The Yahoo Directory — Once The Internet’s Most Important Search Engine — Is To Close

For some, it may seem like there has always been Google, and it’s always been the main way people have found things on the web. But before Google, there was the Yahoo Directory and its hand-compiled list of websites, organized into topics. Now, the venerable Yahoo Directory is closing. Yahoo…

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SearchCap: Google Author Rank Lives, Facebook Mobile Search & In-App Search Engine

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Authorship May Be Dead, But Author Rank Is Not Google ended its three-year experiment with Google Authorship yesterday, but the use of Author Rank to…

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Pigeon: Search Engine Land’s Name For The New Google Local Search Update

Last night, Google released a pretty significant local search algorithm update. Google told us there was no internal name for the update, but now that we see that it was fairly significant, we decided to give it a name: Pigeon. Pigeon is the name we decided on because this is a local search update…

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New Search Engine Indexeus Exposes Hackers, Data Breaches

A new search engine called Indexeus sought to expose hackers and their exploits unless they “donated” $ 1 for every record that they wanted to conceal from public view. In response to the claim that this is extortion, Portuguese founder Jason Relinquo says the aim of Indexeus…

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Russian Search Engine Yandex Now 100% “Not Provided,” Blocks Referrer Data

Yandex announced (in Russian) today that they have now went 100% secure, encrypting all search queries, resulting in a huge jump in the [not provided] count. This was first reported by Anna Oshkalo who shared a screen shot of her analytics detailed the bulk of her Yandex keyword data now shows [not…

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You deliver results daily, but staying successful means identifying opportunities, implementing new technologies and processes, developing great people, and preparing for the next big thing. Invest a day in Search Engine Land Summit and hear from thought leaders in search and internet marketing…

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Adapting to Change, Harnessing New Trends, Eyeing the Future ­ Search Engine Land Summit

You deliver results daily, but staying successful means identifying opportunities, implementing new technologies and processes, developing great people, and preparing for the next big thing. Invest a day in Search Engine Land Summit and hear from thought leaders in search and internet marketing…

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Mighty Insight. Inspiring Presentations. Attend Search Engine Land Summit @SMX Advanced

You deliver results daily, but keeping up is a challenge. And you know staying successful means identifying opportunities, implementing new technologies and processes, developing great people, and preparing for the next big thing. Agree? Then Search Engine Land Summit is for you. Invest a day…

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Which Is The Most “Generous” Search Engine To Local Businesses?

Earlier this month, one of our customers asked an interesting question in a training workshop. They wanted to know which search engine displayed the most local results for different types of search terms. Google gets the lion’s share of focus in the SEO world, particularly in Local. They also…

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Open Letter: Why Search Engine Land Will & Won’t Cover Someone Being Penalized By Google

It’s been big news recently about major brands and Google penalties, and the floodgates feel open on people spotting even more brands possibly hit out there. Some new crackdown by Google? No. It’s the rise of hyperactive attention in this area, and that’s turning into a problem….

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