Sports search engine Enth has partnered with sports information provider Stats to add data to their search engine.
The deal will provide Enth with real-time data during the Major League Baseball and National Football League seasons.
Search Engine Friendly Isn’t Search Engine Optimized
When we are quoting development work for prospective clients we are often asked to develop a website that is search engine optimized. This usually brings me into a long-winded explanation on how developing a website to be search engine friendly is not the same thing as optimizing that website for search performance. Kind of like how building a car is not the same as making it ready to compete in the Indy 500. Those are two different tasks altogether.
Reviewing Today’s SEO and Search Headlines
In my review of today’s SEO and search engine headlines I came across a few posts of interest that I would like to share with you:
Around the SEM World – Personalized Search
"Around the SEM World" is a new monthly series I am starting in which I will ask professionals around the SEM Industry their thoughts on the hottest topics during the given month.
Video Search: A Whole New Ball Game
The landscape of search is changing. Online video is becoming more prevalent to the realm of search, especially given the fact that Google has begun including links to YouTube videos in its SERP pages. Will the ability to search video, however, ultimately change how users consume the information contained within the clips?
A Search Engine For Pizza
Pizza International has recently purchased Pizza.net, a search engine devoted to providing pizza fans all they need to know about pizza restaurants without relying on the yellow pages. The search engine boasts 60,000 pizza places in their database so pizza connoisseurs can surely find a pie that will make them happy.
Microsoft Loses About 5% Search Share in 2 Years
Ever since Microsoft launched its own search engine, we’ve heard their claims that they’d gain ground on Google and compete in anywhere from 3-5 years.
Well, as Business Week points out, in the two years since Microsoft dumped Inktomi, it’s not exactly headed in the right direction.
The Self Serving Agenda of Search Engines
Andrew Goodman recently posted about SEO industry reputation woes, but the real reason for the problem is the self serving agenda of search engines. Don’t underestimate the marketing of the search engines, which outside of their own link buying and selling, generally like to hint at this equation SEO = spam.
Live Search Sails With New Captain
The Live Search product will no longer be living in the same house with all of the other Windows Live products. A new leader will take it over as Microsoft forms a new “beat Google” corporate group.
Google Search Receives A Plus
After quietly dropping Plus Boxes alongside certain search results, Google openly discussed this new search feature on their official blog.