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Search engines.

How search engines work, compete, and change. 2,752 articles
Industry

Google Fails to Gain Search Market Share, Bing Steals From Yahoo

It's been three months since we last checked in on comScore's monthly update on search engine market share – and not much…

By Danny Goodwin · 14 Nov 2013

SEO

Why Google’s Hummingbird Algorithm Isn’t for the Birds

Hummingbird gives Google a better understanding of query meaning by recognizing and then connecting entities and attributes contained within search queries to…

By Grant Simmons · 13 Nov 2013

Industry

Google Whipped by Censorship Ruling in Max Mosley S&M Case

Former Formula One racing president Max Mosley beat Google in a French court which ruled Google must police certain S&M images of…

By Jessica Lee · 08 Nov 2013

Social

The Role of #Hashtags in Social Media and Search

Hashtags can be extremely powerful. When you optimize conversations, content, and updates with hashtags, they become more visible to others on social…

By Rebecca Murtagh · 07 Nov 2013

Industry

In Memoriam: Ren Warmuz of Trellian

The search engine marketing and domain industries lost one of its greatest minds over the weekend. Ren Warmuz, founder and CEO of…

By Pierre Zarokian · 01 Nov 2013

Industry

Long-Time Voice in the Industry Jill Whalen Says Goodbye to SEO

Jill Whalen, long-time voice in the SEO industry and former contributor to Search Engine Watch is saying goodbye to SEO. Find out…

By Jessica Lee · 01 Nov 2013

Content

Writing Content for Users vs. Search Engines: Is There Still a Difference?

Keywords are less crucial than they once were now that algorithms have progressed well beyond simply synonyms. They're beginning to be able…

By Doc Sheldon · 30 Oct 2013

PPC

Stop Obsessing Over AdWords Quality Score

Quality score is complicated, but that doesn't mean it's all that useful. Alistair Dent pulls back the curtain to show advertisers what's…

By Alistair Dent · 25 Oct 2013

SEO

Halloween Inspired SEO Tricks to Keep Spiders at Bay

This Halloween, learn how to keep those pesky spiders from crawling around your website with a variety of spooky (and scary) tricks…

By P J Fusco · 24 Oct 2013

Social

Bing Adds Klout-Verified Snapshots to Search Results

This new snapshot will enable you to verify and manage how you appear in Bing search results, based on the public portions…

By Thom Craver · 11 Oct 2013