February’s over, and according to new comScore statistics, almost all of the major search engines should be glad to put it in the past. Microsoft and Yahoo both saw a shrink in market share, and Google’s query growth was less impressive than it’s been in previous periods.
Writing For People And Search Engines
So, Merriam-Webster broke down and let "w00t" into its dictionary. Yeah, well, they’re trying to stay relevant. That doesn’t mean anybody should ever use this word outside of World of Warcraft or, at the most, instant messaging. How long do you think it will be before w00t is as silly as gnarly, tubular, radical waves (can you see the zinc-oxide on my nose, dude?) or those ridiculous Hammer pants?Word to your mother. Right, homey?
Freshness Random At Major Search Engines
Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft varied so much over a three-year study period that researchers found none of them consistently rated best at updating their indexes.
Back To School Season Benefits Search Engines
Pencil . . . check. Paper . . . check. Access to your search engine of choice . . . check. Well, maybe schools aren’t putting Google on their supply lists, but the back to school season has turned out well for all the major search companies.
SES: Search Engines Talk Click Fraud
At SES San Jose, representatives from the big four search engines talked about the persistent threat of click fraud, and how they are fighting back to protect their advertisers.
Search Engines Drive Traffic To Retail Sites
Retail Web sites received 25 percent of their traffic from search engines for May 2007, according to findings from Hitwise. This was an increase of 0.7 percent over May 2006.
Search Engines Support Revolution Health
The Revolution Health website is, in some ways, like many others; it calls itself “a free, comprehensive health and medical information site, specifically designed with the Family’s Chief Medical Officer – women and other caregivers – in mind.” But Revolution Health is actually doing well, thanks largely to Google and Ask.
Search Engines Afraid of Committment
I recently read a story on relationships that came to mind today as a possible way to understand why search engines are desperately spending Millions and Billions in Acquisitions.
The story was about a man who met a woman on a plane and they got to talking about relationships.
Click Fraud Higher than Search Engines Suggest
Fair Isaac is dipping its toe in the click fraud tracking waters, with the release of its own study into fraudulent search engine clicks.
Search Engines Build Blog Traffic, Not Popularity
Optimizing your blog for search will certainly increase the amount of search engine referrals that will come through, which sounds great on the surface to anyone looking to monetize that traffic. When it comes to retaining users and garnering popularity, however, search becomes less important.
Inbound traffic is the most commonly employed metric in determining the value of a website property. In calculating market share, analytics firms almost exclusively base their figures on the volume of traffic a site receives.