http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/ Intrapromote Looks Under the Hood of Search Engine Optimization en Copyright 2008 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:31:20 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tom Lustina I must say, I find DMOZ and Wikipedia incredibly interesting. Both can be incredibly helpful resources, as manifested by Google's love affair with each, a love affair that makes DMOZ and Wikipedia necessarily difficult to crack. Yet, as just a... http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2008/06/dmoz_meet_wikip.html http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2008/06/dmoz_meet_wikip.html Wikipedia Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:31:20 -0500 Sean Bolton According to the DMOZ site, they started editing again according to a bolded red section of their site just above their search box prompting people to log in for more information. Something tells me this weak glimmer of hope isn't... http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2007/01/dmoz_just_wont.html http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2007/01/dmoz_just_wont.html DMOZ Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:36:29 -0500 Sean Bolton I can’t count how many clients I’ve submitted to DMOZ that were never even reviewed. Granted, I only manage a handful of accounts each year, but I’m not the only one fed up with DMOZ’s lack of editorial attentiveness. Ask any SEO about their experience with DMOZ review and approval experience and you’ll see a crazy glaze come over their face like someone just stole their lunch. http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2006/12/dmoz_please_die.html http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2006/12/dmoz_please_die.html DMOZ Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:42:49 -0500 Doug Ausbury I’m wondering if Google should have stayed inside and greased Wheezer a while longer before adding support for the NOODP tag. http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2006/08/noodp_should_go_1.html http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2006/08/noodp_should_go_1.html Google Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:15:23 -0500 Tom Lustina As we recently celebrated the liberation of the results page from ODP oppression, I couldn't help but think of a lesser publicized instance of serp injustice. Of course, I am speaking of the tyranny that is being carried out upon Yahoo results by . . . you guessed it . . .Yahoo! http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2006/07/how_about_one_m.html http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2006/07/how_about_one_m.html Yahoo Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:24:42 -0500 Doug Ausbury Last Thursday, our fair-haired and highly regarded Erik Dafforn sent the Intrapromote staff an email with a Subject line that all IPers (Intrapromote staff) assumed was a bad joke. The subject line you ask? “Google now honors NOODP meta tag!� http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2006/07/noodp_yes.html http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2006/07/noodp_yes.html DMOZ Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:46:26 -0500 Tom Lustina What did the Brady Bunch teach us about link building? How does a links page jump the shark? http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2006/03/if_the_brady_bu.html http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2006/03/if_the_brady_bu.html Link Building Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:38:19 -0500 Erik Dafforn A thread at Resource Zone details one man's efforts in trying to get his site removed from the Open Directory Project (DMOZ). Short of turning his site into an illegal operation, he found his efforts futile and eventually settled for a modified description. http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2005/11/dmoz_hard_to_ge.html http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2005/11/dmoz_hard_to_ge.html DMOZ Tue, 01 Nov 2005 15:50:53 -0500 Erik Dafforn In scoping out a site redesign, a client asked me to take a look at a Google query for "Nike" - specifically to determine how Google was creating this descriptive text: Apparel, shoes and accessories. This client is pretty search-savvy,... http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2005/08/nike_google_and.html http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/2005/08/nike_google_and.html Google Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:27:32 -0500