SEO News Headlines from the `Net

The world according to Google
Jan 10, 2006
Internet search engine Google is the fastest growing company in history. Created just seven years ago it is now worth about $140 billion and receives more than a quarter of a billion queries every day.

Fathom finds keyword prices dipped in December
Jan 12, 2006
San Francisco - Search keyword prices dipped to an average of $1.43 last month from an average of $1.70 in December 2004, according to the latest index from Fathom Online, a search engine marketing company that has tracked keyword pricing for the last 16 months. Fathom said that while more money continues to enter the search arena, the inventory of keywords and phrases has also increased, resulting in an overall stabilization in pricing.

Sites Lose Shoppers With Required Registration
Jan 16, 2006
E-COMMERCE RETAILERS, TAKE NOTICE: ABOUT one in three holiday shoppers abandoned sites without making a purchase if those sites required registration, according to a new study by research firm Questus. The report, based on a survey of 425 U.S. Web users, also found that one-quarter of shoppers exited sites if it was difficult to find merchandise, while about one in five left if a site didn't seem trustworthy.