![Loren Baker](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/loren-baker-63a41d5965ac3-sej-65x65.jpg)
Yahoo Search Update Underway : Ranking Changes Reported
Yahoo Search is updating with some changes to its algorithm and index, which at first seems like one of their monthly weather reports. However, there...
![Dave Rigotti](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Dave-Rigotti-65x65.png)
Why You Should Bid on Brand Keywords in Google
As competitive as we get, sometimes brand keywords are the most overlooked. Brand keywords are also some of the cheapest clicks. Not only that, but...
![Arnold Zafra](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/noliphoto_400x400-65x65.jpg)
Can the Party of Six a.k.a OpenSocial Beat Facebook?
Facebook’s Zuckerberg must be laughing right now as he reads the latest buzz on the web about OpenSocial, a group of “other” social networks headed...
![Arnold Zafra](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/noliphoto_400x400-65x65.jpg)
AOL Launches Indian Language Portal
AOL takes a giant step towards its expansion goal with the launch of a local language version of its web search portal in India. Coming...
![Arnold Zafra](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/noliphoto_400x400-65x65.jpg)
Truveo Expands to Eight Major International Markets
Video search engine Truveo which was founded sometime in 2004 and was acquired by AOL in 2006, is expanding its operations with the launch of...
![Carsten Cumbrowski](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CarstenCumbrowski-65x65.jpeg)
The Oracle of Mountain View
The recent PageRank™ updates by Google stirred up quite some talk within and outside the search engine marketing industry and opened room for many more...
![Loren Baker](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/loren-baker-63a41d5965ac3-sej-65x65.jpg)
Microsoft’s Gatineau Web Analytics Now in Beta Testing for adCenter Advertisers
With all of the announcements of adCenter upgrades, enhancements to their search engine, local maps search changes, buying equity in a major social network and...
![Loren Baker](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/loren-baker-63a41d5965ac3-sej-65x65.jpg)
PageRank Dropped And You Don’t Sell Links? Try Requesting Reconsideration from Google
If you’ve noticed that the lastest Google PageRank update has distilled your site’s PageRank (Toolbar PageRank that is) because Google believes that you are selling...
![Arnold Zafra](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/noliphoto_400x400-65x65.jpg)
Microsoft adCenter Gets Some New Upgrades
Microsoft’s Pay-Per-Click advertising program, adCenter introduced three new features to aid advertisers better manage their ad placements on Microsoft’s search advertising program.
![Arnold Zafra](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/noliphoto_400x400-65x65.jpg)
AdBrite Opens Up to Facebook Apps
For awhile I thought AdBrite had already folded up until I read from News.com that it is opening advertising opportunities for Facebook Apps developer and...
![Arnold Zafra](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/noliphoto_400x400-65x65.jpg)
Microsoft’s Live Search Maps Out to Beat Google Maps?
Microsoft is really serious on gaining a good ground in the web search arena. New features after new features are being slowly carried out by...
![Arnold Zafra](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/noliphoto_400x400-65x65.jpg)
Yahoo Launches Messenger Version 9.0
For those who have stopped using Yahoo Messenger for instant messaging purpose and have shifted to GTalk this post may not interest you. But for...
![Loren Baker](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/loren-baker-63a41d5965ac3-sej-65x65.jpg)
Matt Cutts Confirms Paid Links & Google PageRank Update
Matt Cutts emailed Search Engine Journal last night to let us know that in fact, the partial Google ‘Toolbar’ PageRank update which happened last week...
![Arnold Zafra](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/noliphoto_400x400-65x65.jpg)
Another Round of Search Enhancement from Live Search
Maybe Microsoft Live Search ought to rename its search engine into “Smart Live Search”. After introducing auto-spell Correction and search stemming, Live Search is introducing...
![Loren Baker](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/loren-baker-63a41d5965ac3-sej-65x65.jpg)
Yahoo Internet Cafes Launch in Vietnam
When you cannot bring the Internet to the people, bring the people to the Internet. Yahoo Vietnam’s Yahoo! powered Internet Cafes are opening around Vietnam’s...
