This is my constantly expanding list of sites to get listed on - based on the fact that they show themselves as IBLs on Google (therefore, increasing rankings in the SERPs):
Ok, what does this mean to designers in SEO-land? Nothing at this point, but it should be kept an eye on simply because any kind of merger between the ‘lesser two’ search engines will signify some major changes and would possibly make google ‘tighten the ship’ a bit, but it’s really difficult to say.
and maybe I’m missing the point but really - would 2 lesser engines = 1 big engine? I don’t think so. In fact, I would question if this would do anything more than eliminate one member of the competition for the top search engine position. Think about it: microsoft has in the past, tried to squeeze out the competition…is this what they’re doing with yahoo or are they going to take yahoo’s relatively different approach and combine it with theirs? That’s, to me, like microsoft taking macs approach and trying to combine it with their pc-based one - it won’t work well, that’s for sure.
however, it’s important to point out that a deal isn’t on the table, or at least that’s what they’re saying. Read about microsoft’s bid to buy yahoo on yahoo news.
Interesting article from Forbes, unfortunately, it’s not entirely accurate. Matt Cutts explains everything very clearly in his blog in response to the article. It’s a good read and designers should know what’s going on with the latest buzz words (Google Hell, Supplemental Results) as well as the real perspective from Google.
Read Google Hell Blog here.
