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Portland SEO Copywriters Anticipation Ends: Google Suggest Leaves Lab

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August 29, 2008

Google Suggest, which displays a drop-down menu of – you guessed it – suggestions, as you type in the search field, tantalizing Portland SEO Copywriters, was released Aug 25. The lab product debuted in 2004 and has since been glimpsed sparingly in Google’s network of sites and services. Portland SEO Copywriters will want to play around with its functionality to get a feel for how it works.

Google claims that the function helps users execute faster, more relevant searches by recommending options for the rest of your search term based on the most popular searches conducted by other Google users. Google’s blog states:

The Google Suggest feature originally started as a 20% project in 2004, and has since expanded to Google Labs, Toolbar, Firefox search box, Maps and Web Search for select countries, the iPhone and BlackBerry, YouTube, and now Google.com.

Understandably, Google praises the service as a tool to help formulate queries, eliminate spelling errors, and save on keystrokes.

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August 22, 2008

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It’s Been Good to Knol You Portland Copywriters and SEO Pros

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August 20, 2008

I know, I know, I Knol – This isn’t exactly news, but I wanted to wait a bit before I rang in on Knol’s potential impact on Oregon Copywriters and SEO Pros. The truth is, we’ve recently created Knols for several clients and the result has been that the targeted keyword search terms we used displayed at a higher ranking in search results for the Knols than they did for the original content (rewritten) which carried the exact same keywords. And the search results appeared overnight. What does this all mean for small businesses and the Oregon Copywriters and SEO Pros they may hire to write their Knol?

Well, they jury is still out on that one. Here’s what the Christian Science Monitor had to say:

But for some, it’s[Google Knol] a stretch – not technologically, but ethically.

…With each foray into content, it raises concerns about conflict of interest with its original function as unbiased search engine – concerns that Google search would be disposed to point to Google content first.

…Google keeps secret the algorithms that rank search results, meaning that users are left to trust the company not to favor its own burgeoning content over others.

…the project overlaps needlessly with existing online encyclopedias, including Wikipedia, Citizendium, and Squidoo.

…Knol allows anyone to write encyclopedia pages …each page, or knol, will have a signed author and may include his or her point of view.

…The author may put advertising on the knol, with revenues shared by the author and Google.

…Within days of Knol’s launch, some knols showed up in Google’s top 10 search results for certain keyword queries…

…content could be “scraped” off another page … dumped onto a knol, and show up higher on Google’s search results than the original … What’s more, a Google algorithm clearly noted the original page, but still ranked the knol higher.

…Despite the concerns, there is no conclusive evidence that Google has ever favored its own content…

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Portland Oregon Copywriter and SEO Companies: Subject Searches Overtaking Email as Most Popular

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August 20, 2008

Small businesses considering hiring Portland Oregon Copywriter or SEO Companies will like this new nugget of info: Computerworld recently reported that nearly half of all Internet users use search engines during typical day, which means that search engines are tightening the gap with email, the all-time dominant Internet use. So, if the Portland Oregon Copywriter or SEO Companies that you are considering are plugged into the latest trends, this is good news for you as a small business, because you are more accessible via search results.

Internet users who use search engines has increased from one-third in 2002 to 49% now (Pew Internet & American Life Project).

Even still, 60% of Internet users use e-mail on a typical day.

According to Pew, this means that search engine use is ahead of online activities such as checking the news or weather.

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