Comments on: Zoo and Pronto http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/ neat fun stuff Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:35:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Greg G. http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90788 Greg G. Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:05:13 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90788 Meta search engines like Dogpile have been doing this for years...and I just noticed that Zoo is owned by the same folks who own Dogpile. Meta search engines like Dogpile have been doing this for years…and I just noticed that Zoo is owned by the same folks who own Dogpile.

]]> By: Tamar Weinberg http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90785 Tamar Weinberg Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:34:18 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90785 I actually blogged about the Zoo issue earlier with my thoughts on the search engine as a whole, primarily in response to the ResearchBuzz blog post on the matter: http://www.techipedia.com/2006/11/21/take-out-that-rotten-zoo-smell/ http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/2006/11/21/new-kid-friendly-search-engine-to-avoid-zoo/ I actually blogged about the Zoo issue earlier with my thoughts on the search engine as a whole, primarily in response to the ResearchBuzz blog post on the matter:
http://www.techipedia.com/2006/11/21/take-out-that-rotten-zoo-smell/
http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/2006/11/21/new-kid-friendly-search-engine-to-avoid-zoo/

]]> By: Joe Hunkins http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90781 Joe Hunkins Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:09:34 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90781 Pay per click models make this misleading click activity profitable where cost per sale or cost per action advertising models should tend to better align the needs of the user, advertiser, and publisher. Unfortunately for users and advertisers and happily for publishers and Google shareholders there is a lot of milk left in the PPC cow. Pay per click models make this misleading click activity profitable where cost per sale or cost per action advertising models should tend to better align the needs of the user, advertiser, and publisher. Unfortunately for users and advertisers and happily for publishers and Google shareholders there is a lot of milk left in the PPC cow.

]]> By: Matt Cutts http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90740 Matt Cutts Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:58:11 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90740 It's not worth going into; pruned. Thanks for mentioning it, Philipp. It’s not worth going into; pruned. Thanks for mentioning it, Philipp.

]]> By: Chris http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90738 Chris Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:59:08 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90738 The other common sites that I find really annoying are these slightly misspelled domains that pose as Search Engines displaying nothing but ads. Sure there is a disclaimer "Sponsored Links" but it's clear that the site doesn't want you to notice those two little words. Aren’t these kinds of sites just web spam abusing systems like Google Adwords simply to get payments from Google and the advertiser without really providing the advertiser with a quality site visit. Really, tricking someone into viewing or clicking on a advertisement … isn’t that clearly spam. Note to Matt: I just submitted a comment in the post about Hacked sites before I read this post and it is probably more appropriate to this post. The other common sites that I find really annoying are these slightly misspelled domains that pose as Search Engines displaying nothing but ads. Sure there is a disclaimer “Sponsored Links” but it’s clear that the site doesn’t want you to notice those two little words. Aren’t these kinds of sites just web spam abusing systems like Google Adwords simply to get payments from Google and the advertiser without really providing the advertiser with a quality site visit. Really, tricking someone into viewing or clicking on a advertisement … isn’t that clearly spam.

Note to Matt: I just submitted a comment in the post about Hacked sites before I read this post and it is probably more appropriate to this post.

]]> By: Luminosity http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90731 Luminosity Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:19:04 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90731 I preffer the Google approach with the PPC ads on the right so I know which results to ignore :) I preffer the Google approach with the PPC ads on the right so I know which results to ignore :)

]]> By: sumi http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90711 sumi Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:08:24 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90711 Ok, Ok, Ok, matt we know that google's the best!!! Hee hee... BTW, you might want to click my name. Helpful article for you. Bye. Ok, Ok, Ok, matt we know that google’s the best!!!
Hee hee…

BTW, you might want to click my name. Helpful article for you.
Bye.

]]> By: Philipp Lenssen http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90707 Philipp Lenssen Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:45:49 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90707 I see this post ending in a "(By the way," that's not finished... I see this post ending in a “(By the way,” that’s not finished…

]]> By: Article in 27 Blogs http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90588 Article in 27 Blogs Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:38:00 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90588 Matt, I would certainly prefer ads separated form search. It's very sneaky. If you put the shoe on the other foot (is that how the saying goes?) and we did this with adsense in the same way we would probably be breaking TOS. Matt,

I would certainly prefer ads separated form search. It’s very sneaky. If you put the shoe on the other foot (is that how the saying goes?) and we did this with adsense in the same way we would probably be breaking TOS.

]]> By: Sosh Howell http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90585 Sosh Howell Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:12:26 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/zoo-and-pronto/#comment-90585 So whats up with the guys who are doing the Google Page Creator. It sets a default robots.txt file to disallow all. It seems like no one would want to publish information thats not going to be found a read? So whats up with the guys who are doing the Google Page Creator. It sets a default robots.txt file to disallow all. It seems like no one would want to publish information thats not going to be found a read?

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