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JUNE 4, 2011

It’s not often that all three major search engines (Google, Bing, and Yahoo!) This is a type of markup that defines more narrowly specific content on a web page that humans might understand when they read the text content, but that search engines would have a difficult time understanding from the text.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

That was when Yahoo! actually tried to be a search engine. Even those search marketers who gloried in the death of Yahoo! at one time sang the praises of Yahoo! Yes, you can use Google Webmaster Tools and Bing Webmaster Tools, but neither one of them shares the same information on links that Yahoo! R.I.P. Yahoo!

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 5, 2012

However, Yahoo!, We expected as much from Yahoo! So much so, I wonder if a more advanced Facebook search engine would have much of an impact. Facebook users generally use that search facility to find data within Facebook, not so much as a general internet search engine.

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MARCH 12, 2014

A few years ago the three major search engines – Google, Bing, and Yahoo! This is a microformat markup language that allows webmasters to further define important elements on a web page so that search engines can catalog it easier. SEO for Small Business microformats Rich Snippets schema.org search engines'

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

SEOmoz conducted a study on exact match domain names and found that they are in decline in the search engines. But, they were careful to point out that this is not due to the search engines targeting exact match domains in any way. Many SEOs still believe that it does, and many of them teach their clients that it does.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

With new Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tactics, it has become much easier to find what you are looking for. The search engines then pull several pages of cell phones. Google is the most used search engine with 65.3% of users while Yahoo dropped to 15.5% according to SearchEngineWatch.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Over at Search Engine Journal, Ellen Gipko has taken a look at Why Amazon and Facebook Are Gaining on Google and gives us what she sees as pivotal in this turf war. Google replaced Yahoo!, Amazon really is a ginormous search engine for shoppers, and it has collected lots of data about shopping habits.

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MAY 14, 2011

If you remember a website by the name of Geocities where you could sign in and build a website, then you might remember that it was just a couple of years ago that Yahoo! decided to shut the site down – for good. And all those people who had websites hosted by Geocities had to move their sites, or lose them.

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APRIL 9, 2011

Google Places, Yahoo! The more reviews you have, the more likely your local listings will appear in the search engines. It can appear in the search engine listings for any search involving the name of your business plus “reviews.&# Local, and Bing all offer reviews of local businesses.

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Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 16, 2012

In fact, the search engines have de-listed a lot of them. Places like Yahoo! Every good review of your business or products is another step closer to a sale. Directories – Not all directories are created equal. But some of them are still valuable places to get your website listed.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is actually the better way to go for small businesses. At the same time, the survey also suggests that 70% of all small businesses do use Facebook over any other social media like Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo and Myspace just to name a few. It depends on the market and how well you get your information out.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

From there, search engines, forums, and pay-per-click advertising took over. In the early days, companies joined traffic rings and wrote articles for each other’s websites, or paid for display ad space. It didn’t take long for directories to pop onto the scene. was one of the first, and was the first commercial success story.

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MAY 5, 2011

No matter what innovations the search engine introduces, it will likely involve Google Places in some way. 1 most important thing for any local small business to do is to claim their listing in Google Places (and in Bing’s and Yahoo!’s This is why I think the No. ’s local directories as well).

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MAY 1, 2011

If you’ve claimed your business listing in Google Places, Bing Local, and Yahoo! Local, then the search engines know your business address and phone number. A Web citation is any place off of your own website that mentions your business, web address, or Local business listing information without an accompanying link.

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MARCH 16, 2011

What’s The Best Discovery Engine? Standard Q&A – Yahoo! Q&A Search Engines – Wolphram Alpha, True Knowledge, and Ask.com. » How Q&A Sites Can Boost Your SEO SEOmoz has a great article on how Q&A sites can boost your SEO. Answers, AOL Answers, and Stackexchange.

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MARCH 26, 2011

The alternatives were Yahoo!, Bing (or Windows Live), and smaller PPC search engines. For the longest time, serious advertisers online went to the pay-per-click line, and Google was the beginning of that line. But then Facebook became the popular social network and introduced its own PPC advertising model.

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MARCH 13, 2011

Take a play out of the playbook of Bing, the search engine. » The New Gamer, Women 25-44 Do you have a 40-year-old mom? Are you a 40-year-old mom? If so, you’re the new gamer according to this article by WebProNews. Offer an incentive in one of the games for people to friend you on Facebook, or your fan page.

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JUNE 30, 2012

So, since most people actually search for facebook using the search engines, wouldn’t you say these figures are really skewed? Is the search engine game becoming more competitive? Take a look at the single word search queries people are using: facebook. facebook login. craigslist. facebook.com. www.facebook.com.

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