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You could say Bing is taking a cue from its competition, but it seems to be more literally taking search results as well. Google Fellow Amit Singhal is claiming so much and has provided some amusing (if not totally clever) results from its “Bing Sting.” Here’s how it works: find a search term that returns no matches for either site, make a “honeypot” page manually appear for the term, then have about 20 Google employees make the search (and click the top link) using Internet Explorer with both Suggested Sites and the Bing Toolbar on. Within two weeks, Singhal claims, a handful (about 7 to 9) of the 100 or so “honeypot” results were popping up in Bing. Bizarre choices, too, like mbrzxpgjys, hiybbprqag, and indoswiftjobinproduction.
The rumblings of recent weeks have come true; Google is now actively censoring search terms such as “torrent,” “BitTorrent,” and “RapidShare” from both its instant search and auto-complete suggestions. While standard search results are not yet affected, Google is sending out a questionable message; censorship can be bought.
It is common knowledge that the more features you can squeeze into a piece of real estate the better, and HTML links are no different. Is the increasing use of link shortening services such as TinyURL and bit.ly harming your SEO efforts however?
A successful web presence is critical to the livelihood of your business in today’s marketplace, and your website is the digital front door. With the increased popularity of Content Management Systems, questions have begun to surface as to whether these systems lend greater benefit to SEO than the tried-and-true method of building an HTML site from scratch.
As various sources around the web report increasingly-useless search results via the Google engine, Net Applications runs a few side-by-side comparisons with Bing to explore the quality of search results.
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/*On August 24th, 2010 Bing and Yahoo! have announced that Yahoo!’s English language algorithmic (organic) search results in the US and Canada are being powered by Bing. According to previous Search Alliance posts
Bing will power 5.2 billion monthly searches… that’s 31.6% of the search market share in the U.S. (290 million monthly searches and [...]
Facebook is the second most popular site in the world, with visitors spending 30 minutes or more on-site during a typical visit. Your official Facebook page for your company is therefore a great way to develop brand recognition and loyalty. Taking an SEO approach to managing your Facebook page can help; here are some strategies to get you started.
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/*Number increased 159 percent in Q2, compared to the same time in 2009, says Irvine-based WebVisible.
By Kristen SchottPublished: July 20, 2010 02:37 PM
Small businesses spent 159 percent more on Internet advertising in the second quarter, compared to the same time last year, according to a new study conducted by WebVisible, an Irvine-based online marketing firm.
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/*With the increasing use of mobile and non-traditional browsing among consumers, a unique opportunity exists for brands to interact with customers in more ways than ever. Increasingly more people are using mobile phones as personal computers; performing activities ranging from email to web browsing, and even shopping. Most sites are not optimized for ideal [...]
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/*High rankings in Google search results are the prize most webmasters seek, but Google is constantly making changes to their ranking algorithm – roughly one change per day! Now Google has confirmed the “Mayday” update with Matt Cutts saying at Google I/O that “this is an algorithmic change in Google, looking for higher quality sites [...]