![Eric Lander, Associate Editor](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Eric-Lander-65x65.jpeg)
Google’s Behavioral Targeting Flaws Put Advertisers at Risk
For a while now, Google has been testing behavioral targeting in their search result pages. And while behavioral targeting may be the next big thing,...
![Loren Baker](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/loren-baker-63a41d5965ac3-sej-65x65.jpg)
When Link Building Requests Result in Sales
Kelvin Newman at Site Visibility has an interesting account of how when he was sending out educational link request mails for a client’s product, the...
![Loren Baker](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/loren-baker-63a41d5965ac3-sej-65x65.jpg)
Baidu, Google & Yahoo Lead China Search Engine Market
Baidu.com, the domestic Chinese search engine company, dominates the China Search Engine market with a 61.5% share this third quarter, proving itself a powerhouse in...
![Loren Baker](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/loren-baker-63a41d5965ac3-sej-65x65.jpg)
Firefox Earned Around $60 Million from Google in 2006
Mozilla reported a 26% jump in earnings from 2005 to 2006, earning ‘most’ of its revenue from a search partnership with Google where Mozilla collects...
![Loren Baker](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/loren-baker-63a41d5965ac3-sej-65x65.jpg)
Microsoft Secures Facebook Advertising Deal : Takes $240 Million Equity Stake in Facebook
This just in, Microsoft has beat out Google and Yahoo, securing a deal with Facebook wherein Microsoft will take a $240 million equity stake in...
![Janet Driscoll Miller](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Janet-Driscoll-Miller-65x65.jpeg)
Why You Should NEVER Use AMEX with Google AdWords
That’s right. You should never use American Express for your payment method for Google AdWords. While American Express (AMEX) is widely accepted as the credit...
![Loren Baker](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/loren-baker-63a41d5965ac3-sej-65x65.jpg)
Google Drops PageRank For Many Sites : Paid Links or New Algorithm?
Dude, where’s my PageRank? This morning, around 1 am, I was finishing up a document and clicked over to Search Engine Journal to see if...
![Carsten Cumbrowski](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CarstenCumbrowski-65x65.jpeg)
Fun Ways of Learning What Should Not Do
There is tons of useful information available on the internet about how to do this or that to promote your business, products or services on-line....
![Sujan Patel](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Sujan-Patel-65x65.png)
Has Social Networking Damaged Your Social Life?
Has social networking damaged your social life? A strange question to ponder don’t you think? Your sitting there thinking to yourself what is this guy...
![Arnold Zafra](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/noliphoto_400x400-65x65.jpg)
Live Search Gets Smarter with AutoSpell Check and Stemming
Seems like there’s no stopping Microsoft Live Search from improving on its search features. After last week’s announcement on the final round of improvements on...
![Carsten Cumbrowski](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CarstenCumbrowski-65x65.jpeg)
Podcast Marketing and Distribution 101
The Podcasting & New Media Expo and SMX Social Media just past and the next conference for bloggers and podcasters is just on the horizon,...
![Arnold Zafra](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/noliphoto_400x400-65x65.jpg)
Google to Buy TV Data from NielsenMedia
Google and NielsenMedia are set to announce a multi-year agreement which will give Google access to NielsenMedia’s TV demographics data. Google will be using these...
![Loren Baker](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/loren-baker-63a41d5965ac3-sej-65x65.jpg)
Make Google AdSense Changes Without Replacing Code
It’s about time Google AdSense addressed the usability issues within its current system where webmasters are forced to make changes within the Google AdSense interface...
![Loren Baker](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/loren-baker-63a41d5965ac3-sej-65x65.jpg)
SEO Question : Do WhoIs Privacy Services Harm SEO?
This morning I was sifting through a post from the Redfly Marketing blog of Dave Davis entitled : The 5 Easiest Ways To Get Search...
![Arnold Zafra](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/noliphoto_400x400-65x65.jpg)
StumbleUpon Enhances SearchReviews on Search Engines
StumbleUpon finally made its SearchReviews feature official with some enhancements to boot. Launched sometime ago in major search engines, SearchReviews displays StumbleUpon star icons on...