Warmest Greetings,

:: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 ::

Yes, I'm here. I don't know what happened to yesterday. I was here then too, but too busy to write. So here goes:

If you're not of "inside Google" stories yet, here's another one >>> Google looks for new ideas as much as profits

Keeping up...ValueClick Buys Search123 Quote: "While the top players Google and Overture fight over the top portals for distribution, a variety of small outfits serve the lower rungs of the search market, providing paid listings for meta-search engines and niche sites. In addition to Search123, companies like Mamma and ah-ha.com offer paid listings for the lower end of the market."

One of the busier areas of Cre8asiteForums.com is the discussion on the Google Dance. I completely avoid it, as being a mother and business owner are enough to get my jollies in a tizzy. If you're on the suffering webmasters who live and die by the Google Dance, read >>> Coping With GDS, The Google Dance Syndrome

Quote: "By the way, one thing NOT in the cards for future index changes are any plans to pull blog content out of Google's regular search results. Google made a special point of stressing that blogs are staying, during my interview with them last week."

Quote: "Cutts readily admits that it's possible to find pages in the current index that use tactics Google does not like, such as hidden text and hidden links. It's hoped that the new filters will help better eliminate this, in the future. However, Cutts added that the presence of such pages doesn't necessarily translate into bad relevancy."

Get smart. Einstein Archives Online provides access to Albert Einstein’s scientific and non-scientific manuscripts. Cool.

I'm not quite sure why some usability web sites are so unusable, but if you can read some of them, you do learn a few things. Here's one >>> Using the 5Es to Understand Users

AOL takes IE bait for 7 more years and Firebird is not a car >>> Mozilla Firebird

and finally, naming my new puppy is still on everyone's mind, right? I'm hooked on OKALANI, which is Hawaiian for heaven. Can anyone beat that?

:: posted by Kim Krause Berg on 6/04/2003 05:04:07 PM

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