Last week Matt Mullenweg asked me a few questions about the Yahoo! Web Search API and Yahoo! Site Search. It turned out that he was looking for a better way to provide search for WordPress.org and thought we had just what he needed.
Yahoo Launching New Search Index
While the big players in the search industry continue to try and outdo each other by introducing a number of specialty search services, it’s important to remember that a search engine is only as good as its search index.
Search And Portal Sites Becoming Media Providers
While CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox dominate broadcast airwaves, Yahoo, MSN, AOL, and Google make the Internet play for viewership and advertising dollars.
Google Continues Mobilizes Search Engine
The good ol’ boys over at Google have given Googlites something else to chew on. Google gave the mobile phone horde access to more content, specifically sites designed for cell phones.
Google Launches Mobile Web Search For Multiple Languages
With the absolute explosion of mobile computing, including cellular phone use, the search industry has not been shy about its embrace of these users.
Yahoo: Favorite Site, Google: Favorite Search
As the Internet continues its astonishing growth (which is perhaps immeasurable now), users are curious about which site is ranked as the favorite ____. Much like the television medium, there are studies and ranking measurements that attempt to clarify this curiosity.
Search Ranked #1 for “Invisible Entrepreneurs” But No Traffic?
I am ranked #1 for that silly phrase at Google. So What?
Search Spamming Reported Found On Financial Times Website
Web marketter Ken McGaffin says he found an invisible link on the Financial Times’ website acting as search engine spam. He shows a screenshot of the link, invisible and then made visible by selecting it. Apparently FT responded by making the link visible.
Search Engines Ignore Ad Disclosure Recommendations
The effect was not unlike spitting into the ocean. After a series of studies looking into search engines’ paid inclusion and paid placement disclosure practices and a string of FTC recommendations, a follow-up study shows that little has been done.
Add Yahoo Search To Your Web Site
In a move that will likely increase their penetration into the realm of search supremacy, Yahoo is now allowing site owners to include Yahoo Search capabilities on however many pages they see fit.