2008 May | USERAGENT.ca

29th May 2008

Google Celebrates Anniversary of the First Ascent of Mount Everest

I have been super busy lately, thus the lack of posting on this blog. So, while I was about to retire to my soft bed for the night, I switched back to iGoogle once more out of habits, the Google Doodle caught my attention.

Google Doodle: Anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest

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By Kevin Cheng | Filed under USERAGENT Blog News, Google, Search Engine Logos | 3 Comments

18th May 2008

Google Doodle: Walter Gropius

Google is at it once again. The search engine giant has yet another Google doodle to celebrate the 125th birthday of Walter Gropius - a famous German architect who found the architecture school Bauhaus and was mostly regarded as the pioneer of modern architecture.

Google celebrates 125th birthday of Walter Gropius

How And Why Do You Use Sphinn?

How and why do you use Sphinn - the social news/networking site for online marketers? Do you think it’s a dysfunctional social media site compared to other big names like Digg and Reddit?

Search Engine Logos - Mother’s Day Edition

Today is Mother’s Day, and like for many other special occasions, a few of the search engines have modified their logos or designs to celebrate the day dedicated to all hardworking and loving mothers out there. Let’s look at some of these wonderful designs.

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Google Logo - Happy Mother's Day 2008

Interestingly, I only saw the Google Mother’s Day logo on google.ca but not the google.com. Maybe our American neighbours don’t celebrate Mother’s Day?

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By Kevin Cheng | Filed under Google, For Fun, AOL, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Search Engine Logos, Ask, Dogpile | 17 Comments

9th May 2008

SEO Has A Future

This morning I routinely went on Sphinn to check out the hottest news and ideas in the search marketing industry, and was amazed to see no less than 4 most popular items on the homepage talking about Shoemaker’s “SEO has no future” comment and a similar statement from Marketing Pilgrim’s Greg Howlett. Am I surprised about the reaction? Not really, and I believe most SEOs would disagree with that the “no future” statement as well. So here’s my thoughts on this whole concept, as usual, with an in-house spin on it.

Do You Report Your Competitors For Black Hat SEO?

Recently, I have been engaged into a huge debate about whether to report black hat SEO tactics and borderline SEO activities conducted by our competitors. You know, things like paid links, link farms, etc.

Go To Jail (Report Paid Links)