One of the first steps to understanding Search Engine Optimization is to understand the search engines themselves. If you’re familiar with what you’re up against, then you can have a better understanding of how to be successful.

Think of it in terms of a football, baseball, or any sports teams. If you go into a game without studying your opponent, then you won’t have a gameplan. If you don’t have a gameplan, you probably won’t win. However, if you study your opponent and have a gameplan, you’re far more likely to win.

Now I’m no programmer, so I won’t get…

Dear Bing & Yahoo!,

You still suck majorly and I’ll tell you why! I don’t care that you just merged together to fight big-bad Google. You’ll both probably end up just shitting your pants and crying in the corner (like always) while Google kicks your ass anyways!

Now even though I just bashed you pretty hard, I’m not here to tear you down. I’m really here to say WTF! My website has been live since January of this year and Google is the only one pulling me traffic.

Now I know I don’t get tons of traffic, but…

Microsoft’s hatred of Google is well documented. They hate them so much that they’ve decided to team up with on of the other “Big 3” search engines, Yahoo. In sports terms, this would be like the Red Sox annexing the Dodgers to team up against the Yankees. Pretty big!

According to Yahoo Tech, the 10-year deal announced Wednesday gives Microsoft access to the Internet’s second-largest search engine audience, adding a potentially potent weapon to the software maker’s Internet arsenal as it girds for an all-out assault…

A couple days ago Microsoft launches its new search engine Bing, calling it “The Decision Engine”. While I  have to admit I am skeptical of anything Microsoft puts out these days, Bing looks very intriguing. Here is a preview video below:

Things I Like

• Simplistic, yet beautiful (and flexible) design
• Enhanced related search archive
• Running search history right at your fingertips
• Enhanced category display features
• Excellent design & layout for image searches
• Enhanced video search with hovering autoplay feature
• Increased emphasis on Local Search (where MSN was severly lacking)

All…