SEO Bookmarks: Jobs, Tricks, Hacks

I am developing a new section which I hope would be helpful to everyone. As I perpetually scan my Google Reader I find interesting articles which I thought I’d be sharing. But instead of sharing it at Google Reader, I’d like to share it in this blog, where I think and hope more people can access.

Talking about jobs, a survey by 2008 Universe IDEAL(TM) Employer shows that more undergraduates are interested in landing a job in Google (17.1%). Other top companies desired by this group include Walt Disney (13%) and Apple (10%). The popularity of Google as an ideal workplace for undergraduates undeniably becomes a headache for Microsoft, which took a full page ad at San Jose Mercury News. Exodus of talents from Yahoo! on the other hand doesn’t seem to end. After high profile departure of known personalities such as Jeremy Zawodny and Jeff Weiner, more executives are departing the Sunnyvale-based search engine giant.

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Safe Yahoo!Search With SearchScan

Yahoo! released its beta version of SearchScan, a free service similar to Google service, where I made mention about Hong Kong’s Citybus as an unsafe site to visit. (How come Google’s brain is always ahead of many things?)

The service is currently limited to users in the U.S., Canada, UK, France, Italy, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Spain.

It aims to check the following:

* Browser Exploits — These are sites that can stealthily harm a user’s computer or install malware simply by visiting the site. Beginning today, any such sites or pages included in McAfee’s data will be removed from search results automatically.

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Listen to Yahooooooo-ooh!

According to Wikipedia, Yodeling is a form of singing that involves singing an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch from the vocal[chest register] (or “chest voice”) to the head register (or “head voice”), making a high-low-high-low sound. This vocal technique is used in many cultures throughout the world.

This technique is also used in pop music and The Cranberries’ song Dreams has a yodeling portion sung by Dolores O’Riordan. Other artists who do this method of singing include Celine Dion, Beyonce Knowles and well-known country singers.

Yahoo! has its own case of yodeling that reflects on the way the brand is marketed. In case you missed that Yahoo! yodel, you can simply go to www.yahoo.com and click on the exclamation mark. You should hear the familiar sound that is also used by Yahoo! on its marketing campaigns.

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Wretch.CC Tops Taiwan Web Site Rankings

PC World reports that Yahoo! is no longer the top-ranked web site in Taiwan after Wretch.cc edged it from the top of the rankings. But Yahoo! wouldn’t mind the fall. After all, Yahoo! owns the newly-crowned numero uno after the latter was acquired for $22.7 million, according to the press.

Wretch.cc offers free blogs, photo and video posting and has proved to be a very popular site. Yahoo! now fell to number two overall.

Rounding out the top five overall Web sites in Taiwan, PChome Online came in third, Yam.com ranked fourth, and Gamer.com took fifth place in the Business Next/ARO list.

The U.S. version of Google ranked first among search engines, and 14th overall, while Google Taiwan came in second, China’s Baidu ranked third and video search engine Flurl came in fourth.

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Digital Divide: Youngsters Use Yahoo!; Google: Rich People’s Choice

It’s interesting to find out that social statistics can be tied into search engine usage. A Hitwise study shows that Yahoo! draws the younger audience while Google is preferred by affluent Internet users.

Young people don’t have money until they grow up and have jobs. And that’s when they might start realizing Google’s quality of search results and switch usage to the search giant. But why do youngsters start with Yahoo? Is it because the Yahoo.com contains more features (Groups, Mail, Messenger or Answers) that appeal to younger generation?

Since search remains the ubiquitous feature on every Yahoo! page, it is convenient to use it instead of going elsewhere, no matter how good quality results may be. And if Yahoo! Search itself works well, there’s no point not to use it. And that’s why Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo?

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