The Address Bar Won’t Kill Google

by iGaryApril 15, 2009

It is fair to say that while Google’s domination of search is generally frowned upon it probably is slightly better than a highly fragmented market with lots of players, especially if this is verticality structured. However, one thing that is a pretty safe bet is that AOL and ESPN’s new services won’t kill Google’s dominance [...]

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Glamping for Geeks in Joshua Tree National Park

by iGaryApril 12, 2009

We’ve all dreamed of that super cool holiday retreat where we can sample some of the rock n roll lifestyle for an affordable price, well here it is Rosa Muerta from Pretty Vacant Properties. Set in the wonderful Joshua Tree National park the Rosa Muerta adds some style to a breath taking setting. The Joshua [...]

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Google UK Testing One Line Sitelinks

by iGaryApril 1, 2009

It looks like Google UK are doing some funny stuff with sitelinks. Early in march a few people noticed that the typical site links, two columns of up to 8 extra links under the top listing for a search result, which looks like this They changed this to a single line for some results, in [...]

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40 Percent of Mobile search from 200 Keywords

by iGaryMarch 19, 2009

I was speaking at the IAB Engage for Search conference on Tuesday and one statistic that stood out for me was from Charles Sword (Head of Mobile Advertising Yahoo). It was 40 Percent of Mobile search comes from just 200 Keywords Here’s my take on it in my latest podcast. I wasn’t just sat on [...]

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Mobile Search Stats from Yahoo!

by iGaryMarch 17, 2009

I was speaking at the IAB conference today and an interesting stat from Yahoo! Just 200 keywords account for over 40% of all searches on mobile phones here in the UK. Will update late with more detailed stats. In the meantime here is a snippet from my talk on SEO.

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