According to a story in MediaPost.com today, Bing.com has been redesigned and new ad models are on the way "Microsoft introduced a new version of the search engine with a three-column design combining traditional Web search and social. The product will soon roll out in the U.S." "The combination of search and social signals will produce a clear and clean vision of user intent. Derrick … [Read more...]
Google’s Penguin Update Has WebMasterWorld’s Forum On Fire
Google's Penguin update to its algorithm, has a lot of people on the WebmasterWorld.com Forum chatting about its effect Most comments are detecting changes to their own sites and pages. As usually it was one comment that started off the conversation that is currently over 30 pages and here it is: """After over 10 years of consistently ranking between position #1 and #3 on page one for a … [Read more...]
If Only 20% Of The US Population Has Even Heard Of SEO Why Are We Surprised About There Lack Of Knowledge Of Domains?
According to Matt Cutts of Google only 20% of the US population has ever "heard" of the term SEO. The question wasn't whether people understand the term SEO, its significance; its importance in the internet community. The question was just whether they have heard of it, and the answer of 20% is pretty shocking: ""In my world, everyone I talk to has heard of search engine optimization … [Read more...]
Cnet: Google Plans to Penalize ‘Overly Optimized’ Sites
According to Cnet.com, Google is planning to penalize sites that overuse search-engine-optimization techniques. Google engineer Matt Cutts discussed the plan at South by Southwest (SXSW) and Search Engine Land posted an audio clip from a panel discussion. "Google wants to "level the playing field" regarding "all those people doing, for lack of a better word, over optimization or overly … [Read more...]
If Gus is Right Domain Names Maybe In Big Trouble As Google Moves To Location Based Search Results
In the course of the week we at Mostwanteddomains.com, receive 50-100 offers on and occasionally run into some interesting people. Last week I had email conversation with a guy named Gus. So according to Gus, who claims to have some inside knowledge about Google’s algorithm and plans for how it will rank sites in the future, domains are in big trouble. According to Gus, Google will start … [Read more...]
Google Blogs About Out 40 Changes It Made In February
Google just published on its blog, 40 changes to search quality "This month we have many improvements to celebrate. With 40 changes reported, that marks a new record for our monthly series on search quality. Most of the updates rolled out earlier this month, and a handful are actually rolling out today and tomorrow. We continue to improve many of our systems, including related searches, … [Read more...]
Matt Cutts: Google Changes Algorithm to Penalize Sites That “Don’t Have Much Content “above-the-fold”
In a blog post today Matt Cutts of Google delivers what appears to be bad news for mini-sites or other sites top-heavy with ads. According to the post, Google is once again changing their algorithm to penalize sites that "don’t have much content “above-the-fold”. Here is the full post: ""In our ongoing effort to help you find more high-quality websites in search results, today we’re … [Read more...]