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Internal Architecture SEO : Navigation Menu Versus In-Content Links
The SEO power of in-content (or “Wikipedia-style”) links may be up for debate but from theory, practice, and experience webmasters know that a link in...
Microsoft Wants in on TV Ads, Snaps Up Navic Networks
Microsoft isn’t keen to be left behind in the yet to be fully explored area of targeted TV advertising. Google has been looking into this,...
Yahoo Adds New Email Domains : YMail.com & Rocketmail.com
In an effort to boost its webmail usage or delay the exodus of free mail users from Yahoo to Google GMail, Yahoo has introduced the...
High Oil & Gas Prices Could Boost Internet Says Google
Putting a very thin silver lining on the dark cloud of petroleum dependency, Google’s Vint Cerf (who is commonly referred to as the father of...
Hakia Launches Syndication Web Services : Semantic Search for Third Party Publishers
hakia, the semantic search engine, has launched its Syndication Web Services for publsihers and businesses looking to offer semantic search to their visitors. hakia’s Syndication...
Slow Loading Adwords’ Landing Page = Low Keywords Score
Google Adwords publisher who wants to have a low minimum CPC bids on their ads need to do something with the landing pages of their...
Local.com Adds Business Reviews and Ratings
A long time aggregator of information provided by third parties, the perfectly named local search engine; Local.com, has launched their own proprietary local consumer ratings...
The Art of Google PageRank Sculpting & Five Sculpting Tips
Michael Gray delivered an excellent presentation as part of the Bot Herding panel at SMX Advanced 2008. His discussion focused on the topic of PageRank...
Don’t Overlook the Power of Keywords in the Singular Form
Back in March Hitwise published its UK search report on differences between plural and singular keyword forms echoed by multiple bloggers enthusiastically encouraging webmasters to...
Flickr Co-Founders Say Goodbye to Yahoo
If you’re the top honcho of one of the major internet player, and it happens to be your first year anniversary on the job –...
SEO Case Studies : Dealing With Multi-Language Countries Targeting
An often discussed lately geo targeting and IP delivery poses another rather interesting question: how to deal with multi-language countries like Canada or Switzerland? IP...
CareerJet : Comprehensive Job Search Engine
Careerjet, a job search engine celebrating its 8th birthday has many great accomplishments to its credit. First, the engine supports 56 country specific sites in...
Microsoft Plans to Establish a Europen Search Tech Center (STC)
Microsoft has announced that it might open a Search Technology Center (STC) in Europe next year. The STC will be created to hasten Microsoft’s investment...
Google StreetView Invaded My Private Property!
A couple of weeks ago Search Engine Journal covered the controversy behind Google StreetView and their Google Armada trespassing on private property and filming homes...
Sue Decker Underscores Yahoo’s Strategy as She Explains EVP Weiner’s Departure
In what could be another blow in Yahoo’s fate, Yahoo EVP Jeff Weiner expectedly bolted out from the Yahoo camp due to personal reasons as...
Yahoo & Google Partnership Includes Instant Messenger : Possible Social Networking?
“In addition, Yahoo! and Google agreed to enable interoperability between their respective instant messaging services, bringing easier and broader communication to users.” This sentence was...
Indeed Job Search Launching Job Analytics for Employers
The verticalization of search has made its way into the analytics market, as Indeed.com, the search engine for jobs, has announced the launching of Indeed...
Icahn says Yahoo-Google Deal Better than Microsoft’s Buy Out Deal
A few days after the Yahoo-Google deal was finalized, Bilionnaire Carl Icahn commented a rather unexpected remark especially coming from somebody who was opposing Yahoo’s...
I Love Search Engine Journal! Send Your Photos
Do you love Search Engine Journal? One of our lovely and loyal readers, a staff member of Dr. Michael Dorausch (who we sent to SMX...
BlackHat SEO: Is it really pure evil?
BlackHat SEO has a reputation, and it’s usually not a good one. Those who practice so-called “blackhat” SEO techniques are often branded as social outcasts,...
Google: YouTube Still Isn’t Making Us Money
One of Google’s biggest goals this year was to make YouTube profitable. Well the year is nearly half over, and they’ve still yet to figure...
Google’s Related Search Suggestions Become Fresher
You know that related search suggestions that Google’s search offers up whenever you used Google search? Those suggestions offer up a quick and useful link...
Yahoo-Google Seal Non-Exclusive Search Partnership
As Loren hinted a few hours ago, Google and Yahoo have finally dropped the bomb (which we were all expecting to happen anyway) – a...
Yahoo & Google Big Announcement This Afternoon : Search Partnership?
Yahoo and Google are planning a massive announcement this afternoon on the same day that Yahoo has announced that they are no longer entertaining offers...
Kayak.com Travel Search Adds Display Ads to Targeted Ad Network
Travel search engine Kayak.com has launched a display advertising platform optimized for the travel industry. The new ad platform is based upon technology developed by...
Hakia Semantic Search Adds Pubmed Content to Medical & Health Search Engine
Semantic search engine Hakia has intensified its health and medical search coverage by adding more than 10 million abstracts from PubMed, a medical database maintained...
6 Educated Theories Behind Google SiteLinks
Google Sitelinks will always intrigue and excite webmasters until they know exactly how to get them. Google’s official explanation is rather vague and never explains...
Google Co-Founder Invests in Space Tourism
According to various reports, Google co-founder Sergey Brin has invested in a space tourism company. Furthermore, Brin has expressed interest in going into orbit himself...
Google Trends Touts New Flavor
Google has just updated its “not-so-popular” keyword research tool – Google Trends. For those who may have forgotten about Google Trends, it’s basically a tool...
SEO for WordPress by Joost de Valk
When I think of WordPress blogs and SEO, I generally think of a handful of experts on the subject of WordPress and SEO oriented plugins;...