To the Google Maps Mania faithful: Sorry for the recent radio silence - I’ve been traveling and not able to get my usual daily posts up.. :)World Climate Map - Drag the Google Maps marker to learn about climate data in countries all over the world!Google Maps (and Earth) introduces swimming into Directions - See #36 - Frank Taylor comments about it on the Google Earth Blog..Google Using Pre-Katrina Imagery on Google Maps (Slashdot) - Quite an ar
Top 25 Crimes of the Century - Mapped crimes from the TIME Magazine list.American Idol Contestants on Google Maps - Mapping the top 115 TVs - Internet TV News Google Map (26 world city TV stations, 17 Internet TV stations, and some “other stuff”)Follow up to: “Google Maps/Earth user finds their Land Rover on Namibia - Angola border” - From the Joe Carnegie: “…Hi Mike, I did a bit of research since i emailed you about my latest shot it turns out
California Wedding Site Locator - Mashup helps couples research wedding sites throughout California. More states are coming soon. (Related: Wedding Mapper)Plot the route an email takes with Google Maps [via]Using Google Maps/Earth for your Resume/CV - Ozgur Alaz first created a Google Earth version linked from this blog post. Philipp Lenssen of Google Blogoscoped then used the KML viewing capabilities in Google Maps to display it there!Real-ti
Updated (Feb.26/07): Corrected links to FindByClick Starbucks Coffee Maps..PinTheGlobe - Double click anywhere on the map to see georeferenced Flickr photos, Wikipedia articles, Geourl websites.World Sport MapView Flickr Country Images on Google MapsUpcoming.org + Google Maps = Happeningz [via]Socialight - lets people create virtual Sticky Notes tied to specific locations and share them with their friends, everyone, or just themselves.CordURL - D
New Mashups and Tools:TrekMark Place SharingGoogle Maps + Google Calendar Mileage CalculatorSaga-Earth: Google Maps + YouTube GameWorld Bar and Restaurant Google Map360 Virtual Tours MapChile Pepper World MapAskMen.com’s Best of 2007 MapSki/Snowboard Resort World MapWorld ClockrOblivion Role Playing Game Map [via]TheyFilmHere Movie MappingOther Sites using Google Maps within their sites:Banzora, iTriprNews/Blogs/Updates/Sights:Bike Racers Gear Up With Geodata (WIRED)TechnoMaps Blog lists top Spanish
V7N’s Contextual Links offering received a lot of online coverage and comments, first here on Marketing Pilgrim, then at Search Engine Journal and Matt Cutts’s blog.
The debate may rage on over the “ethical” nature of paid links. A more important subtext to that debate is the overall effectiveness of link buying as a strategy to improve search engine rankings
There’s a reason for search marketers to smile today - Google has added backlink details to Webmaster Central.
Now, before everyone runs off and pops the top off a bottle of champagne, Matt Cutts would like you to know about a certain caveat to the new tool.
Do not assume just because you see a backlink that it’s carrying weight
I don’t know who’s smarter, Nick Wilson for writing this excellent post on linkbaiting tactics for 2007, or Danny Sullivan for persuading him to publish this post (which is blatant linkbait itself) on Search Engine Land. Regardless, it’s a great read.
Linkbait, as we know it, can be summed up using just one of Nick’s paragraphs…
Good linkbait is remarkable
Peter da Vanzo on V7N’s SEO blog announced Wednesday that V7N is entering the link buying field. No, they’re not buying links for themselves—they’re offering a service similar to Text Link Ads. But, of course, different.
V7N boasts that their Contextual Links system is superior to any other link buying because the links they’re selling are completely “unmarked” and undetectable as paid links to Google or anyone else
…actually, have two quickies:
Nathan reports that internet browser Opera has renewed its partnership with Google.
Pronet Advertising - home of Neil and Cameron of ACS - are offering to pimp the links of a new site each week.
Pilgrim Partners: Mozy Online Backups - Get 2GB of free online backups, no catch, no trial period.
If you’re not sure of the best way to buy links or how to judge if the link will benefit your web site, Text Link Brokers (a Pilgrim Partner) has published a Beginners Guide to Buying Links for SEO.
Here’s an example of the great advice contained in the guide…
The total number of outbound links on a page is an important factor to consider when purchasing a link
