MarketPosition.com Archives for Jan, 2004
January 15, 2004
Dispelling the Myths - Will WebPosition Get My Site Banned from Google?
by Matt Paolini
In mid November of 2003, Google seriously revamped their ranking algorithm. As a result, many sites were dropped from their index, or fell dramatically in rank. This infuriated many Web site owners at the height of the holiday buying season. Since that time, many accusations have been thrown at Google as to the reasons why this happened. Some say it's a plot to encourage people to buy Adwords listings. Others have even theorized WebPosition is somehow to blame. Still others cite more traditional causes.
January 15, 2004
New Year's Resolution: Put Your Web Pages on a Diet
by Christine Churchill
It's January, the time for New Year's resolutions. Polls show that going on a diet is the number one resolution Americans make. After all that holiday eating we start eyeing our waistlines and promising ourselves to do something about it. It occurs to me that this same resolution should apply to search engine marketers this year.
January 15, 2004
Big changes continue at LookSmart
As many of you already know, LookSmart will be losing its biggest partner, MSN on January 15th, 2004. This came after Microsoft announced it would not be renewing its contract with LookSmart.
