http://seo-webtool.com/forum/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:34:16 -0700 MyBB http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=25 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:31:15 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=25
Generic Reasons for using Business website:

1. Expand market reach: This is one of the major advantages of doing business online. A little company now has the ability to reach markets far beyond its traditional vicinity while also gaining access to markets beyond its current customer base.
2. Visibility: The Internet gives the small and medium sized company a chance to level the playing field to some extent. On the Internet each company is reduced to the common size of the customer’s browser window. While creating the original web presence may not be inexpensive, the cost of subsequent maintenance is minimal. The Internet provides cost advantages for businesses in being able to update information, post features, and simply maintain a site that is perennially current at a minimal cost and time lag. These features combine to generate a greater presence within the present target market while gaining a greater component of their mind share.
3. Enhance responsiveness: One of the greatest benefits of doing business online rests in its ability to promote relationship building with its customers and partners. The Internet is unmatched in its ability to increase responsiveness. This interconnectedness comes at a lower cost and on demand thus, providing a more efficient method to respond to customer needs/wants.
4. New services: introducing new services in traditional markets is difficult and expensive. The Internet provides the option of introducing new services for customers, partners, and employees at a minimal incremental cost.
5. Strengthening business relationships: the ability to enhance business-to-business communications has a huge potential. In the past companies were using (EDI electronic data interchange to streamline business processes and enhance communications. Through EDI suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers were able to share information and enhance the flow of information and goods through the supply chain. While the concept of EDI was good, implementation was lagged because the technology cost a considerable amount and hence was affordable only for the large organizations that could afford the accompanying infrastructure cost]]>
Generic Reasons for using Business website:

1. Expand market reach: This is one of the major advantages of doing business online. A little company now has the ability to reach markets far beyond its traditional vicinity while also gaining access to markets beyond its current customer base.
2. Visibility: The Internet gives the small and medium sized company a chance to level the playing field to some extent. On the Internet each company is reduced to the common size of the customer’s browser window. While creating the original web presence may not be inexpensive, the cost of subsequent maintenance is minimal. The Internet provides cost advantages for businesses in being able to update information, post features, and simply maintain a site that is perennially current at a minimal cost and time lag. These features combine to generate a greater presence within the present target market while gaining a greater component of their mind share.
3. Enhance responsiveness: One of the greatest benefits of doing business online rests in its ability to promote relationship building with its customers and partners. The Internet is unmatched in its ability to increase responsiveness. This interconnectedness comes at a lower cost and on demand thus, providing a more efficient method to respond to customer needs/wants.
4. New services: introducing new services in traditional markets is difficult and expensive. The Internet provides the option of introducing new services for customers, partners, and employees at a minimal incremental cost.
5. Strengthening business relationships: the ability to enhance business-to-business communications has a huge potential. In the past companies were using (EDI electronic data interchange to streamline business processes and enhance communications. Through EDI suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers were able to share information and enhance the flow of information and goods through the supply chain. While the concept of EDI was good, implementation was lagged because the technology cost a considerable amount and hence was affordable only for the large organizations that could afford the accompanying infrastructure cost]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=24 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:32:21 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=24
Quantcast - Quantcast is a new media measurement service that enables advertisers to view audience reports for millions of sites and services to build their brands with confidence. The free service empowers publishers to demonstrate the unique value of their audiences by tagging their websites, videos, widgets and games for direct measurement.

Keyword Research & Analysis

Hittail - HitTail, Long Tail Keyword Marketing reveals in real-time the least utilized, most promising keywords hidden in the Long Tail of your natural search results. HitTail present these terms to you as suggestions that when acted on can boost the natural search results of your site. It's that simple.
SpyFu - SpyFu lets you see which keywords your competitors are buying and which ones they optimize their site for. Once you understand the competition, you can beat them at their own game or your can exploit their weaknesses. (Powered by Velocityscape)

Link Building & Analysis

Page Strength - This tool is designed to satisfy the curiosity of webmasters, surfers & web marketing professionals seeking a better metric to quickly assess the value of a page. The tool can relay details back on the Relative Importance & Visibility of a Webpage, The Potential Strength and Ability of a Page to Rank in the Search Engines, Data on Popularity, Links & Mentions of the Page Across the Web. (Powered by Seomoz)

Website Optimization & Analysis

BuiltWith - BuiltWith Technology profiler is a website analysis tool, providing technical analysis & Seo optimization information to further your website's marketing, sales and navigation effectiveness.
Website Grader - Website Grader is a free seo tool that measures the marketing effectiveness of a website. It provides a score that incorporates things like website traffic, SEO, social popularity and other technical factors. It also provides some basic advice on how the website can be improved from a marketing perspective.


