Tag Archives: Search Engine
Blekko Search Engine Filters Out Spam Web Sites
There’s a new search engine that launched today called “Blekko” which does a much better job at filtering out spam web sites by providing refined search results from trustworthy sources. This is something that Google has missed the boat on. Many search results point to malicious websites that have low reliability and trust, but it [...]
Full StoryWhy Alexa Ranking is Useless
This article will call out the obvious based on actual data. Unfortunately, many advertisers use the Alexa Ranking as a score card on whether or not to advertise on a website. There are many SEO professionals who discard Alexa as a true indicator for a websites overall traffic ranking. How Alexa Ranks a Website Web [...]
Full StoryBing Outperforms with a Pagerank 9
Many SEO folks estimated that Bing would move to a PR 5 or PR 7 on the next Google toolbar update. That update began on June 23rd, only 27 days from the last Google Pagerank update. Just like the stock market, the street predicted wrong and Bing outperformed. The reason that Bing received a PR [...]
Full StoryGoogle Search Not Serving
The internet giant Google had major technical issues today with users unable to access search results. For a period on Saturday, all search results were flagged as potentially harmful, with users warned that the site “may harm your computer”. Users who clicked on their preferred search result were advised to pick another one. Google says [...]
Full StoryGoogle Users Can Shuffle Search Results
If you don’t like the results Google offers up on your search, you can now erase them and kiss them goodbye! Google Inc. unveiled this new system on Thursday. The intent was to provide a more personal touch for its search engine. Google now lets users reshuffle results so their favorite Web sites get top [...]
Full StoryYahoo Yang Steps Down
Yahoo Inc. co-founder and Chief Executive Jerry Yang will step down after the company finds a replacement. It was a great run for this innovator and a ride he will never forget. Yahoo, Inc. is still the #1 search engine today and it has been aggressively challenge by Google. What’s next for Yahoo now? I [...]
Full StoryWhat’s next for Microsoft?
After losing a battle to acquire Yahoo what will Microsoft do now? Microsoft has really tried to surge itself into the search engine arena for years, but it looks like they will have to wait many more years to get a piece of the pie. You would think with all the money Microsoft has, why [...]
Full StoryMicrosoft Searching for Love
The number one software maker needs to prevail in the internet search engine space in order to compete with Google. What will Microsoft do next after not tying the knot with Yahoo? The fact that Microsoft has more cash than the US federal government doesn’t really matter. if Microsoft’s every effort to become relevant in [...]
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