You may have heard that Google is striking up a deal with Quicken... now you may wonder how in the world could that be useful for either of them.. this article should explain things a bit better.

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623538

We've talked some recently about Google changing some things (increasing minimum bids) for some folks with AdWords. This article explains some of the reasons behind that.

http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3623543

An article on Spider food and blunders.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623520

Some good info - especially if you dig deep to check out the ways you can find misspellings.
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3623534

Business Weeks take on Click Fraud

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060922-064347

My take on all the hubbub is this - if you're worried about fraud then only advertise on the "search" sites...

Some good info from Matt of Google - 21 tips.
Click Here

We've talked some about Froogle both on the web and in our Newsletter - it seems that recently there have been some changes - a good summary of those changes can be found in Ralph Wilson's newsletter.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/ecommerce/googlebase.htm

Some good (but heavy) info if you're interested in some of the interior workings of algos -

http://www.miislita.com/information-retrieval-tutorial/svd-lsi-tutorial-1-understanding.html

Can Google stay on top

http://www.cmomagazine.com/read/columns/ca_011906.html

The Chicago Tribune talks about search -
Find it here.

We've talked about patents before - an interesting take on it can be found here.
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3623488

That should give you enough to chew on till Tuesday or so...

Yesterday we talked about success - today here's an article that discusses why some businesses fail.

http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_175.shtml

20 ideas from successful businesses.

http://www.smallbizresource.com/document.asp?doc_id=103512

The ten commandments of linking -

http://www.ericward.com/linkmoses/ten.html

hmm seems that MSN has started there new search engine but for some reason they aren't giving you any stats....

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060915-085113

Some good info for seasonal SEO -

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623396

Some good info from Early To Rise - 16 ways to help your small business -
http://www.earlytorise.com/archive/html/091106-2.html

The most important SEO strategy.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623372

Some tidbits from over the weekend -

Make your own seal of approval - http://www.says-it.com/seal/index.php

Check your site in 30 different browsers.
http://browsershots.org/

This is interesting - Google may start listening...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/03/google_eavesdropping_software/

Some good info on Web 2.0
http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_168.shtml

If you use newsletter advertising then this article will be of interest to you -
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/article.php?ident=29690

Enjoy your weekend.

Short work weeks are rough - I did have a great time Monday, it just seems that the rest of the week is playing catch up. Maybe Monday that will happen.

A tidbit of news about Danny Sullivan from search engine watch - in a nutshell he's leaving.

Some details can be found here:

http://daggle.com/060829-112950.html
http://daggle.com/060905-161556.html

If you're worried about how you appear in local search results make sure you do the following steps:

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623297

We all know bots are important for our optimization - here's some info on "taming" them.

http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3623312

I know I promised some pictures / commentary on the trip I took last weekend - we'll save that to next week. Till then I hope you and yours have a wonderful Labor day.