links for 2009-02-15

These days predictive utilities like Trellian, WordTracker and AdWords are only half the keyword research story. State of the art processes combine these standard search predict tools’ output with “what we already know,” by mashing in site-specific datasets at the keyword level.

ResearchBuzz writes about an interesting search engine called SnappyFingers, a Q&A search engine that has a data set of over 13 million questions.

Great article by SEO Theory writer Michael Martinez who takes a look at the downturn in Google Blogsearch quality and indexing over the past couple of months.

Great article by Search Engine Journal about FireFox addons that let you access alternative data right from Google SERPs based on your search query.

Pandia Search Engine Detective is a one stop shop for search engine intelligence. This useful collection of links to all kinds of search engine and SEO information is now updated with new categories and links.