Ever wonder what percentage of people use 2 word compared to 3 word queries? Data collected from users of European Web analytics provider OneStat, reveals (surprise, surprise) most people use two or three word queries in search engines. Here's the full breakdown: Two-word phrases -- 28.38 % Three-word phrases -- 27.15 % Four-word phrases -- 16.42 % One-word phrase -- … [Read more...] about Keyword Phrase: 2-3 Word Searches Over 50% of Total Queries
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YPN Adds Compliance Manager
For those webmasters using Adsense and Yahoo Publisher Network as a monetization model for their sites, getting kicked out of the program hurts their bottom line. While some are guilty of blatantly violating the terms of service, many who do their best to be legitimate don't get any reason for getting banned from the contextaul ad program. This has led to unhappiness and … [Read more...] about YPN Adds Compliance Manager
Link Exchangers Beware: Live.com Banning Sites
Search Engine Watch has a post about the first documented case of being banned on Live.com for doing link exchanges. Your site is acquiring links through posting to or exchanging links with sites unrelated to your site content. Techniques which attempt to acquire unrelated spam links in order to increase ranking are considered spam and your site has been excluded from … [Read more...] about Link Exchangers Beware: Live.com Banning Sites
Adwords Website Optimizer
Here's something Google Advertisers will find useful. Google Adwords offers a tool called Website Optimizer. With it, an advertiser can test conversions on different landing pages, headlines and ad copy. It then shows the testing results with graphs to help the advertiser choose the best ad combination for highest conversions. From the Adwords blog: help you find out … [Read more...] about Adwords Website Optimizer