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Search engines.

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

Google Easter Eggs; Just Search “Do a Barrel Roll”

Hot on the heels of the popularity around Siri Easter Eggs, Google looks like it is bringing some personality quirks to the…

By Jonathan Allen · 03 Nov 2011

SEO

Search Engine Watch Redesign Breaks Records

Exactly 6 months ago, we re-designed Search Engine Watch to the site you see today. Content migration is the first major leap…

By Jonathan Allen · 02 Nov 2011

Content

SEO Plug-in Helps Bloggers Optimize Content

Eightfold Logic Inc. has released a WordPress plug-in that utilizes InboundWriter’s search and social intelligence to help writers optimize content to increase…

By Miranda Miller · 31 Oct 2011

SEO

Keep Calm & Carry On Despite Google SSL Search Term Encryption

Richard Kirk, Head of SEO at Performics, took issue with a recent column on SEW and asked to post a rebuttal. Given…

By Richard Kirk · 28 Oct 2011

Video

YouTube Insult Generator Extracts (Some) Value from Trolls

Let's be honest, YouTube comments most reflect the sess pool side of the internet. However Adrian Holovaty realized there might be some…

By Greg Jarboe · 27 Oct 2011

Industry

Google Subtracts Advanced Search + Operator

Google has made a change to the way advanced searches are done, much to the annoyance of numerous power users. Google no…

By Frank Watson · 26 Oct 2011

Industry

Should SEOs Prepare for the End of Google as We Know It?

Despite all of the teeth-gnashing and wailing, Google can do exactly what it likes. It’s their search engine and it’s the biggest…

By Gareth Owen · 26 Oct 2011

Development

WordPress and Unicorns (Or: Why I Actually Love WordPress)

There are numerous ways to fix your WordPress site so it doesn’t appear to be WordPress. These basic tips will let you…

By Gary Adam Shannon · 21 Oct 2011

SEO

Bing Top Position Gets 9.66% CTR, Lower Total Page 1 CTR than Google [Study]

A study examines the click-through rate and user behavior for Bing. Bing's top result gets 9.66 percent CTR, with the top page…

By Rob D Young · 20 Oct 2011

SEO

Social Signals & SEO: Focus on Authority

When evaluating your social strategy from an SEO perspective, you need to focus on your own authority and relationships with other social…

By Eric Enge · 16 Oct 2011