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Search Engine Weather Reports

Lee Odden Google, Marketing Industry News, Online Marketing, Yahoo

Yahoo gives a new weather report that they rolled out a search index update but not any more detail than that.

There’s a particular phrase that’s very competitive on Yahoo that I spot check every time an update is announced (286,000,000 search results) and we have 2 of our sites in the top ten for the phrase. With this most recent Yahoo update, we dropped from #1 to #3 and the second listing moved up to #5 which is fine, but Yahoo is completely ignoring our 301 redirects and showing the wrong domain names.

Matt Cutts from Google gave his own weather report as well talking about better handling of supplemental results, related sites, a pagerank export and the insight that there probably won’t be too many huge changes with webspam ranking, but in true Matt-style, he leaves the door open a bit.

Search Engine Weather Reports

Yahoo’s Terry Semel on Google, YouTube and MySpace

Lee Odden Marketing Industry News, Online Marketing, Yahoo

Fortune Magazine posted an interview with Yahoo CEO, Terry Semel today with questions about Yahoo’s mater plan, and Yahoo vs Google: “…just being really good at one thing may not be enough.”

It’s tempting for mainstream media to compare Yahoo and Google but I don’t think most people do. At least not head to head. When I want to search, I do think of Google first. But when I want to use maps, or web based email, or instant messaging I use Yahoo. I also use Flickr a lot, but I don’t necessarily associate it with the Yahoo brand. Yahoo is getting some traction with Answers, but it’s delay with Panama isn’t doing the stock any favors.
Full article.

Yahoo’s Terry Semel on Google, YouTube and MySpace

SES San Jose Exhibit Hall Photos

Lee Odden Ask, Google, Marketing PR Conferences, Microsoft Bing, Online Marketing, Search Engine Strategies, Yahoo

I have to say, when I walked into the exhibit hall this am for a quick look, I was impressed! Lots of space and lots of exhibitors. Incisive Media has done a bang up job. Here are a few candids:

Google Booth

Yahoo Booth

Microsoft adCenter Booth

Ask.com Booth

Daron Babin and Greg Hartnet

SEMPO Booth

Mick Jolly and David McInnis of PRWeb

Fionn Downhill and a co-worker from Elixr Systems

Giving away a car?

An animated Rand Fishkin

SES San Jose Exhibit Hall Photos

Yahoo Webzari and Weather Report

Lee Odden Marketing Industry News, Online Marketing, Yahoo

Some interesting info from Yahoo recently including an updated “Weather Report” announcing that a new and improved (Slurp) is in action. So now Yahoo has a new look and feel and a new and improved spider. I don’t use Yahoo much more than I used to, maybe a little more. Old habits are hard to break. I was checking my Yahoo account and see that I’m coming up on my 10 year anniversary. Long live Yahoo.
Yahoo Search Blog posted about a modification of the very useful Yahoo Site Explorer tool that Yahoo Korea put out called Webzari, a visual representation of your link neighborhood. It’s only in Korean now, but hopefully Yahoo will publish versions in other languages or at least English.¬† Here’s the Online Marketing Blog link universe. (via Barry)
You know what they say about a picture being worth a thousand words, right? Personally, I like graphic representations like Webzari. Some other cool visual search tools you might like include: The Google related tool over at Touchgraph, that slick new tool at Digg labs called Swarm or trusty visual search engine Kartoo.

Yahoo Webzari and Weather Report

Sunday Search Marketing News

Lee Odden Ask, Google, Marketing Industry News, Online Marketing, Yahoo

Ask.com just gets cooler and cooler: RSS Smart Answers – Example: Online Marketing Blog
Matt Cutts on Google “Invalid Clicks” aka Click Fraud case.
SEOmoz offers a breakdown on pricing for SEO: Basic – $30k. Full meal deal: $120k
Searcher Behavior Research via Information Research
Nielsen/Netratings: Google Domination Continues: 49.4% of all searches in June 2006.

