Category Archives: Search Engines

Bing Powers Yahoo Organic Search This Week

викиконидетско обзавежданеIf you’ve been noticing more traffic than usual coming from Yahoo! search, there’s a good explanation. Yahoo’s Canadian and United States organic search will be transitioned to results powered by Bing beginning this week. After this transition is complete … Continue reading

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Blog Cross-Linking Dead

Back in the day (a few short years ago), blogs were the kings of link juice. All it took was a cross-linking strategy and you’d be the recipient of some major PR, which you could redirect throughout your network. That’s … Continue reading

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Google PageRank Updated

Google has updated the ToolBar PageRank. This recent update followed the pattern observed for the last few events. First Google seems to do a minor “adjustment” update, which affects interior pages mainly. They also assign TBPR penalties. Then they follow … Continue reading

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Accoona Folds Their Search Engine

It seems that Acoona.com never quite took off as a leading search engine. In fact, Accoona recently announced that their website would no longer be available. A statement at the site says, Dear Accoona search users, Due to an overwhelmingly … Continue reading

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Yahoo Earnings

Yahoo announced earnings today and although the company didn’t upset with earnings, they didn’t impress, either. They reported revenues being up 14% at 1.35 billion. They reported that their US based traffic was up 19% but international business declined by … Continue reading

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Google Seals The Deal With Doubleclick

Google announced yesterday that they have finally closed on the sale of Doubleclick. The deal is worth 3.1 billion dollars and was approved by American and European regulators. Google is planning on serving up more relevant advertising by combining information … Continue reading

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Street View Of Military Installations Prohibited

The Pentagon recently announced the ban of Google’s Street View on Military operations after finding detailed photos of Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas on the internet. Gary Ross, spokesperson for the U.S. Northern Command said: “We don’t have … Continue reading

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Yahoo To Lay Off Hundreds Of Employees

Yahoo recently announced that they are going to lay off hundreds of employees as a measure to try and recover from many years of misguided management. Yang and his management team already have committed to jettisoning at least several hundred … Continue reading

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Google, Yahoo, And MSN Settle Gambling Accusations

Google, Yahoo, and MSN took money from gambling advertisers for 10 years, according to a recent settlement the companies have hammered out with the U.S. Justice Department. On Wednesday, the Justice Department said Microsoft Corp, Google Inc and Yahoo Inc … Continue reading

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Publicity As A Means Of Promoting Website

One of the classic ways companies do websites promotions is an indirect method. They try and focus on a newsworthy aspect of the website, and they take out press releases and contact the media for free publicity. This seems to … Continue reading

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