Personalized search... it makes many of us uncomfortable. Knowing that someone is tracking your every move on a site and then using it to serve up targeted ads can be a bit creepy. But apparently the newest data suggests that…
I thought for sure that the number of searches would be down with the economy for December. Less shopping and people being otherwise preoccupied. But the search numbers are actually up 3% and the rank of the major search engines…
After my last post, I finally got an email back from my Yahoo rep assuring me that our accounts are opted-out of the automatic optimization program. She further clarified that anyone who wants to opt-out has only to send an…
A few months ago, I received an email from Yahoo about one of our PPC accounts. It stated that Yahoo had created some new ads and reviewed and revised our keyword list for a particular client. We had 10 days…
Last April, Google began crawling JavaScript to get at more data and now MSN has quietly launched a new spider to crawl JavaScript. This is great for all the sites that use JavaScript in their navigation, but could pose a…
An interesting recap of the most searched terms of the year at the major search engines. All that happened is reflected in the terms, politics, the economy, the Olympics (boy, that seems like a long time ago, doesn't it?)Enjoy and…
Seems that we Americans are a very distracted lot. I'll admit that I listen to music, eat and do work while online, but play board games? Read the article here
The November ComScore numbers reflect no change in the ranks for Google, Yahoo and MSN with Google gaining .4%
ComScore has released the latest US Search Engine Rankings. To no one's surprise, Google continues gaining ground with a 63.1% share of searches vs. Yahoo's 20.5% and MSN's 8.5%. To review the expanded data and actual numbers, click here
No, it's not your imagination, Google IS showing more ads per keyword search in the last month. And it seems to be paying off for them. Google's Ads Per Keyword Output In High Gear