According to wikipedia: "Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results for targeted keywords. Usually, the earlier a site is presented in the search results or the higher it "ranks", the more searchers will visit that site. SEO can also target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, and industry-specific vertical search engines."
I saw that many people started to talk about it, there are many blogs and tutorials about this subject. I was curious to see the growth of seo in google's trends.
If you'll search for SEO, you'll see this graphic:
The main search places were:
If you'll search for "search engine optimisation", you can see that it evolved from 2006 to 2008, with several spikes:
The main regions for this search were:
It seems that the main seo specialists live in USA, UK, India, Canada, Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand.
But Romania, Japan, Philippines are coming fast from behind. These countries must eliminate the black seo and spam.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
All people do SEO
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Google receives more than 60 percent of U.S. Searches every month
NEW YORK, NY – April 7, 2008 – Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, announced that Google accounted for 67.25 percent of all U.S. searches in the four weeks ending March 29, 2008. Yahoo! Search, MSN Search and Ask.com each received 20.29, 5.25 and 4.09 percent respectively. The remaining 46 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.72 percent of U.S. searches.
Percentage of U.S. Searches Among Leading Search Engine Providers:
search.yahoo.com 20.29% 20.59% 21.26%
search.msn.com 6.65% 6.95% 9.01%
www.ask.com 4.09% 4.16% 3.48%
Note: Data is based on four week rolling periods (ending 3/29/08, 2/23/08, 3/31/07) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million US Internet users.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Search Engine Strategies 2008
The Premier Event for Search Engine Marketing & Optimization returns to London - 19-21 February 2008
"If you live and breathe search, or just want to know more about it, then Search Engine Strategies is for you. SES is a great show for anyone who wants to hear experts share their knowledge, find out about the latest developments and future technologies, and hone their search expertise.
Whether you're an expert or a search newbie, SES is one of the most important events in the search marketing calendar, giving you access to thousands of attendees, organisations, and opportunities to expand your business. A must to keep up with the 'hot topics' and break-neck speed of change in the industry."
—Lyndsay Menzies, Managing Director UK, bigmouthmedia
Search Engine Strategies Events:- SES London Conference & Expo Feb 19-21, 2008
- SES London Search Training Feb 22, 2008
- SES New York Conference & Expo Mar 17-20, 2008
- SES Hamburg Forum Apr 10-11, 2008
- SES Denver Search Training May 6, 2008
- SES Milan Forum May 27-28, 2008
- SES Toronto Conference & Expo Jun 17-18, 2008
- SES San Jose Conference & Expo Aug 18-21, 2008
- SES Chicago Conference & Expo Dec 8-11, 2008
