February 2007 Archives : Bruce Clay Blog
February 26, 2007Weekend Update 02/26/2007
Good News For Yahoo It looks like Panama is helping Yahoo wipe all that peanut butter off its face (Rimshot? Anyone?). The latest comScore numbers found that Yahoo’s new ranking model has helped Y!SM increase its click through rates on ads 5 percent in the first week, and 9 percent in week two. They study [...]
Connecting Google’s Video Dots
There’s been a couple of interesting search articles surfacing today regarding Google, online video and how this may all fit together. The first article to grab my attention was yesterday’s New York Times article entitled Millions of Videos, and Now a Way to Search Inside Them. This one featured a few puzzling statements, the most [...]
February 23, 2007
A Lazy Girl’s Round Up
I was out of the office for the majority of this week so I wasn’t able to keep you (or myself) abreast of all the crazy search happenings. With that in mind, here are the headlines I hope you had time to read this week, and if not, come get educated. FeedBurner released a great [...]
Friday Recap: Extra Toe SEO Edition
I’m officially back from my Bruce Clay SEOToolSet training adventure (way smarter, I might add) and it’s Friday Recap time. Can you even handle this much excitement? Huzzah! Okay, so maybe you’re not huzzah-ing right along with me, but hopefully you’re more excited about today’s Recap than Marissa Mayer was about visiting Google China. Marissa [...]
February 19, 2007
MyBlogLog Spam, Danny’s New Fight, and A Lesson from Graywolf
MyBlogLog Spam Over at Daggle, Danny Sullivan comments on the new wave of spam over at MyBlogLog that has hit Danny, a series of other prominent SEO bloggers, and me. The spamming comes in the form of co-author requests where a blog you’ve likely never heard of asks you to accept their co-authorship request. Obviously, [...]
SES London Session Recap – Competitive Research
Guest entry from Marie Howell, Bruce Clay Europe. Marie will be digging through her notes and posting recaps on some of her favourite sessions from the London Search Engine Strategies conference. The Competitive Research session featured Allan Dick of Vintage Tub & Bath who explained to the audience how he had dramatically increased the revenue [...]
SES London Session Recap – Converting Visitors Into Buyers
Guest entry from Marie Howell, Bruce Clay Europe. Marie will be digging through her notes and posting recaps on some of her favourite sessions from the London Search Engine Strategies conference. With the suave and eloquent Mike Sack hosting Wednesday’s exciting Converting Visitors Into Buyers session that featured panellists Sarah Bubb, the delightful Alex Bennert [...]
The Lisa’s Problem With Wikipedia Explained
It’s fair to say that I’ve done some mild Wikipedia bashing lately. I may have even referred to it as "devil spawn Wikipedia" on more than one occasion. And because our loyal readers like to keep us/me in check (please don’t ever stop that), it’s possible I may have received an email or comment or [...]
February 16, 2007
Does Yahoo Really Care About Your Suggestions?
While you were busy sucking on candy conversation hearts on Wednesday (or was that just Susan?), Yahoo! told us It Takes Two to Tango and released the Yahoo Suggestion Board to give users a forum to offer improvement ideas, comments and vote on all the feedback left by other users on the various Yahoo channels [...]
SES London Session Recap – Auditing Paid Click and Click Fraud
Guest entry from Marie Howell, Bruce Clay Europe. Marie will be digging through her notes and posting recaps on some of her favourite sessions from the London Search Engine Strategies conference. Jeff Rohrs was the expert moderator and the ‘host with the most’, introducing this advanced track session with flair, charisma and passion. In his [...]
