Search Engine News RoundUp (Nov. 13-20, 2009)
Posted on 22. Nov, 2009 by Dave Fuentes in SEO News
Dubai’s weather has been getting better and better by the day. I just missed the rain today but I loved the cool breeze on my walk home (Yup my crib is just 20 minutes walk away from office, how sweet is that?!).
So what’s up with this week’s Search Engine News? Well nothing much… We have announcements mostly from Google and let’s see 2 giants finalizing their collaboration deal. So let’s get on it…
I’d always start with my favorite updates and for this week it would have to be Matt Cutt’s presentation on the recent
PubCon 2009. It was not an official announcement (which Google hardly does especially in disclosing search elements), but Matt Cutts discreetly implied that site speed would be a possible ranking factor in 2010. Although I would assume site speed would not be a heavy-weighted ranking element, it will be a noteworthy action. Important note: we are not advocating that you do major changes on your site just to anticipate this update. But if you do build a site, redesign, re-brand, etc., do consider CSS, java, image files as well as codes and scripts that actually affect your site’s loading speed. This is Google’s attempt to make the web efficient and faster for users.
Which brings me to the next update (more…)
$20 Billion Microsoft-Yahoo deal
Posted on 03. Dec, 2008 by Allan Duncan in MSN, Yahoo
Microsoft is said to pay $20 billion to acquire the second’ top search engine Yahoo. The proposal forms the centerpiece of a complex transaction that would see Microsoft support a new management team to take control of Yahoo. But there is no plan of Microsoft tabling another takeover bid for the web giant, after its aborted $47.5-billion offer this summer,”
A report from Sunday Times says that ex-chairman and chief executive of AOL and a former president of Fox Interactive Media, have been lined up to lead the new management team.
The Sunday Times said that under the terms of the proposed transaction, Microsoft would provide a $5billion facility to the Miller and Levinsohn management team. The duo would raise an additional $5-billion from external investors. (more…)
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