New encryption may impede SEO
On Friday, Google announced an SSL-encrypted version of its search engine, which may impede search engine optimization.
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On Friday, Google announced an SSL-encrypted version of its search engine, which may impede search engine optimization.
With search engines increasingly focusing on local search, Elysium Internet announced earlier today that it would be launching a new professional search engine on May 27.
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At Google’s I/O developer conference last week, it announced that it would be teaming up with Sony to bring web search to Sony’s televisions. The move allows those in the search engine optimization (SEO) business the ability to target their audience where they are the most comfortable: in the living room. Dubbed Google TV, the… Read more »
The meta-search engine Clusty.com has been acquired by Yippy, the company reported earlier this week. Clusty.com attracts 100,000 visitors a month and handles more than one million search requests from users. The site was acquired for $5.55 million, with the transaction’s full details to be announced in an upcoming report. The search engine takes users’… Read more »
With many people using search engines to navigate the web, search engine optimization (SEO) has quickly become integral to the operation of online businesses. According to recent search data published by Nielsen, Americans conducted more than nine million searches in April alone. Overall, total searches were down from March by nearly 700,000 searches, but were… Read more »
Both mobile and video are emerging platforms that search engine optimization (SEO) experts are beginning to take advantage of. Now, Blinx aims to combine the two platforms via a new mobile video search website. Blinx’s new website, announced on Wednesday, is designed to let people watch videos through their mobile devices. The mobile site will… Read more »
On Wednesday, Yandex, a major search engine provider in its home country of Russia, announced the beta phase of a global version of its search engine, adding another player to the search engine optimization (SEO) industry. According to the company, Yandex has been preparing for the move for the past two years by indexing foreign… Read more »
As more people turn to social media, social search engine optimization (SEO) has become more popular topic among industry experts. Now, a new search engine has been created that allows users to find out what people are talking about on Facebook. Called Booshaka, the new search engine allows users to search specific queries. According to… Read more »
Google has unveiled a new feature for its search engine, reports Herald Net. The feature, called Google Squared, is a question and answer service. The user can enter a question into the search bar, and, in addition to being shown traditional web results, Google will also answer the user’s question. Users will also be shown… Read more »
OneRiot, a social search engine, celebrated its first birthday last week by leaving the beta phase. The company is hoping that some new features will have a big impact on the search engine optimization (SEO) landscape. The site has gone through some major revisions since it was first launched as Me.dium last year, reports ZDNet… Read more »