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URL Canonicalization January 4, 2006

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If you think the 6 URLs below are one and the same, think again.

Malware Targets AdSense Ads January 3, 2006

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If you see adult-related ads being served by AdSense, it may be malware on your computer that’s serving those ads, not Google.

Techshout.com reports that a new, deceptive Trojan Horse program has surfaced. The program is engineered to produce fake Google ads that are formatted to look like legitimate ones. The ads are incorporated in Google AdSense, the program that lets website owners display ads from Google’s list of advertisers. The Trojan Horse apparently downloads itself onto an unsuspecting computer through a web page and then replaces the original ads with its own set of malicious ads.

Via JenSense.

Praise for PRASE

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PRASE (short for PageRank Assisted Search Engine) is another tool to add to your SEO arsenal. This will come in handy when researching for prospective link partners.

So as I was scanning through my ever expanding list of feeds on the industry I came across a post that caught my eye.  It was about this new “link building tool” called PRASE.  PRASE stands for “Page Rank Assisted Search Engine” and while it is limited to some basic queries now, the people that put it together hope to turn it into a full fledged engine as time goes on.

This tool …

Want to be Mr. SEO?

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Andy Hagans has 5 tips for SEO gurus-to-be:

  • Suck up to the right people.
  • Get a niche.
  • Get published.
  • Get a blog, and make link bait.
  • Make friends with your rivals.

    • So if you want to be the next Mr. SEO Universe, move your ass.

    AdWords on the Google Homepage

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    Brin/Page: Absolutely no ads on the Google homepage.
    Google.by Country Manager: Sir, CTR from Belarus-based users are up the roof.
    Brin/Page: AdWords ads are ok.

    No Google PC After All

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    Rumors of a Google PC in 2006 are not true, according to Google blogger David Krane.

    …we have a number of PC partners who serve their markets exceedingly well and we see no need to enter this market; we would rather partner with great companies.

    More wild what’s-next-for-google musings here.

    Going for $600?

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    One analyst predicts GOOG to reach $600 this year. Incredible?

    Piper Jaffray jacked up its price target on the stock Tuesday to $600 from $445, saying the search engine is its top large-cap pick in the new year. The $600 forecast is 50 times Piper’s new pro forma 2007 earnings estimate of $11.91 a share. Its old forecast applied the 50 multiple to a 2006 pro forma estimate.

    Million Dollar Homepage Guidebook

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    If you’re one of the million dreamers out there who think you have the next big million dollar homepage idea, think again. Philipp Lenssen of Google Blogoscoped has a 10-step guide to Million Dollar Homepage greatness.

    Via InsideGoogle.

    Welcome to the SEO Philippines Blog January 2, 2006

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    Welcome to the SEO Philippines Blog!

    First take a look at this short SEO Philippines profile.

    I just wanted to tell you all how excited I am to be the moderator for this group. It’s a very small group now compared to the total number of Filipino webmasters and bloggers around (there must be thousands out there). But through word of mouth, we hope to bring our numbers up to critical mass!SEO can be highly addictive, and pair that with the advertising aspect of it (PPC, affiliate marketing, etc.), it can be highly PROFITABLE. I’m not just talking about the US-based …

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