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Just in case you didn’t hear the news on the 28th:

The Yahoo! Mindset search site attempts to classify all pages in the top 100 search results according to their degree of “shoppingness” or “researchness”.

Tags: : Yahoo.

Resources :: Read the Entire Article at Pandia Search World.

I recently realized that, perhaps as part of their nice facelift, ZDNet’s Updates.com has a nice white papers section. It’s been there a while, but what I’ve noticed is that accessing many of these documents is free of charge. For example, here’s one on Achieving a Top Google Ranking.

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A pretty good explanation of Page Rank. Just remember that Page Rank is not the be all and end all of getting traffic from Google…

Pagerank Explained. Google’s PageRank and how to make the most of it.: “Even though the author abandoned mini-rank as a result of this and another paper, the original, unchanged paper is still available on the web. So if you come across a PageRank Explained paper that uses ‘mini-rank’, it has been superceded and is best ignored.”

On Wednesday June 22, you can meet the Google Engineers in person :: Meet the Google Engineers. More info in the press release.

I know this template might be a little hard to read but it’s only for an hour or so. Seems I accidentally wiped out my template during my last round of customizing. I’ll restore it with the back-up in just a few…

Update :: 11:40 pm :: Looks like we’re almost back in business… just in time for Google Tuesdays. This would by why you should save your old templates before you edit.

Cork University Press: Google improves its book search tool: “This means your books will be visible to users whether they run a general search on Google or a specific search on Google Print. It’s one more way of helping potential buyers to find your titles.”

I’d been a great fan of his for about two years. You can subscribe to his free resource-rich newsletter at his Marketing Results Coaching site. And what’s so great about Warren is that he is always full of wonderful tips and information. Including how I came to be talking to him on the phone.

As many of you know I keep a suite in town where I work when I know I have to be near the convention center or in Vegas proper. While I was there today, I went to pick up some mail. And I’d gotten a postcard from someone I’d been meaning to call, because he was one of the few wizards I respect in the task of promoting a book online (as opposed to an ebook). I’m about half finished with a book that I want to make a big noise with myself.

The front of the postcard was a great promotional opportunity. On the back was a hand written note from Warren! I felt so special. At the end of the note was his phone number, which was local to me, so I gave him a ring.

During our half-hour conversation, I felt like I was getting premium coaching on a few aspects of my business that I’d been a little too busy to attend to – nothing major broken. But a few examples of his own successes from similiar actions were a fountain of knowledge. Other things he spoke of let me know that I was still on the right track, and helped me figure out a couple of things to do differently.

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