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Further Study on the Value of Image Optimization

pittfall — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:25:10 +0000

Yes, yet another test, and I will return to the rest of the link development series soon, but I have been sitting on this test for some time and I thought you deserve to see the results. The last test on the value of image optimization was limited to Google and Yahoo only and utilized [...]

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Further Study on the Value of Image Optimization

Die Duplicate Content Die!

pittfall — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:41:51 +0000

What does canonical mean? According to a biology glossary from the University of Arizona it is “repetitive; repeating in different forms“. So, what does it mean to online publishers? Simply, duplicate content. How does duplicate content exist, what is it’s impact on search engines and, more importantly, how does it affect online publishers in search [...]

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Die Duplicate Content Die!

Measuring the Value of ALT and Title Elements of Image Tags

pittfall — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:00:13 +0000

Not a great title, I know, but accurate. Recently, I began a test of the ALT and Title elements in the img html tag. Here is the breakdown of the testing: Conducting the research by creating a page on the topic of “dogs” that has the same image of a Dalmatian that link to four [...]

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Measuring the Value of ALT and Title Elements of Image Tags

SEO for Local Results

pittfall — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:07:48 +0000

Very interesting… recently I posted about the need for Google to focus on relevancy in search results to maintain their market share that led me to look at tying a geographic location to improve relevancy and my belief that it will be the next step to reinforce universal search results. As a professional SEO consultant, [...]

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SEO for Local Results

Next Step in Universal Search

pittfall — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:12:43 +0000

In my most recent post, I wrote of the need for relevancy in search results and it being the biggest determining factor for switching your preferred search engine (based upon survey by JP Morgan). However, much of the changes that have impacted SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) in the past few years have had more [...]

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Next Step in Universal Search

Relevancy – The Ultimate Google Killer

pittfall — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:54:00 +0000

A study recently compiled and released by JP Morgan, 2009 Internet Investment Guide, included some interesting insight into search, advertising and online behavior including a “potential search deal likely between Yahoo! and Microsoft.” Even as the idea that Yahoo! and anyone might happen, there is more important implications of the research data that isn’t as [...]

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Relevancy – The Ultimate Google Killer

Microsoft Still Pines for Yahoo!

pittfall — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:14:40 +0000

Microsoft still wants to purchase Yahoo!, however, now their true intentions are becoming more visible: There’s yet another chapter in what’s beginning to look like an eternal corporate love triangle: Seems Microsoft just can’t get past it’s obsession with Yahoo’s search business, at least according to The Wall Street Journal. It reports Microsoft is looking [...]

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Microsoft Still Pines for Yahoo!

Oops, an Error has Occurred – Yahoo! Says No to Microsoft

pittfall — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:05:45 +0000

Via the Wall Street Journal: Yahoo Board to Reject Microsoft Bid Yahoo Inc.’s board plans to reject Microsoft Corp.’s unsolicited $44.6 billion offer to acquire the Web giant, a person familiar with the situation says. After a series of meetings over the past week, Yahoo’s board determined that the $31 per share offer “massively undervalues” [...]

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Oops, an Error has Occurred – Yahoo! Says No to Microsoft

Microsoft Webmaster Portal is Live in Beta

pittfall — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:44:50 +0000

MSN Webmaster Portal was announced in August and was to be released into beta in September and be fully accessible by the end of November, however very little has been released since the initial announcement. Until now. The first screenshots of the new platform have been released by Barry at Search Engine Roundtable. Along with [...]

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Microsoft Webmaster Portal is Live in Beta

MSN Jumps on the Analytics Train – Project Gatineau in beta

pittfall — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:01:45 +0000

From the adCenter Blog: We are happy to announce that Project Gatineau, Microsoft’s new, free web analytics service, is ready for beta testing and the first invitations are now being sent to customers. To manage Project Gatineau’s growth and give customers the best web analytics service possible, the beta is by invitation for US advertisers [...]

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MSN Jumps on the Analytics Train – Project Gatineau in beta

Microsoft + Yahoo = ???

pittfall — Thu, 17 May 2007 01:52:21 +0000

As it stands now, a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo! would up the combined companies’ share of the all-important search advertising market to 27 percent against Google’s 65 percent. It would also narrow the gap in overall online ads with Google to just 13 percent. More importantly, a deal would create what one source described [...]

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Microsoft + Yahoo = ???

Microsoft bCentral is Changing

pittfall — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:31:00 +0000

Microsoft bCentral is Changing I found out about the closure from Andy Beal in my reader last night, and I would have to concur with him that this does pose a dilemma. The most important part of bCentral from my perspective is the directory. I would place this as the most bang for the buck [...]

Resources of SEO

pittfall — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:27:00 +0000

SEO can be a very difficult bike to pick up and ride, or a very challenging mistress, depending on your intent. Search Engines and the algorithms they employ change rapidly, so the concepts from just a few years ago are antiquated. Many of the considered white hat practices, policies, procedures and philosophies have turned black [...]

MSN Offers Great New Tool – LinkFromDomain

pittfall — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:56:00 +0000

MSN Offers Great New Tool – LinkFromDomain MSN Search has a new tool for the webmaster quiver, LinkFromDomain. To use this great new tool, go to MSN Search and type in the query: “LinkFromDomain:YOURURL.com” and submit the query. Similar to the “Link:YOURURL.com” query or “LinkDomain:YOURURL.com” query, but instead of showing you the incoming links, it [...]

Live Search Signs Cornell

pittfall — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:39:00 +0000

Live Search Signs Cornell MSN’s Live Search announced today that they will be working with Cornell University to index library books: We are excited to announce that Cornell University has joined our Book Search initiative. Like all of our library scanning partnerships, the Cornell project will focus on scanning books in the public domain. Cornell [...]

Windows Live Search

pittfall — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:02:00 +0000

Windows Live – a new idea from MSN, a search engine that you can modify results based upon research and retail. Copyright © 2004-2011, by Stephen Pitts aka SEOpittfall.com, All Rights Reserved. Contact pittfall@seopittfall.comWindows Live Search

SEOSurvey | Guide to SEO > MSN’s Beta Search vs. Yahoo! & Google

pittfall — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 03:18:00 +0000

SEOSurvey | Guide to SEO – MSN’s Beta Search vs. Yahoo! & Google Very interesting information…as MSN is providing more and more of it’s users with the beta results, it becomes a more advanced and really a 3 dimensional game for SEO. Copyright © 2004-2011, by Stephen Pitts aka SEOpittfall.com, All Rights Reserved. Contact pittfall@seopittfall.comSEOSurvey [...]