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Google – 2010 Winner

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2010 SEMMY WinnerLet’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2010 SEMMY Award in the Google category is … drum-roll, please …

Google Enables Real Time Spam and More
Rae Hoffman, Outspoken Media | 12/9/09

Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:

I think the aspect of this “real time search” that frankly, scared the hell out of me the most, is the ability for predators to reach out to children with no way to stop them. At this point, I see no way to remove real time search from showing in the results. Safe search, even on the highest setting, to date, does not remove them. Suddenly, anyone can talk to my child while they surf Google.

Runners-Up

The top two runners-up in public voting were:

  1. Google’s New Search Engine Rankings Places Heavy Emphasis on Branding
    Aaron Wall, SEO Book | 2/25/09
  2. Google Now Personalizes Everyone’s Search Results
    Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Land | 12/4/09

The winner and runners-up are welcome to grab the appropriate badge — we have a badge for both winners and runners-up.

How the Voting Ended

Here’s a look at how each finalist fared in the public voting:

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Thanks to all who voted, and congrats again to the winner, runners-up, finalists, and all nominees. We look forward to reading your acceptance speech soon!

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Google – 2010 Finalists

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The judges listed below have made their choices, and the finalists in the Google category for the 2010 SEMMY Awards are:

The Finalists

Congratulations to each finalist! Please grab a finalist badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists has begun. (Feel free to encourage them to vote for you; winners historically have actively promoted the SEMMYS to their readers.)

Here’s How to Vote

Now it’s your turn to choose a winner! Please read each article above and decide which one you feel is the best. When you click below, you’ll be able to vote in this category only. To vote in other categories, please visit the pages listing those finalists. Voting is open now, and will close at end-of-day on January 29, 2010.

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Posts Judged by Eric Enge and Lee Odden


Google – All 2010 Nominees

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Congratulations to the following nominees in the Google category for the 2010 SEMMY Awards! Our judge(s) will narrow this group down to 3-4 finalists. Please grab a nominee badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists is just around the corner.

Posts Judged by Eric Enge and Lee Odden


Google – 2009 Winner

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2009 SEMMY WinnerLet’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2009 SEMMY Award in the Google category is … drum-roll, please …

Google Sitelinks Research, Examples, Theories and Best Practices [Project Big Water]
Eric Lander | 10/16/08

Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:

We need to realize that Sitelinks uses an entirely independent algorithm than the traditional organic search results. Early indications were that order of Sitelinks was determined by the internal page strength of the pages included in the program. While I certainly believe that internal page strength is a factor involved, it’s certainly not alone.

Runners-Up

The top two runners-up in public voting were:

  1. What is a #1 Google Ranking Worth?
    Aaron Wall, SEO Book | 5/1/08
  2. How Google Universal Search and Blended Results May Work
    Bill Slawski, SEO by the Sea | 6/12/08

The winner and runners-up are welcome to grab the appropriate badge — we have a badge for both winners and runners-up.

How the Voting Ended

Here’s a look at how each finalist fared in the public voting:

Thanks to all who voted, and congrats again to the winner, runners-up, finalists, and all nominees. We look forward to reading your acceptance speech soon!

Posts Judged by Jeff Quipp and Barry Schwartz


Google – 2009 Finalists

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The judges have made their choices, and the finalists in the Google category for the 2009 SEMMY Awards are:

The Finalists

Congratulations to each finalist! Please grab a finalist badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists has begun. (Feel free to encourage them to vote for you.)

Here’s How to Vote

Now it’s your turn to choose a winner! Please read each article above and decide which one you feel is the best. When you click below, you’ll be able to vote in this category only. To vote in other categories, please visit the pages listing those finalists. Voting is open now, and will close at end-of-day on February 2, 2008.

VOTE NOW IN THIS CATEGORY

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Posts Judged by Jeff Quipp and Barry Schwartz


Google – All 2009 Nominees

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Congratulations to the following nominees in the Google category for the 2009 SEMMY Awards! Our judge(s) will narrow this group down to 3-4 finalists. Please grab a nominee badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists is just around the corner.

Posts Judged by Jeff Quipp and Barry Schwartz


Google – 2008 Winner

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2008 SEMMY WinnerLet’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2008 SEMMY Award in the Google category is … drum-roll, please …

Why Google Can’t Just “Dump” PageRank
Dan Thies, SEO Fast Start | 11/9/07

Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:

The biggest benefit of using PageRank doesn’t come in at the ranking step, it comes in at the document retrieval stage, when you’re trying to decide which of 27,438,902 documents that matched the query text are actually worth ranking. The search engine’s job at the retrieval stage is to pick 1,000 documents to rank, without losing any really important documents.

PageRank excels at this. In fact, PageRank’s role in the retrieval process is why Google’s “Supplemental Index” exists.

Runners-Up

The top two runners-up in public voting were:

  1. What Is Google PageRank? A Guide For Searchers & Webmasters
    Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Land | 4/26/07
  2. Google 2.0: Google Universal Search
    Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Land | 5/16/07

The winner and runners-up are welcome to grab the appropriate badge — we have a badge for both winners and runners-up.

How the Voting Ended

Here’s a look at how each finalist fared in the public voting:

Google - 2008 winner

Thanks to all who voted, and congrats again to the winner, runners-up, finalists, and all nominees. We look forward to reading your acceptance speech soon!

Posts Judged by Lisa Barone, Rand Fishkin, and Chris Winfield


Google – 2008 Finalists

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The judges have made their choices, and the finalists in the Google category for the 2008 SEMMY Awards are:

The Finalists

Congratulations to each finalist! Please grab a finalist badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists has begun.

Here’s How to Vote

Now it’s your turn to choose a winner! Please read each article above and decide which one you feel is the best. When you click below, you’ll be able to vote in this category only. To vote in other categories, please visit the pages listing those finalists. Voting is open now, and will close at end-of-day on January 30, 2008.

VOTE NOW IN THIS CATEGORY (link will open in a new window)

Posts Judged by Lisa Barone, Rand Fishkin, and Chris Winfield


Google – All 2008 Nominees

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The following are the nominees in the Google category for the 2008 SEMMY Awards. Our judge(s) will narrow this group down to 5-6 finalists. Congratulations to all nominees! Please grab a nominee badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists is just around the corner.

Posts Judged by Lisa Barone, Rand Fishkin, and Chris Winfield