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    The Early Days of the Semantic Web

    by Bill Slawski
    Nov 4, 2014
    In 2003, a paper titled Semantic Search , was published by Ramanathan Guha of IBM, Rob McCool of Knowledge Systems Lab at Stanford University, and Eric Miller of W3C and MIT. Their stated goal in the paper was to take technologies such as web...

    Google: Penguin 3.0 Update Still Rolling Out Slowly

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Nov 4, 2014
    2.5 weeks ago, Google pushed out the Penguin 3.0 update after waiting over a year to update Penguin 2.1.

    That update later was confirmed and told it would roll out worldwide over the next few weeks...

    Implementing Lean methodologies in large companies

    by Rian van der Merwe
    Nov 3, 2014
    Marysol Elorriaga discusses the challenges of implementing Lean methodologies in large companies in Getting buy-in while moving at rocket speed. One of the guiding principles is to “Release early and show results”:

    To make the stakeholders feel like they are getting something equally valuable out of taking the “Lean approach”, deliver the MVP early and show results. Ensure that all features to be released can be measured and there is a proper feedback gathering mechanism in place. Ease...

    Matt Cutts Not Returning To Google In 2014: Will He Return In 2015?

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Nov 3, 2014
    Matt Cutts, Google's currently on leave head of search spam, announced on Twitter that he is extending his leave into 2015.

    In July, Matt Cutts shocked the SEO space by announcing he would be taking a few months off to spend time with his wife...

    Will He Ever Return? Head Of Google’s Web Spam Team Matt Cutts Extends Leave Into 2015

    dannysullivan
    by dannysullivan
    Oct 31, 2014
    The head of Google’s web spam team, Matt Cutts, says that his leave from the company has gone so well that he’ll be continuing it through 2015.

    Cutts shared the news today in a note added to his original blog post from July about going on leave, saying:

    When I went on leave, I wanted to see how webspam would go without me. I’ve been talking to people on both the algorithmic and manual webspam teams during my leave, and they’ve been doing a top-notch job. So I’m planning on extending my...

    Hate

    by Rian van der Merwe
    Oct 31, 2014
    “I hate Designer News.“

    “I hate Silicon Cape.“

    I hate the word hate when it’s used in the context of other people’s projects.

    To hate — to feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward something — should be reserved for the things we truly need to get rid of in this world.

    Let’s hate injustice, intolerance, and the way women are treated in the tech industry. And let’s use our extreme hostility toward those things to spur us into action.

    Let’s not hate products and...

    Hate

    by Rian van der Merwe
    Oct 31, 2014
    “I hate Designer News.“

    “I hate Silicon Cape.“

    I hate the word hate when it’s used in the context of other people’s projects.

    To hate — to feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward something — should be reserved for the things we truly need to get rid of in this world.

    Let’s hate injustice, intolerance, and the way women are treated in the tech industry. And let’s use our extreme hostility toward those things to spur us into action.

    Let’s not hate products and...

    Bing Sever Ties With Webmasters By Firing Duane Forrester

    rustybrick
    by rustybrick
    Oct 31, 2014
    Duane Forrester, the face, the connection, the personality for Bing and the webmaster community has been downsized. This week, Microsoft announced huge layoffs and part of those layoffs included letting Duane Forrester go...

    What SEOs Need to Know About Topic Modeling & Semantic Connectivity - Whiteboard Friday

    Oct 30, 2014
    Search engines, especially Google, have gotten remarkably good at understanding searchers' intent—what we mean to search for, even if that's not exactly what we search for. How in the world do they do this? It's incredibly complex, but in today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand covers the basics—what we all need to know about how entities are connected in search.



    For reference,...

    Duane Forrester, Bing’s Long-Time Webmaster Outreach Manager, Loses Job In Microsoft Layoffs

    dannysullivan
    by dannysullivan
    Oct 30, 2014
    Duane Forrester, the senior product manager in charge of webmaster outreach for Bing, has lost his job as part of the recently announced layoffs at Microsoft. The move leaves Bing without one of its longest-serving and recognizable faces to the SEO and publisher community.

    Forrester posted the news on his blog today, saying he’s not upset with Microsoft over the change and happy that he’s made a positive contribution to companies and SEOs. From some of his post:

    Microsoft announced...