Google Updates its Search Again
Google has been busy recently updating the ways it displays search results. First they improved local search by matching your IP address with your search terms. So now when you search for pizza,...
View ArticleUsing Bing Effectively for Ecommerce
Recently, Microsoft unveiled their new search engine – Bing.com. Actually, they prefer to call Bing a “decision engine.” It’s designed to help visitors weed through all the search overload that other...
View ArticleSmall Biz Implications of Yahoo & Microsoft Search Deal
Yesterday Yahoo and Microsoft announced a major partnership between their respective search marketing departments. This deal ended a long rumored courtship of Yahoo by Microsoft with several attempts...
View ArticleAnother Reason to Use Google's Local Listings
We recently published a new article on understanding and maximizing local search, which is critical for the success of your business, whether you have a website or not. Steps include registering your...
View ArticleGet Ready for Google Caffeine
Google Caffeine is Google’s latest greatest search technology. If you have not heard of Caffeine, it is a new technology that Google has developed to index websites. So if your livelihood depends on...
View ArticleLeveraging the New Google Places
Just about a month ago, Google rolled out a new user interface for local search that is quite different from the previous method, both algorithmically and visually. These changes merge the local and...
View ArticleGoogle's New "+1" Button
Have you heard of Google’s new “+1″ button? It parallels the Facebook ‘Like’ button and strengthens Google’s grasp on social media and their attempts to deliver personal, customized, relevant search...
View ArticleGoogle's New Freshness Algorithm
One of the mysterious things about search is that we know what we want when we search, but the computer doesn’t. Google’s entire kingdom has been built upon their efforts to break through this barrier...
View ArticleGoogle Makes Secure Search Mandatory
Have you noticed that your analytics for the past month look a little different? In a move that is bound to make Internet privacy advocates cheer and SEO’s and website owners jeer, Google recently...
View ArticleVerifying Your Google Product Feed
In September 2011 Google made some significant changes to their data feed requirements. MightyMerchant has made the appropriate updates to our feed templates, but if you manage your feed yourself it is...
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