Well yesterday I went Christmas shopping - I'm definitely not much of a shopper but Lisa and I try to make things fun... and I will admit that it was fun.

Some good info on crawlers -
http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/results/article.php/3624017

Matt Cutts (the Google Guy) on some mistakes to avoid -
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/2006-pubcon-in-vegas-thursday-site-reviews/

Some excellent info on social search - how it's manipulated.
http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/archives/2006/11/spam-farms-social-web.html

Are you still stuffed - I am....

More info on the "long tail" and search can be found here.

http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/opt/article.php/3624008

Some good info from Web Marketing Today on "The long tail" as well as the "torso"

http://www.wilsonweb.com/paid-search/goodman-torso.htm

We would also like to take a moment to wish everyone a great Thanksgiving holiday - see you on Monday.

Danny Sullivan has announced his new blog appearing Dec. 11th. Make sure to check it out.

http://daggle.com/061116-173030.html
http://searchengineland.com/

Some notes on optimizing Blogs -
http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/results/article.php/3623983

Hopefully you are enjoying your Monday -

We've talked some about the long tail - this article talks about whether you may be chasing the wrong one.

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623968

Some good info on the Google Algo -

http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3150448.htm

A good list of SEO - Tools -

http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/

Some significant changes with Google's sitemap - more search engines are coming on board.

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061116-000001

More info here -

http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/archives/2006/11/search_engines_2.html

Can your company compete with the big boys - certainly!

http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_193.shtml

Some good info on Mobile Search -

http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3623944

If you're interested in video, then you'll be interested in this.

http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3623934

It seems that Google has changed things yet again with regard to Google Adsense - details and comments can be found here.

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061110-085425

Some good info on Local Search -

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623883

Newspapers are testing Google Ads?.... here's how it will work.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/06/business/media/06google.html

Some good stuff today -

Google FAQs from Webmaster World -

http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3145284.htm

If you are a member of Adsense - ie you get paid by Google - then this may interest you.
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061107-083931

And the "long tail" - something I've always advocated especially if you're in a market with loads of competition.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623881

A nice interactive business planner if you're looking for one or working on revising a current one.

http://www.cbsc.org/ibp/

Seems like Google is scrambling a bit to make sure it doesn't get bit by copyright issues on You Tube.

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061103-092757

No matter which party you're with make sure you vote.

Some good info if you're interested in Web 2.0

http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_186.shtml

Some good ideas on getting traffic from YouTube - It's the Nov. 1st post.

http://homepage.mac.com/dmcorp/