Everyone in the SEO and web development world has likely read multiple articles on the Yahoo/Microsoft deal today, and if you’re reading this you’ve likely developed your own opinions on whether or not it was a wise decision for either company.  However, we (meaning the SEO team at SEO Group, not the royal we) are more concerned with how this will effect our search engine optimization process.

Everyone is talking about Google’s new operating system, but our search overlords have also recently rolled out a real estate search function that our SEO company finds pretty interesting. 

When it comes to search engine popularity in the U.S., the rankings usually come out to be:

1. Google
2. Yahoo
3. MSN

Our SEO company never passes up a chance to share our thoughts and opinions on topics related to online marketing.

Everyone involved in search engine optimization and online marketing fields has been buzzing about Google’s latest changes, and for good reason - the concept of user-edited search results is certainly a compelling one for SEO and online marketing companies.

This month marks the tenth anniversary of Google’s existence - doesn’t it seem like we’ve all been Googling for answers to all our internet questions much longer than that? More importantly, Google has gone from a upstart search engine to perhaps the biggest player on the internet - and as an SEO company, we have a more…adversarial relationship with Google than most.

Unless you have been living under a rock, you’ve heard of the Yahoo-Google deal that was announced recently. If you have a website (especially a business website), you’re probably wondering what their deal means for your position in the search engine results and your overall search engine optimization strategy.

Short answer: Your ranking and position in the search engine results should not be affected.