Google released a free 3D tool.

http://sketchup.google.com/

Some interesting notes on statistics.

http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3601546

So Google has finished there "Big Daddy" update - so what's the deal?

http://www.marketposition.com/blog/archives/2006/04/google_complete.html

Some good info on making sure your site architecture is up to snuff -

http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/results/article.php/3600826

For some reason blogger has been acting a bit funny lately - go figure.

A informative article on predicting prices with pay per clicks.

http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/strat/article.php/3598616

A nice article from Site Point -

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Some good advice on web design -

http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/how-crap-is-your-site-design

A good article on the "future" of search engines.

http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3599566

A nice article on "textbook seo" - does it work?

http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/results/article.php/3599126

An article I like on spring cleaning / sprucing up your site a bit.

http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/opt/article.php/3597916

Also Google just introduced a calendar....
http://www.google.com/calendar

We hope everyone has a great holiday weekend.

So some things from the report.

1) Most people find what they're looking for on the first page of the search results.
2) If most people don't find out what they're looking for on the first couple of pages they refine there search or go to a different search engine.

So the trend is to get the results from the first couple of pages or try something different.
We've been noticing a trend that very specific searches are on the rise - ex. black prom dress.. etc. So if you haven't thought of expanding things for more specific searches then now may be the time to start doing that.

I prospect has an interesting study on search behavior. You can check it out here -

http://www.iprospect.com/about/searchenginemarketingwhitepapers.htm

It's the one for April 2006 - I'll give my thoughts on it tomorrow.

Some notes from Danny Sullivan on some search engine stuff.

http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3597726

Some unique ways to advertise (this one is sure to get those creative juices flowing).

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0%2C4621%2C326697%2C00.html

Expanding your keywords / research.

Part 1

Part 2

Enjoy your week.

A nice article on Spam and how algos work to stop it.

http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=160

Google has changed a few things about Local ad campaigns work. Details on that can be found here.
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060331-080623

A nice article that looks at Google Backlinks -

http://www.wilsonweb.com/art/promote/google-backlinks.htm

If you haven't done your taxes yet - this may help if you use contract workers.

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If you want to expand your optimization reach then this may help for Europe.
Click Here

We had some wicked storms here last night - does your family have a plan for bad weather. If not this site may help you make one.

http://www.redcross.org/services/prepare/0,1082,0_248_,00.html