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Irrelevant Linking Campaigns Can Hurt You

by Scott | Nov 25, 2006 | Microsoft, Search Engines, SEO, SEO-101

Google penalizes websites for blatant link farming and other unsavory tactics, but it looks like Microsoft has taken it a step further. By now, everyone is supposed to know that unrelated links can’t help you, but now Microsoft Search (a.k.a. Live.com) may...

New Search Operator Command in MSN

by Scott | Oct 18, 2006 | Microsoft, Search Engines, SEO, Technology News

MSN has a new search operator that allows you to see all the domains that any given site is linking out to. Most professional search marketers have long known that inbound links to your site affect ranking, but outbound links from your site to others matter as well....

Unsupported browser?

by Scott | Jul 23, 2006 | Microsoft

From the days when I owned a computer store in Portland Oregon, I’m still a Microsoft partner, and it was past my renewal. While logged in to the Microsoft partner site, I attempt a renewal, and here’s the message I get… You are using an unsupported...

“Click To activate and use this control” driving you nuts?

by Scott | May 12, 2006 | General interest, Microsoft, Viruses and Scams, Web Design

In your Internet Explorer web browser, do some websites appear to be “broken”? Do Flash menus and some other web page items frequently have a dotted line around them? When you put your mouse over them, do you see a small yellow box proclaiming that you...

What is Windows One Care?

by Scott | Feb 10, 2006 | Microsoft

Windows One Care? Well, according to Microsoft, here’s what it is… “This PC health service is always on, running quietly in the background. It helps give you round-the-clock protection and maintenanceâ€”virus scanning, firewalls, tune ups, file...