Weekly SEO news: 20 December 2005 |
Welcome
to the latest issue of the Search Engine
Facts newsletter.
This week, we're taking a look at one year of search engine optimization with links to many articles that can help you to get better rankings for your site. In the news: Google pays $1 billion for a 5 per cent stake in AOL, Japan wants to develop a Google competitor, Yahoo releases open shortcuts and more. Table of contents: |
1. Facts of the week: 2005 - One year of search engine optimization |
2. Search engine news of the week |
Google to pay $1 billion for AOL stake
Search engine newslets
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3. Articles of the week |
This
is the Google side of your brain
"Barry Diller's Internet empire expects to increase the staff at its Ask Jeeves search engine by about 20% [...] The expansion comes as Jeeves, which employs 650 workers now, posts solid gains in traffic but remains overshadowed by its more famous and deeper-pocketed rivals."
"The real risk for Time Warner shareholders is that a Google joint venture may be short-sighted in nature and may preclude any consideration of a broader set of alternatives." |
4. From the developer's kitchen |
New
ARELIS version in Q1/2006
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5. Recommended resources |
"ARELIS
is the first software program that
provides a serious, spam-free reciprocal
links solution for professional webmasters."
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6. Previous articles |