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Is Your Site Secure?
The Internet is an amazing place, but it can also be very dangerous. Many times, webmasters are so focused on issues such as duplicate content that they neglect to properly secure their site from hackers and spammers. According to Sasi Parthasarathy of Bing, security is extremely undervalued, especially, since it could make or break a business’s credibility on the Web.
Surprise Announcements from Search Engines
Each conference has its share of announcements, but SMX East had a couple of surprise revelations directly from the search engines. The first announcement pertains to the canonical tag that WebProNews first told you about in February of this year.
Understanding Bing’s Toolbox
Before Bing launched, many people speculated what it would offer. Webmasters, developers, and advertisers were primarily concerned with the Toolbox. As Rajesh Srivastava of Bing tells WebProNews, there were three important principles that Bing wanted to convey with their Toolbox.
Local Search Opportunities with Bing Mobile
One area that Bing is really stepping up its efforts to better compete with the other search engines is in mobile search. Justin Jed, the Group Product Manager for Bing Mobile Search, believes in their product because it focuses on what users want.
Getting the Full Picture with Bing
Image searches have grown tremendously over the past few years. According to Todd Schwartz of Bing, there are over 1 billion image searches each month. In addition, image search is the 2nd largest search vertical across all search engines.
Bing’s Semantic Approach to Search
At the early part of the summer, Microsoft launched its new search engine Bing, also known as the “decision engine.” As Mark Johnson of Bing explains, the search engine tries to determine the searcher’s intent or semantics in order to speed up the decision-making process.
Finding the Point of Conversion
In online advertising, it is sometimes difficult to pinpoint the exact action that prompted a search and thus a conversion. There are many factors to consider such as the size of the ad and the media types that were used. One variable that is sometimes overlooked but is very important is recency, as James Colborn of Microsoft Advertising pointed out.
Google’s OS to Challenge Microsoft?
Googlers Sundar Pichai and Linus Upson announced on Wednesday that the company was embarking on a new project: the Google Chrome Operating System. After the Web browser launched last year, many people anticipated a Google OS as the company’s next move.
Is the Search Industry Heating Up?
A lot has been happening in the search industry over the last year. Google is still the dominant player, but Yahoo and Microsoft are still fighting for the top. Is there hope for the other engines?
Google PR Sculpting and Nofollow Debate Revisited
SMX Advanced 2009 turned out to be a great show, and as always, it held some excitement. The two most exciting occurrences at the show were Microsoft’s new search brand Bing and the debate that broke out over Google’s PageRank Sculpting and nofollow practices. WebProNews spoke with Jeremiah Andrick to get his perspective on both issues.