StepForth SEO News Latest search engine news blog articles from StepForth SEO News. http://www.seocentro.com/seo-archives/publisher/StepForth+SEO+News.html StepForth SEO News News Archive http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12929 24/7 Wall Street wrote a fascinating article today describing how Microsoft could quite easily buy its way on to far more computer screens for much less than buying Yahoo; there are powerful search engines that represent many of the Chinese, Russian and Czech viewers. It is a great short read and the economics appear to make sense. Read the article here . Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:14:19 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12554 Google, in their Webmaster Central Blog , has introduced a nice little feature to the webmaster tools interface recently. The new feature identifies source URL's for various errors that they detect. For instance, when they display a 404 (not found) error for your site with a link to the missing page, now they will also tell you where they found the link to this error. This added feature can save a webmaster a ton of time in some cases. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:18:01 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=11839 A few weeks ago I wrote about building your website from the ground up . This article did not dive into great detail on any specific topics, but rather touched on the key points you will want to address. In this article I will place most of the focus on the promotion aspect of this previous article. While at times new websites can experience organic search rankings in a matter of months, for the most part, it can take well over a year before you start to see any progress, Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:27:16 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=11422 Yahoo has opened up another location, this time with a research center in Grenoble France. This follows shortly after news that Yahoo may also be opening up a location in La Vista Nebraska creating at least 50 news jobs. Layoff notices for more than 1000 employees were also handed out near the start of the year, and Yahoo's shares have just hit a 52 week low - interesting that they are expanding in all this turmoil. Regardless, Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:29:34 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=11361 Yesterday Google Webmaster Central posted a video response to numerous questions the department had received from webmasters. The following video addresses duplicate content, search engine friendly web design, spider blocking, and more. Note: The original post includes a transcript of the video if you would prefer a readable format. by Ross Dunn, CEO, StepForth Web Marketing Inc. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:44:58 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=11093 Google Chrome, Google's unexpected open source web browser was announced over the Labour Day weekend and launched only a day later - it is now available for download in more than 100 countries. Here are some excerpts from the Google Blog announcement on September 1st, 2008 " A Fresh Take on the Browser ": "On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn't the browser that matters. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:30:40 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10888 In an effort to help out Yahoo with its revenue problems, Yahoo has hired Joanne Bradford, a former Microsoft Corp. Executive. Yahoo announced the recent hire in a press release Tuesday. Bradford was Microsoft's head of their Media Network and resigned back in March after a 7 year stint with the software giant. She then joined Spot Runner Inc as their Executive Vice President of National Advertising Services before being swept up by Yahoo. "My decision to come to Yahoo! Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:10:15 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10654 News.com says Google is number 4. For a brief period of time last week Google's market cap slipped from third to fourth position. Apple's market cap reached $158.84 billion and edged out Google which was at $157.84. Wikipedia defines market capitalization as "...a measurement of corporate or economic size equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding of a public company. As owning stock represents owning the company, including all its assets, Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:40:19 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10617 EARLY ACCESS TIP: On September 9th, 2008 Microsoft will be officially launching its free video email solution called " Windows Live Video Messages " which is supposed to allow users to freely send secure video messages to friends simply and easily using a web cam. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:29:17 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10423 I just finished writing a post for Search Engine Guide on Yahoo's latest idea that I think is positively brilliant. Here is the lead in if you would like to go there and read it in its entirety: "At Yahoo Anecdotal today Yahoo announced they had recently opened the Yahoo Accessibility Lab; a place where only Yahoo employees (for now) can experience the world of the Internet as a disabled web surfer would. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:28:23 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10421 Marketing Sherpa is a company I have nothing but respect for due to their years of offering outstanding marketing handbooks and case studies. Recently they updated one guide that just plain begged to be advertised - because it has the information that can increase your online conversions as much as 55% . The best part is this isn't any fluff ... everything they say is backed up with hard proof based on case studies and test after test. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:53:55 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10291 www. flick r .com This is a Flickr badge showing items in a set called SES San Jose 2008 . Make your own badge here . Last week's Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose was awesome! The content was exceptional - a cut above previous conferences - and the parties were a blast. To drive all of this home I invite you to check out the photos from the conference that I posted a few minutes ago. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:10:02 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10172 Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new plug-in for Outlook 2007. Information Week reports on this collaborative effort between Microsoft Research and Office Labs. The plug-in targets email overload and "uses various algorithms to automatically identify the importance or urgency of e-mail messages delivered into an Outlook 2007 in-box." It will allow automatic prioritizing of emails, and allow user to pause email delivery. