Category Archives: SEO
In-House SEO Requirements | Search Engine Watch Forum Discussion
A Search Engine Watch forum discusses the skills a full-time SEO should possess, including 5+ years of experience, keen knowledge of coding and a couple of successful sites as a reference. Fine skills to be sure but how about; nunchuk … Continue reading
Advertising works, well sometimes.
Yahoo Inc. is about to start a new ad campaign using comedy, that will run on traditional and online media, according to NewFactor.com “Last year Yahoo outspent Google by 72%, $353 million in advertising vs. Google’s $205 million, according to … Continue reading
Yahoo! says Real Media, worth real money – real quick
In October Yahoo purchased 20% of the 4-year-old company, Right Media, for $40 million. Yesterday Terry Semel, Chairman and CEO of Yahoo Inc announced they have agreed to purchase the remaining 80% for another $680 million. Semel’s post Democracy and … Continue reading
ComScore February Search Results
Google up slightly in market share while Yahoo , MSN, ASK and AOL remain the same. Google: 48.1% Yahoo: 28.1% Microsoft Live: 10.5% Ask: 5.0% AOL: 4.9% Search engine land charts out the past 12 months for comparison.
Local Search | Entrepreneur.com’s Top 15 Sites
Entrepreneur.com has an interesting article on local search and 15 ways to promote your site locally. Google AdWords Yahoo! Local Listings CitySearch Ask.com’s AskCity AOL’s CityGuide Craigslist MerchantCircle.com Dotster Local.com Froogle Local ReachLocal RegisterLocal TrueLocal YellowPages.com Web.com’s MyEzClicks program You … Continue reading
Link Building | Google Upgrading Linking Info
Link building is an important part of SEO. Google has announced that they are providing valuable linking information to webmasters. Google’s webmaster central blog indicates that Google is now giving you the full phrase that people are using to link to … Continue reading
Cracking Google’s Algorithm?
Computerworld published an article regarding some interesting comments from Matt Cutts. The article mentions Matt and some freely offered clues, “such as placing keywords in the title, headings and even the URL, and keeping related words close together.” Hint (LSI). … Continue reading
Google Protecting Search Users
A Google blog entry indicates that Google will make their user records anonymous after 18-24 months. Taking steps to protect the privacy of their users, Google intends to begin the process in the next few months. You can choose to have your records … Continue reading
Letting Search Engines Find Your Pages
I love this comment on Matt Cutts’ blog. Matt is talking about viral marketing and the tactics used by a website to spread the word. “The buzz built pretty organically. USB drives were left in bathrooms at conferences and messages … Continue reading
Google Wake Up Call | Indexing Your Search Results
Matt Cutts’ blog indicates that Google is taking a serious look at search results within results. Search results can be infuriating when you click on a top result only to find yourself once again looking at a results page. Yes, you may … Continue reading
