The Search Engine Unfriendliness Of Web 2.0

... elements based on AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and Flash—such as widgets and gadgets and Google Maps mashups— were search engine optimal? Unfortunately, that's not the case. In fact, these technologies are inherently unfriendly to search engine spiders. So, if you intend ...
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Oct. 18, 2007 at 7:46am Eastern by Stephan Spencer

Search On Search: New Column From Search Engine Land

Our newest Search Engine Land column, Search On Search, launches today. Search On Search is a column written by employees of search engines. Columnists are free to discuss technical details of how their search engine works or write opinion pieces that may or may not reflect the official position of ...

Jul. 23, 2007 at 1:49pm Eastern by Chris Sherman

Search In Pictures: New Column From Search Engine Land

Last week, Barry Schwartz tried a new idea of showing what was happening in the world of search based on pictures he found on the web. You liked it enough that we've decided to make it a formal column called Search In Pictures, which will run on Fridays here at Search Engine Land. The latest column ...
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Apr. 6, 2007 at 12:19pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Search Engine Strategies New York 2007 Coverage: Day 1

Below, a recap of coverage out of the Search Engine Strategies conference in New York this week, from items spotted: In-house search engine optimization for big brands, Pandia In House: Big SEO, Search Engine Roundtable Organic SEO with Big Companies, Bruce Clay Blog Podcast and Audio Search Optimization ...

Apr. 10, 2007 at 5:35pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

CrossEngine: Fast & Easy Way To Search Several Search Engines

CrossEngine is the new (and in my opinion better) name for the Mr Sapo meta search engine. It is similar in functionality to TurboScout and Trovando in that it has a search box at the top of the screen with a list of search engines that you can use below that. Simply type in your search, click on the ...

Jan. 30, 2007 at 6:50am Eastern by Phil Bradley

SMX Search Bowl: Nominate Search Marketers To Take On Search Engines In Quiz!

For years, a conference idea banging around has been a trivia quiz involving the search engines. For our SMX West search marketing conference this Feb. 26-28 in California, we've got it happening! SMX Search Bowl will have teams from Ask, Google, and Microsoft competing against each other to test their ...

Jan. 24, 2008 at 8:35am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Video Search: New Column From Search Engine Land

Our newest Search Engine Land column, Video Search, launches today. Video Search looks at how search engines index videos, and explores the unique search engine optimization techniques that can make videos visible in search results. Our video search columnists are: Grant Crowell, CEO and Creative Director ...
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Jan. 31, 2008 at 2:53pm Eastern by Chris Sherman

Search Engine ChaCha Announces $6 Million Round

Led by Amazon's Jeff Bezos' Bezos Expeditions, social search engine ChaCha announced that it had secured a $6 million funding round. ChaCha launched in Q3 last year and employs a network of live guides (college students, stay at home parents, retirees) to help answer user queries in real time in addition ...
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Jan. 8, 2007 at 9:13am Eastern by Greg Sterling

Search Headlines: December 2006

Below is a recap of stories from Search Engine Land and from around the web as presented in our SearchCap newsletter during the entire month of December. Want these type of headlines on a regular basis? Then sign-up for SearchCap and get them each day during the week! Want a more descriptive monthly ...

Jan. 1, 2007 at 6:35pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Paid Search: New Column From Search Engine Land

Our newest Search Engine Land column, Paid Search, launches today. As the title suggests, Paid Search will focus on issues and tactics for marketers using sponsored search listings. Today's debut features Andrew Goodman with an entertaining riff called Paid Search Back-Checks, Slays Dragons, Asks for ...
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Mar. 13, 2007 at 11:50am Eastern by Chris Sherman