County unveils 'smarter' Web site (The Reporter)
Visitors of Solano County's Web site will soon be treated to a more visually stimulating and search-friendly page than in the past. County staff is still fixing some of the bugs to the site launched Monday, but it will be fully functioning in the next week or so, said Steve Pierce, Solano County public information officer.

SBA Launches 'Go Green' Web Site (HispanicBusiness.com)
A new feature of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Web site could help Hispanic entrepreneurs save money and launch new green enterprises.

Getting Vertical Search Right (Search Engine Roundtable)
Philip James, CEO, Snooth, Inc. What changed? Web got big - search engines index small portion - poor results for focused searches - endless tweaking of search terms - need for specialized search - videos, jobs, medical data, blogs, etc Its easy when you are a niche - smaller = high relevancy - balance specialization vs market size - dominate your space - room for 1 to 3 players ...

Duplicate Content & Multiple Site Issues (Search Engine Roundtable)
More and more site owners are concerned that they might get penalized accidentally or overtly because of duplicate content. If you run mirror sites, will search engines ban you? If you have listings that are similar in nature, is that an issue? What happens if you syndicate content through RSS and feeds? Will other sites be considered the "real" site and rob you of a rightful place in the ...

Getting Vertical Search Right – SES San Jose (Search Engine Journal)
Vertical search seems to have been put on the back burner for many search marketers. With new buzz words like “Social Media” and “Local/Mobile Targeting”, who could blame them? But let’s not be so quick to forget about tried and true relevancy for shinny new promises. While vertical search may not be for every brand [...]