Two weeks ago, Google published its Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide version 1.1, published 13 November 2008, outlining the basics of how Google sees good SEO. Reading through the 22-page Acrobat document, I found it makes a good explanation of the Google environment and main website elements search engine optimization specialists work with but that explanation is a little out of date.

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The year-over-year gains for Google that we saw in Nielsen Online’s October 2008 search engine rankings were mirrored in comScore’s rankings for the same month.

Google enjoyed a nice 63.1% share, up from 58.5% during the same time last year. Yahoo was at 20.5% down from 22.9%> Microsoft was at 8.5%, down from 9.7%.

There was one major difference between Nielsen and comScore. Nielsen said the number of searches declined, while comparing comScore’s October 2008 data to its 2007 data shows that the number of searches increased to 12.6 million billion up from 10.5 million billion.

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Moving forward into 2009, changes in the search engine market-space and business world will have enormous effect on how SEOs work and how they define their client centered goals. Believe it or not, tomorrow’s SEO might not concern his or herself with search ranking at all.

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The success of your testing program relies heavily on the cooperation of many people in your organization. In today’s By the Numbers column, “Assembling Your Landing Page Optimization Dream Team, Part 2,” Tim Ash continues with a look at more key roles needed for a successful landing page optimization program.

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