Bing & Ping: One of Those ‘Duh!’ Moments
September 3, 2009 - 3:23 pm by toddjensen
Reading about Bing’s new Bing & Ping feature, I had one of those ‘duh, why didn’t they think of this earlier?’ moments. But, then again, I didn’t think of it either. What is Bing & Ping? Simply, the addition of Twitter and Facebook sharing icons beneath all (or at least most) search results that allow [...]
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Google, Yahoo or Bing: A Blind Test
August 31, 2009 - 10:23 am by toddjensen
Much has been written about the comparisons between Google, Yahoo and Bing. Many feel that Google still reigns supreme as far as quality search results. Others counter that Google benefits from their brand in this debate, and with a blind test, they argue, Bing competes very well. So, instead of giving our opinion, we leave [...]
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Google and No Follow w/ some SES Chatter
August 22, 2009 - 4:32 pm by toddjensen
Matt shares some great advice on No Follows, and how Google is looking at it these day. As you know there has been a lot of chatter about this as Google’s has been a little ambiguous about this over the last 8 months. Now people are getting some solid footing on the topic. They throw [...]
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Yahoo and Bing Combo Video
August 7, 2009 - 4:06 pm by toddjensen
Some nice background and analysis about the Bing/Yahoo search deal.
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Large eCommerce Sites and SEO
August 4, 2009 - 1:04 am by toddjensen
I like this video about large eCommerce sites and SEO. Trying to get large numbers of products on a site and still have the site relatively ‘flat’ is a difficult thing. These guys share some good tips on doing it with sitemaps and more. Check it out. SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday – Architecture for Commerce with [...]
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Twitter Does First Real, Real-Time Search
July 30, 2009 - 2:12 pm by toddjensen
Twitter added a new search feature, and I like it. They made their mark on the blogosphere with their micro-blogs and now they are doing it again with search. When you want the most current information, and want to know what’s the buzz right now…twitter search is perfect. Up to the second results that grab [...]
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Yahoo & Microsoft Going After Google
July 29, 2009 - 10:09 am by toddjensen
Yahoo and Microsoft have finally teamed up to take on Google. We’ve been watching these two try and dance together for a long time and they finally are making it happen- thanks to Bing showing so strongly as of late. Together they could claim up to 25% of the search market and be a thorn [...]
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Future of SEO- Content and Verticle Search
July 28, 2009 - 11:42 am by toddjensen
If you’ve talked to me for more than 15 seconds at a time, you probably know that I love SEOmoz. We’ll Rand doesn’t disappoint with another great video whiteboard on the future of SEO. SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday – The Future of SEO from Scott Willoughby on Vimeo. I love how they never take a ‘this [...]
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Bing Making a Mark
July 28, 2009 - 6:50 am by toddjensen
Bing seems to be making a dent. Arnold Zafra from the Search Engine Journal (one of my faves I’ll admit) keeps us updated on their steady growth. Not enough strike fear in Google I’m sure, but enough of a push to shift the search engine world? Drive momentum into cleaning up what sometimes is a [...]
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