Autor: Chris Crum

Source: Web Pro News

Good or bad, it makes Google+ even more relevant to search visibility.

Google just announced some new elements it is bringing to Google Search: personal results, profiles in search, and people and pages. They’re billing the changes collectively as “Search, Plus Your World”.

Autor: Chris Crum

Source: Web Pro News

As you may know, Google has been putting out a monthly list of algorithm changes it has been making, as part of the company’s initiative to be “more transparent”. Google will never put out the entire secret sauce of its algorithm (without a court order, at least), so webmasters can at least be thankful that they’re being thrown a handful of bones in the form of a monthly list.

Autor: Chris Crum

Source: Web Pro News

Looking back

I'm not going to rehash the entire year of events and web happenings. That would be a massive book, and there is just simply too much to recount. I'm not even going to focus on major events so much, but there have been so many year-end round-ups that I feel they yield their own round-up of sorts, allowing us to take a quick glimpse of the year that's now behind us. Happy New Year.

Autor: Chris Crum

Source: Web Pro News

According to recent numbers from comScore, Google sites controlled 65.4% of core search share in November in the U.S. Yahoo sites controlled 15.1%, and Microsoft sites controlled 15%. With Bing powering Yahoo search on the back-end, let’s call that about 30% for Bing. Less than half of Google’s share. That’s pretty close to how it was at the beginning of 2011.

Autor: Site Reference

Source: Site Reference

By definition, the main functions of a search engine entail allowing users to find the most accurate locations able to offer information relevant to their queries and sending them to various websites where they can find further info or products to purchase.