Don't be alarmed if you get an email by Google stating that you've violated their guidelines and are about to be de-listed from the search engines. It has been reported on several occassions over the last couple months that Google has been trying out a new program to inform webmasters whom they feel are breaking Google's guidelines. Some thought it was a hoax when they … [Read more...] about Google’s New Webmaster Initiative
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Yahoo’s Instant Search
Here's a cool new feature that Yahoo has come up with. Yahoo has created a new Instant Search feature. By typing in part of a popular word or all of a word, Instant Search shows you a possible answers based on popular queries in a "speech bubble" directly below the search box. I tried entering "dictionary" and before completing the word fully, it displayed the site … [Read more...] about Yahoo’s Instant Search
Google’s New Feed Grabber
You can now sign up to receive RSS and Atom feeds on your personalized Google home page via Google's Feedfetcher service. To try out this service, users can sign up here. This looks to be a great alternative service for those seeking to keep up with current events and news from their favorite sites without logging in to services like My Yahoo. According to … [Read more...] about Google’s New Feed Grabber
Launch of Google’s Blog Search
For those webmasters with blogs and RSS feeds, you can expect even more targeted traffic coming from Google. If you currently don't have a blog or site feed on your site, perhaps this is as good a time as any to get started so as to increase search engine spidering and search engine visibility. Google finally introduced its blog search service, becoming the first major … [Read more...] about Launch of Google’s Blog Search
Ask Jeeves’ Future Strategy
Search engines like Google and Yahoo are excellent at returning relevant results in the SERPs for keyword phrases. It lacks, however, the ability to answer questions directly. This is where Ask Jeeves excels. Ask Jeeves has been known for it's ability to provide answers to questions written in plain question format. Instead of entering just keyword phrases, you can enter … [Read more...] about Ask Jeeves’ Future Strategy