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Google Indexing Issue With Custom Blogger Domains? Search Engine Roundtable A Google Webmaster Help thread has bloggers who run off the Blogger Custom Domain set up that their new blog posts are not being indexed and ranked in the Google search results. It seems like this is happening to a large number of those on the Blogger …

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If I get a new domain and want to 301 redirect www.old-domain.com to www.new-domain.com, how long do I have to keep the redirect up before I can start using the old domain for something else? Just until it has been crawled once? Jacob, Denmark Russian subtitles provided by Mike Shakin. Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: www.google.com Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and look for an announcement when we take new questions: twitter.com More videos: www.youtube.com Webmaster Central Blog: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com Webmaster Central: www.google.com

JZ from Ohio asks: “How much weight does the number of years a domain is registered for have on your ranking?” Recorded on April 23, 2009.

ICANN accepting bids for new top level domains. .Internet Anyone? Examiner.com The internet marketing, search engine optimization ("SEO"), SEM, PPC, Website Design and Development field has grown exponentially. Despite the cost, it seems predictable that those involved in the internet marketing industry will be among the first to … and more »

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Dan Rowinski gives you everything you need to know about the new domain name system. This and more in today’s Daily Wrap.

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What You Need to Know About ICANN’s New Generic Top Level Domains

ICANN opened up registration for new generic Top Level Domains today. Dan Rowinski delves deep to share all that you need to know about this new offering, including the monetary commitment, special restrictions and how this might affect the Internet economy.

There were some passionate reactions in our comments. This one, from SurreyStore, is representative.

SurreyStore — “Its called Milking money out of people and companies, creating a new thing for people and company to spend money on and it wont really help the internet or its organization; its a useless thing.”

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The Pros And Cons Of Working At Twitter

Twitter’s rapid and recent growth is causing the workplace to seem “chaotic” and some employees are finding their work sometimes overlaps work being done by others, according to an anonymous post on Quora written by someone claiming to be a Twitter engineer.

“The work culture is good, though chaotic,” the engineer said. “We’re on a ridiculous hiring spree, and getting to the size where communication is difficult, and duplicate work is starting to happen.” (more)

Do You Really Need Your Own Mobile App or a Better Website?

The short answer might be no, as a number of website developers are beginning to think in terms of extending the core web apps to better handle mobile devices, such as iPads and other tablets. This flies in the face of current trends, so let’s consider the pros and cons. (more)

What Is the Problem With the U.S. Smartphone Market? Ask the Carriers

When you control the pipes, you control the ecosystem. At the very least, you can impose your will on a good portion of the environment. This is what the mobile industry has come down to in the United States. Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint have as much or more say about the devices that eventually reach consumers hands than the platform providers or manufacturers. (more)

Guggenheim Museum Makes 65 Exhibit Catalogues Free Online

The Guggenheim is one of the real standouts in the global modern art arena. The New York-based institution is no light-weight in the area of arts education. They’ve now extended that mission extensively by making dozens of high-quality publications on artists available to anyone with an Internet connection. (more)

Businessweek’s “Caption This” for Ballmer: “No More Mr. Monkey Boy”

His face looks like the 3D movie version of some happy-go-lucky cartoon character, so for some, concocting a Charles Addams-like killer caption for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is irresistible. On Friday the 13th, of all days, the Bloomberg Businessweek cover (for those of you who still read magazines) will feature Ballmer’s face along with its own idea of a “Caption This” contest entry, literally plastered in pink all over him. (more)

Foursquare Explore Threatens Google & Facebook’s Place Recommendations

Foursquare has released a new Web version of its Explore tab at foursquare.com/explore. The mobile version of Explore, which launched last March, is for finding stuff to see and do nearby. Today’s release of Explore for the Web helps with planning interesting things to do from the desktop or iPad. (more)

Bands’ Twitter Accounts Hacked To Display Pro-Paul Tweets

Don’t be fooled: Nicole Scherzinger, No Doubt and Rise Against have not officially (or even unofficially) signed-on as Ron Paul supporters.

The Twitter accounts of all three recording artists appear to have been hacked early Wednesday morning, according to MSNBC. The hacker or hackers posted messages supporting Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. (more)

Listen To Music With Your Facebook Friends Via Chat

Looking for a quick pick-me-up in those late afternoon hours, I’ve found myself heading over to my Spotify account to check out what Facebook friends are listening to. While this has been a neat way to notice shared music tastes, there’s still something awkward about it. Unless I’ve already had some sort of communication about music with a friend on Spotify, or at least some recent contact on Facebook or otherwise, I feel weird scrolling through their playlists. (more)

From CES, A Few Hints About the Future of TV

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show is getting ready to wrap up in Las Vegas tomorrow. There may not have been a single blockbuster product announcement, but when it comes to the future of television, CES is always good for a few hints about what to expect. By piecing together some of those clues, we can begin to see a picture of what the future holds. (more)

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What’s your take on “addon domains?” Does Google penalize someone for having one or more addon domains on their main website, (or if they’re self-hosting)? eg If you saw 2, 5, or 10 websites all coming from the same IP address, would that be bad? Land Lubber, Colorado

Triple-X domains are cheap and easy: for $100, you can buy Alabama.xxx, Cornell.xxx, USDOJ.xxx, ProphetMuhammet.xxx, and plenty of others, data from Stanford’s Elie Bursztein shows.

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Triple-X domains are cheap and easy: for $100, you can buy Alabama.xxx, Cornell.xxx, USDOJ.xxx, ProphetMuhammet.xxx, and plenty of others, data from Stanford’s Elie Bursztein shows.

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It could be a coincidence or it could a collective cold shoulder for Go Daddy for its SOPA support–though the company actually reversed course yesterday.

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