SEO News
Sun and Google Multiyear Deal, No Google Office
In the scheduled press conference today, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and Sun CEO Scott McNealy announce a new deal which will mean both companies collaborating in promoting each other products.
The deal includes plans to package the Google Toolbar within the Java Runtime Environment consumer edition, and plans to explore ways to "promote and enhance Sun technologies" such as Java and the OpenOffice.org suite.
A Google Office suite, has so far not been announced contrary to what many anticipated.
Jim Bodkin's The Neat-O-Backlink Tool
Jim of WeBuildPages has released The Neat-O-Backlink Tool. The tool lists a decent sample of backlinks to any given URL. Listing backlinks in itself isn't new, what makes this tool interesting compared to other SEO tools, is that it provides the individual anchor text for each backlink.
The tool doesn't appear to be totally comprehensive (likely for bandwidth considerations), and has a few speed & technical problems, but overall still offers a good overview of the type of backlinks and anchor text pointing to a URL.
Taiwan Unhappy With Google Maps
According to the International Herald Tribune, Taiwan -- which is only recognized among 26 countries, and has no UN seat -- wants Google to revise its Google Map labelling of Taiwan as a "Province of China."
"It is incorrect to call Taiwan a province of China because we are not," said MichaelLu, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry. "We have contacted Google to express our position and asked them to correct the description."
Spread Firefox Hacked, Again
Broadband Reports points out that Spread Firefox -- A Mozilla Foundation website for the promotion of Firefox -- has been hacked, for the second time:
"The Spread Firefox Team became aware this week that the server hosting Spread Firefox, our community marketing site, has been accessed by unknown remote attackers who attempted to exploit a security vulnerability in TWiki software installed on the server," says the Mozilla Foundation. "We have scanned Spread Firefox servers and at this time do not believe any sensitive data was taken, but as a precautionary measure we have shutdown the site and will be rebuilding the web site from scratch."
SpreadFirefox is set to be back online by the 15th of October.