Google released their Google blog search tool last month. Businessweek reported that it returns too many spammy blogs and appears to be just another blog search engine. The challenge so far has been to sort out good quality blogs from the spammy ones. Now, it's Yahoo's turn to have a crack at it. Yahoo's blog search is different from Google's in that it displays the blog … [Read more...] about Yahoo Blog Search Integration with News
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Keyword Research Tools
Keyword research is an important foundation to good SEO. Not knowing the right keywords is like shooting in the dark - you never know what you are going to hit. Proper keyword research lets you identify several factors including demand (estimated traffic), competition, and what specific keywords are worth going after. With the myriad of tools available, both free and paid, … [Read more...] about Keyword Research Tools
Yahoo’s Instant Search
Here's a cool new feature that Yahoo has come up with. Yahoo has created a new Instant Search feature. By typing in part of a popular word or all of a word, Instant Search shows you a possible answers based on popular queries in a "speech bubble" directly below the search box. I tried entering "dictionary" and before completing the word fully, it displayed the site … [Read more...] about Yahoo’s Instant Search
Google’s New Feed Grabber
You can now sign up to receive RSS and Atom feeds on your personalized Google home page via Google's Feedfetcher service. To try out this service, users can sign up here. This looks to be a great alternative service for those seeking to keep up with current events and news from their favorite sites without logging in to services like My Yahoo. According to … [Read more...] about Google’s New Feed Grabber
Launch of Google’s Blog Search
For those webmasters with blogs and RSS feeds, you can expect even more targeted traffic coming from Google. If you currently don't have a blog or site feed on your site, perhaps this is as good a time as any to get started so as to increase search engine spidering and search engine visibility. Google finally introduced its blog search service, becoming the first major … [Read more...] about Launch of Google’s Blog Search