Sunday Search Marketing News

Interview with Laura Lippay of Yahoo

Lee Odden Interviews, Online Marketing, SEO, SEO Tips, Spotlight on Search, Yahoo

Spotlight on Search Interview with Laura Lippay, SEO Program Manager for Yahoo

We’ve been on a bit of a “Spotlight on Search Interview” hiatus the past few weeks, but I can assure you this one is worth the wait. Today we have a very nice interview with Laura Lippay, SEO Program Manager for Yahoo Media Group. I first became aware of Laura’s SEO wisdom via her animated stick figure avatar in Jill Whalen’s High Rankings SEO forum. Dispensing excellent advice to newbies and old timers alike, Laura has gone from circus performer extraordinaire to Flash-superstar-wannabe to a dream gig as an in-house SEO for Yahoo. I want to say thank you to the exceptionally thorough legal and marketing folks at Yahoo for letting Laura do this interview. Now on to the good stuff.

Interview with Laura Lippay of Yahoo

Search Engine Relevancy

Lee Odden Ask, Google, Marketing Industry News, Microsoft Bing, Online Marketing, SEO, Yahoo

Aaron Wall has posted an excellent article on search engine relevancy over at SEOBook.com explaining his perception of the different relevancy criteria used by Google, Yahoo and MSN. Aaron offers both a short version and long version. Yahoo is great, but can still be manipulated. Google is best at determining relevancy. MSN is still new and currently easiest to manipulate. Ask is good, but their small market share does not necessarily warrant specific attention from a SEO perspective.

This is a great resource offering some very useful tips and insights for those that are grappling with understanding how search engines determine what’s relevant. This article is not just for newbies though. Aaron pays attention to concepts like the importance of site age, editorial and social factors that you don’t see in other articles of this sort and that are increasingly important.

Search Engine Relevancy

Paid Search Can Be A Bitch

Lee Odden AdWords, Google, Marketing Industry News, Microsoft Bing, MIMA Seminars, Online Marketing, Search Marketing, Yahoo

Yes dear friends, I’ve said it. Paid search can be a pain in the rear. But no worries, search engine marketing guru Andrew Goodman of Traffick and Page Zero Media promises to shed some light on the subject in conjunction with a Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) seminar next week.

Goodman’s presentation, “IT’S NOT JUST YOU: PAY-PER-CLICK CAN BE A REAL BEAST” will cover examples of Google AdWords and Yahoo Search Marketing challenges, SEM relations, click fraud, CPOs vs. market share growth, data privacy, auctions and more.

Paid Search Can Be A Bitch

Search News for Thursday

Lee Odden Marketing Industry News, Microsoft Bing, Online Marketing, Search Marketing, Web Analytics, Yahoo

ClickTracks offering a $1000 credit towards ClickTracks Pro, JDC or Agency edition for Google Class Action Lawsuit Members

MSN AdCenter tools – excellent rundown by Aaron Wall

A new and improved Yahoo Video launches

WebAward competition entry deadline is extended

ClickZ.com Hosts First ClickZ Online Video Advertising Forum

3rd Annual Web Analytics Forum, June 26-28, 2006 – Register

Search News for Thursday

The Power of the Link

Lee Odden Link Building, Marketing Industry News, Online Marketing, SEO, Social Bookmarking, Yahoo

Last night a PR manager from the New Yorker emailed me about the Terry Semel interview, so I watched it and put up a link to the actual video. I emailed a few SEO related bloggers about it and thought nothing more. (other than the interview being great insight into Yahoo).

While the bloggers I emailed did not mention the video, a few other sites did link to the blog post I put up about it including Digg.com (front page right now) and the Financial Times.

While I’ve had other things hit Digg and grow traffic as part of a SEO program, this was 100% natural. There was no suggested email to a large network of friends with digg accounts or anything like that. Not that I would ever do THAT.

The Power of the Link

Yahoo CEO Terry Semel Interview Video

Lee Odden Interviews, Marketing Industry News, Online Marketing, Yahoo

New Yorker writer Ken Auletta interviewed Terry Semel, the chairman and C.E.O. of Yahoo! today, at a breakfast sponsored by the Newhouse School and The New Yorker. Semel covers everything from how Yahoo got into search to what’s in store for the future of search.