Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 6, 2010
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 10:00pm CET by rustybrick
Tags: Search Forum Recap
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Yahoo Search January 2010 Update?
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 2:46pm CET by rustybrick
Tags: Yahoo Search Optimization
There is a single report at a WebmasterWorld thread of a possible Yahoo Search update. Senior member, textex, is noticing changes in the Yahoo Search results, but clearly, the Yahoo Search Blog has not posted anything since December 15th.
Typically, when it comes to Yahoo Search updates - we normally see it being reported in the forums before Yahoo posts anything on their blog about it. Also, we typically see Yahoo Search update every quarter or so and the last update was in September 2009, so we are do an update.
Do you notice any ranking changes in Yahoo or a shift in your Yahoo referrals?
Note: As Yahoo loses market share, less and less webmasters and SEOs are concerned about Yahoo. So it doesn't surprise me to see such little activity in the thread at this point. I do hope the thread picks up.
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
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Most AdWords Advertisers Are Not Afraid to Make Changes To Campaigns
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 2:34pm CET by rustybrick
Tags: Google AdWords
About a week ago, I ran a poll asking AdWords Advertiser: Do You Feel Paralyzed? It is based on a WebmasterWorld thread of Google AdWords advertisers complaining that they are afraid to make changes to their account, in fear of being banned from AdWords.
So I decided to see how wide spread those feelings were amongst advertisers, at large. I ran a poll and asked do you feel paralyzed? Here are the responses:
:: No, I am constantly making changes said 63 respondents or 42%
:: So So, I make changes but am concerned about consequences said 44 respondents or 29%
:: Yes, I am afraid to make changes said 39 respondents or 26%
:: Other answer... said 4 respondents or 3%So there you have it, most advertisers are making changes to their campaigns and many are not afraid to do so.
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.