Catching Up on Search in 2012

May 24th, 2012 by Alan Rabinowitz

Since my last post on search engine market shares in 2008, Google’s dominance in the U.S. and worldwide markets has only risen to even loftier heights. However, with signals in place that 2012 could see once vital Yahoo lose even more ground to Google and Bing, which didn’t yet exist in 2008, it’s worth a [...]

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Technorati Widget – Blog Top Tags – Tagcloud

April 10th, 2007 by Alan Rabinowitz

Thanks to a new widget at Technorati, anyone can now add a tagcloud to their site, that links directly to the Technorati tag on Technorati.com. I have added the code below as a preview: View blog top tags

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Alexa Adds Regional Data to Traffic Rankings Detail

February 19th, 2007 by Alan Rabinowitz

A trip to Alexa Traffic Rankings search and there is now regional data from where most traffic is coming and Regional Alexa Ranking Positions.

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Google Gains, MySpace Grows, SEO Perspectives

September 15th, 2006 by Alan Rabinowitz

Google gains more popularity and search market share according to sources at Hitwise: Search Engine – Search Volume www.google.com – 60.29% search.yahoo.com – 22.58% search.msn.com – 11.56% www.ask.com – 3.63% Source – Hitwise

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Declining PageRank in Web Directories

September 11th, 2006 by Alan Rabinowitz

One thing I have noticed recently is the dramatic PageRank drop from directory home pages to directory internal pages. This may be a sign of the decline of directories. Since many SEO firms use directories when starting client campaigns, because they are easy paid links, we have seen an incredible increase in the number of [...]

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A9 Search Now Powered by MSN

May 1st, 2006 by Alan Rabinowitz

In a strategic move in the battle for search presence, MSN has taken a victory and now powers Amazon.com’s search known as A9. A9 also uses Answers.com and integrates it into its search results, making it an experience as much as a search engine. A9 is quite refreshing in the tedious and static appearance of [...]

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