In this article I will review the similarities and differences between the ranking algorithms of Google, Yahoo and Msn. Google and Yahoo are considerably reasonably close in terms of off-page factors weighting compared to Msn, which is more on the on-page side. Like Google, Yahoo and MSN will discount obviously identical and unnatural looking anchor link text. Since these algos are frequently updated, I will only concentrate on those factors that do not. Otherwise, mayor updates should take place for them to be replaced by other/better methods.

The Google Factors.
It is a known fact that Google is focused on links. Therefore, it ranks them by quality and relevancy factors. With that said, on-page factors such as title keywords, content keyword density and relevance also influence the ranking of a given page. Google also looks into the “neighborhood” of your site analyzing outbound links. If you link to related quality sites with relevant content, search engines will associate your site with these “neighbor

This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Altered Men’s Dress Shirt by heycarrieann99 Felt skull by urone317 and I love chignon by pollaz

The main function of Fox, talk radio, and the rest of the right wing noise machine is to keep conservatives misinformed about the actual views of liberals so they can retain their support for the right and blind hatred against everyone else.

The freeform writing style of social networks like Twitter and Facebook is changing the way people communicate, and causing students to fail English. That’s the claim of a piece out this afternoon from the Canadian Press . According to the article

… critical of the BC government ? What’s next– Google ? [H/t A Creative Revolution ]

… critical of the BC government ? What’s next– Google ? [H/t A Creative Revolution ]

Facebook Facebook seems to be a handy tool for companies who want to get more information on clientele like their full names, friends, age, gender and interests. It’s a simple hack that was first publicised by blogger Max Klein. He talks about a

Justin Timberlake suits up as he films a scene for The Social Network on Saturday (January 30) in Los Angeles. The entertainer, who turns 29 TODAY, shot a scene with co-star Jesse Eisenberg , who wore a much more casual wardrobe – he was dressed in a

22 Love it In Case You Need Another Reason to Love Facebook http://byflutter.com ― If you need another reason to love Facebook – or Flutter – I’ve got a post for you here. Not convinced yet? What if I told you this post included the word “Shitninja”?

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Ahandy / Software Development Times Blog : Facebook rewrites PHP runtime   —  A week ago, I let ya’ll know that the core PHP team had been brought to Facebook’s main campus.  That team were forced to sign NDA’s, and taken to a very

LONDON – An underworld don, who is languishing in a maximum-security British jail, has been using Facebook to run his drugs and organised crime empire and intimidate his enemies. Colin Gunn, one of the Britain’s most dangerous gangsters, has been able

more images Justin Timberlake taking some time out on the set of his new movie ‘Social Network’Los Angeles.

more images Justin Timberlake taking some time out on the set of his new movie ‘Social Network’Los Angeles.

I started the FlowingData Flickr group a little while ago, but didn’t come back to it until now. Here are just a few of the graphics you all have added. Click on the images below for the full-size versions. Thanks to all those who shared your