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The Search Engine Update – Number 236 – Jan. 16, 2007
A recap of Search Engine Watch's top stories to wrap up 2006, and through the beginning of 2007. A special members satisfaction survey included.
Compete Reports December Search Market Share
According to Compete’s December Search Market Share report, only Google and Ask improved over December 2005, and Ask just barely did so. The biggest…
comScore Reports December Search Market Share
In addition to Compete’s report, we have comScore’s December qSearch analysis of U.S. search market share. Google grew its lead slightly to 47.3 percent,…
Improve Your WordPress Search Results
Getting a WordPress blog up and running is easy. However, getting the best search results from your WordPress blog has typically required more than…
What’s Worth More, the Review or the Links?
One of the most refreshing things about the blogosphere (in its infancy) was that it had the potential of being an authentic forum. Whether…
In the Third Week of New Year’s, My SearchDay Gave to Me:
Four conferences, three key trends, two hyperlinks, and a ranking in the top three.
Without Neutrality, What Happens to Search?
Search depends on net neutrality. As a searcher, you already know how it feels to be blocked from results. Who hasn’t performed a search…
The Internet Freedom Preservation Act Returns
Congress has brought back net neutrality legislation, as described by Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) in this You Tube video. The legislation states that all…
Search Headlines & Links: Jan. 15, 2007
Below is a selection of stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with today’s headlines from around the Web: From The SEW…
PR Newswire links press releases to Technorati
In a press release issued today, PR Newswire and Technorati announced that readers of PR Newswire’s press releases can track reactions from bloggers directly…
Google Earth Getting Press Accurate or Not
There were two different articles about Google Earth over the last couple of days. First the claims the program was being used by Iraqi…
Neutrality and Consumer Fees
Today, most consumers pay for open internet access through broadband providers. Without net neutrality, will consumers pay more to access specific types of content…
The Neutrality Debate
There’s frothy debate taking place about regulation and its impact on broadband providers and web publishers. Lawrence Lessig has an interesting take on regulation,…
Findory Set to Coast to a Halt
Findory CEO & founder Greg Linden announced Sunday that he is abandoning Findory. After looking around in vain for a plan for the news…
Urchin Founder Talks About Google Analytics
Eric Enge of Stone Temple Consulting has just posted an interview with Google Analytics’ Brett Crosby. Crosby came to Google via its acquisition of…
DMOZ Taking Site Suggestions
DMOZ, the Open Directory Project, has reinstated the Site Suggestion, Update Listing, Editor Reinstatement, and Forgotten Password forms. The directory has been experiencing technical…
Video From The Professionals
Everyone will be hawking their video wares at the NATPE conference this week. Some 8,000 attendees are expected in Las Vegas. Producers and programmers…
Yahoo! Using Black Hat Methods
Andy Beal details a very interesting action Yahoo! seems to be doing when people upgrade the Yahoo Messenger. Not only do you get the…
A Search Engine For Search Marketers
Lee Odden recently released a list of search marketing blogs, which he plans to update every Friday. The article has received well-deserved accolades for…
Analyst Says Google/CBS Radio Deal Near
Google’s foray into radio advertising is likely to get a whole lot bigger, if Merrill Lynch analyst Jessica Reif Cohen is correct in thinking…