Due to the recession, the idea of a 0.3 percent drop sounds like nothing at all; plunges of 5, 10, and 20 percent are the norm now. Still, Compete has released its description of the search market in January, and the report’s sure to turn a few heads with that exact figure.
Dell Confirms Linux Offerings
Several weeks ago, rumors began swirling about Dell’s potential plan to begin offering its customers a choice between Windows or Linux operating system for PCs and notebooks.
Google Confirms: 301s Better Than 302s
Yes, I am meant to be on holidays and no, I’m not meant to be posting here, but I felt this news was too important to wait another two weeks.At the Search Summit Conference this week, I had the opportunity to ask Adam Lasnik from Google a question that I get asked a lot: Is it better to use 301 Permanently Moved or 302 Temporarily Moved redirects if you need to move a site to a new domain?
Cutts Confirms Page Rank Update
Matt Cutts has confirmed that there is a Google Page Rank update underway.
Science Confirms Sniping Works On eBay
The best way to win an auction online is to wait as late as possible in the auction before submitting a bid, a method scientists have unsurprisingly discovered works best.
Cutts Confirms Traffic Power Delisting
Google’s well-known engineer Matt Cutts makes an exception to his general precedent of not talking about companies being removed from Google’s index.
AOL Confirms Discussions with Search Engines
Two weeks ago, AOL CEO Richard Parsons dismissed speculation that his company, part of the Time Warner media empire, was in negotiations with Yahoo, MSN and/or Google. Rumours of these talks had been circulating for weeks in publications as diverse as the Wall St. Journal and Search Engine Watch.
OneStat Confirms Google Position As Top Search Engine
Web analytics provider OneStat released a report that ranks which search engines are used the most, as well as the percentage of user share growth. OneStat’s report also lists the 7 largest search engines.