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:08:45 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=9669 About three years ago Google took on a 5% stake at AOL for a whopping $1 Billion. Today Google is not so sure that the investment was a good choice. While they are not saying the value they believe the investment is worth, they are certainly not pleased by the past decision. "Based on our review, we believe our investment in AOL may be impaired. After consideration of the duration of the impairment, Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:03:54 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8998 Yahoo has their second quarter shareholder conference call Tuesday evening and the numbers are in. For Q2 of 2008 Yahoo's Revenues were $1.79 Billion, representing a 6% increase over 2007 Q2 Results. Their cost of revenues were also up substantially resulting in a gross profit up by only $18 million compared to 2007. Granted that a profit of more than a Billion dollars is nothing to sneeze at, but $18 million in growth is really peanuts in this multi-billion dollar industry. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:27:41 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8812 I've had people ask me why I dislike using Internet Explorer so much. I suppose part of the reason for my distaste is the behaviour Microsoft has displayed in the past and present. Forcing the use of their software has never sat well with me, particularly when the software in question is always so full of holes. Internet Explorer is infamous for bugs, ranging from major security flaws to simple annoyances and everything in between. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:36 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8646 I am not sure where I have been for the past two years, but today is the first time I have heard about Windows Live Expo - today is also the day I heard about its scheduled demise. Apparently this classified ad platform was considered to be a major threat for Craigslist, and this month, on July 31, Microsoft will pull the plug and the classified service launched back in February of 2006. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:31:14 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8634 Earlier in the week I was going through a Client's AdWords account and saw a reference to PPA pricing. This reminded me of Google's seemingly vanished venture. Back in March of last year, Google AdWords announced the launch of a US only Beta for a new AdSense Network pricing model Called PPA or Pay Per Action. Ostensibly, this would allow ads to be displayed on participating AdSense publishers sites, Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:27:07 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7831 New details have surfaced of Microsoft's most recent dealings with Yahoo and another offer from Microsoft that was again swatted down by Yahoo . BoomTown's Kara Swisher talks of Microsoft's most recent bid that was designed to stifle the Google and Yahoo partnership before it was signed; a very tempting bid at that. Swisher also points out a very insightful article by Harry Blodget on " Why Yahoo Passed on Microsoft's New Search Deal (New Details!) ". Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:27:44 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7418 Today I happened across an interesting speech on YouTube from the always engaging CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt. The speech was made on June 9th, 2008 at the exclusive Economic Club of Washington, D.C. and it is available below for those who wish to watch it. If you don't have the time I compiled a rough list of statistics, thoughts and quotes from Mr. Schmidt that I related below. Incidentally, Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:19:26 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7295 Google celebrates many holidays with pizazz by presenting a themed logo. On Memorial Day Google has not opted to provide a themed logo as long as I can remember, yet as Search Engine Journal depicted today many of the other search engines do a decent job of theming their logos. So what is it with Google? Obviously no one in their right mind would have any problem with honoring active members, veterans and resting military personnel. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:42:21 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6632 Avid users of Google Earth will now find a new layer added to the unique mapping system. Google News has recently been incorporated allowing users to see regional news related to the specific areas they are viewing. For some time now the ability to find geo-tagged photos within Google Earth has been available, and it only makes sense that geographic news stories would also be made integrated into the service. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Fri, 23 May 2008 19:19:33 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6254 Last night I uploaded a new article to Search Engine Guide on 4Q which is an excellent free survey tool you can easily add to your website in order to improve the website and your marketing intelligence. The scivy on 4Q can be found in my exclusive Search Engine Guide article: Free Survey Tool Fuels Marketing Insight . by Ross Dunn, StepForth Web Marketing Inc. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Thu, 15 May 2008 18:14:32 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6188 Microsoft offered a sneak peak back in February, and as of Tuesday the public beta of WorldWide Telescope has been made available, according to a Press Release issued by Microsoft. The online virtual telescope has been created in response to Google's launch of Google Sky a few years ago, and takes things to the next level with a huge database of high resolution images from various stars, galaxies, and other non-earthly entities. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Wed, 14 May 2008 18:31:40 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6148 In Part 1 and Part 2 of How to Optimize for Google I discussed general website optimization, links, and Google webmaster tools. In Part 3 we will look at a number of other considerations which play a role in successful rankings in Google, and also touch on some tactics which are best avoided. Completing Optimization: Other Considerations Redirects If you need to use redirects on your site it is very important to use the correct one. If a page is moving to a new location, Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Tue, 13 May 2008 22:02:32 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5592 In the past I have written articles about the growing importance of creating a mobile website . I am currently in the process of creating yet another article with an update on the basic methods of creating a mobile website based on StepForth's own work so that hopefully more people will take the time to do so. During my writing I came up with some burning questions: Once I have a website how do I ensure mobile users find it? Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:47:51 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5534 Have you ever wondered exactly when and where viewers watch your YouTube videos? YouTube Insight, a new tool has been created by Google's engineering team in Zurich, to allow users to dive deeper into the statistics behind their posted videos. Guardian.co.uk reported on the new addition Thursday morning. "We know a lot of data about video consumption and we want to give some of that back," Jacobi said. "A lot of bands use the site, Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:20:39 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5169 Optimizing for top Google rankings includes a number of factors. In Part 1 of 3 we discussed onsite optimization. In Part 2 we will touch on incoming links as well as using Google Webmaster Tools. LINKS Links are very important in today's Google rankings, but just how many links you need will depend on both the competitiveness of your target phrases, and the quality of the incoming links themselves. Essentially the number one rule of links is to keep it relevant! Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:46:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4720 I am in disbelief. Less than 40 minutes ago the Official Google Webmaster Central Blog announced that Google can now fill out web forms and spider the resulting content. Previously this was not only not done by search engines but it was well known that such content would be useless since it wouldn't 'necessarily' be formatted for the eyes of searchers. Apparently Google is now throwing this concept to the wind. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:00:20 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4364 The evolution of the internet is anything but dull. It is a precarious world that is subject to the influence of both devious and altruistic actions. Just like any human society, there is chaos and there is order. Yet, what makes the cyberworld so unique is the opportunity for people to come together that may never have done so by traditional networks. Through communication on different websites and blogs, Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:50:44 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3865 AOL Time Warner had acquired Bebo , one of the largest social networks outside of North America. Bebo is huge in both the U.K. and New Zealand. It's the third biggest social network in the U.S. after Myspace and Facebook and for AOL it " positions us to offer advertisers even greater reach and marketers significant insights into the desires and needs of consumers ." With 4. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:45:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3855 In order to help curb the possibility of rioting, the Chinese government has blocked all access to both YouTube and Google News to prevent the viewing of news reports and video footage documenting riots and protests in Tibet . Other web properties blocked include giants Yahoo, CNN, and the BBC. Cnet reported on the blockage over the weekend and many others such as the New York Times have also picked up the story. Google has before been blocked by the Chinese government. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:50:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3861 PPC (Pay-per-click advertising) has been around for a while now and many site owners have either experimented with, or have at least heard of the marketing platform but surprisingly, there are still a large number of potential advertisers who have had no exposure to the world of PPC. After fielding questions from new clients as well as our newest sales representative, I have decided to write an article to explain a few of the basics of what PPC is, Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:41:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3854 Over the past couple years it has been impossible to avoid the buzz about images and their increasing role in search; such as universal search which is becoming commonplace among the major search engines. But universal search is only the most prevalent news and only the baby-steps of a new format of search that is about to take over the Internet. Do I have your interest piqued? Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:27:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3857 With great joy the staff at StepForth want to welcome into this world Emma Marnie Van Achte, the newborn daughter of Scott Van Achte; our Senior SEO at StepForth and friend. Emma was born March 03, 2008, 5:54pm, at 7lbs, 8oz Congratulations Scott and Lyndsay! You have an absolutely gorgeous baby girl and we can't wait to meet her and spoil her silly :-) Here are more pictures of Scott and Lyndsay's long awaited day. Lots of love from your StepForth family. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:39:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3863 1-800-GOOG-411 is now available in Canada! First, I must admit, this may very well have happened a while ago but if it did I must have missed the news; thanks to Garret Rogers at ZDNet for the heads up. Either way, it is cool and I haven't heard of anyone in my circle of friends that uses it yet but they really should. Here is an illustration on how Google's free entirely voice-activated 411 service works: Looks simple right? Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:30:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3853 Yesterday the Official Google Blog rather quietly announced the availability of Google Calendar Sync; a program for synchronizing Google Calendar with Microsoft Outlook. Now this is something that many of us have been eagerly waiting a long time for so I have to say the rather itty-bitty post is a bit uncharacteristic... perhaps I missed the first unveiling or something? Anyway, Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:25:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3869 According to an interview Search Engine Watch's Kevin Newcomb had with Ask spokesperson Nicholas Graham, the search engine is still committed to search and denies allegations that Ask is "dead". In fact, apparently the search community overreacted. Kevin has more of the interview feedback in his article but these quotes sum up Ask's position nicely: "The idea that we're going to become a women's site is just plain wrong. