5/23/2003 01:30:00 PM|W|P|Sage|W|P|I bet you thought that when you went to www.google.com you were going to a single place that held billions of web pages. The reality is, when you place a search at www.google.com the results are actually coming from one of these data centers:
www2.google.com
www3.google.com
www-dc.google.com
www-ex.google.com
www-zu.google.com
www-ab.google.com
www-sj.google.com
www-va.google.com
www-in.google.com
www-fi.google.com
These are the locations of the data centers that I was able to track down:
sj is in San Jose
dc is in Washington, DC
zu is in Zurich Switzerland
ex is in Santa Clara
va is in Herndon, Virginia
When Google makes an update, one data center changes and slowly populates the new data to other centers until they finally are all updated with the same data.
This is the "Google Dance."
This is especially interesting right now because there has been a May update (called 'Dominic' at WebMasterWorld) that has been in flux an especially long time.
The sj data center has been creating a lot of turmoil for those who keep a close eye on all of this.
Here is an interesting site that talks a bit more about these updates: http://dance.efactory.de/
|W|P|200333596|W|P|Google Data Centers|W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/21/2003 07:02:00 AM|W|P|Sage|W|P|Overture Beats Google with Superior Results, Listing Control and Service One thousand clicks from Overture generate almost double the average revenue as 1,000 clicks from Google's product.
This actually has not been our experience. But it is interesting to consider.|W|P|200321224|W|P|Overture - Advertiser Newsletter|W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/16/2003 09:57:00 AM|W|P|Sage|W|P|Converting Word to HTML
Have you ever tried converting a Word document to FrontPage? It can be a code nightmare.
But fortunately there are work arounds to accommodate this code bloat. Microsoft has put out a Word to html converter.
You can download it here.
This tool makes some nice css code in the head of the page and much of the extraneous code is removed from the body of the html. It's a free download. So you might find it worthwhile.
However, for my purposes, I found that using WordPad is by far the best solution. I simply copy and pasted my content from Word to WordPad. And from there I pasted that content into FrontPage. The code was unbelievably condensed. It kept basic font characteristics in place but didn't add any of the excessive style code that Word transfers. Also, links and table structures stayed intact - also in a nice, clean format.
This solution wouldn't work if you were trying to transfer images from Word to FrontPage. But it would be quite simple to add those later. And actually, the less formatting I get from Word the better. I can easily modify layout once I get it into FrontPage.
So, if you find yourself moving content from Word to FrontPage I highly recommend giving this a try. It will make your pages load faster and the search engines will love it!|W|P|200300532|W|P||W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/15/2003 09:03:00 AM|W|P|Sage|W|P|Search Engine Flash Viewer
See what the search engines see in your flash files using this page.|W|P|200295056|W|P|Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Forums :: SearchGuild.com|W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/13/2003 08:49:00 AM|W|P|Sage|W|P||W|P|200283829|W|P|Turning the spotlight on Kanoodle.com|W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/09/2003 03:56:00 PM|W|P|Sage|W|P|Overture Readies New Search Products Overture Services said it would release its paid inclusion and contextual marketing offerings in the next three months, as it tries to expand and diversify its product line.
Overture loves to monetize search. It's going to be interesting to see their new product lines.|W|P|200269218|W|P||W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/09/2003 02:18:00 PM|W|P|Sage|W|P|Jim Wilson Memorial
I can't imagine there is a search engine marketer that wasn't effected and inspired by the resources Mr. Wilson provided. His forum was the launching point for many search engine careers - mine included. He truly was a pioneer in the search engine arena. He will be missed by many.|W|P|200268643|W|P||W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/09/2003 12:45:00 PM|W|P|Sage|W|P|The Register - Google to fix blog noise problem Google is to create a search tool specifically for weblogs, most likely giving material generated by the self-publishing tools its own tab.
There are many weblogs out in the world today. But the information available isn't always of the highest quality. So, Google is potentially going to help the problem with a section of their site all about blogs.
|W|P|200268045|W|P||W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/07/2003 04:22:00 PM|W|P|Sage|W|P|Paid Inclusion Hot, LookSmart Not LookSmart is the latest search company to warn of lower earnings this year due to the fierce competition in the industry. Both Overture Services and FindWhat recently said they would feel the effects of increased competition in the crowded search industry.
While I wouldn't want to be an active investor in any of these companies, this all really is quite good news. Overture, themselves, admit that more competition makes them a better company.
Google has really shaken up the internet community. Not only do they offer highly relevant search results, but they also are making a bunch of money - something I don't think many companies really anticipated.
So, if you ever feel the competitors of your industry are nipping at your heels, just take solace in the worlds of Overture, LookSmart and FindWhat. They are going to be better companies for their customers because of it... or they're not :)
|W|P|200257720|W|P||W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/07/2003 01:13:00 PM|W|P|Sage|W|P|Relevancy is the hottest topic on the search engines' minds. Trying to put themselves into the shoes of their searchers is a very tricky thing to do. If a person types in 'seal', they could be looking for the animal, the singer, or maybe the navy.
But what does a visitor mean if they type in just a letter, say... 'A'. Well here are the number 1 results for every letter of the alphabet:
ChangeMedia: Google Alphabet
Incidentally, Yahoo scores 2 letters: 'Y' (naturally) and 'I'. I would have given it to ICQ (they only get a top 5 position for their letter-sake).|W|P|200256748|W|P||W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/06/2003 07:10:00 AM|W|P|Sage|W|P|Update Dominic - Part 4
Here we go again. The Google Dance for May has begun.|W|P|200248643|W|P||W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/02/2003 04:25:00 PM|W|P|Sage|W|P|Pepsi Links Up with Yahoo! for $1B Giveaway|W|P|200235056|W|P||W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/02/2003 04:23:00 PM|W|P|Sage|W|P|Search Research Comes of Age
This article discusses possibly one of the most comprehensive surveys ever done about search behavior - comScore's qSearch. This data, as it continues to be put out is likely to shed some very interesting light on topics that has never been available before.
I would like to touch on this a bit more, but I've got to run. Take a look at this article, if you have a chance, and read about it yourself.
Have a nice weekend.|W|P|200235043|W|P||W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/02/2003 01:10:00 PM|W|P|Sage|W|P|Google-Friends Newsletter (April 2003)
Here is Google's bi-monthly newsletter. If you aren't a member, you can read this month's copy here.|W|P|200233990|W|P||W|P|sagerock@gmail.com5/02/2003 01:05:00 PM|W|P|Sage|W|P|Yahoo's overtures to Overture? | CNET News.com People know Yahoo is going to do acquisitions, there's no guesswork there, but the question is who and when," said one source.
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