Archive for February, 2007

Yahoo backlinks tool shows massive reduction

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Today we examined backlink statistics using Yahoo the same way we always do, and we noticed a huge drop in the number of backlinks reported. We don’t yet know of any reason for this change, but we have data spanning it for three websites that suggest that it is systematic.
How to check backlinks in Yahoo
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Google Market Share Grows

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

The 10,000 lb. gorilla is getting heavier. So says a recent report by comScore. Google sites (www.google.com, www.aol.com, etc.) increased their market share in December to 47.3%, compared to 28.5% for Yahoo and 10.5% for Microsoft.
The numbers themselves aren’t as important as the trends: Google continues to grow, Yahoo grew more percentage-wise and thus is […]