Just check out the flood of content gained after asking the question how the Government can cut the budget deficit? It’s absolutely immense.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/haveyoursay/2010/05/how_should_the_budget_deficit.html

There’s not many sites that can command that type of content creation in such a short space of time.

Bing and 301’s – what’s the deal?

So why is it the search engineers at Bing cannot get their heads around 301 Redirects in the SERPS?

The team at Fresh Egg have been working on a URI tidy up on AirandWaterCentre.com in recent months, but if you are Bing you would not think this is the case as the following search results show Microsoft’s search engine making a right pigs ear of reading the 301 instruction and is still showing the old URI’s.

Bing 301’s – Is it rocket science for Microsoft?

So how is that Bing is getting is so wrong when Google get’s this sort of thing so right? The use of 301’s is not a revered technique held exclusively by the SEO community, it is simply a technique and one that a major search engine which has had millions of pounds thrown at in development should get right at a canter.

So why does Bing continue to show the old URI’s when the new versions have been in place for a sustained period of time now? It’s really frustrating and another reason why search professionals will not sing the praise of the product. Why would they, when it is not getting elementary things correct?

Bing vs Google

I am sure Bing has some good qualities, it’s just that as yet I am not really seeing the Bing love coming through.

For anyone who is lapping up a bit of Bing love, can you tell me why you are subjecting yourself to an inferior search product at this time?

Here’s the same site following the URI clean-up, but as reported (correctly) by Google.

It was intesting on Friday at the SEO Workshop to hear a few voices saying that Google were spreading themselves to thin and were maybe taking their eye off the ball. That may be the case, but when your main competitor is not challenging with any conviction you can afford to relax a little. Many thanks to Jaamit at Fresh Egg for bringing this to my attention and giving me the opportunity to have a go at my unfavourite tech company Microsoft.

Down Tools

On this break from our normal day to day SEO activity Tthe whole of the Fresh Egg SEO Team congregated for a creativity session with Lyndon.

For those of you that know me that have no idea who Lyndon is, check out the link to blog post a bit later on. The link contains the handy work of a man with a talent in creating web content that must be read. Not only that, Lyndon’s work is often cited in national and international media creating further brand awareness and buzz.

If you are in the online marketing fraternity you would of heard of this guy, if you are a budding marketer and want to follow a master of link baiting and buzz marketing then Lyndon is a true source of inspiration. If there are those of you that have no idea what I do, this will give you a further clue.

Those that know me well will know full well that I have had my moments with creative content and it was good to know how far one can push boundaries. I cannot say that I have had the success of Lyndon especially with the creative content link I will soon supply, but after a very useful day I think it is safe to say I will soon be trying my best for some replication (Game on Tone?). Watch this space!

Now see a master’s work:

13 Year Old Steals Dad’s Credit Card to Buy Hookers

Cheers Lyndon.