Learn SEO Directly from the Search Engines
Some new Microsoft patent applications about the web, and indexing pages, from last week. Keep in mind that these are just patent applications and have not been granted as patents. They may be avenues of approaches that aren’t developed in the future or maybe the direction Microsoft takes. They might be challenged by claims of … Read more
How Google might Add Related Links to Documents I want to preface this blog post by saying that it describes a related links patent application and not necessarily Google’s actual plans. Therefore, what it describes may happen, or it may not. Providing links to related documents On many news sites, publishers will provide related links … Read more
Community Endorsements for Local Search Results as a Ranking Signal? Imagine joining a social network like Orkut or Friendster and having the chance to leave comments on local businesses, restaurants, and more, and endorsing show up in Google local results. The folks at Google have imagined something like that and have published a community endorsement … Read more
I’ve recently done some Google mobile searches, including a local search where a map and a telephone number was displayed for the pizza shop that I was looking for. It’s a nice feature. One thing I’ve wondered is if we will see ads on phones from Google on mobile searches. If we do, this patent … Read more
I hate doing the very same task over and over and over again. I’d bet search engines do, too. Increasing the efficiency of search The chances are that your choice of a search engine, whether it’s Google, or Yahoo!, or MSN, or another, uses some methods to try to make what they do a little … Read more