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The Illusion Of Free Market. An SEO Perspective
I have just finished reading a very interesting research paper dealing with the psychological limitations of the general consumer. The main point of this research paper is to show that the rational buyer theory has some very serious limitations and is only partially correct.
The author, Theo B. C, Poiesz, a professor at the Tilburg University […]
Of Copywriting And Copyright Or How To Not Shoot Yourself In The Leg
In a thread over at DP a question arose of how a copywriter can use legally content from other sites. Obviously this poses a great deal of challenge given the copyright laws and the code of ethics every content writer or copywriter possesses.
I will start with an anecdotal saying coming from the academic environment: “Copying […]
A Big Slap On Microsoft’s Cheek. Windows Vista Is Officially Cracked
The paranoid activation policy enforced by Microsoft on its new Windows Vista has just seen its biggest and potentially crippling blow to date.
The hacker group Pantheon has discovered a flaw in the activation process that makes the pirated version look completely legit and which bypasses altogether the communication usually required to the Microsoft’s server.
The basic […]
Latent Semantic indexing Part II: How To Use The Damned Thing
In the first part of this series I have described what LSI is. It is now time to take the journey further and learn how to optimize pages using this factor.
When trying to introduce the LSI element in your website, the biggest challenge found is in matching the analysis made by the Google algorithm with […]
Does PageRank Equal Backlinks? Probably Not.
It is a common belief among SEO marketers that Google’s PageRank is defined solely by the number of backlinks a page has. There are reports though, that this is not the case.
There are several threads on Digital Point forum that suggest otherwise. The effect os observable when internal pages have a PR higher than the […]
Latent Semantic Indexing. Part I: A Brief Explanation
For everybody involved in the SEO business, latent semantic indexing or LSI has pretty much the stature of a legend. Everybody would like to use it, but nobody is quite sure how.
So what is Latent Semantic Indexing? If you will start googling the term, you will be in for some nasty surprise. Because there truly […]
