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Yahoo Responds to Microsoft - Again

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Since Microsoft’s attempt earlier this month to bully Yahoo into submission, Yahoo decided to publicly respond.
In a letter sent over the weekend, Roy Bostock and Jerry Yang had a few barbs sent Microsoft’s way:
As a follow up to a recent meeting among our respective legal advisors we had on this topic, and at your request, […]

Google Selling Performics

Monday, April 7th, 2008

When Google purchased DoubleClick, they also became the owners of Performics - Search Engine Optimization company. There was a lot of talk in the SEO/SEM community about that being a conflict of interest - a Search Engine company owning a Search Engine Optimization company.
Last week Google announced it will sell off the Performics portion […]

Google Owns Performics (By Extension)

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Now that the DoubleClick / Google marriage has been blessed by both the European Commission and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, SEOs and SEMs everywhere will be eager to see what Google will do with Performics. Performics is a Search Engine Marketing company owned by DoubleClick and so Google now owns a Search Engine […]

Yahoo Improves Search Market Share in December

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

With all that shopping going on in December, it should come as no surprise that Search Engine traffic was down slightly (-3.9%) across the board during the month. After all, who can find time to goof around on the Internet when they are too busy doing last minute shopping?
Despite that drop, Yahoo! search traffic […]

Google: Do as I Say, Not as I Do

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

When Google comes down on everyone else for not using “nofollow” on external links, one would think that they would make sure they they were in compliance themselves. However, there are some examples of Google’s failure to follow their own policy and, therefore, are themselves contributing to the pollution of the Google Index.
To rehash, […]

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