On the heels of Mother’s Day, WebTrends Inc., the web analytics market share leader, today unveiled results from its WebPosition Ranking study of how five “grower fresh” flower sites are using Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing strategies to attract visitors who were looking for Mother’s Day gifts.
Personalize Your Google Search
When you search with Google, it sees you as any other Google user. It has no idea what your interests are. Therefore, for the same search words Google will deliver the same results to you and everyone else in the world searching with the same language and country selections.
Yahoo Brings Video Search Out Of Beta
Yesterday, Yahoo Search did something that may be considered quite foreign to other search engines: they brought one of their search features out of its Beta stage and officially launched it. I am referring to Yahoo Video Search and according to Yahoo; it offers “the most comprehensive video search product on the Web.”
What Constitutes Search Engine Relevancy?
Relevancy. It’s something that drives the search engine industry in almost every aspect. From providing quality search results to contextual advertising, relevancy is crucial to any search engine’s success. The question is how do you define relevancy? More importantly, how do search engines define relevancy?
Which Desktop Search Tool Is The Best?
While the search industry continues to evolve, an area that’s received a great deal of focus has to do with creating a successful desktop search tool. This mentality has led to a proliferation of desktop search (DTS) tools. Because of this, knowing which one is better can be a best-guess/trial-and-error scenario until now.
Yahoo Seeking Contextual Search Scientist/Engineers
From time to time I post jobs here. We have a couple openings in our contextual search group.
Which Search Engine Drives The Most Traffic To Business Sites?
Top search engines driving traffic to business websites. Uncover how Google, Bing, Yahoo, and emerging platforms fare in the race.
Official Find Attempts To Cut Through Search Spam
One of the biggest complaints concerning the use of search engines is the amount of erroneous results appearing with normal keyword queries. Because of the explosion of search engine optimization, search results are often crammed full of useless results residing to only increase a company’s SERP position.
The Power of Topic Specific Search Engines
What are Topical Search Engines? Simply put, topical search engines are search engines focused on a specific industry, sector or topic.
Consumer Reports WebWatch: Search Engines Need a Good Mechanic
Editor’s Note: How hard is it for you to determine the difference between paid placements and organic listings when it comes to search engine results? A study by Consumer Reports WebWatch determined the average Joe Internet user has a harder time doing so.