Studying a study

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[A couple things to note: 1. This is a purely personal blog post--like other blogs posts I do, I haven't run it by anyone else at Google. 2. I'm writing it quickly because I have a lot of work to do. If I get something wrong, please let me know ...
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Google doesn’t use the keywords meta tag in web search

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We went ahead and did this post on the official Google webmaster blog to make it super official, but I wanted to echo the point here as well: Google does not use the keywords meta tag in our web search. To this day, you still see courts mistakenly believe that meta ...
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How to Unlock the Amazing Secret of Unlimited Productivity

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All of us could use some help increasing our productivity. So I’m going to share one of my best productivity secrets. This secret can literally CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!! Are you ready? Step 1. Buy a productivity book. Any productivity book will do. I use a book called “The Now Habit.” It doesn’t ...
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Looking for good Yahoo search engineers

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I was talking to an excellent new Googler that joined from Yahoo this week, and that reminded me that I meant to do this post a little while ago. So I’ll keep this post short and sweet: if you’re an excellent Yahoo engineer with solid experience in search, Google is ...
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Bad Experience with U.S. Airways Dividend Miles

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I’ve been having an ongoing bad experience with U.S. Airways over their Dividend Miles. I’d accumulated about 15,000 miles with them and the miles were about to expire. I didn’t have any trips coming up, so I looked for a way to redeem those frequent flyer miles before they expired. ...
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Hidden Google Gem: Google Mobile App

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We recently recorded a video of one of my favorite “hidden gems” at Google: the Google Mobile App, which does voice recognition to make searches easier on a mobile phone. It’s available for the iPhone, Android phones, BlackBerry, Nokia S60, and Windows Mobile. In the video below, I ran the ...
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30 Day checkin: book challenge

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So how did I do on the “15 books in 30 days” challenge? Not too badly–I made it through 12 books. I could probably have squeezed in three more books, but I’d rather take my time and enjoy books than artificially force things for a deadline. I’ll make up those ...
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Digg adds nofollow to some links

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Digg recently added nofollow to some links on their site: We’ve added rel=”nofollow” to any external link that we’re not sure we can vouch for. This includes all external links from comments, user profiles and story pages below a certain threshold of popularity. I think this is pretty smart. Digg isn’t adding ...
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Chrome Market Share: One Year Later

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Google released the Chrome browser on September 2, 2008. Now that Chrome has been out for about a year and it’s been almost six months since I last looked at Chrome’s market share, let’s take another peek. For the last 30 days, here are my Google Analytics stats for mattcutts.com: For me, ...
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Hidden Google Gem: My Tracks

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I’ve really enjoyed making videos for webmasters. In the most recent recording session, we decided that it would be fun to talk about some of the “hidden gems” of Google: features, products, or tips that you might not know about, but you might like. One of my favorite hidden Google gems ...
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Ana Ortiz Introduces Paloma Louise!

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Erin Patrice O’Brien for PEOPLE for use on CBB Meet Paloma Louise Lebenzon! Ugly Betty star Ana Ortiz and husband Noah Lebenzon welcomed their first child on June 25th in New York City, and Celebrity Baby Blog can exclusively share their in-depth interview and baby’s first photos. Click below for ...
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Marty and Amy Wolff Introduce Blaine Patrick

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Jeff Sciortino for PEOPLE for use on CBB Competing on The Biggest Loser didn’t just help Amy Wolff find a husband (fellow contestant Marty Wolff, whom she married last year). The NBC weight-loss show “prepared me to be pregnant,” says Amy, who refused to fret when she went from 180 to ...
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