Today I am deliberately taking a lighter approach to blogging with a collection of my ’5 Funniest SEO Cartoons’.

I know what you are thinking – and the answer is Yes!! I am lazy to write a blog that some of you may not have time to thoroughly read through. Besides, like Mani Karthik says, “SEO is not always serious stuff you know” (I also took the liberty of adding a short explanation to the terms in each cartoon: For my non-SEO folk). Enjoy

Happy Birthday

Keywords and phrases strategically placed and crafted into your website can significantly boost your ratings in search engine results

Rankings

SEO is no longer about ranking anymore. The significance of ranking has disappeared with the use of personalized search, universal search, real-time search and local search in the SERP’s. Search Optimisers are crazy about this factor, often worrying about drop in their rankings for competitive keywords.

Changed Algorithm

Search engines like Google are frequently changing their ‘algorithms’ that can help your site rank number 1 for targeted keywords. Just imagine there was an algorithm to get to heaven?! – a constantly changing one at that.

No Follow

Basically the No-Follow attribute instructs the search engines how they should value a particular link, in this case not to index the link.

Socialitis

Not only Search Engine Optimisers suffer from “Socialitis” – addicted to social media (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr).

Click here to see more SEO cartoons. Props Mani Karthik for insipiring this blog with his blog post.

Every time a new report by Hitwise or Nielsen Online is released we continue to see amazing data in terms of Search usage growth and increased interaction with Social Networking tools. These trends should come as no surprise and it could be expected that we will see more astonishing data being released in the few months ahead.

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Watching trends on Google is much like watching Pinky and the Brain! You might remember the well-known phrase from this cartoon series…

“What are we going to do tonight, Brain.”
“The same thing we do every night Pinky, try to take over the World!!”

If you have not seen this cartoon series, the words may well make you think of Google. Google has literally taken over the World and is continually taking ground in Search with ever-increasing Market Share figures.

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Roundup of the latest news from both Google and Yahoo! that made headlines in the last week.

Google

• Google Launches New Features in Advanced Search

Google has updated and enhanced the UI for its Advanced Search page. In addition to the recent “date range” options that expand from the menu, Google has now added topic-specific searches.

• Google Launches Adwords Editor 6.0

Google has launched the latest version of its desktop campaign management tool, Adwords Editor 6.0

• Google Analytics Adds Adwords TV Campaign Reporting

If your Adwords and Analytics accounts are linked, you should see any TV campaigns you’re running automatically. You’ll be able to view web traffic right along data showing how many times your ad was aired.

• Google Maps for Mobile Adds Public Transportation Directions

When Google Maps added a public transportation feature for bus and train routes, it was only available on the desktop maps product. Now, Google Maps has brought the feature to its mobile maps product, which is where it should really shine.

• Google Hasn’t Won Yet Says Ballmer

The Washington Post posted an interview with the CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer today that touched on topics such as Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo and the future of advertising.

• Google Calls For Expansion Of H-1B Visa Program
• Google Maps For Mobile Offers Bus, Train Directions
• Google Website Optimizer: Pump Up Your Sales
• Google Changes Definition For ‘Doorway Pages’
• Google Webmaster Tool Develops Glitch!
• Google Quietly Launches ‘Google Merchant Search!

Yahoo!

• Icahn Wants Yahoo to Offer Itself Up for $34.375 Per Share
  Today, Carl Icahn released his second letter in a week to Yahoo’s Chairman Roy Bostock. He responded to yesterday’s Yahoo response to his earlier letter ripping Yang. Plus, he suggests that Yahoo publicly offer itself to Microsoft for $34.375 per share.
• Yahoo Response to Icahn: You’re Not the Boss of Me!
  Yahoo today issued a response to billionaire invetor Carl Icahn, who’s asking Yahoo to make it easier for Microsoft to acquire them.
• Yahoo! And Havas Digital Announce Global Partnership
  Yahoo! Inc. has announced that, it has partnered with Havas Digital, which is one of the world’s leading interactive agencies and has agreed upon a Global Partnership.
• Yahoo Responds To Icahn: No You Cahn’t
• Yahoo! Updates ToS For Sponsored Search!
• Yahoo! Launches ‘Yahoo! Circular Program’
• Yahoo Gets Scrappy Under Fire
• Yahoo Search Gallery Opens Up
• Yahoo In Ad Deal With Walmart.com
• Yahoo Goes Announcement Crazy

Just a quick update on what’s happening in the World of Search.

Yahoo! is making some changes to their crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms.

Yahoo! warns that ranking changes and page shuffling in the index may occur over the next few days.

See the Yahoo! Search Blog