So we all thought that the Google Bombs against our Commander and Chief were over. Well we were all mistaken. President Obama has not even crescent the White House thrown yet and has already been bombed by the blogger sphere.
I was on Twitter last week when someone posted the search results of the term “Failure”. We are all aware of what happened back in 2004 to our former Commander and Chief, he was Google bombed and decided to go and bomb Iraq; Google has denied any involvement in that invasion!
So what causes Google Bombs and why can’t they be stopped. The answer is simple; it’s in the ALGO. Unless Google makes some major changes to their algorithm, this will continue to happen. Now in all fairness, it does take a mass amount of users to complete a Google bomb, but, as we know, it is very much possible. On my birthday last year (Jan 25th) Matt Cutts gave his definition of Google bombs and Google’s solution to the problem.
We wanted to give a quick update about “Googlebombs.” By improving our analysis of the link structure of the web, Google has begun minimizing the impact of many Googlebombs. Now we will typically return commentary, discussions, and articles about the Googlebombs instead. The actual scale of this change is pretty small (there are under a hundred well-known Googlebombs), but if you’d like to get more details about this topic, read on.
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I feel compelled to write this post about “Educating Your Client” as this seems to be a huge issue in the SEO world. Seems that clients view SEO as a “behind the curtain” type profession; that’s what my last director, Miss Scruggs, told me. Many Clients really don’t understand how SEO works. They assume “I have the money and I should rank for that term”, but, the reality is, you can’t buy rankings.
We’ve certainly seen some fairly interesting dedicated handset buttons before, but it’s hard to argue with the functionality of a standalone GOOG-411 key. Apparently, Thomson has teamed up with Google to integrate the “first ever one-touch, auto-dial GOOG-411 button” into over a dozen of its GE-branded DECT 6.0 phones. In case you’ve been chilling under a stone of late, GOOG-411 is the search giant’s “free, voice-activated, business directory assistance service,” and it will be within reach on a slew of April-bound home phones. Each phone can use one of 20 ringtones, plus a special VIP Melody — a separate ringtone to use when that special someone calls (note: requires Caller ID). The handsets each have a dedicated headset jack, so you can plug in a headset for those long calls, and still enjoy the mobility of a cordless phone. The handsets are extremely light, and very comfortable to hold. The DECT 6.0 technology makes the wireless transmission virtually static free, and provides a very long range.
