Yahoo has admitted to something thousands of search engine users already know: it's not going to beat Google at search dominance. Game. Set. Match. Google. The best way to read the Bloomberg report on Yahoo's fall from the search game would be with a glass of champagne and a dish of strawberries and cream, Wimbledon style.
The continuous battle for relevant ads and the profitable clicks that they can attract on a blog has been a difficult one for the blogger who really needs to see at least a trickle of a revenue stream.
Delivering relevant search results was the cornerstone upon which Google built its search advertising fortunes, but Bill Gates sees a new model for search relevance arriving with the MSN brand emblazoned on it.
An online blind test of Google, Yahoo, and MSN lets users discover which search engine is truly relevant to their queries; the results could be surprising.
Users of Digg.com know how effective the process for promoting stories by votes or "diggs" has become; imagine if Digg was the way to get into a new search index with a Google-like algorithm to deliver results from it.
Blogs provide search engine optimization (SEO) power by their very design. The blog strength lies in keyword rich content and in the abundance of inbound links.
Microsoft asked Keynote Systems not to make a survey of search engine users available to the public.
Danny Sullivan again says Google and Yahoo need to dispense with the whole index size issue.
Recently, Yahoo launched the Y!Q contest to see who could make the best use of this service though integrating it onto their web site. Well, the contest has officially closed and Yahoo has announced the winners.
Search engines actively and regularly seek new content. As more and more search engine algorithms evolve into complex, human-centric logics, they seek content that is relevant to the search conducted by the surfer. They also want to present freshly updated content to their users. Google sends out its 'freshbot' spider to gather and index new material from all the sites which offer it.