Search Engine War Blog

Rumors and speculation

Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Google Master Plans

Spotted this Google Masterplan image on the web today which thought was pretty cool. We especially like 'Make the world a better place via the power of bacon'. Check it out (click image to enlarge) There is also another Google...

Monday, 29 June 2009

Clear evidence of UK Brands ranking higher in Google

It seems a while ago now when we were discussing 'brands' ranking higher in search results in US. The same has now being applied in the UK with a recent Google update effectively boosting the rankings of big brands in...

Friday, 12 December 2008

Is micro-blogging the demise of email?

As a member of the SEO industry I have spent a lot of time using the new 'social' websites that have risen from the depths over the past years. Many of them like Myspace and Facebook which at first were...

Monday, 29 September 2008

Custom Meta Desciptions in Google SERPs?

Techcrunch and WebmasterWorld have recently reported that Google are trying out custom meta descriptions in Google result pages Google Bucket Tests User-Defined Blurb Length In Search Results Via a "Bucket Test" (where random members of the public see the new...

Wednesday, 20 August 2008

New Google Design

It seems the Google brand has penetrated the British school system, my 5 1/2 year old daughter was given the Goolge logo to colour in at school. Looks just like the kind of image Google would use....

Thursday, 24 July 2008

Guava's Mum

I am the mother of Guava, according to my daughter Roxy, age 5.

Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Back Through The Future

You've probably seen it already: Offline links that need to be photographed from a mobile device to be activated, 16 gig mobiles, coffee machines with face recognition expression software that prepares your favorite drink depending on your mood and FriendRank:...

Thursday, 17 April 2008

"SEO" to be trademarked?

In the US the search marketing community is in shock as Jason Gambart of Modern Consulting Solutions has managed to get through the reviewing stage at the US Trademark Office and is now moving toward the publication stage of the...

Tuesday, 05 February 2008

Googlepaedia: Codename Knol

If you're familiar with Wikipedia then you might be interested in Google’s imminent launch of its knowledge portal similar to Wikipedia, Codename ‘Knol’. Google’s Knol is currently in ‘by invitation only beta’ with several people already invited to try out...

Wednesday, 14 November 2007

Page Rank Gone?

...and there was much rejoicing.... A little celebration in the office this morning, as it seemed Google had turned off their PageRank indicator from the Google Toolbar (As of 10:30am GMT, 14th Nov) Why the joy? Well as the recent...