Stephan Spencer's Scatterings

The Scattered Wisdom of a scientist turned web marketing virtuoso

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Yahoo Suggest vs Google Suggest

As I mentioned over on Searchlight, Yahoo Suggest is a quick-n-dirty, free keyword research tool that can serve as a nice alternative to Google Suggest. Google Suggest has Yahoo Suggest beat for convenience if you have the Google Toolbar installed, since… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 04/24/2008 | Permalink

Comments (2)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines google, google suggest, keyword research, yahoo, yahoo suggest            

Black Hat SEO meets Web 2.0

I'm here at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Today (actually yesterday now that it's after midnight) I sat in on the SEO Workshop being presented by Todd Friesen ("The Oilman") and Greg Boser ("WebGuerrilla"). This session turned out to be a lot of… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 04/16/2007 | Permalink

Comments (4)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines black hat seo, google, seo, seo tools, web 2.0, web 2.0 expo, web2expo, yahoo, yahoo search submit pro            

Results 1 - 10 of about 23,850,000,000. Yeah, right.

I've never had much faith in the estimated number of search results returned by Google (for good reason). Every so often I run queries that I know will return the largest results set possible and I note the number of pages found. For example: searching f… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 04/12/2006 | Permalink

Comments (8)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines google, search results, yahoo            

Yahoo beats out Google?!

Just when you thought Google was the Big Kahuna, a report comes out to challenge your assumptions. Like this one from BIGresearch which yields some new insights into which search engines have the most influence on buying decisions. Hint: It's not Google.… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 02/23/2006 | Permalink

Comments (0)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines buying_behavior, google, internet_advertising, online_advertising, purchase_decisions, yahoo            

Intention: the next evolution in search?

If you think SEO is hard now, just wait until search engines start varying the results for each individual, depending on their profile, search history, geographic location, and now... mindset. Yahoo Mindset is Yahoo Labs' foray into intent-driven search,… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 02/13/2006 | Permalink

Comments (2)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines intent-driven search, search_engine_marketing, search_engine_optimization, seo, yahoo, yahoo_labs            

Underdog, Teoma, does it differently; authorities, hubs, and topical relevance

From an SEO standpoint, there is consensus among experts - Google, Yahoo and MSN are it. However, there’s a yappy little underdog called Teoma, which, despite its size, is a good contender in the search engine stakes. Teoma, which means "expert" in Gae… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 10/23/2005 | Permalink

Comments (0)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines ammon johns, ask jeeves, google, keyword dependent, link popularity, marketingprofs, msn, pagerank, seo, teoma, thought leaders summit, yahoo            

Digitally augmented collaboration: Ning, Flock, Writeboard, Rollyo, Swicki, Memeorandum

Ever feel like you blinked and you missed some hugely important new trend online? I admit it; sometimes I feel that way. I take a break from my RSS aggregator for a day and I feel totally out of the loop. But I usually catch up pretty quickly. For tho… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 10/05/2005 | Permalink

Comments (0)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Community 37 signals, flock, memeorandum, ning, online trends, rollyo, rss, rss aggregator, swicki, web_2.0, writeboard, yahoo            

Coverage of SES San Jose: Search Engine Q&A On Links

I'm a bit behind on my conference session blogging. Waaay too many parties going on; doesn't leave much time for blogging. The Google Dance last night. Yahoo! party at Great America the night before. And tonight I've got another party to go to. Yesterday… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 08/10/2005 | Permalink

Comments (4)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines ask jeeves, backlinks, google, kaushal kurapati, matt cutts, pagerank, search engine q&a on links, search engine strategies, ses, tim mayer, yahoo            

When will Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Ask Jeeves start indexing RSS feeds properly?

I find it a bit unbelievable that the major search engines — Google, Yahoo!, MSN Search, and Ask Jeeves — still don't offer RSS feed searching combined with RSS search results feeds as part of their Web search. Specialized RSS feed search engines lik… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 06/17/2005 | Permalink

Comments (8)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines, RSS Marketing ask jeeves, bloglines, google, msn, rss feed indexing, rss feeds, rss search results feeds, yahoo            

MSN 'just says no' to paid inclusion

I'm in sunny Orlando at the Annual Catalog Conference... In yesterday's Q&A With the Search Engines session, Matt Lydon, Senior Sales Director of Search at MSN, stated quite categorically that they will not offer paid inclusion, the practice where advert… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 05/24/2005 | Permalink

Comments (0)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines annual catalog conference, ftc, google, msn, paid inclusion, yahoo            
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