This list are for the most useful & advanced seo tools available, you may request one below by posting a link. If i feel it is in no way a "super tool" i will delete your request, all request accepted will be edited into this primary list.]]>
Quantcast - Quantcast is a new media measurement service that enables advertisers to view audience reports for millions of sites and services to build their brands with confidence. The free service empowers publishers to demonstrate the unique value of their audiences by tagging their websites, videos, widgets and games for direct measurement.

Keyword Research & Analysis

Hittail - HitTail, Long Tail Keyword Marketing reveals in real-time the least utilized, most promising keywords hidden in the Long Tail of your natural search results. HitTail present these terms to you as suggestions that when acted on can boost the natural search results of your site. It's that simple.
SpyFu - SpyFu lets you see which keywords your competitors are buying and which ones they optimize their site for. Once you understand the competition, you can beat them at their own game or your can exploit their weaknesses. (Powered by Velocityscape)

Link Building & Analysis

Page Strength - This tool is designed to satisfy the curiosity of webmasters, surfers & web marketing professionals seeking a better metric to quickly assess the value of a page. The tool can relay details back on the Relative Importance & Visibility of a Webpage, The Potential Strength and Ability of a Page to Rank in the Search Engines, Data on Popularity, Links & Mentions of the Page Across the Web. (Powered by Seomoz)

Website Optimization & Analysis

BuiltWith - BuiltWith Technology profiler is a website analysis tool, providing technical analysis & Seo optimization information to further your website's marketing, sales and navigation effectiveness.
Website Grader - Website Grader is a free seo tool that measures the marketing effectiveness of a website. It provides a score that incorporates things like website traffic, SEO, social popularity and other technical factors. It also provides some basic advice on how the website can be improved from a marketing perspective.


This list are for the most useful & advanced seo tools available, you may request one below by posting a link. If i feel it is in no way a "super tool" i will delete your request, all request accepted will be edited into this primary list.]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=23 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:31:23 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=23
Do not post links to external sites. This includes other forums and auctions (SEDO, eBay, etc.). This forum is for selling domains here, not sending folks elsewhere.
Do not post live links to domains you are selling. (This solely for the reason you are selling your domain not website)
Format your title beginning with: WTS, WTB, or WTE depending on whether your are selling, buying, or exchanging domains.

If your request is found in violation of any of the above guidelines it will be altered or simply removed.]]>
Do not post links to external sites. This includes other forums and auctions (SEDO, eBay, etc.). This forum is for selling domains here, not sending folks elsewhere.
Do not post live links to domains you are selling. (This solely for the reason you are selling your domain not website)
Format your title beginning with: WTS, WTB, or WTE depending on whether your are selling, buying, or exchanging domains.

If your request is found in violation of any of the above guidelines it will be altered or simply removed.]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:28:14 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22
Firstly: Every contest must have a Winner, A time/period. To hold a design contest here, A winner must be be announced & posted on this forum. The same rule applies even if you're holding it on multiple forums.

Upon creating a design contest, please always address:

Rules
Contest Running time limit (start to end)
Copyright (do all rights transfer when submitted or only for winner, etc).
Is the contest being held exclusively on this forum? (Yes/No)
A clearly stated prize (Money? Gifts? Giftcard? Domain?)
Possible method of payment. paypal? money?

Our minimum contest prize at S-W Web Development is: $10.00]]>
Firstly: Every contest must have a Winner, A time/period. To hold a design contest here, A winner must be be announced & posted on this forum. The same rule applies even if you're holding it on multiple forums.

