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Catching Up on Search in 2012
Since my last post on search engine market shares in 2008, Google’s dominance in the U.S. and worldwide markets has only risen to even loftier heights. However, with signals in place that 2012 could see once vital Yahoo lose even more ground to Google and Bing, which didn’t yet exist in 2008, it’s worth a […] -
Search Engine Optimization 2009 Trends – Past, Present & Future
This year makes 10 years that I personally have been optimizing sites. That being said it also marks a point where SEO is becoming a flooded market with every Joe Schmoe able to be an SEO professional and every large SEO firm hiring every Tom, Dick, and Harry, not that I do not like large […] -
Google Has 80% of Worldwide Market Share! Total Domination
A report from Hitslink, an analytics firm, states that Google has close to 80% of worldwide search traffic and market share. Those numbers indicate the importance of marketing on Google and should make businesses consider BOTH SEO and PPC campaigns as viable marketing solutions. With new search engines popping up and trying to compete, it […] -
What If… Google Buys Yahoo?
What if…the testing of Google Adwords on Yahoo is really something else? What if Yahoo is trying to help Google determine the value of Yahoo if adwords were to be part of Yahoo. Since Google’s main revenue is Google Adwords, it makes sense to devote multiple avenues to paid search. A Google buyout of Yahoo? […] -
This Site May Harm Your Computer & Your Mind
You better think before using popular applications meant for blogs as the core for your business. What happens when Google decides to remove access to your site from the results because your trendy and popular blog application (WordPress in our case) gets hacked without your knowledge. Think about it, you invest thousands into marketing and […] -
Seeing Green?
It seems like a dog’s age since Google updated the PageRank Toolbars. Making this the second PR update for the year. Many sites are reporting lowered PageRank, but some younger sites seem to have been given a nice boost when optimized from a link-baiting and content syndication methodology. I now more than ever believe that […] -
Google Local Listings Hijacked?
This is very unusual but it seems our Google Local listing is displaying someone else’s URLs, maybe our data was somehow misplaced, it also lists additional sites that are not ours, nor are they located in New York. Anyone see this before? Is Google becoming an easy to hijack portal, or is one of its […] -
Yahoo! Puts Emphasis on Natural Results
Yahoo! Search, which currently has the most paid ads above the natural results with 4 ads, has decided to put some emphasis back to the natural by adding an arrow next to the first natural result. Its pretty easy to see and does have impact (more so once its full size (my preview is a […] -
Link Popularity Building through Link Types & Link Quality
I have written a 3-Part tutorial on the Search Engine Journal where I have been putting up weekly tutorials based on my SEO experience. For those of you who are unaware, I have been working professionally in the SEO industry since the late 90’s. I am very technical and have been a beta tester for […] -
Search Algorithm Popularity Factors and Types
Alan’s latest post is online over at Search Engine Journal. It categorizes popularity types and gives a brief intro into each. In defining popularity types, we can determine the best methods of optimization that would benefit websites by utilizing these popularity’s. Knowing that if we are well-rounded and utilize every aspect, we can get websites […]