Category Archives: Search Engines

The Next Wave Of Google Algorithm Changes

It sounds like Google’s algorithm is going to change again, and while I don’t believe in chasing the algorithm, I do find the impacts on our industry interesting, but even more so the impact it has on user behavior.  The Wall Street Journal’s co… Continue reading

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Interview with Andy Chu, Director at Bing for Mobile

Next week, SES New York will be taking place (March 19th – 23rd), and in the run-up to the event, I was digging around the list of exhibitors, because even though I won’t be able to attend, I like keeping an eye on these things – it c… Continue reading

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Chitika Insights releases February 2012 Search Engine Market Share Report

This February saw some unique shifts in the search engine market. Chitika Insights reported that Yahoo saw the largest gain in share across all major search engines. This boost caused Yahoo to pull ahead of Bing, establishing itself as the second large… Continue reading

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Google’s Matt Cutts Explains Fetch as Googlebot in “Submit to Index via Google Webmaster Tools”

Matt explains this newer feature and tells you about all the options you have with Fetch as Googlebot. Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournalFollow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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Search Engine Market Share, January 2012

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7 Must Have Search Related Chrome Extensions for 2012

This post is for Google Chrome users only. Apologies if you’re using another browser! A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life. -Charles Darwin Search marketers have a ton of processes to go through each day…. Continue reading

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Matt Cutts Explains How SafeSearch Works

Google’s Matt Cutts answers a question about how SafeSearch works. The link Matt mentions is below the video. If you’re a website owner and you think that your content is mistakenly being filtered by SafeSearch, you can let us know here: ht… Continue reading

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Google announces above-the-fold algorithm change

How many of us have known for how many years that Google cares about user experience (no matter what others might argue the contrary)? Earlier this year, in one of my conference presentations, I put it this way: “SEO is about understanding user e… Continue reading

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Google Announces Above-the-Fold Algorithm Change

How many of us have known for how many years that Google cares about user experience (no matter what others might argue the contrary)? Earlier this year, in one of my conference presentations, I put it this way: “SEO is about understanding user e… Continue reading

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Google Algorithm Changes – Also Changing The Web Marketing Norms

Challenging the ranks of Google, as far as its contribution in evolution of search engines in particular and evolution of the internet in general is concerned, is simply not a wise man’s choice. There are so many things that boost Google’s credibil… Continue reading

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