2009
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Duplicate Content and Search Engines
Duplicate content has been a concern for a while now. Google has gone on the record reassuring everyone that there is not a duplicate content penalty*. That being said, there is a filtering process that happens. The search engines are trying to provide the best user experience so duplicate content is omitted from the results. The key here is what do you want returned in search? What Do You Want Users To See? Google has implemented some new features in the past year to help website owners de…
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If you look up this weekend and see a red balloon, the 80s are not coming back. DARPA is staging a social experiment to celebrate the anniversary of the internet and offering $40K to boot. Facebook groups and Twitter accounts have sprung up, as about 1,500 teams organize their efforts. (Expected 2,000 by the launch on Sat) DARPA will launch ten balloons across the country on Saturday December 5. Teams will have until the 14th to find all the balloons. DARPA has spread the distribution so n…
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We all talk about keywords and they are a good metric on the visibility of a website. Still, Google doesn’t even look at the keywords meta tag. However, description meta tags are used by the search engines to deliver information about your website. They want searchers to find the information they’re looking for as quickly as possible. Google and the other search engines can pull information from within your website or content given by a third party, but you are the best source. Tell the searc…
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This week when someone mentions caffeine they’re not talking about the amount of coffee they’ve had today. Google’s Matt Cutts has been keeping us abreast of the latest Google update. Caffeine, which went live with one data center this week, is an overhaul of the infrastructure. The rollout is only one center until after the holidays so webmasters won’t pull out the pitch forks. This is a major update to the background workings of Google search. The aim is to index more sites faster while aff…
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Abstract Company Chooses ACS for Internal Order Management Database
A reputable abstract service company was looking to have a custom web application built to increase efficiency in searching current and past orders, as well as, reduce the amount of paperwork needed in house. ACS provided a web application that runs on their internal server. The web application worked effectively not only because with the technology that can be run through a browser environment is becoming more advanced everyday, this strategy also reduces the cost of licensing and having to ha…