Today, Google launched its new universal search. Now, when you do a search, Google will give you a combined results page that will include websites, books, archived news, and video. Try a search for Star Trek, you'll see links to…
Yes, like a much of America, I watched the Super Bowl. I Tivo'd it and later skimmed through to watch ... the commercials! Yes, I like football and yes, I was sad to see the Bears lose, but like any…
I recently received a forwarded email from a client asking about the validity of the claims in the email. It was from a spammer saying that they could guarantee 1st place in Google. My client was asking if that was…
We got the announcement today that Yahoo's New Ranking Model goes live February 5. This is the change to the PPC ranking algorithim that was announced at the SES show back in August '06. According to the article, Yahoo will…
The October U.S. Search Share rankings are out and to no one's surprise, Google is still King with almost half of all U.S. searchers using Google as their search engine of choice. That's up 23% over the prior year. Yahoo…
The top three major search engines have agreed on a sitemap protocal to make it easier for their spiders to index content. This article does a good job of laying out the basics. But, if you'd really like to dive…
Google has confirmed that they are testing a change in the way ads are ranked. Continuing a theme that was heavily stressed at SES San Jose, according to Google spokesman Michael Mayzel, Google is "exploring changes to the way we…
The official pics for the Google dance came out today on the Google website and Mark and I are featured in the first pic of the "Club G" pics!
I've uploaded some party photos taken at the Search Engine Conference in San Jose here Tomorrow, back to work! I'll start posting about the sessions I attended. Until then, enjoy the Google dance vicariously!
I'm back from Search Engine Strategies annual big bash in San Jose. Tons of vendors, even more people, and tons of hype. A couple of big stories from the conference: Google announced search deals with MySpace and MTV. Google will…