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The Move to Mobile: Many Forward Thinkers Believe in ‘Mobile First’

The recent news about mobile is coming from the content side of the business because of three recent announcements by tech giants. First Google stopped politely suggesting site owners to become mobile friendly and with their Mobilegeddon update they decided to start demanding compliance instead.

Stewart Tongue ·
trends

SEO Trends: The Game Has Changed

There used to be a time when webmasters could simply look up the page rank of any website, see what Google thought of it and buy backlinks on the footer of pages with a guaranteed bang for their buck.

Stewart Tongue ·

Bing to Launch Mobile-Friendly Ranking Algorithm

Following Google’s lead, Microsoft’s Bing announced plans this week to prioritize sites that are optimized to serve up in mobile query results on its search engine.

trends

Hidden Gems: Digging Deeper Into Traffic Ecosystems

As adult content continues to evolve from the glory days of its time as a product for monetization into a valuable marketing hook for other products to monetize, the proliferation of new ad networks and the variety of ad services being launched each week is quickly creating a dizzying array of options for media buyers seeking to maximize their ROI on every ad spend.

Stewart Tongue ·

Bing Filtering URL Keyword Stuffing Spam Techniques

Bing has rolled out a new filtering mechanism that targets a common spam technique known as URL keyword stuffing.

Microsoft Boosts Bing Search Speed Via Custom Chips

Microsoft has announced its adoption of a new technology for blinding fast search speeds, called “Catapult,” which the company hopes will put its Bing search engine into the fore.

opinion

Turning to Bing

It’s never smart to put all of your eggs in one basket, or so the saying goes; and with Google clamping down on porn sites, adult marketers are seeking a “Plan B” — which in this case, “B” may stand for Bing.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

How ‘Bing it On’ Campaign Affects Search Strategy

For some television viewers, there is seemingly no escape from the Bing media blitz — a marketing campaign that is only rivaled by election year political ads — and indeed, the “Bing it On” approach is much the same: a ballot-based metaphor for presenting side-by-side search results that users can “vote” on, to determine whether Bing or rival Google is the better search engine. You can see it in action at BingItOn.com.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Image Search Remains Viable Traffic Booster

When many people think of search engines, they conjure up images of text boxes and links to content of dubious quality — but modern tools for searching the vast amounts of data available online take several shapes — such as image based search and search results that are a favorite traffic source and branding tool for savvy adult media marketers.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Traffic: Unfriendly Search Algorithms May Increase

The last year has brought many significant changes to the way traffic is acquired and evaluated. In 2013 webmasters will be faced with an increasingly unfriendly search engine algorithm, the dangers of buying recycled traffic from an ecosystem that replicates clicks intentionally and unintentionally as well as much more direct competition from large well-funded companies. Many will not survive, but the rewards will likely be even greater for those who do.

Stewart Tongue ·

Carmella Bing Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor

Adult star Carmella Bing has pled guilty to one count of misdemeanor possession of a meth pipe after being arrested last December in a bizarre stolen car chase.

Carmella Bing Arrested, Cited for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Adult star Carmella Bing was apprehended by Irvine police yesterday and cited for possessing drug paraphernalia.

opinion

Bing Vs Google

As Microsoft’s upstart Bing search engine continues to mature, its search results are becoming more refined and more in line with the results delivered by market leader Google; and adult search marketers are taking increased notice. Bing just keeps on gaining against Google across several metrics, capturing more than 30 percent of the U.S. search market away from its fierce and well entrenched competitor — and perhaps more importantly, reportedly delivering more clicks per listing than Google. Experts agree that this figure relates to users receiving more relevant search results; further fueling growth in the face of Google — a company once predicated upon those same relevant rankings.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Microsoft Buys VideoSurf; Xbox LIVE, Bing, Expected Beneficiaries

Microsoft has announced its acquisition of California-based VideoSurf, in a move to acquire the video search and discovery company’s technology.

Bing Uses Likes, Links to Drive Traffic

It’s been said many times before, but there is just no way around repeating it: the Internet is evolving in dramatic and profound ways and nowhere is this so evidenced today than in the worlds of search and social networking — the foundation for many user’s online experience.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

The Ascent of Bing

The battle between the search engines continues to escalate, with upstart Bing coming into its stride — capturing more than 30 percent of all domestic searches, according to a recent report by research analysts Experian Hitwise.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Bing Grabs 30% of All U.S. Searches

Microsoft’s search engine Bing grabbed 30 percent of all U.S. searches in March, according to market research firm Experian Hitwise.

Yahoo to Begin Testing Bing-Powered Results This Month

Yahoo has confirmed it will be testing Bing powered results in its live search results.

Does Bing Convert Better Than Google?

Adult marketers are always looking for an edge, and for some, Microsoft's upstart Bing search engine may provide the profit potential they are seeking.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Bing, Yahoo Block Porn in India

The Microsoft Bing and Yahoo search engines now block access in India to adult material after recent changes to a law that criminalizes the publication of porn.