Archive for November, 2011

SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 29, 2011

2011/11/29

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AdWords Unveils New Top-Of-Page Bidding Options Google introduced a report in July that let AdWords advertisers compare performance between top-of-page ads and… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Google Shows Evolution of Search, Launches Interactive Timeline

2011/11/29

Official Google representatives have given their feedback on how Google has evolved, what its priorities are, and where the future will take us. The company has also included a six-minute video and a visual timeline. The Google Search of Yore …

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Just How Smart Are Search Robots?

2011/11/29

Posted by iPullRank Matt Cutts announced at Pubcon that Googlebot is “getting smarter.” He also announced that Googlebot can crawl AJAX to retrieve Facebook comments coincidentally only hours after I unveiled Joshua Giardino's research that suggested Googlebot is actually a headless browser based off the Chromium codebase at SearchLove New York. I'm going to challenge Matt Cutts' statements, Googlebot hasn't just recently gotten smarter, it actually hasn’t been a text-based crawler for some time now; nor has BingBot or Slurp for that matter. There is evidence that Search Robots are headless web browsers and the Search Engines have had this capability since 2004.

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AdWords Unveils New Top-Of-Page Bidding Options

2011/11/29

Google introduced a report in July that let AdWords advertisers compare performance between top-of-page ads and those appearing on the side (and now the bottom) of the page.

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Google Shares The Evolution Of Their Search Engine

2011/11/29

Google is really a fascinating company, so when you step back and look at how they evolved, it is both fun and education…

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A Facebook $10 Billion IPO Would Dwarf Google’s IPO

2011/11/29

The tech and investment worlds are in a frenzy, now that the Wall Street Journal has reported Facebook may be inching ever closer to a $10 billion initial public offering (IPO), possibly as soon as Q2 2012. It could be the most valuable IPO e…

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Google – Under the Hood [INFOGRAPHIC]

2011/11/29

This infographic was created by Blog Search Engine, where you can promote your blog by getting it reviewed. I think this infographic offers some fantastic data, in a visually appealing way, that SEOs can discuss with their clients

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Cadbury’s Brin & Page Google +1 Chocolate Bars

2011/11/29

Cadbury posted on their Google + page a picture of their latest milk chocolate bars named “Dairy Milk+ Bars.” The Milk+ bars come in two flavors, Sergey Brin & Larry Page – i.e. the co-founders of Google.

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Geek Health: Prevent Neck & Back Pain w/These Yoga Moves

2011/11/29

Working long hours at a desk can wreak havoc on your posture. When we spend too much time sitting in front of a computer, our heads tend to move forward . .

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WordAds: WordPress Declares Bloggers Deserve an Alternative to AdSense

2011/11/29

Early this morning, WordPress announced a new program that will finally allow bloggers to monetize the 24 million WordPress.com blogs with advertising.

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