SEO Bookmarks: Twitter Blogging, Google Bombing and More

The Presidential Elections in the USA is definitely underway. And more than just the traditional election campaign initiatives, the Web is now involved more than ever. Last Friday, candidates Barack Obama and John McCain took place in a semi-formal debate — via Twitter. By the way, do you have a Twitter account? Mine is twitter.com/ewc21.

More about Mr McCain, methinks that Google Bomb is still in existence because Chris Bowers still notices that he is making some success on optimizing for this Republican candidate’s surname. Miserable failure is history but who knows it might be in for a surprise.

SEO Bookmarks: Jobs, Tricks, Hacks

I am developing a new section which I hope would be helpful to everyone. As I perpetually scan my Google Reader I find interesting articles which I thought I’d be sharing. But instead of sharing it at Google Reader, I’d like to share it in this blog, where I think and hope more people can access.

Talking about jobs, a survey by 2008 Universe IDEAL(TM) Employer shows that more undergraduates are interested in landing a job in Google (17.1%). Other top companies desired by this group include Walt Disney (13%) and Apple (10%). The popularity of Google as an ideal workplace for undergraduates undeniably becomes a headache for Microsoft, which took a full page ad at San Jose Mercury News. Exodus of talents from Yahoo! on the other hand doesn’t seem to end. After high profile departure of known personalities such as Jeremy Zawodny and Jeff Weiner, more executives are departing the Sunnyvale-based search engine giant.