Posts Tagged ‘Algorithm’

Does Google Care If Your Domains Are Hyphenated?

Thursday, June 11th, 2009
This is a pretty hotly debated subject at the moment, so I thought I would share what I have found in my research, as well as through experience… According to Matt Cutts, Google spokesman, Google’s algorithm doesn’t penalize for use of hyphens even if there are more than 2 or even 3 in domain names. There is also no reason to expect that you will rank better for keyword rich domains where the keywords are [spin]hyphenated. So keyword-rich-domains.com will fair no better with Google than key

Reader Mail #88

Thursday, March 19th, 2009
This post , via Hacker News, on "How I made a lot of money via AdSense" was amusing. Basically, his business plan is "Take advantage of exploitable flaws in Google's search engine and AdWords/AdSense algorithm." He creates a site that specifically targets a keyword. He buys a domain for that keyword. He hires people to write filler articles for him. He buys AdWords for that keyword, and gets high SEO for that keyword. The cost of his AdWords traffic is less than his AdSense revenue. That'

Conficker worm may hit Southwest Airlines site (Geek.com)

Monday, March 2nd, 2009
The Conficker worm is likely to cause network disruption at several legitimate domains, including Southwest Airlines, security analysts say. The malware, also known as Downadup, uses an algorithm to generate a daily list of IP addresses which it polls for updates, based on date information pulled from several Internet sources. Infected machines call out to these [...]

ME.PN - Official “My Personal Network” registrar.

Monday, December 29th, 2008
Free domains for you, your friends, your family and your long lost friends. Use it as a rememberal URL to your social profiles, or just link it to your server and get a free profiled domain. It's currently being used by web developers and owners, to gain easy awareness and popularity with the unique ME.PN algorithm for easy traffic. It's free!!!!!

Zip.ca owns Canadian DVD Rental space

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
A few months ago Ottawa-based Zip.ca shipped its 10 millionth DVD. Quite an accomplishment for the four-year-old start-up that’s been dubbed the Canadian equivalent of online video rental behemoth Netflix. Today on itbusiness.ca, Nestor E. Arellano takes a close look at Zip.ca and the movie-picking technology that keeps customers renting. Zip.ca’s online ordering system is powered by a “recommendation algorithm” that helps customers decide which movie to watch. Based on a member’s profile and