Upon creating a design contest, please always address:

Rules
Contest Running time limit (start to end)
Copyright (do all rights transfer when submitted or only for winner, etc).
Is the contest being held exclusively on this forum? (Yes/No)
A clearly stated prize (Money? Gifts? Giftcard? Domain?)
Possible method of payment. paypal? money?

Our minimum contest prize at S-W Web Development is: $10.00]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=21 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:21:06 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=21
Quote:Free *What ever*: *Title*

For example:

Quote:Free Wordpress Theme: Your Free Theme Title

By Free i mean:

$0.00
£0.00
Not a Penny
Not a Dollar
Completely Free
No Hidden Charge
No Free Trail Offer
Free To Use
No Credit card or Paypal needed
Free to Download

I hope that covers my version of Free!]]>
Quote:Free *What ever*: *Title*

For example:

Quote:Free Wordpress Theme: Your Free Theme Title

By Free i mean:

$0.00
£0.00
Not a Penny
Not a Dollar
Completely Free
No Hidden Charge
No Free Trail Offer
Free To Use
No Credit card or Paypal needed
Free to Download

I hope that covers my version of Free!]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=20 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:16:45 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=20 (note: WTE = Want to Exchange)

Quote:WTE: PR#, niche of website, blog/website

Only one link per website you will be exchanging with.]]> (note: WTE = Want to Exchange)

Quote:WTE: PR#, niche of website, blog/website

Only one link per website you will be exchanging with.]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=19 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:09:45 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=19
Quote:WTS: domain.com; PR#; type of site
WTB: domain.com; PR#; type of site

The above would then give members of link PR & what niche they are in.

To list a link for sale here, you must post the following:

URL of the location a link will be (multiple pages simply put the main url)
Page Rank of Link Spot
Number of Outbound links
Does your site use rel="nofollow" attriute
Description of Link Spot page
Price or starting bid

]]>
Quote:WTS: domain.com; PR#; type of site
WTB: domain.com; PR#; type of site

The above would then give members of link PR & what niche they are in.

To list a link for sale here, you must post the following:

URL of the location a link will be (multiple pages simply put the main url)
Page Rank of Link Spot
Number of Outbound links
Does your site use rel="nofollow" attriute
Description of Link Spot page
Price or starting bid

]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=18 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:01:46 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=18 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=17 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:58:47 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=17 (note: WTS = Want to Sell, WTB = Want to Buy)

Quote:WTS: domain.com (type of site)
WTS: domain.com (PR# type of site)
WTB: type of site

To list a website for sale here, you must post the following:

URL of site
Age (months)
Description
Price or starting bid

Also be prepared to provide the following information:

Monthly revenue with details (screen caps, source of income)
Monthly visitors/pageviews
Traffic details
Google indexed pages
Pagerank
Alexa Rank

Do not post links to eBay, SEDO or other external listings.

Postings that do not follow these guidelines may be altered or removed.]]> (note: WTS = Want to Sell, WTB = Want to Buy)

Quote:WTS: domain.com (type of site)
WTS: domain.com (PR# type of site)
WTB: type of site

To list a website for sale here, you must post the following:

URL of site
Age (months)
Description
Price or starting bid

Also be prepared to provide the following information:

Monthly revenue with details (screen caps, source of income)
Monthly visitors/pageviews
Traffic details
Google indexed pages
Pagerank
Alexa Rank

Do not post links to eBay, SEDO or other external listings.

Postings that do not follow these guidelines may be altered or removed.]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=16 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:54:39 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=16
Please format the title as Offer Type: domain.com as appropriate, examples would be:

Quote:Reseller: yourdomain.com
Shared: yourdomain.com
Dedicated: your domain.com

Do not spam this board. If your advertisement appears among the first 500 threads do not post again.

Abuse of the web offers forum may result in banning and/or blacklisting.

One link per offer. This forum is for offers, not a place to post a link to every single page of your web site.]]>
Please format the title as Offer Type: domain.com as appropriate, examples would be:

Quote:Reseller: yourdomain.com
Shared: yourdomain.com
Dedicated: your domain.com

Do not spam this board. If your advertisement appears among the first 500 threads do not post again.

Abuse of the web offers forum may result in banning and/or blacklisting.

