In this post last week I discussed some data points that were pointing to how much of a difference the number one ranking makes. And it does.
When comparing search keyword referrals across our sites it is common, and obvious, to see the site ranked numero uno in the SERP to get the highest amount of [...]
Ricky Bobby once said ”If you ain’t first, you’re last.” This is quite true when it comes to getting the most traffic from your Google rankings.
The folks at Blogstorm.co.uk reported that in April Google began testing their new AJAX SERPs, and then followed up the post at the end of April with a step-by-step guide [...]
A new search engine called Cuil is getting a lot of attention today, primarily due to one of the founders Anna Patterson and her previous employer. On Cuil’s management page we see that Anna is quite the hard core search geek:
Anna’s focus is on scaling architecture, tackling one of the major problems in [...]
According to Techcrunch.com and Search Engine Land, Google is acquiring Feedburner for a juicy $100 million. Pretty funny…we were just recently discussing this within the office as a possibility. We all agreed it was a logical next step for Google to get its hands into the growing RSS market. It also lets Google get a [...]
Just finished reading some speculation and rumors floating around at Mashable.com and Telegraph.co.uk regarding a possible takeover of social networking site Bebo.com by Yahoo!. It’s not coming cheap either. Yahoo is reported to be in discussing a $1 billion acquisition. Telegraph.co.uk reports that Bebo has an estimated 25 million users worldwide, compared with MySpace.com’s 100 [...]
Lee has a screenshot, click the thumbnail to your right, of a new Google SERP layout which includes a different designated spot for the “related searches” and also includes links to category refinements.
I think it looks decent, and its about time they made some improvements to their SERPs. That said, I can’t imagine this one [...]
It’s Mother’s Day tomorrow, so being the nice man that I am, and the horrible procrastinator, I just now sent my mother some flowers using FTD.com. Kudos to them for allowing me to order one day before and arrange for the flowers to be there tomorrow!
The order process was standard, but on the confirmation page [...]
While discussing a vertical search idea with someone, I couldn’t resist thinking about how the idea may be doomed to second-tier success. Before it even began.
No one will topple Google in the search space for the same reason that no one will topple Microsoft in the personal computing space. There was a [...]
