Strike Point

Legislation to combat internet piracy, including internet bans for persistent illegal file-sharers, has cleared the Lords and now goes to the Commons where it will be rushed through before the general election. Dave and Mikkel discuss how this affects internet use in the UK. They also go over the interview Eric Enge had with Matt Cutts, that had Cutts talk about crawl budgets, PDFs, 301/302 redirects, site architecture, JavaScript, and affiliate links.

Legislation to combat internet piracy, including internet bans for persistent illegal file-sharers, has cleared the Lords and now goes to the Commons where it will be rushed through before the general election. Dave and Mikkel discuss how this affects internet use in the UK. They also go over the interview Eric Enge had with Matt Cutts, that had Cutts talk about crawl budgets, PDFs, 301/302 redirects, site architecture, JavaScript, and affiliate links.

Dave tells us about his appearance on Sky News on Martin Stanfords program SkyNews.com going over the web news of the day. Dave also offers a rare pro-Google stance. Mikkel and Dave also discuss the Google situation in the EU and the story behind Foundem and Ciao, two of the companies complaining that have connections with Microsoft.

Dave and Mikkel give their take on the recent Google Buzz Privacy Issues causing a stir in Europe, plus they recap SES London 2010 and they share how wonderful they thought it turned out.

Dave previews his panel presentation at SES London 2010 on PPC or SEO? The Ultimate Search Marketing Battle, plus he an Mikkel review Google Buzz, plus some interesting stats about the radio show.

Google buys time for a 60 second Super Bowl Ad, and Dave and Mikkel are surprised by the ad buy. Mikkel mentions how he has invested in an iPhone, and the presence of gaming scratchcards.

Dave and Mikkel discusses recent issues and updates regarding privacy due to Google Streetview, plus they discuss the Apple iPad and their upcoming conference schedule.

Bas van den Beld cohosts with Dave to discuss a Technology Review post by Anik Singal on How Google Ranks Tweets, plus is Internet Explorer Losing its Luster in Europe?

Twitter terror arrest raises a cause for concern as a British man is arrested for making a joke about terrorism on Twitter, plus the dangers of digital content.

Dave makes some comments regarding Google phone support based on how people are unhappy with Google only responding to questions by e-mail. Mikkel comments on the news that France is considering a Google tax to pay creative workers.

Matt Cutts reports that with Google Content Farm Algorithm Underway, they will be evaluating multiple changes that should help drive spam levels even lower.Also, Google starts censoring torrent-related searches, Nexus One to get Android 2.2 over the air update, and AOL agrees to buy European video distributor Goviral A/S for 96.7 million dollars.

Google has integrated Twitter into regular search, Analyzing AdWords Positions In Google Analytics plus Dave discusses his experience at SES Chicago 2009

Mikkel and Dave discuss the current trend of paid content and how it will play with the search engines, plus how organic search is not what it used to be, Google suggests, plus Dave previews his panel presentations at SES Chicago 2009

Mikkel and Dave discuss the recent interview where News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch said he would consider blocking Google spiders from indexing his companies content. Plus, they discuss issues with Facebook privacy, how the European Union has approved a cookie law that will require that the user will need to approve any and all cookies being placed on a system, which goes into effect on April 2011.

Mikkel is joined by Bas van den Beld of Search Cowboys to discuss Danny Sullivan writing in a new Daggle post about How Link Spammers Killed My Wifes Web Site, plus the ongoing fallout from PageRank being removed from Google Webmaster Tools.

Mikkel discuss a recent blog post he wrote about a Danish newspaper illegally copying a full book. Plus Dave adds a discussion over Microsoft Hotmail address logins being hacked at phished out.

Dave and Mikkel discuss a study on SEO versus PPC, and which converts better, search results, the buzz about health care reform in the US and the European perspective and more.

Mikkel and Dave discuss the constant conference clutter with all of the conventions overlapping each other. Plus they discusses the DDOS ttack on Twitter and breaking news on Facebook on their purchase of FriendFeed.

Mikkel and Dave give their reaction to the Microsoft Yahoo Search Deal, that Pending regulatory approval, the number two and three search engines will combine their forces for an alliance that will tackle Google on its home turf of web search.

Dave discusses some testing he did with canonical tags and Affiliate links, plus they give their take on the announcement of the new Google Chrome Operating System.