Topic: ThreadWatch

Live On Twitter: Having A Baby!

Many search marketers know Nick Wilson, especially for his role in having founded Threadwatch. In case you haven’t been keeping up, Nick and his wife Ivana are having baby. Like now, right now. Nick’s twittering it live here. Barry and I are pretty sure this will be the first birth to ever hit Twitter. All […]

Google Adds Related Phrases To Definitions

Threadwatch spotted that Google has added “related phrases” to the Google definitions feature. For example, a search on define:car shows at the top: Related phrases: car rental cable car trailer on flat car stock car tank car pace car car kit champ car box car racer

SEO

SEO Blogs Under Hack Attack

First Graywolf’s blog was hacked, then I just found Stuntdubl has gone down when I was about to send some link love his way. I’ll hold that for tomorrow. They’re not the only ones. The culprit is over here and writes (NOTE: Links no longer work as this WordPress hosted account was promptly suspended for violating the terms of service): My name is XXX. […]

Google Patches Serious Gmail Contacts Bug

Via Threadwatch, Engadget’s summary of a serious bug in Google’s Gmail, where web sites can retrieve your Gmail contact list, through a JavaScript loophole, has now been fixed. The bug allowed web sites to pull your Google contact list, if you were still logged into your Google account and had JavaScript enabled (which is most […]

Google “Plus Box” Puts Maps In Search Results

Google’s officially gained a new “plus box” feature that lets you see maps for local businesses right within the search results pages. New Google UI feature: Plus Box from Matt Cutts gives more details on how it works and how local webmaster can make it happen for their listings. Depending on the search query and […]