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Search Engine Market Share

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Search Engine Market Share

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Search engine market share- Google then Bing and then YahooWe haven’t reported on the respective market share among the three top search engines for more than a year and a half, and we see most trends continuing. About three years ago Google had 64% of all US searches, Yahoo had 16% and Bing had 14%. That changed n 2012 when Google’s share improved to 66%, Bing improved  to 15% and Yahoo dropped to 13%, their lowest share of the market yet. That moved Bing into second place for the first time.

Google & Bing Up, Yahoo Down  — Again

Now Google’s share has improved to almost 67%, Bing is up to 18% and Yahoo is down to 11%, their lowest share of the market yet. Ask has about 2½ % of the search market and AOL continues to come in at about 1½%. So the big three still monopolize search and their share has increased over the past year and a half, from 94% to 96%. That’s why in our reporting, we don’t bother with rankings other than at Google, Yahoo & Bing.

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Search Engine Market Share

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Search Engine Market Share

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New search engine ordering - Google then Bing and then YahooWe haven’t reported on the respective market share among the three top search engines for a little more than a year, and we see some new trends going on. A year ago Google had 64% of all US searches, Yahoo had 16% and Bing had 14%. That’s changing.

Google & Bing Up  — Yahoo Down

Now Google’s share has improved to 66%, Bing is up to 15% and Yahoo is down to 13%, their lowest share of the market yet. That moves Bing into second place for the first time.
Ask has about 3% od the search market and AOL comes in at about a percent and a half. So the big three still monopolize search adding up to 94% of all searches.

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Bing Now Powers Yahoo Search Results

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Bing Now Powers Yahoo Search Results

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Yahoo!The Yahoo/Bing “merger” has happened within the past two weeks in the US and Canada. Searches on both Yahoo and Bing are now powered by Bing’s index and pay per click (PPC) results on both will be combined soon. Both companies see this as a big deal, especially in terms of helping them compete with search goliath Google, which still gets about 70% of all searches.
BingThis doesn’t, however, mean that results on Bing and Yahoo will be identical. While both are using the same index (the list of pages on the web with information about their content and linking), the two search engines maintain different algorithms. That means that different ranking factors are being weighed more or less heavily by each of them.
We can expect rankings in Bing and Yahoo to resemble one another more closely than they used to, but our client rank checking shows they’re still quite different.
Web Pro News has a video news report that goes into more detail on this and some of the implications for SEO.

Dealing with Bad Press in Search Engine Results

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Dealing with Bad Press in Search Engine Results

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Bad PressNo matter how good your company is, someone may still write something negative about you, even if you tried your best to help them.
A customer might write negative comments about your company in their blog or one of your competitors might try to damage your reputation by creating false comments about you. One of our clients turned down a job applicant who then retaliated by writing negative, false reviews about them in several places on the web.
What can you do if web pages with negative comments appear on the first page of a major search engine?
1. Fix the problem (if there is a problem)
If people write negative reviews about your company, the first thing that you should do (if the allegations are true) is to fix the problem that caused the negative review in the first place.
2. It never hurts to ask
Send the webmaster of the web page with the negative review a polite email and ask for removal of the negative comments. Many webmasters will cooperate if you explain the issue, especially if the negative review is false or libelous.
3. Give web pages with positive reviews a bump
If the webmaster does not want to remove the negative review, find websites that contain positive comments about your site. Link to these pages from your own website to increase the link popularity of these pages. The more links the pages with the positive reviews have, the higher they will be ranking in the search results.
If appropriate, bookmark web pages with positive remarks about your website on social bookmark sites such as Digg, Delicious and Faves.
4. Request testimonials from delighted customers
If you receive positive feedback from customers, ask them to write a review on ConsumerReview.com, Epinions.com, Yelp, Angie’s List, Judy’s Book or similar sites.
5. Add your website to company wiki pages
Websites like AboutUs.org allow you to create an article about your company. If your company is large enough, you might even create an entry in Wikipedia. These Wiki pages will also appear in the search results when someone searches for your company name.
6. Make sure that your own website tops the search results
If your own website comes first for your company name then many people will click on your link and not look further. Rank Magic can help you achieve that.