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Wendy's Web Search Blog February 2005 Archive

By Wendy Boswell, About.com Guide to Web Search since 2004

Invisible Web Gateways

Thursday February 24, 2005
There's a lot of information on the Web, and while Google indexes the most of any search engine out there right now (8 billion and counting!), they don't even begin ... Read More

What is the Invisible Web?

Wednesday February 23, 2005
For a long time, whenever I heard the term "invisible web", all I could think it might mean was something to do with Spiderman. However, the Invisible Web is way ... Read More

News Clipping Services

Saturday February 19, 2005
What are news clipping services, and how can you put them to work for you or your business? Find out!

Customize Your Home Page

Thursday February 17, 2005
Did you know that you can totally personalize your home page, that is, the site that your browser lands on first when you open it, to your own preferences? (Whatever ... Read More

How To Request Links

Wednesday February 16, 2005
When you're building up your site, a good idea to bring more traffic is to swap links with like-minded sites. Of course, there are some rules you need to follow ... Read More

Google Marketing on a Budget

Tuesday February 15, 2005
Cheap doesn't always mean bad. Find out from guest author Tinu Abayomi-Paul how to market your site for Google.

Q and A With Founder of AlmondNet.com

Monday February 14, 2005
I was recently given the chance to ask Roy Shkedi, CEO and founder of AlmondNet (www.almondnet.com) some questions about their new targeted ad technology. Check out my interview and ... Read More

Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt

Friday February 11, 2005
Even if you're all out of love, if you know the language of love, you can let love lead the way and play this game of love, er, Valentine's Day ... Read More

Using Title Tags to Improve SEO

Thursday February 10, 2005
Guest writer Steve Jackson has written another great article, this time on using title tags for search engine marketing. Whether you're just beginning the process of getting your site all ... Read More

From The Mailbag

Thursday February 10, 2005
"Today I received your site submission newsletter (part of your newsletter-course), and I this prompted a question. I have tried getting listed in both the Yahoo Directory and the Open ... Read More

Free Marketing Class

Wednesday February 9, 2005
Free, yes folks, absolutely free Search Marketing Class! How cool is that? Try it for ten days and I'll bet you will learn a lot.

Super Bowl....2004

Tuesday February 8, 2005
I'm not a football fan so I didn't catch the Super Bowl on Sunday; sheesh, I don't even know who played. But I do definitely remember last year's Wardrobe Malfunction...do ... Read More

Yahoo! Reference

Monday February 7, 2005
Yahoo! has some really excellent research and reference sites that honestly would take me pages to list. I've highlighted just my personal favorites for you.

Yahoo! Shortcuts

Sunday February 6, 2005
Make Yahoo! work for you with these nifty shortcuts.

Yahoo! Highlights

Saturday February 5, 2005
Yahoo! not only has a searchable subject directory and search engine listings, but many other great highlights as well.

How to Submit Your Site to Search Engines

Friday February 4, 2005
This is a quick and dirty tutorial that will show you generally how to submit your site to various search engines and directories. Related: Submit Your Site to Google Submit Your ... Read More

Alta Vista

Thursday February 3, 2005
You mean (gasp!) there are other search engines out there than Google? Who'd a thunk it!! Alta Vista's been around for a while; check it out and experience ... Read More

Doorways

Wednesday February 2, 2005
Marketing your site can be hard. Sometimes you get bogged down, production's going at a snail's pace, problems keep popping up, and you feel like ditching the whole dang thing. ... Read More

MSN Search Switches Over

Tuesday February 1, 2005
MSN Search has switched over to its own searching technology now. So far, I haven't noticed that it's got anything wildly better than the other search engines or directories out ... Read More

Audio and Video Search

Tuesday February 1, 2005
The Internet is a fun, fun place. One of the funnest (is that a word? Funnest?) things that I love to do is find songs, speeches, and videos on the ... Read More

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