SEOMike Search Marketing Blog » SEOMike in the News http://customblogging.com/seomike SEOMike Search Marketing Blog Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:10:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Google Will Spoon-Feed Your News http://customblogging.com/seomike/archives/webmasterworld/google-will-spoon-feed-your-news http://customblogging.com/seomike/archives/webmasterworld/google-will-spoon-feed-your-news#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:33:14 +0000 SEOMike http://customblogging.com/seomike/?p=84 A story I found today made it on the homepage of Webmasterworld.com. I love it when that happens. Thewrap.com interviewed Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Google. In the interview Eric said “In about six months, [Google] will roll out a system that will bring high-quality news content to users without them actively looking for it.” Also, Google believes it will be able to sell premium ad space with this content. This is huge. Google is taking steps to be a major player in the news industry – an industry whose print model is failing. The timing is perfect. The AP has been complaining about websites needing to pay for the use of AP news on their sites. The demands for compensation is alienating site owners… guess who will step up to the plate? Yep. The more scary thing… how will the AP be able to compete as their online and print news delivery models fail? Will they still be able to afford to pay a preimum to reporters? Could they afford to out-bid Google?! Yep. Now you’re getting it. Google employs the reporters. Google decides based on your profile’s history what kind of news you’re interested in. Google runs ads along with their news to subsidise the program. Progress? Sure. Big Brother getting bigger? Yep. Brace yourselves for the Google News Channel. Kidding. (Kinda) (Read Thewrap.com article) (See the Webmasterworld.com thread)

]]> http://customblogging.com/seomike/archives/webmasterworld/google-will-spoon-feed-your-news/feed 0 SEW Mentions SEOMike http://customblogging.com/seomike/archives/seomike-in-the-news/sew-mentions-seomike http://customblogging.com/seomike/archives/seomike-in-the-news/sew-mentions-seomike#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:27:48 +0000 SEOMike http://customblogging.com/seomike/?p=10 Things have been really hectic in my life lately. I guess it’s the post-holiday rush. Lots of things happening. My to-do list is written on my office window and is about 3 feet long. Ugh.

On a good note, I was recently mentioned in a Search Engine Watch article by my friend Mark Jackson.  I spotted a test of changes in the Google SERPs and pointed it out to Mark who wrote an article about the changes and the potential impact they could have. Check it out here. I like showing up in an article every-now-and-again, but like to mostly lay low so people don’t get too familiar with my techniques.

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