2008 Apr 21
Date : 2008 04 21 search engine optimization 
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
I've now compiled the latest search popularity stats from Hitwise, Compete, comScore and Nielsen Online. That means it's time to put them all together once again, to see what a "panel" of ratings services agree on -- and don't agree on -- in terms of search engine popularity. Click to continue reading... read more »
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search MarketingI've now compiled the latest search popularity stats from Hitwise, Compete, comScore and Nielsen Online. That means it's time to put them all together once again, to see what a "panel" of ratings services agree on -- and don't agree on -- in terms of search engine popularity. Click to continue reading... read more »
Date : 2008 04 21 search engine optimization Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
Continuing from previous search stats from Hitwise, Compete and comScore, Nielsen Online is now out (PDF file) with search engine share figures in the United States for March 2008. Similar to Hitwise and comScore, Google remains at a high but unlike some of the others, Microsoft and Yahoo come off lows. Click to continue reading... read more »
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search MarketingContinuing from previous search stats from Hitwise, Compete and comScore, Nielsen Online is now out (PDF file) with search engine share figures in the United States for March 2008. Similar to Hitwise and comScore, Google remains at a high but unlike some of the others, Microsoft and Yahoo come off lows. Click to continue reading... read more »
Date : 2008 04 21 search engine optimization Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: New Yahoo! Search Weather Report Yahoo! Search says it's rolling out a new search update. The note we received in advance offers the standard language: the company will be "rolling out some changes to our crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms. While we expect the update will be completed soon, as you know, throughout this process... read more »
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search MarketingBelow is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: New Yahoo! Search Weather Report Yahoo! Search says it's rolling out a new search update. The note we received in advance offers the standard language: the company will be "rolling out some changes to our crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms. While we expect the update will be completed soon, as you know, throughout this process... read more »
Date : 2008 04 21 search engine optimization Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
Yahoo Search says it's rolling out a new search update. Yahoo's post says the company will be "rolling out some changes to our crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms. While we expect the update will be completed soon, as you know, throughout this process you may see some ranking changes and page shuffling in the index." This update also fixes issues with the Yahoo! Site Explorer delete URL functionality. There had been reports of a Yahoo index update last week, and this update looks to be read more »
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search MarketingYahoo Search says it's rolling out a new search update. Yahoo's post says the company will be "rolling out some changes to our crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms. While we expect the update will be completed soon, as you know, throughout this process you may see some ranking changes and page shuffling in the index." This update also fixes issues with the Yahoo! Site Explorer delete URL functionality. There had been reports of a Yahoo index update last week, and this update looks to be read more »
Date : 2008 04 21 search engine optimization Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
Since Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion, interesting times have been ours to enjoy here in the land of the search engines. On April 5 2008, Steve Ballmer stepped up the game by giving Yahoo! 3 weeks to make a decision on the 44.6 billon dollar offer or they’ll bypass the board and go directly to shareholders. Click to continue reading... read more »
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search MarketingSince Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion, interesting times have been ours to enjoy here in the land of the search engines. On April 5 2008, Steve Ballmer stepped up the game by giving Yahoo! 3 weeks to make a decision on the 44.6 billon dollar offer or they’ll bypass the board and go directly to shareholders. Click to continue reading... read more »
Date : 2008 04 21 search engine optimization Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
Last Thursday we posted asking you to take our Search Engine Land audience survey. Thanks to the more than 200 of you who took the time to help us out! For everyone else, this is a quick reminder that by taking the survey you will be entered in a drawing to win a ticket to SMX Advanced in Seattle in June. Fill out the survey by April 23 at 6PM PDT. Travel and accommodations are not covered, sorry. If you can't make it, you're free to exchange it for another SMX ticket or give it to someone els read more »
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search MarketingLast Thursday we posted asking you to take our Search Engine Land audience survey. Thanks to the more than 200 of you who took the time to help us out! For everyone else, this is a quick reminder that by taking the survey you will be entered in a drawing to win a ticket to SMX Advanced in Seattle in June. Fill out the survey by April 23 at 6PM PDT. Travel and accommodations are not covered, sorry. If you can't make it, you're free to exchange it for another SMX ticket or give it to someone els read more »
Date : 2008 04 21 search engine optimization Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
