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KWD
Keyword Density
KWP
Keyword Phrase
ORGANIC SEO
Optimization and traffic without paying for listings, PPC, etc
PPC
Pay per click - basically paying for targeted traffic. Something I've NEVER had to do for my clients.
SERP's
Search Engine Results Page. This refers to the organic (excluding paid listings) search results for a given query.


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The wild wild web
06.29.04 (4:48 pm)
More "Great" news on security....


New IE Malware Captures Passwords Ahead Of SSL
http://slashdot.org/articles/04/06/29/191 3222.shtml?tid=109&tid=113&tid =126&tid=187&tid=95" title="http://slashdot.org/articles/04/06/29/191 3222.shtml?tid=109&tid=113&tid =126&tid=187&tid=95" target="_blank"http://slashdot.org/articles/...


Pop-up program reads keystrokes, steals passwords
http://news.com.com/Pop-up" title="http://news.com.com/Pop-up" target="_blank"http://news.com.com/Pop-up+program+reads+keystrokes %2C+steals+passwords/2100 -7349_3-5251981.html?tag=nefd.lede


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Email alerts for spider visits
06.29.04 (4:40 pm)
I thought this was pretty cool... if youre server is PHP enabled you can be sent an E-mail when the spiders come a'vistin' - this was in my newsletter from http://www.axandra.com

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Do you want to be automatically informed by email when Google's spider visits your web site?

A search engine spider is an automated software program that locates and collects data from web pages for inclusion in a search engine's database. The name of Google's spider is "Googlebot".

If you have a web site that allows you to use PHP code then your web pages can inform you when Google's spider has indexed them.

Ask your web space provider if you can use PHP code on your site. If you can, add the following piece of code at the very beginning of your web page HTML code, before the doctype declaration and before the tag:


$email = "you@example.com";

if(eregi("googlebot",$_SE RVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))

{

mail($email, "The Googlebot came to call",

"Google has visited: ".$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

}

?
(Source: V. M. Marshalls weblog)

This little piece of PHP code recognizes Googlebot if it visits the web page, and it informs you by email when Googlebot has been there.

Of course, you have to replace "you@example.com" with your own email address. The web page must end with .php and you must be allowed to use PHP on your web site.

Note that a visit of the Googlebot doesn't mean that Google will index your web site. Google will decide later if the visited page is suitable for its database.

You can also use this code with other search engine spiders. To be informed by email when Yahoo's spider visits your web pages, replace "googlebot" in the example with "yahoo! Slurp":


$email = "you@example.com";

if(eregi("yahoo! Slurp",$_SERVER['HTTP_USE R_AGENT']))

{

mail($email, "The Yahoo bot came to call",

"Yahoo has visited: ".$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

}

?



Database of Web Robots
http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/active/html/index.html" title="http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/active/html/index.html" target="_blank"http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/a...


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CERT Recommends Mozilla, Firefox
06.27.04 (3:05 pm)
This is very big news
http://slashdot.org/articles/04/06/27/143 6213.shtml?tid=126&tid=154&tid =172&tid=95" title="http://slashdot.org/articles/04/06/27/143 6213.shtml?tid=126&tid=154&tid =172&tid=95" target="_blank"http://slashdot.org/articles/...

I've been telling my clients for years to stop using IE
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Spyware
06.24.04 (7:10 pm)
Fun stuff isn't it? I thought I had good browsing habits... didn't go into the dark alleys of the Web. Low and behold I was eaten up with it. It's taken over our clients machines, to the point of a complete reinstall in some cases, and has reeked havoc all around the world. The damage is far more worse than a good ol' virus. It's the wild wild web out there folks. Har Har matey!

Here is a good collection of links about this evil crap:


Judge Halts Utah's Spyware Law
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/23/1249246&m ode=thread&tid=103&tid=11 1&tid=126&tid=158&tid=99" title="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/23/1249246&m ode=thread&tid=103&tid=11 1&tid=126&tid=158&tid=99" target="_blank"http://yro.slashdot.org/artic...


Can Mozilla-Based Browsers be Hijacked?
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/21/0153202&m ode=thread&tid=126&tid=15 4&tid=172&tid=95" title="http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/21/0153202&m ode=thread&tid=126&tid=15 4&tid=172&tid=95" target="_blank"http://ask.slashdot.org/artic...


Spyware Becoming Worst Tech Support Problem
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/07/1239204&m ode=thread&tid=111&tid=12 6&tid=172&tid=185&tid=190 &tid=201" title="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/07/1239204&m ode=thread&tid=111&tid=12 6&tid=172&tid=185&tid=190 &tid=201" target="_blank"http://slashdot.org/article.p...


The Average PC is Infested with Spyware
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/16/1729238&m ode=thread&tid=109&tid=12 6&tid=172&tid=185&tid=187 &tid=190&tid=201" title="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/16/1729238&m ode=thread&tid=109&tid=12 6&tid=172&tid=185&tid=187 &tid=190&tid=201" target="_blank"http://slashdot.org/article.p...


Anti-spyware bill advances in House
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/06 /24/spyware.reut/index.html" title="http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/06 /24/spyware.reut/index.html" target="_blank"http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/...


Feeling sluggish? It might be spyware
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/06 /22/spyware.qa.ap/index.html" title="http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/06 /22/spyware.qa.ap/index.html" target="_blank"http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/...

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Gmail, Yahoo! and MSN... oh my!
06.24.04 (4:19 pm)
If you send out a request to invite someone to Gmail from your hotmail account, it will be culled:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/21/1150236&m ode=thread&tid=126&tid=21 7&tid=95" title="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/21/1150236&m ode=thread&tid=126&tid=21 7&tid=95" target="_blank"http://slashdot.org/article.p...


Gotta love the *good* rap this is getting:

Gmail is too creepy
http://gmail-is-too-creep y.com" title="http://gmail-is-too-creep y.com" target="_blank"http://gmail-is-too-creep y.co...




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Goodbye Paid Inclusion
06.24.04 (4:17 pm)
AskJeeves, the last of the PFI engines is phasing out... The last one to go as everyone is aware of was Inktomi.

http://news.com.com/Search" title="http://news.com.com/Search" target="_blank"http://news.com.com/Search+engines+rethink+paid+inc lusion/2100-1024_3-524582 5.html?tag=cd.top


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Pros and Cons of Organic Search vs Paid Search
06.18.04 (4:34 am)
A great article on organic search

http://www.marketposition.com/mp-0604.htm" title="http://www.marketposition.com/mp-0604.htm" target="_blank"http://www.marketposition.com...
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Yahoo! to up mailboxes to 100 M
06.16.04 (10:11 am)
I'm sure this will be old news by the time I hit the publish button... but in order to compete with GMail Yahoo is upping the ante from 4-5 Megs to 100Megs and you can now send 10 Meg attachments.

Yahoo is also consolidating all of its premium email services into a single program, called Mail Plus, offering 2 gigabytes of capacity for an annual fee of $19.99.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-06-15- yahoo-email_x.htm" title="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-06-15- yahoo-email_x.htm" target="_blank"http://www.usatoday.com/tech/...




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Survey Questions Google User Loyalty
06.08.04 (12:51 pm)
Great article... I know I don't use them as much:

http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=28253" title="http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=28253" target="_blank"http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin...
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