links for 2008-04-09

"I was working on trademarking some SEOmoz marks the other day, when I noticed that someone is trying to register 'SEO' as a service mark".

"Juicy title, isn't it? Well, that is the topic of discussion at a WebmasterWorld. A senior member decided to post some generic, not specific examples, ways to hurt a website's Google rankings. Here are some of the methods you can take".

"Web developers generally make sure their applications are accessible by the major browsers. But what about that 95% who are searching for you? Doesn’t it make sense to make sure your application is accessible via search as well?"

Any search engine for kids that produces zero results for "Doctor Who" is a bit of a waste of time in my book...

She asked her Twitter peeps if they would hire a constant Twitterer and "It was interesting to me that so many admitted Twitter fans seemed concerned by taking on an employee who openly uses the service during core work hours".

"Here are a few reflective thoughts about assessing student blog posts. Students were asked to contribute to a class blog as part of the online journalism unit that I teach".

"Recently my attention has been drawn to the Dutch news website www.en.nl. Wilbert Baan, interaction designer for the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant, told me he wants to see 'what we can do with news, social networks, wikis and more'".