Last Thursday we posted asking you to take our Search Engine Land audience survey. Thanks to the more than 200 of you who took the time to help us out! For everyone else, this is a quick reminder that by taking the survey, you will be entered in a drawing to win a ticket to SMX Advanced in Seattle in June. Fill out the survey by April 23 at 6PM PDT. Travel and accommodations are not covered, sorry. If you can't make it, you're free to exchange it for another SMX ticket or give it to someone el read more »
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search MarketingLast Thursday we posted asking you to take our Search Engine Land audience survey. Thanks to the more than 200 of you who took the time to help us out! For everyone else, this is a quick reminder that by taking the survey, you will be entered in a drawing to win a ticket to SMX Advanced in Seattle in June. Fill out the survey by April 23 at 6PM PDT. Travel and accommodations are not covered, sorry. If you can't make it, you're free to exchange it for another SMX ticket or give it to someone el read more »
Date : 2008 04 21 search engine optimization Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
iGoogle is one of the most interesting products at the search engine. Reportedly the fastest growing of Google's offerings it's a personal start page or dashboard, but with potential to evolve into something more. Today Google announced "a sandbox for developers that helps them build richer gadgets for iGoogle, which will offer users more powerful and interactive features..." Click to continue reading... read more »
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search MarketingiGoogle is one of the most interesting products at the search engine. Reportedly the fastest growing of Google's offerings it's a personal start page or dashboard, but with potential to evolve into something more. Today Google announced "a sandbox for developers that helps them build richer gadgets for iGoogle, which will offer users more powerful and interactive features..." Click to continue reading... read more »
ICANN Announcements
Date : 2008 04 21 search engine optimization Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
Millward Brown, a unit of mega ad agency WPP, has named Google the world's top brand in its annual "Top 100 Most Powerful Brands" survey (report available here). The Guardian UK also covers the study. Millward Brown calculates the ranking based on corporate earnings, consumer survey data, projected future growth and a host of subjective intangibles. Click to continue reading... read more »
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search MarketingMillward Brown, a unit of mega ad agency WPP, has named Google the world's top brand in its annual "Top 100 Most Powerful Brands" survey (report available here). The Guardian UK also covers the study. Millward Brown calculates the ranking based on corporate earnings, consumer survey data, projected future growth and a host of subjective intangibles. Click to continue reading... read more »
Date : 2008 04 21 search engine optimization Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
The Chinese Internet has surpassed the US in terms of overall users. According to BDA China (reported in USAToday) there are more than 220 million Chinese Internet users (17 percent of the population) compared with 216 in the US (71 percent). This is simply a function of the huge scale of the Chinese market, with much more growth to come. Click to continue reading... read more »
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search MarketingThe Chinese Internet has surpassed the US in terms of overall users. According to BDA China (reported in USAToday) there are more than 220 million Chinese Internet users (17 percent of the population) compared with 216 in the US (71 percent). This is simply a function of the huge scale of the Chinese market, with much more growth to come. Click to continue reading... read more »
Date : 2008 04 21 search engine optimization Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
The AdWords Addict reports on the recent test of Google AdWords in Yahoo search results. Apparently changes were reflected equally quickly on both Google and Yahoo and performance on Yahoo (CTRs) was good, though no specifics are provided. Overall the convenience of managing both engines from a single interface is also praised. Look for questions surrounding this test (and its potential future) when Yahoo reports its earnings tomorrow afternoon. read more »
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search MarketingThe AdWords Addict reports on the recent test of Google AdWords in Yahoo search results. Apparently changes were reflected equally quickly on both Google and Yahoo and performance on Yahoo (CTRs) was good, though no specifics are provided. Overall the convenience of managing both engines from a single interface is also praised. Look for questions surrounding this test (and its potential future) when Yahoo reports its earnings tomorrow afternoon. read more »
Date : 2008 04 21 search engine optimization Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
With two reports about Google's paid clicks being down, comScore helped fuel a perception among financial analysts that Google might under-perform in Q1. However, Google's earnings handily beat estimates and the stock saw a 20 percent gain in a single day on Friday as investors were buoyed by Google's results. By comparison, comScore saw many in the press and on blogs critically question its methodology in an effort to explain what happened. Now comScore, in a blog post on Friday, attempts to r read more »
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search MarketingWith two reports about Google's paid clicks being down, comScore helped fuel a perception among financial analysts that Google might under-perform in Q1. However, Google's earnings handily beat estimates and the stock saw a 20 percent gain in a single day on Friday as investors were buoyed by Google's results. By comparison, comScore saw many in the press and on blogs critically question its methodology in an effort to explain what happened. Now comScore, in a blog post on Friday, attempts to r read more »