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Yahoo has obviously taken some inspiration from their competitor Google with their recent search engine results redesign.
Yahoo recently announced that they have released a brand new look that was intended to capture a more modern appearance. Individuals everywhere agree that the search result redesign looks an awful lot like Google’s search results. It has also been noted that both the page and the search …
The ad revenue generated from mobile users may not be where Google shines, but it is an area that is continuing to grow. Whatever the exact earning numbers might be at this time, records do indicate that Google has taken over 50% of them.
Figures show that Google mobile advertising revenue has tripled from what it was in 2011 to an estimated 4.61 billion dollars. …
If you are someone who has never taken the time to make your website mobile friendly that is something you are going to want to change. This is because your website is not going to rank as well with Google’s mobile search results in the near future.
Google’s Pierre Far and Yoshikiyo Kat discussed, in a recent blog post, the change that Google will …
Bing seems to have reaped the benefits of Google experiencing a drop in market shares the last few months. In fact, last month Bing actually saw the largest increase in overall search market share, rising to 17.3%. This means that the search engines market shares have increased by 0.4 percent last month.
While the monthly increase may not seem like a very big advantage, Bing’s …
It’s finally here…
The long awaited next-generation Penguin 2.0 update has been released by Google with the official announcement coming from Matt Cutts, Google’s head of spam.
Here is the official statement:
We started rolling out the next generation of the Penguin webspam algorithm this afternoon (May 22, 2013), and the rollout is now complete. About 2.3% of English-US queries are affected to the degree
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For over a decade website owners everywhere have been turning to Google’s AdWords Keyword Tool to find the right keywords to target their advertising campaign. For this reason most web owners are surprised to learn that there is a new keyword tool that has hit the Internet recently. This new tool is called AdWords Keyword Planner.
What makes this keyword tool different is the fact …
Google’s Matt Cutts recently took some time out of his (no doubt) busy day to discuss some of the biggest and most common mistakes a large number of webmasters continue to make with regards to search engine optimization (SEO).
According to Matt, these are the most common mistakes to make and can be easily avoided when you first get started on SEO.
So here goes….…
There is a story in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that suggests that Yahoo has been secretly trying to find an out for the deal they made with Microsoft.
Apparently there are a lot of very precise reasons why the company wants to pull the plug on the deal that is nearly 4 years old. One of the biggest reasons is that Microsoft has not …
In March, Matt Cutts, the head of Google‘s web spam fighting team, promised that a Penguin update, designed to more effectively fight spam, was going to be available sometime later this year.
Fast-forward to the beginning of May and Cutts hasn’t disappointed. He has warned webmasters to expect a Penguin “hit” in the “next few weeks”. Here are Matt’s exact words in reply to …
Google has recently released a new analytics tool to help businesses know just how customers decide to purchase from their website and how long that takes.
What Google has released is called the Customer Journey to Online Purchase and this new interactive tool is revolutionary in how it collects customer habits to better help you serve your business and customer needs.
The tool describes in …