Some good info on the Big Daddy update and linking.

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/indexing-timeline/

A nice update on search behavior -

http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/opt/article.php/3604266

Matt - the Google guy has given a large interview - you can find it at the link below.

http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/results/article.php/3605961

Make sure to listen to the MP3s

A list of things from last week -

A good article on search engine spam.
http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/results/article.php/3603906

Notes on the click fraud settlement from Google -
Click Here

Google unleashes some new toys including Google Trends -
http://www.google.com/trends

Redefining Local Search

Google talks about the future -
Click Here

More tomorrow.

Some good notes on a SEO contest for a fictional word - details are here.

http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/viewissue.php?id=2&issue=343&format=html

So what is the difference between the first spot and other spots?

As the school year winds down (yipee) we'll be having a more sporadic posting schedule. So if you don't see me for a day or two rest assured that I'm having fun.

A blog that makes 10 k a day - who would have thought it -

Some info -
More info -

If you skip out on implementing super targetted keywords then you may be missing out on additional revenue.

Check out the link below for some ways you can do this.

http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_123.shtml

http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_124.shtml

Are you following these eight steps / requirements for building your business.

Google is getting a bit angry over the new browser - ie the default search box is MSN.... hmm.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/01/technology/01google.html

Requires you to be registered.

So does penalize sites that have dashes or underscores?

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/

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 -

Click Here

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