By: RH How Search Works Google announced today a new site, How Search Works A few things you'll find: An interactive, graphical explanation of Google Search A view into major search algorithms and features A 43-page document explaining how we evaluate our results A live slideshow of spam as we remove it Graphs illustrating the […]
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The Evolution of the Search Engine
By: RH The Evolution of the Search Engine Monetate put together this look at how search has evolved over the last 20 years. They also point out the increased importance of on site search and how to make it work for you. Courtesy of Monetate
Continue ReadingThe Five Websites That Rule The Search Landscape
By: RH Webmasters have to be more creative daily to find more and more visitors. I was reading the report Experian did and when you look at the numbers the big boys do cast a wide net. From the report: Five Websites captured 20 percent of all search activity in Q4 2012, while the top […]
Continue ReadingFacebook the Top Search Term Four Years Running
By: RH Experian released their study of the Top 1,000 search terms and Facebook topped the list again. This was the fourth straight year that Facebook was the top search term. Facebook number 1 search term for 2012 Experian Marketing Services analyzed the top 1,000 search terms from Hitwise data for 2012 , and Facebook […]
Continue ReadingShoppers Rely On Local Search Results
By: RH Domainers and developers tend to fall in love and then sometimes fall out of love with geo local domains. Some have said their websites were affected by the Google EMD update and others have stayed strong in the search engines. Shoppers are increasingly turning to the web, according to comScore's 5th Annual Local […]
Continue ReadingSEO Link Building Q&A with an Ex-Google Webspam Team Member
By: RH Search Engine Journal did an interview with a gentleman who used to work for the Google Webspam team that is run by Matt Cutts. The interview gives a pretty good look into what Google considers spam, how to fix your site if its been demoted by Google, and what things to avoid. The […]
Continue ReadingWhat Startups Need to Know About SEO and Domain Names
By: RH Danny Sullivan did this quick 1 minute video about domain names and SEO. He gives a quick mention about the new tlds and how search will treat them. This is a quick little video that you may be able to use in your sales pitch when someone is giving you a line about […]
Continue ReadingRanking Factors For Local Search
By: RH Over the last year Google has brought us a whole zoo full of changes to search. We have had the Panda updates and then there was the Penguin. There have been stories written about Google only showing 7 results instead of 10 per page Danny Sullivan wrote: It looks as if Google is […]
Continue ReadingThe Science of Search and the Future of Online Advertising
The Science of Search HTPCompany put out this interesting video that is a documentary style look at Search. They uploaded it to You Tube and they go on to say: This in-depth search engine documentary features interview with Dr. Leonard Kleinrock, “Father of the Internet” and winner of the 2008 National Medal of Science Award; […]
Continue ReadingHow Google Search Works, Matt Cutts makes an 8 minute video explaining
By: RH Matt Cutts spends 8 minutes going over just how Google search works.Certainly worth watching and bookmarking.
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