Google and Yahoo made up 85% of US search engine queries in April 2009. Google owns 64% of the search engine market in the US, while Yahoo comes in at 20%.
The search engine results can be quite different because of the different search algorithms each one uses. It’s important to know what these differences are so you can incorporate them into your optimization strategies.
Here are three important differences between Google and Yahoo’s search engine algorithms:
Google has the lion’s share of the search engine market. If you’re trying to drive website traffic from search engines, spending more of your time optimizing for Google makes sense. Bear in mind the following factors and tips will work for other popular search engines such as Yahoo! as well.
Here are 55 Google SEO Factors to improve your search engine rankings in Google.
YouTube now has over 100 million US viewers, with over 14 billion videos watched last January alone. Its potential in generating significant web traffic and branding is enormous. YouTube is essentially a giant search engine, naturally lending itself to SEO.
YouTube’s search algorithm is broken down into: Title, Description, Tags, Rating, and Number of Views.
Here are 20 SEO Tips for YouTube that really work:
I’ve been using Firefox as my web browser ever since it launched as an alternative to the crappiest browser on the market, Internet Explorer. One of the great things about Firefox is its many useful extensions and plug-ins.
For people interested in SEO and using Firefox as their browser, the Accessibility Extension is a match made in heaven. It has saved me a lot of time in optimizing my own site for SEO, and lets me see how well optimized another website is in seconds.
Here are my four key reasons I think the Firefox Accessibility Extension is awesome for SEO:
Google Webmaster Tools optimize your SEO efforts to improve your site’s visibility in Google search. It shows you how a search engine sees your website, so that you can make necessary improvements. It provides you with any errors it is experiencing on your site that reduce its visibility. It shows you how many people link to your website, how it is structured, and many more important details to drive traffic to your website.
This post covers the first four of seven reasons I think Google Webmaster Tools is essential for SEO.
