• Yahoo Still Monkeying Around With Search Results
    Yahoo has now integrated various Search Monkey enhancements directly into the SERP, eliminating the need for users to click on and choose their own specialized results. For example, a search for a person's name may turn up snippets of their LinkedIn profile (if its updated), including their location and current job. "Try a query that's likely to turn up information from LinkedIn, Yahoo Local, or Yelp," says Doug Caverly. "Sometimes this works, and sometimes not, but you may be shown a specially formatted, extra-informative enhanced result." Caverly also notes that Yahoo has expanded Search Monkey internationally, …
  • Content Development: Are You Using The Right Voice?
    In part six of a seven-part series on building a "destination Web site," Stoney deGeyter dives into the topic of the "voice" of a site's copy. "One of the easiest ways to set yourself apart from your competitors is by creating a distinct voice through your written content," he says. "Whether you realize it or not, every website has a voice." The problem is, most of the time the voice is that of whoever wrote the copy--which can sometimes be a number of people including a Webmaster, a copywriter, and SEO specialist, or even the marketing team. …
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