Comments for Conductor Blog http://www.conductor.com/blog The Science of Search Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Organic Search Leads Traffic and Conversions Yet Trails in Budgets and Mindshare by John Cole http://www.conductor.com/blog/2012/04/organic-search-leads-traffic-and-conversions-yet-trails-in-budgets-and-mindshare/#comment-2388 John Cole Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:15:21 +0000 http://www.conductor.com/blog/?p=3759#comment-2388 Amen Seth! So true...I've seen this happen time and time again where people get so caught up with the latest internet marketing site/tool/news that they divert focus from where the real growth opportunity lies. I concur with your argument that we MUST understand the opportunity cost of pursuing the *shiny new object* vs. fully investing in what we know works and letting data lead the way (my own paraphrase). Amen Seth! So true…I’ve seen this happen time and time again where people get so caught up with the latest internet marketing site/tool/news that they divert focus from where the real growth opportunity lies. I concur with your argument that we MUST understand the opportunity cost of pursuing the *shiny new object* vs. fully investing in what we know works and letting data lead the way (my own paraphrase).

]]> Comment on Wikipedia in the SERPs: Appears on Page 1 for 60% of Informational, 34% Transactional Queries by Vinss http://www.conductor.com/blog/2012/03/wikipedia-in-the-serps-appears-on-page-1-for-60-of-informational-34-transactional-queries/#comment-2258 Vinss Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:44:31 +0000 http://www.conductor.com/blog/?p=3622#comment-2258 nice case study, It is quite interesting that Wikipedia appears on page one of the search results for six out of ten, that's what made me to read the whole study. nice case study, It is quite interesting that Wikipedia appears on page one of the search results for six out of ten, that’s what made me to read the whole study.

]]> Comment on Wikipedia in the SERPs: Appears on Page 1 for 60% of Informational, 34% Transactional Queries by Nathan Safran http://www.conductor.com/blog/2012/03/wikipedia-in-the-serps-appears-on-page-1-for-60-of-informational-34-transactional-queries/#comment-2252 Nathan Safran Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:25:20 +0000 http://www.conductor.com/blog/?p=3622#comment-2252 Sam, Thanks for stopping by. I don't find fault with your original study--I think our study supports your findings that wikipedia is extremely visible for one word queries. As we get more granular and start adding words to the query their visibility starts to change... Thanks again for kicking off the discussion on how wikipedia appears in the SERPs. Nathan Sam,

Thanks for stopping by. I don’t find fault with your original study–I think our study supports your findings that wikipedia is extremely visible for one word queries. As we get more granular and start adding words to the query their visibility starts to change…

Thanks again for kicking off the discussion on how wikipedia appears in the SERPs.

Nathan

]]> Comment on Wikipedia in the SERPs: Appears on Page 1 for 60% of Informational, 34% Transactional Queries by Sam Silverwood-Cope http://www.conductor.com/blog/2012/03/wikipedia-in-the-serps-appears-on-page-1-for-60-of-informational-34-transactional-queries/#comment-2251 Sam Silverwood-Cope Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:19:36 +0000 http://www.conductor.com/blog/?p=3622#comment-2251 Nice study and nice charts. However, I still stand by the original study - which you're right has spurned a lot of comment and further studies. However, as your line chart starts to show, the greater the number of keywords, the less presence Wiki has, you could have carried on for 15 -20 words and it would have got less and less. There was another this study done this morning by Search Engine Watch, which has a similar methodology to this study, but includes Bing and - well worth looking at: <a href="http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2161910/Bing-Not-Google-Favors-Wikipedia-More-Often-in-Search-Results-Study" rel="nofollow">latest Wiki study</a> I'm glad we have created a lot of debate and encouraged a lot of commentators getting involved. Each study is worthy, and is what it is. Nice study and nice charts. However, I still stand by the original study – which you’re right has spurned a lot of comment and further studies.

However, as your line chart starts to show, the greater the number of keywords, the less presence Wiki has, you could have carried on for 15 -20 words and it would have got less and less.

There was another this study done this morning by Search Engine Watch, which has a similar methodology to this study, but includes Bing and – well worth looking at:

latest Wiki study

I’m glad we have created a lot of debate and encouraged a lot of commentators getting involved. Each study is worthy, and is what it is.

]]> Comment on 51 Million Visits Analyzed: [Not Provided] 16% of Google Organic Traffic by Scott @ SERPs.com http://www.conductor.com/blog/2012/03/51-million-visits-analyzed-not-provided-16-of-google-organic-traffic/#comment-2246 Scott @ SERPs.com Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:12:17 +0000 http://www.conductor.com/blog/?p=3486#comment-2246 This is the data we have been seeing as well. We did notice a minor jump a few weeks ago when (not provided) was rolled out to more international versions of Google. This is the data we have been seeing as well. We did notice a minor jump a few weeks ago when (not provided) was rolled out to more international versions of Google.

]]> Comment on What is Google Your World and What it Means for the SEO by Yousaf http://www.conductor.com/blog/2012/01/what-is-google-your-world-and-what-it-means-for-the-seo/#comment-1988 Yousaf Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:01:39 +0000 http://www.conductor.com/blog/?p=3261#comment-1988 Google is becoming more competitive, to the point that it will actually hurt its own interests in the longer term. Google is becoming more competitive, to the point that it will actually hurt its own interests in the longer term.

]]> Comment on Conductor POV: Google Announces Encrypted Search Results for Logged-in Users by More Traffic with Seo http://www.conductor.com/blog/2011/10/conductor-pov-google-announces-encrypted-search-results-for-logged-in-users/#comment-1326 More Traffic with Seo Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:48:37 +0000 http://www.conductor.com/blog/?p=2773#comment-1326 thanks conductor... Provided some valuable info. thanks conductor…

Provided some valuable info.

]]> Comment on The Retailers Most Likely to Take America's Money Online in Holiday Season 2011 by Anne http://www.conductor.com/blog/2011/12/the-retailers-most-likely-to-take-america%e2%80%99s-money-online-in-holiday-season-2011/#comment-1292 Anne Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:32:23 +0000 http://www.conductor.com/blog/?p=3096#comment-1292 It's wonderful to see a POD company Zazzle make it to the top 10. It’s wonderful to see a POD company Zazzle make it to the top 10.

]]> Comment on The SEO Impact of ICANN’s New Top-Level Domains by SEO OMG http://www.conductor.com/blog/2011/09/the-seo-impact-of-icanns-new-top-level-domains/#comment-1282 SEO OMG Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:22:00 +0000 http://www.conductor.com/blog/?p=2278#comment-1282 This will be interesting to see how this all pans out in the beginning of the year. This will be interesting to see how this all pans out in the beginning of the year.

]]> Comment on Rethinking Your Keyword Strategy, Part 2 by Buddy Blogger http://www.conductor.com/blog/2011/12/rethinking-your-keyword-strategy-part-2/#comment-1278 Buddy Blogger Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:02:31 +0000 http://www.conductor.com/blog/?p=3012#comment-1278 I recently started following @conductor on twitter and i must say it really worth following, the information you people share is really helpful in learning seo better I recently started following @conductor on twitter and i must say it really worth following, the information you people share is really helpful in learning seo better

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