Archive for May 15th, 2007

Duplicate Content Misinformation & FUD

Posted on May 15th, 2007 by agerhart
Filed under SEO & Rankings, Yahoo | No Comments

I just read this article by David Tischler entitled “Beware the Duplicate Content Filter“. The overall message of the post is correct: Proceed with Caution. That said, what he states just isn’t true.
There was one part, however, that made the little hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Here’s a […]

SMX Advanced in Seattle

Posted on May 15th, 2007 by agerhart
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I made all of my arrangements for the SMX Advanced conference that is coming up on June 4th & 5th.
I’m pretty excited about this conference. For one, I’ve never been to Seattle. It sounds like a great city. It also sounds like SMX Advanced is shaping up to be a […]

Top 10 Sins of Widget Development

Posted on May 15th, 2007 by agerhart
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I found this article at Sexywidget.com that discussed this list of 10 Sins of Widget Makers at Sniperoo.com.   Their list includes these among others:

Sorry, you can’t choose a colour.
We’re going to put our logo and our name in it. And also under it
Oh, we just can’t be bothered to let you resize it unless  […]

Primedia Enthusiast Media Has Been Sold

Posted on May 15th, 2007 by agerhart
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In November of 2005, the majority of Automotive.com was acquired by Primedia for $72.5 million. Just today it was announced that Source Interlink has purchased the Enthusiast Media division, of which I’m a part, for $1.2 billion.
Here’s a roundup of the articles:

Reuters
Adage
Yahoo
Thestreet.com

From thestreet.com: “Our review of strategic alternatives is complete and our direction is […]

 
 
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