Google, Yahoo, AOL, and Ask have spiffed up their sites for All Hallow’s Eve, but Microsoft is sadly lacking in the treat department. Microsoft handed out tricks instead, bestowing the horror of litigation on 55 alleged software counterfeiters around the globe.
JupiterResearch On Health Search Engines
JupiterResearch has released a report on health search engines. Now, I know what you’re thinking, but these figures actually seem fairly reasonable. The company asserts that many people “use search engines to find health-related information,” but only a fraction of them “find the information they are looking for.”
Can My Site Rank Well on all Four Major Engines?
One of the most frequently asked questions readers and clients email StepForth Placement’s SEO staff, revolves around how websites can be best optimized to meet the algorithmic needs of each of the major 4 search engines, Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask.
Big 3 Search Engines Building on Columbia River
Google, Yahoo and MSN are all building massive datacenters along the Columbia River in southern Washington State and northern Oregon .
Search Engines C Demand For Programmers
The need for C/C++ programmers varies among the major search engine companies; Horace Greeley’s advice to go West definitely applies here.
Walking in the Search Engines Shoes
You know the old saying about not criticizing someone until you walk in their shoes.
Search Engines Could Deliver Risky Sites
Querying for risky keywords puts the searcher at risk of being sent to a site that could prove malicious, but even queries for popular keywords poses some risk too.
The Search Engines are Killing Creativity
An interesting NYT article on how Google (and others) are forcing newspapers to change their approach to writing news headlines.
Business to Business Marketing on Search Engines A Largely Untapped Marketing Tool
I’m in the business of search engine marketing, so it’s sometimes easy to forget that a majority of people don’t really know that the industry exists, how useful it is in business to business marketing, and what a valuable marketing tool SEO can be in general.
Search Engines Flag Down Super Ads
While many people will argue over the replay of Ben Roethlisberger’s “touchdown” run, many more will want to replay the Super Bowl advertisements, and can choose from video on AOL, Yahoo or Google.