Search Engine Optimization News

Beam me up, YouTube!

12.11.2008 :: Read Full Article
On Friday, the YouTube Blog announced that the video sharing site was starting to test full-length programming. Apparently, YouTubers have been asking "to be beamed up with Scotty, to devise a world-saving weapon using only gum and paperclips, and to get your grub on at 'The Peach Pit'."

Top 10 Search Terms in 10 Categories, August 2008

12.06.2008 :: Read Full Article
Hitwise, a subsidiary of Experian, monitors how more than 25 million Internet users, including 10 million in the United States, interact with over 1 million Web sites across more than 160 industry categories. It collects Internet usage information through a combination of ISP data partnerships and opt-in panels. Data are collected in accordance with local and international privacy legislation and are audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Google Accounts for 71% of US Searches in August

12.02.2008 :: Read Full Article
Hitwise reports that Google has accounted for 71% of all US searches in the month of August., an increase of over 11% since its market share last year. Yahoo got 18.26% market share, MSN 5.32% and Ask.com ended with 3.45% of all US searches.

Get Indexed and Ranked in Google News

12.01.2008 :: Read Full Article
Google News can bring tons of traffic and boost your site performance. If you own news site and consider it "newsworthy", getting included in Google news is one of the first thing you should do:

Announcing Flash Media Encoding Server

11.30.2008 :: Read Full Article
Over the past few years, you have seen an explosion of video content on the web. From sites like YouTube that feature user-generated content to websites like Adobe TV and others that feature professionally produced instructional videos, to major broadcasters that show their prime-time content on the web, there are millions of new videos appearing on the web each month.

The Collection of SEO and Web Accessibility Tools

11.27.2008 :: Read Full Article
Like I previously pointed out SEO and web accessibility should come hand in hand. So here is the collection of web accessibility tools that can be also effectively used for SEO purposes:

Search Marketing Losing Ground in Q2

11.25.2008 :: Read Full Article
In a declining economy (or stagnant one,) seach engine marketing, or online marketing for that matter, has proven to be successful for many business owners, affiliate marketers, and individuals. To my surprise, "Advertiser counts for all three major search engines were flat to lower in Q2, with MSN's active client count dropping nearly 20%, according to a report from AdGooroo"

SWF searchability FAQ

11.22.2008 :: Read Full Article
Adobe is teaming up with search industry leaders to dramatically improve search results of dynamic web content and rich Internet applications (RIAs). Adobe is providing optimized Adobe Flash Player technology to Google and Yahoo! to enhance search engine indexing of the Flash file format (SWF) and uncover information that is currently undiscoverable by search engines. This will provide more relevant automatic search rankings of the millions of RIAs and other dynamic content that run in Adobe Flash Player. Moving forward, RIA developers and rich web content producers won't need to amend existing and future content to make it searchable-they can now be confident that it can be found by users around the globe.

Yahoo Says: Search Ad Deal with Google is Good for Advertisers

11.20.2008 :: Read Full Article
As the October implementation of the much-talked about Yahoo-Google search ad partnership comes closer, Yahoo is hell bent on getting into the deal and would get out of its way to prove that there's some good to it aside from giving Google a wider audience for its search advertisers.

The Future of Search, According to Google's Meyer

11.17.2008 :: Read Full Article
According to Meyer, search as we know it today will tremendously change over the next ten years. These changes will have something to do with personalization, localization, socialization and "multi-lingualization." In essence the future of search according to Ms. Meyer is something which will give better results based on user profiles, geographic location and human rather than machine algorithms.