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Yahoo Told Microsoft to Take a Hike AGAIN
Google Hasn't Won Yet Says Ballmer
Microsoft Backs Down from Yahoo The web is afire with the news that after its latest bid attempt to takeover Yahoo failed, Microsoft decided to back down. My desktop news widget is going wild with this news... updating every 30s or so with more updates from Wall Street Journal, CNN Money, Forbes, Information Week, CNet News, etc; hot news indeed.
Images are the Natural Evolution of Search Over the past couple years it has been impossible to avoid the buzz about images and their increasing role in search; such as universal search which is becoming commonplace among the major search engines. But universal search is only the most prevalent news and only the baby-steps of a new format of search that is about to take over the Internet.
Google Calendar Gets Vital Usability Boost Yesterday the Official Google Blog rather quietly announced the availability of Google Calendar Sync; a program for synchronizing Google Calendar with Microsoft Outlook. Now this is something that many of us have been eagerly waiting a long time for so I have to say the rather itty-bitty post is a bit uncharacteristic... perhaps I missed the first unveiling or something?
Yahoo's Road to War Over the past week I have been keeping the StepForth SEO Blog updated on the events focused on Microsoft's attempted acquisition of Yahoo and the fall out since. This is becoming quite a debacle so I thought a little chronological update on how all this went down might be useful. From 2006 to Now:
How to Avoid an SEO Horror Story The following was the second interview I did with Dr. Ralph Wilson of Web Marketing Today while I was at PubCon Las Vegas. In this interview we discussed the horror stories I have seen...
WPN Insider Interview with Microsoft Live Search Mike McDonald of WebProNews conducted a great, very informative interview with Live Webmaster Tool's Product Manager, Jeremiah Andrick. Jeremiah discusses...
Link Building and Publicity with PRWeb On the 6th of December at Pubcon Las Vegas I was fortunate enough to speak with Karla and Lacy of PRWeb.com; two wonderful ladies who were running PRWeb's exhibit booth.
Want PageRank? New Link Building Service Launched The Fantomaster blogged about a rather interesting new service called SubmitLinks.com that has launched despite the war Google formally started on paid links.
How to Optimize for Ask Ask's portion of the search market is a mere 4.3% (src. Hitwise) so it is understandable that optimizing for Ask is a low priority in the eyes of many webmasters.
How to Optimize for Yahoo! With a reported 22.1% of search traffic Yahoo is second only to Googles 64.4% (src: Hitwise) for search user volume so it is extremely important not to forget that attaining a top ranking in Yahoo can be a big boon to the bottom line. As a result, I decided to write this update on how to attain superior rankings in Yahoo using todays useful tools and tactics.
Increase Your Visibility in Local Search This morning I came across a great article by Sujan Patel at Search Engine Journal called "5 Quick Ways to Optimize for Local Search".
Do it Yourself Social Media Marketing SEO Meet SMM I was the most information-dense seminar that I attended at SMX Advanced, a multi-day conference geared for advanced web marketing professionals.
ASK Shows Some Competitive Flair Last week a UK guerrilla marketing campaign launched by ASK was photographed on a train on a London subway featuring ASK's familiar oval logo background shown below the loudspeaker.
Google Protecting Surfers from Harmful Sites In a move that has been long in coming Google has chosen to provide a safer environment for its patrons by blocking access to sites that appear to have malicious code.
Google Says Google Bombing Will Be No Longer Yesterday Google's official webmaster blog announced that Googlebombing will be soon a way of the past thanks to some targeted attention from the search results team.
Editing Your Website Description on Google QUESTION: How do I edit my website description on Google? Please direct me to the correct place. - Barb C.
Domain Stop Words, Duplicate Sites, Increasing Article Backlinks Three SEO questions are answered in this Q&A article:
Google Release Responds to Copyright Issues Tuesday (the 26 of September), a Mr. David Eun, VP of Content Partnerships posted a blanket notice titled "Our approach to content" describing Google's respect for copyrights.
Are Search Engine Spiders Infringing on Copyright? Last Friday (Sept 15 th) a Belgium court dealt a stunning blow against Google and its Google News search service.
Have Your Company Listed Free in Google Maps Do you want to advertise the physical location of your business for free and get a little extra Google exposure?
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