One link per offer. This forum is for offers, not a place to post a link to every single page of your web site.]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=15 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:50:18 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=15
Strictly NO SPONSORED THEMES. You may sell your designs, but by posting here you agree that any sponsor links can be removed by the purchaser.

Do not post "designed by" links in this forum. They will be removed.
People selling or looking for custom design work should post in the Services Forum instead.

People selling or looking for preexisting sites (with domains, content, etc.) should post in the Websites Forum instead.
As with all threads in the marketplace, we permit only one link per offer.

Please reserve posting for interested buyers, buyers sharing past experiences, and sellers to address questions; any negative or unnecessary commentary will be removed and may result in an infraction or ban.]]>
Strictly NO SPONSORED THEMES. You may sell your designs, but by posting here you agree that any sponsor links can be removed by the purchaser.

Do not post "designed by" links in this forum. They will be removed.
People selling or looking for custom design work should post in the Services Forum instead.

People selling or looking for preexisting sites (with domains, content, etc.) should post in the Websites Forum instead.
As with all threads in the marketplace, we permit only one link per offer.

Please reserve posting for interested buyers, buyers sharing past experiences, and sellers to address questions; any negative or unnecessary commentary will be removed and may result in an infraction or ban.]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=14 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:34:02 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=14
Follow Sub-Forum Rules]]>
Follow Sub-Forum Rules]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=13 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:30:18 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=13
Money/Currency Exchanges or Trades of Any Kind
User Accounts Sales or Trades of Any Kind
VCC (Virtual Credit Cards)
Gift Card Sales or Trades


User accounts sales or trades include but not limited to the following:

eBay accounts
Rapidshare accounts
PayPal accounts
User accounts on other forums
Membership site accounts
AdWords/adCenter/Yahoo Panama accounts
MySpace accounts
Facebook accounts
Digg accounts
e-mail accounts
any other type of user account that you personally have registered & is linked to you.


We will enforce this rule, if any member tries to post a thread with the above content it will be deleted along with your privileges to access the Marketplace forums.]]>
Money/Currency Exchanges or Trades of Any Kind
User Accounts Sales or Trades of Any Kind
VCC (Virtual Credit Cards)
Gift Card Sales or Trades


User accounts sales or trades include but not limited to the following:

eBay accounts
Rapidshare accounts
PayPal accounts
User accounts on other forums
Membership site accounts
AdWords/adCenter/Yahoo Panama accounts
MySpace accounts
Facebook accounts
Digg accounts
e-mail accounts
any other type of user account that you personally have registered & is linked to you.


We will enforce this rule, if any member tries to post a thread with the above content it will be deleted along with your privileges to access the Marketplace forums.]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=11 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:07:40 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=11
Please note this is the forum to introduce your self & not to promote or link to your website/business.]]>
Please note this is the forum to introduce your self & not to promote or link to your website/business.]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=10 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:16:13 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=10 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=9 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:48:31 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=9
Guideline #1
The "Thread Subject" of your thread must be "Submit: Yourdirectory URL". So if I were to post a thread for seo webtool directory it would be:

Quote:Submit: http://seo-webtool.com

The reason or this is to cut down on extremely long and spammy thread titles. If you do not follow this guideline, our moderators may remove your thread without warning.

Guideline #2
The "Thread Description" of your thread you must insert details about your directory such as page rank (if any), niche your directory is aimed at.

Quote:PageRank 5, General Web Directory


Guideline #3
We allow you to advertise your web directory here only on condition that you allow our members free submission. That's the deal. If our members submit and do not get approved, even though it was a quality website submitted, we may remove your thread, and possibly your posting privileges. That's the deal, if you cannot offer this, do not post your web directory here.

Guideline #4 (reply to directories submitted)
Once a member has posted a directory Do NOT post a link of sites you submitted to the directories. If you wish, you may post the site name &/or an inactive link, All & any hyperlinks will be removed. Instead of editing future posts that report their site as "submitted", they will be removed.]]>
Guideline #1
The "Thread Subject" of your thread must be "Submit: Yourdirectory URL". So if I were to post a thread for seo webtool directory it would be:

Quote:Submit: http://seo-webtool.com

The reason or this is to cut down on extremely long and spammy thread titles. If you do not follow this guideline, our moderators may remove your thread without warning.

