If you logged online yesterday morning and forgot to check your calendar, you may have had some pressing questions. Is YouTube really shutting down? Is Google going to start allowing users to search for smells? As you’ve realized by now, no, the sky isn’t falling – it was just April Fools day.
A recent study, conducted in 2012, of 3,000 adults in the United States found that more and more individuals are using their mobile device to search the internet. More specifically, the results of the study concluded that tablet searches increased by 19% while and searches on smartphones increased by 26%.
Apple Acquires WiFiSLAM, according to Reuters, was acknowledged by Apple as they stated that they are in the final stages of their acquisition of WiFiSLAM, a tech startup focused on indoor tracking.
Despite having just one-sixth of Google’s search market share, Yahoo isn’t giving up on search just yet – not even close. In fact, the company just announced the acquisition of Jybe, a startup company that analyzes trends across a variety of social circles in order to offer personalized recommendations to members of those social circles.
Are you planning on moving your website? Many site owners hardly give it a second thought when they decide they want to move some pages around on their site, or even move their whole site to a new domain. Unfortunately, these types of moves can play havoc with your standing among search engines, especially if you don’t take the proper steps first.
Who were the big winners and losers last month in search market share? According to a a new press release from the analysts at comScore, Google made major gains and came out on top with a gain of about half a percentage point.
So your web site has been hacked – happens to the best of us, really. What’s the next step? Freak out, give up on your website, or possibly beg the hackers for mercy? The answer – none of the above.
The ability for employees to work from home is not the only thing CEO Marissa Mayer is getting rid of at Yahoo. According to a post on the Official Yahoo Blog entitled “Focusing on our future – some changes to our product line-up,” Yahoo will be cutting seven services from its offerings, including some that SEO’ers might miss quite a bit.
Just a few days ago, Google released a very handy infographic entitled How Search Works. Even if you already consider yourself well versed in search engine optimization *SEO) and marketing, the infographic is certainly worth a read.