Have you heard the news? This past month, Microsoft® and Yahoo! received regulatory clearance to form the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance in the United States and European Union. This milestone is an exciting step in our effort to give your business a time-saving and cost-efficient way to connect with [...]

Venn diagrams normally consist of overlapping circles. For instance, in a two-set Venn diagram, one circle may represent the group of all wooden objects (or web designer), while another circle may represent the set of all tables (maui). The overlapping area (intersection) would then represent the set of all wooden tables (or maui web designers). [...]

By Maggie Shiels
Technology Reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley

Google says users are becoming more sophisticated at search

Web giant Google has unveiled new products that it says will push search in a new direction.
Google is using so-called semantic web technology to leverage the underlying data on websites to enhance [...]

What is interest-based advertising and how will it benefit me?

Interest-based advertising enables advertisers to reach users based on their interests (e.g. ’sports enthusiasts’), and allows them to show ads based on a user’s previous interactions with them, such as visits to advertiser websites. To complement interest-based advertising, the Ads Preferences Manager lets users view and [...]

I have been receiving quite a few calls regarding Hawaiian Telcom Premium Clicks, which is a Search Engine Advertising product provided by Hawaiian Telcom Yellow Pages. The first question i get is usually; “is it worth it?” then “Should I do it” and often “I just signed up, was that the right decision?”. First off, [...]

1. If you absolutely MUST use Java script drop down menus, image maps or image links, be sure to put text links somewhere on the page for the spiders to follow.
2. Content is king, so be sure to have good, well-written and unique content that will focus on your primary keyword or keyword phrase.
3. If [...]

Introduction
Google is rated by many as the number one search engine in the world. We personally know that our websites get about 90% of their search engine traffic direct from Google searches.
Getting indexed by Google can be a pain, but getting highly placed rankings for specific keywords seems to be the nut that not many [...]