We refer to queries in terms of how many times someone searches for a keyphrase, and in manners related to seeing where you rank in an engine. There are also meta robots tags ( < META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW">) A robots.txt file is...
Today in the U.S.just about 40 percent of all queries have a local intent, meaning searches now include any combination of city, state, neighborhood, ZIP code, or other “local qualifiers” in their query.
News flash: it's not all about title tags and meta keywords anymore. According to the latest comScore data, Americans conducted 10.4 billion "expanded search queries" on Google, 3.7 billion on YouTube, 2.6 billion on Yahoo!
Yahoo Alpha (beta) Tested Down Under Yahoo is testing a new search interface called alpha, which meta-searches several Yahoo properties, and also allow users to add their own search service via OpenSearch RSS.
a new meta search engine that aggregates search results for queries across different types of search and presents them in a more "editorial" format. Yahoo Alpha (beta) Tested Down UnderYahoo is testing a new search interface called alpha, which...
TechLog Meta .org - asm > Valid XHTML XFN WordPress I'm not saying pages from his own blog shouldn't come up for relevant specific queries. While ego searches can be bad, they remain one of the main ways anyone will test their favorite...
Metasearch The Blogosphere With Clusty - A 'hidden' feature of a powerful meta search engine allows you to mine for gold in the blogosphere. As I've said before, AJ's Smart Answers along with the other large search companies now provide, continue...
Family Friendly Search http://www.familyfriendlysearch.com Meta search service that queries major kid-friendly search engines. The Best and Most Popular Meta Search Engines SearchDay, September 18, 2002 http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday...
See also A Controlled Vocabulary to Assist in Describing Images for a look at meta data and photos. Some of the Stranger Queries from the BBC's Search Engine By Gary Price, Jan. The BBC has posted an article letting us know that their search...
Search engines revved up for one-stop travel service takes a look at some of the new travel search meta search engines including Kayak (they just announced a deal with AOL), Sidestep (download required), Mobissimo (just out of beta), and Quixo.
Search engines revved up for one-stop travel service takes a look at some of the new travel search meta search engines including Kayak (they just announced a deal with AOL), Sidestep (download required), Mobissimo (just out of beta), and Quixo.
Meta Tag Lawsuit Filed in Florida By Gary Price, Dec. Out-Law.com reports about a lawsuit filed in Florida involving meta tags. Search Strategies for the Holidays from iMedia offers some tips to consider, such as getting ready for a spike in...
The company says that the new approach will make searches more responsive, particularly with queries related to current events and popular culture. In addition to meta search results provided by partners Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves and a number of...
The company says that the new approach will make searches more responsive, particularly with queries related to current events and popular culture. In addition to meta search results provided by partners Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves and a number of...
Google also looks at keywords, but not just those in the meta tags. The Google Zeitgeist page does provide information about top queries. A search for "bill machrone" doesn't pull up blogs, nor are searches for "weapons of mass destruction...
Meta search engine with thumbnail displays. He previously invested in another meta search engine, Mamma, then sold out: http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3391731. The entire meta search market also has well-established players and is also...
Some have noted multiple word queries are turned into phrase searches. Meta search the web or tab over to search through premium content research reports, human-powered directory results from the Open Directory or meta search news resources.
Yahoo also lists the home page, but ironically, gives it a bad description because of a coding error in that site's meta description tag. Meta tags? Meta keywords and description aren't supported, yet.
To date, partners taking local ads have been named as Yahoo, Yahoo-owned AltaVista and AllTheWeb, InfoSpace (which operates many popular meta search engines such as Dogpile) and Citysearch. That argument makes sense for situations where only local...
Does the exact order of elements within a meta tag make a difference to search engines? Do you know where to buy a database of recent actual queries made to a top search engines? If I ever find more time, I want to start a "search log" feature...
