Google Image Search October 2008 Update

Google Image Search October 2008 Update

A WebmasterWorld thread has users noticing changes over at Google Image Search. The changes may be a filter or may be a full-blown image index update, hard to tell at the moment.

The last Google Image update seemed to be an image filter update in September. But now, the update seems a bit more outside of the scope of what we would classify as a filter.

WebmasterWorld administrator, tedster, observed:

I started seeing some really wrong captions on some images, where the algo is pulling the caption from on-page anchor text. How can on-page anchor text be a candidate for naming for an image that is also on the page?

Senior member, zeus, who reported the image update has seen tons of images drop out of Google Image search, plus he has seen a possible hotlink image bug. The hotlink image bug happens when a third-party site links to a specific image and Google classifies that image from a a third-party domain.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld .

Source: http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/018496.html

Microsoft pays to search

Microsoft pays to search

OK, did you see this? Microsoft is going to pay you to use its search engine. Until the end of the year, you’ll get points every time you use Microsoft’s Live.com service. Pile up enough of them, and you can buy free music downloads, gadgets, even frequent-flier miles. (Limited to the first 1 million people who sign up. Works with Internet Explorer for Windows only.)

I’m sorry. I mean, I know Microsoft has deep pockets and all. But has it really come to this? If Microsoft doesn’t feel as though it can compete with Google on the merits of its product, maybe, instead of trying to bribe you, the company should pour that money into making Live.com better…

Souce:http://payperclickoffer.com/pay-per-click-advertising-microsoft-pays-you-to-search/