Guideline #2
The "Thread Description" of your thread you must insert details about your directory such as page rank (if any), niche your directory is aimed at.

Quote:PageRank 5, General Web Directory


Guideline #3
We allow you to advertise your web directory here only on condition that you allow our members free submission. That's the deal. If our members submit and do not get approved, even though it was a quality website submitted, we may remove your thread, and possibly your posting privileges. That's the deal, if you cannot offer this, do not post your web directory here.

Guideline #4 (reply to directories submitted)
Once a member has posted a directory Do NOT post a link of sites you submitted to the directories. If you wish, you may post the site name &/or an inactive link, All & any hyperlinks will be removed. Instead of editing future posts that report their site as "submitted", they will be removed.]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=8 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:57:00 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=8 Founded: Menlo Park, California (September 7, 1998)
Headquarters: Mountain View, California, USA
Key people: Eric E. Schmidt, CEO/Director. Sergey Brin, Co-Founder, Technology President. Larry Page, Co-Founder, Products President. George Reyes, CFO.
Industry: Internet, Computer software
Products: See list of Google products
Revenue: US$16.593 billion ▲56% (2007)
Net income: US$4.203 billion ▲25% (2007)
Total assets: US$25.335 billion (2007)
Total equity: US$22.689 billion (2007)
Employees: 16,805 (December 31, 2007)
Slogan: Don't be evil
Website: http://www.google.com

Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from online and mobile advertising related to its Internet search, web-based e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing as well as selling advertising-free versions of the same technologies. Google's headquarters, the Googleplex, is located in Mountain View, California, and the company has 16,805 full-time employees (as of December 31, 2007). It is the largest American company (by market capitalization) that is not part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (as of October 31st, 2007).

Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University and the company was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 7, 1998. Google's initial public offering took place on August 19, 2004, raising US$1.67 billion, making it worth US$23 billion. Google has continued its growth through a series of new product developments, acquisitions, and partnerships. Environmentalism, philanthropy, and positive employee relations have been important tenets during Google's growth, the latter resulting in being identified multiple times as Fortune Magazine's #1 Best Place To Work. The company's unofficial slogan is "Don't be evil", however Google is not without controversy related to its business practices; there are concerns regarding the privacy of personal information, copyright, censorship, and discontinuation of services.]]> Founded: Menlo Park, California (September 7, 1998)
Headquarters: Mountain View, California, USA
Key people: Eric E. Schmidt, CEO/Director. Sergey Brin, Co-Founder, Technology President. Larry Page, Co-Founder, Products President. George Reyes, CFO.
Industry: Internet, Computer software
Products: See list of Google products
Revenue: US$16.593 billion ▲56% (2007)
Net income: US$4.203 billion ▲25% (2007)
Total assets: US$25.335 billion (2007)
Total equity: US$22.689 billion (2007)
Employees: 16,805 (December 31, 2007)
Slogan: Don't be evil
Website: http://www.google.com

Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from online and mobile advertising related to its Internet search, web-based e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing as well as selling advertising-free versions of the same technologies. Google's headquarters, the Googleplex, is located in Mountain View, California, and the company has 16,805 full-time employees (as of December 31, 2007). It is the largest American company (by market capitalization) that is not part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (as of October 31st, 2007).

Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University and the company was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 7, 1998. Google's initial public offering took place on August 19, 2004, raising US$1.67 billion, making it worth US$23 billion. Google has continued its growth through a series of new product developments, acquisitions, and partnerships. Environmentalism, philanthropy, and positive employee relations have been important tenets during Google's growth, the latter resulting in being identified multiple times as Fortune Magazine's #1 Best Place To Work. The company's unofficial slogan is "Don't be evil", however Google is not without controversy related to its business practices; there are concerns regarding the privacy of personal information, copyright, censorship, and discontinuation of services.]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=7 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:49:32 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=7 Founded: Santa Clara, California
(March 1, 1995)
Headquarters: 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, California, USA
Key people: Jerry Yang, CEO, Chief Yahoo and Co-founder. David Filo, Chief Yahoo and Co-founder. Susan Decker, President
Industry: Internet, computer software
Revenue: ▲$6.7 billion USD (2007)
Operating income: ▲ $730 million USD (2007)
Employees: 13,600 (October 18, 2007)
Slogan: "Do you Yahoo?"
Website: http://www.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is an American public corporation and global Internet services company. It provides a range of products and services including a Web portal, a search engine, the Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, news, and posting. It was founded by Stanford University graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo in January of 1994 and incorporated on March 2, 1995. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

