In June, Google's Matt Cutts announced that PageRank sculpting would be affected by a change in the search engine's nofollow policy. It wasn't really a change; it really an enforcement issue. But it got a bunch of SEOs to thinking, scheming, and dreaming. Evidently, Rand Fishkin was one of them. The gold-old Rand came up with an alternative to PageRank sculpting and he's calling it "Link Consolidation.

by Vera H-C Chan The Michael Jackson memorial has been a mix of his own songs as well as serenades from people like Stevie Wonder "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer." Well before the Staples Center gathering, however, people have been creating their own tribute playlist by seeking for their favorites online. Jackson's most popular creation has been " Thriller ," which stands for his album, song, video, and the artist at his pinnacle.

In June, Google's Matt Cutts announced that PageRank sculpting would be affected by a change in the search engine's nofollow policy. It wasn't really a change; it really an enforcement issue. But it got a bunch of SEOs to thinking, scheming, and dreaming. Evidently, Rand Fishkin was one of them. The gold-old Rand came up with an alternative to PageRank sculpting and he's calling it "Link Consolidation.

It was bound to happen sooner or later â?" mind you I suspected it may be many decades away. The use of the "beta" label has been stripped from many of Google's properties! Gmail has been around now for just over 5 years (since April 1, 2004). Five years of beta, and at last we get a version that Google feels confident enough to call complete! The official Google Blog posted earlier today that Gmail, Google Calendar,

by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Amanda Knox (Searches increased by 13,843%). The former study-abroad student on trial in Italy for murder, spent a second birthday in jail . Cheap Trick (+284%). Taking their name to heart, the band put out its latest album on old-school eight track . Al Franken (+285%). No joke: The ex-comedian is now a congressman. Solar eclipse (+263%). In Sri Lanka on July 22, there will be a partial solar eclipse.

You probably don't even notice it anymore. You know, the little Beta tags that Google attaches to its Apps like GMail and Google Talk. But it's been there, faithfully reminding anyone who's really cared that the products weren't technically ready for prime time. Now, Google has finally come to the place where they feel okay about removing the label . So, beginning today, Gmail, Google Calendar,

2.8.1 is nigh.  Release Candidate 1 is our last stop before the final release.  Please download RC1, review the changes made since beta 2, and have a look at all of the tickets fixed in 2.8.1.  Thanks for testing WordPress.

by Vera H-C Chan Iraq may be trading up, from Western military support to educational opportunities. According to Inside Higher Ed blog, an Iraqi government program plans to fund 10,000 annual scholarships for its citizens to study at American and British universities. The Iraqi Parliament has set aside $54 million (about half of what Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki requested, but still not bad) to launch the program, set to run for five years.

On Sept. 23 2008, media and bloggers flocked to New York City to see T-Mobile, HTC and Google unveil the G1, the first U.S.-targeted smartphone based on Google's Android open source mobile operating system. For media and bloggers, the event was a cornucopia of video, slideshows and specification spouting punctuated by Google Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who arrived on rollerblades to the delight of the audience. Fast forward to July 2009. Tomorrow,

by Claudine Zap In a new movie trailer that can only be viewed on the Web, high school boys are an endangered species. The horror flick, " Jennifer's Body ," stars Megan Fox as a possessed cheerleader out to off males. The red-band trailer (restricted audiences only) shows off the star's killer bod. And blood. And gore. The knockout from the summer blockbuster " Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen " has already been driving robots wild.