was even saddo enough to screen capture popular visitors!

Re: MyBlogLog...Why Am I Doing This Again?

Andrew Girdwood — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:38:24 -0000

Why do I do it? It is fun to see who turns up on my blog. For a long while I was even saddo enough to screen capture popular visitors!

Re: I Want Your RSS Feed!

Andrew Girdwood — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:45:09 -0000

Classic idea. I'm going to use it - I'm going to come back to this list you're building and go through it looking for blogs worth watching.

In the mean time:
http://blog.arhg.net/feeds/...

There are some noteworthy names on your list already. I'd say some of those are well on their way to becoming "A-list"

Re: MyBlogLog a Bunch of Schmoes?

Andrew Girdwood — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:04:33 -0000

Robyn did comment to say, "I love social media people, shoot I'm a social media junkie myself. Social Media Optimizer was a good way to explain what spammers do when they take social media applications and game them (optimize is a kind word).

No SMO hate here, I promise!"

... still, there is sometimes a tendency for people inside the search networks to refer to any external influence as "spam". It's an easy but inaccurate dangerous oversimplification.

Re: Google Endings Commission Payments In Europe, Middle East & Africa

Andrew Girdwood — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:27:53 -0000

If I was ever on a call to Google and if a Googler ever once accidentally referred to "kickback" rather than Best Practice Funding - and if there was ever then one of those silences when some people struggled not to laugh - then I'd not be able to talk about it!

There were some restrictions to the program. In a way that's why some people are pleased that it is going - not every European agency qualified. You needed to have at least two members of staff to have passed the latest GAP. You needed to spend enough (hence the 'Growth Kicker' bonus) and only certain websites qualified.

Life will be more transparent with the BPF gone.

Re: Answers.com Answerlinks Plugin – How Much Are Those Links Worth?

Andrew Girdwood — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:55:09 -0000

Good spot and good post however I really doubt Wordpress will loose anything near 50% of its value!

Gosh. We can tell what you think of Wordpress :) It's a great big link landscape for you :)

Re: Answers.com Answerlinks Plugin – How Much Are Those Links Worth?

Andrew Girdwood — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:55:09 -0000

Good spot and good post however I really doubt Wordpress will loose anything near 50% of its value!

Gosh. We can tell what you think of Wordpress :) It's a great big link landscape for you :)

Re: Integration doesn't work - custom domain on blogger

Andrew Girdwood — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:18:09 -0000

Hi there,

I emailed help@disqus.com as requested. I'm afraid I've not had a response nor am I any further forward with the integration. Any thoughts?

Re: New domain: SearchBeest.com

Andrew Girdwood — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:21:57 -0000

Good stuff! I can confirm that the RSS feed seemed to switch over fine. Google Reader's automatically moved me to SearchBesst.com.

Re: Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007

Andrew Girdwood — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:20:29 -0000

Wow. That's a superb list of posts - I might make it required reading for all of the company's 2008 new starts! :)

Re: Google Reader needs GPC

Andrew Girdwood — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:48:13 -0000

It has to be option (1) - doesn't it?

Otherwise we're asking Google to find the lowest common denominator of its user base and go at that speed only.