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:27:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3852 On Feb 28th at SMX West I was fortunate to spend some time with Jeremiah Andrick , Program Manager of Live Search Webmaster Center . To start I let Jeremiah give an introduction to Live Webmaster Tools and soon after we began discussing some of the latest additions to the tools and he gave an inkling that some major stuff is coming down the line. I hope you enjoy the interview because I had a lot of fun doing it. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:34:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3862 Today the Wall Street Journal broke incredibly sad news ... indeed I think it is one of the saddest moments in my SEO career. Ask.com is letting go of 40 employees and conceptually restructuring itself by moving away from mainstream search and focusing on question-related searches for their supposed primary audience "middle-American, predominantly female consumers. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3851 How would you like to change the way your site rankings appear within the search engines? I am not talking about the ranking itself, but rather the listings appearance. This idea may soon become a reality, at least at Yahoo, with the introduction of Yahoo Open Search. As noted in the Yahoo Search Blog Monday: "..instead of a simple title, abstract and URL, Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:57:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3866 It appears that YouTube is having some serious problems because it has been unreachable for over an hour now. I checked with a fellow Twitterer and there is no question this is a widespread outtage. What I find the most odd... Is there isn't even a error page provided by Google which is highly irregular and does not bode well. I hope you are all having a great weekend. Tomorrow I am off to Santa Clara for SMX West... I hope to see some of you there. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:51:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3850 Today comScore released the search engine rankings for January 2008 and although the leaders of search are still holding strong to their positions Ask.com has experienced 20% growth! By far, ASK has shown the most significant improvement of all search properties. Furthermore when the report included all of the Ask Network the growth still trumped all other networks with 14.7% growth; the network includes other search properties such as MyWebSearch.com, Bloglines.com , etc. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:34:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3856 Over the past few days there seems to be a lot of action with Google and Mobile search. As the advancement in mobile technology continues, the major search engines are finding their place in this infant marketplace to seek out as many advertiser dollars as possible. Google Searches Abundant on iPhones On Wednesday, Google reported that it has seen more mobile searches by users using Apple iPhones by 50 times that of any other mobile handset, according to the Financial Times . Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:03:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3860 The policy at Google may not be changing regarding how they treat Display URL's within AdWords accounts, but they are cracking down on those abusing the system. Effective April 1st of this year the display URL policy will be strictly enforced. While the policy is relatively simple, some advertisers have found ways to abuse the system and in the light of some advertiser complaints, Google has decided to put its foot down in the act of fairness. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:01:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3858 Over the past week I have been keeping the StepForth SEO Blog updated on the events focused on Microsoft's attempted acquisition of Yahoo and the fall out since. This is becoming quite a debacle so I thought a little chronological update on how all this went down might be useful. From 2006 to Now 2006: Rumors abounded that Yahoo and Microsoft were in talks about working together and that an acquisition was possible. However, Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:52:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3859 Google has added a "search box" for sites chosen to have "a high probability that a user wants more refined search results within that specific site". Without leaving Google's results page the "search box" will help find information within that website and hopefully the exact page people are looking for within a site. The "search box" will gather query specific results from within the site and display them on a new refined results page. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:48:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3868 Microsoft released the following official statement today in response to Yahoo's denial of the $44 bn dollar offer and I highlighted Microsoft's fully-expected overture towards a hostile takeover: It is unfortunate that Yahoo! has not embraced our full and fair proposal to combine our companies. Based on conversations with stakeholders of both companies, we are confident that moving forward promptly to consummate a transaction is in the best interests of all parties. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:12:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3864 Over the weekend Bloomberg reports that Yahoo's board decided to reject Microsoft's offer of $44 bn because they felt their stock was substantially undervalued but they hinted they could be drawn back to the table with a more alluring offer. "The board spent a week reviewing the $31-per-share offer before deciding it was too low. The statement didn't give a counter-proposal for the price. Yahoo wants at least $40, the Wall Street Journal reported this weekend. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:27:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3867 Yesterday I had the good fortune to be invited to speak on the Webcology Webmasterradio.FM radio show with Jim Hedger and Dave Davies about my experience with competitor analysis . The show was a part of a 10 part SEO series where experts in their select field of SEO are invited to discuss their artform. Search Engines News SEO News StepForth SEO News StepForth SEO News Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:09:00 GMT