SEO Tip: Yahoo Search Engine SERPS

I just noticed something interesting while looking in the log files for my Flat Screen Tvs - Plasma Tvs - LCD Displays and HDTV blog.

I've been getting a lot of traffic from yahoo. But the interesting thing is that my rankings are based on different versions of Yahoo's cache of my site. For instance I may have a top position for a keyword like "Dell LCD" based on Yahoo's cache of my blog on Monday, but at the same time I'm ranking high for "Dell Plasma" on a Wednesday cache of my site.

I had always thought that older cached versions of my site were being replaced with a newer cache, but that's not the case. I'm seeing at least three days worth of my index page in Yahoo's results pages.

This may be old news, but since I haven't heard or read this anywhere, I figured it was worth sharing. There are some very interesting possibilities for yahoo optimization based on this info. But I'll leave it to you to figure that out ;)

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Max AdWords bid is $100

While doing some research today, I found out the maximum bid amount on Google AdWords is now $100. I don't know when this happened since I didn't see any announcements. If anyone of you know when this happened, I'd be interested in knowing.

I hear that recently Overture increased their max bid to $999.99 so this could be a direct result of that. As for me, I really don't now why anyone would be willing to pay $999.99 a click.

I also wonder if this affects AdSense publishers in anyway. Is Google still going to share the same percentage of each bid? This could mean more earnings for some publishers in the correct niche.

New Google AdSense Support Center

Today when I logged into my AdSense account I saw there was a new AdSense Support center being featured. I spent some time going through the site, it's pretty good. If you have any AdSense questions, make sure to check this out before emailing Google. You may find your answer faster.

Google now searching over 8 billion pages

Google's index has almost doubled to over 8 billion pages. As of today, the message at the bottom of the main page says "Searching 8,058,044,651 web pages". According to the Official Google Blog, this new index includes HTML, PDF, PowerPoint, Flash, PostScript and JavaScript. The part about JavaScript is quite interesting. A lot of experts have been claiming that Google doesn't index JavaScript. But it looks like now they do. I've got to look into this further.

This is great news for all website owners. It means that it's more than likely that any page that you've been trying to get into the Google index is now in there. I wonder if this is a coincidence or good timing for the launch of Microsoft's new Search Engine?

Do Higher Rankings mean more Revenue Per Click on AdSense?

I just saw an interesting post over at the Search Engine Roundtable blog. Apparently, there seems to be a possible link between how much is earned from your adsense ads and your search engine rankings. I haven't checked my sites to see if this is true or not, but it makes sense. You can also read more and discuss the topic here

Search Engine Optimization Inc - Toolbar

The cool people over at SEO Inc have released their first-of-its-kind SEO ToolBar. This toolbar is a must have for anyone doing SEO work since it a real time saver. Take a look at some of the featuress it offers:

Features:

Lets you know if a site is indexed by DMOZ, and in what category.

How many pages for that site have been indexed by Google.

Search the number of inbound links to the site. Data come from (Google, MSN, Yahoo, and AOL)

New Localized German version of Commission Junction (CJ)

A few days ago, I noticed a lot of new cj.com publishers that had a pay out in Euros. At the time, I just though they were doing a big push to sign up new publishers in Europe. The today, I became aware of a new announcement that answered my questions. Apparently, this is a result of CJ's Global Network Initiative.

They have just launched in the German market, with a fully localized version of the cj.com marketplace. This means a lot to affiliate publishers, because we now have a new market to target. The US market is saturated, and competition for customers is very tough. By promoting foreign programs now, you should be able to compete in a less crowded space. Affiliate marketing is growing in other countries, but right now it's not as big as it is in the US. Take this opportunity to make some relatively easy money promoting programs in other countries.

Google AdWords growth. What does it mean to you?

I was reading Brad Fallon's Blog (Creator of Stomping the Search Engines) and noticed he had a post about an article that discusses the future growth of the Google AdWords program. They predict they'll be adding almost 100,000 new subscribers every year until 2008. There are currently about 280,000 advertisers in the program right now.

What does this mean to you? If you are an advertiser, the growing competition means increasing bid prices, which will reduce ROI. It's going to be harder to get the same results you've been getting. Now is the time to fine tune you campaigns, make sure you are doing everything you can to squeeze the most out of your advertising budget. This also means careful and constant tracking of campaigns, so you can really tell whether you are making or losing money.

For publishers, it means more revenue from AdSense. Higher bid prices and more advertiser, mean that you'll mostly likely be earning more per click over the coming years. This assumes that, Google doesn't change the revenue share percentages over the years. The increase in ads also means better targeting, since there is an increased chance of having ads that target your audience.

Instant Video Generator: Take a Sneak Preview

Did the video below catch your attention? I bet it did. Now you there's an easy way to put video like this on your web site, and you don't even have to be a geek like me. Instant Video Generator, from Alex Mandossian, Armand Morin, and Rick Raddatz, will be launching later on this month. But there's a special pre-registration offer for the first 800 people that sign up now. You get some really nice bonuses.