From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Is it time to put relevance back into search?

by Michael Martinez on November 19, 2009

So unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you may have heard that Ask.com just said it’s not for sale and it has a new search technology. That’s a radical statement from a company that arguably has the best relevance algorithm on the Web already.
According to Ask CEO Doug Leeds, Ask has been developing [...]

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ReBlog: Why some sites MUST block Archive.Org

by Michael Martinez on November 12, 2009

UPDATE: Matt Cutts clarified what he said/meant for me in a Tweet: “if I’m already investigating a site which is spammy-looking and appears off-topic/expired, then IA block is very noticeable.”
I think this is too important for just one blog post. I know how the SEO community manufactures myths quickly, and it could take up [...]

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