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Archive for March, 2009

Microsoft Is Testing ‘Kumo’ Search Service

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

There are speculations that Microsoft is testing Kumo.com among its staff members for feedback. Kumo is a new test program of Microsoft.

According to Kip Kniskern of Liveside.net, Kumo is due for some extremely vital changes, however, it is not confirmed what are those changes!

Towards the end of last year, Liveside.net gave a deeper insight on Kumo being the successor of Microsoft’s Live Search.

French Town “Eu” To Change Name For Better Google Rankings

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Here comes the news that the French town, “Eu” is planning to change its name, reason being it wants to have higher rankings in Google! Amazing! The County of Eu was created in 996 by Duke Richard I of Normandy. No doubt, the town holds hundred years of civilization.

According to the Mayor of Eu, Mrs Gaouyer, “As far as the Internet is concerned, we have to bring ourselves up to date.” Her favored option is “Ville d’Eu (Town of Eu)” Some other possibilities include Eu-le-Château and Eu-en-Normandie.

LinkVooDoo- Check Your Site Backlinks With This SEO Tool!

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Search Engine Journal reports about a new SEO tool, through a post. The name of the tool is LinkVooDoo, which helps in link buying or link exchange campaigns.

Backlink checker and website evaluator, LinkVooDoo is a free tool. It has the ability to measure the quality of a website, and at the same time it tells the users how valuable is the link from a particular website.

The first focus area is “link diagnostics”. Let’s see how it works:

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