According to Web traffic analysis companies (including comScore, Alexa Internet, and Nielsen Ratings), Yahoo has been one of the most visited websites on the Internet, with more than 130 million unique users per month. The global network of Yahoo! websites receives 3.4 billion page views per day on average as of October 2007, making it one of the most visited U.S. websites.

On February 1, 2008, Microsoft made an unsolicited bid to purchase Yahoo shares at the price of $31 per share, a bid valuing $44.6 billion for all the shares. The offer was turned down by Yahoo's board of directors on February 11 because Microsoft's offer was too low.]]> Founded: Santa Clara, California
(March 1, 1995)
Headquarters: 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, California, USA
Key people: Jerry Yang, CEO, Chief Yahoo and Co-founder. David Filo, Chief Yahoo and Co-founder. Susan Decker, President
Industry: Internet, computer software
Revenue: ▲$6.7 billion USD (2007)
Operating income: ▲ $730 million USD (2007)
Employees: 13,600 (October 18, 2007)
Slogan: "Do you Yahoo?"
Website: http://www.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is an American public corporation and global Internet services company. It provides a range of products and services including a Web portal, a search engine, the Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, news, and posting. It was founded by Stanford University graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo in January of 1994 and incorporated on March 2, 1995. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

According to Web traffic analysis companies (including comScore, Alexa Internet, and Nielsen Ratings), Yahoo has been one of the most visited websites on the Internet, with more than 130 million unique users per month. The global network of Yahoo! websites receives 3.4 billion page views per day on average as of October 2007, making it one of the most visited U.S. websites.

On February 1, 2008, Microsoft made an unsolicited bid to purchase Yahoo shares at the price of $31 per share, a bid valuing $44.6 billion for all the shares. The offer was turned down by Yahoo's board of directors on February 11 because Microsoft's offer was too low.]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:45:19 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6 URL: http://search.live.com
Commercial: yes
Registration: optional
Available language(s): multilingual
Owner: Microsoft
Created by: Microsoft
Launched: March 8, 2006 (beta), September 11, 2006 (1.0), 2007-09-26 (2.0)
Current status: active

Live Search (formerly Windows Live Search and MSN Search) is the name of Microsoft's web search engine, designed to compete with the industry leaders Google and Yahoo!. Live Search is accessible through Microsoft's Live.com and MSN.com web portal.

The new search engine offers some innovative features, such as the ability to view additional search results on the same web page (instead of needing to click through to subsequent search result pages) and the ability to dynamically adjust the amount of information displayed for each search-result (i.e. just the title, a short summary, or a longer summary). It also allows the user to save searches and see them updated automatically on Live.com.]]> URL: http://search.live.com
Commercial: yes
Registration: optional
Available language(s): multilingual
Owner: Microsoft
Created by: Microsoft
Launched: March 8, 2006 (beta), September 11, 2006 (1.0), 2007-09-26 (2.0)
Current status: active

Live Search (formerly Windows Live Search and MSN Search) is the name of Microsoft's web search engine, designed to compete with the industry leaders Google and Yahoo!. Live Search is accessible through Microsoft's Live.com and MSN.com web portal.

The new search engine offers some innovative features, such as the ability to view additional search results on the same web page (instead of needing to click through to subsequent search result pages) and the ability to dynamically adjust the amount of information displayed for each search-result (i.e. just the title, a short summary, or a longer summary). It also allows the user to save searches and see them updated automatically on Live.com.]]> http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:23:15 -0700 http://seo-webtool.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5 Founded: 1996
Headquarters: Oakland, California, USA
Key people: Garrett Gruener, David Warthen,
Founders: Jim Safka, Current CEO. Scott Garrell, Current President.
Industry: Internet
Revenue: ▲ $227 Million
Website: Ask.com
Ask.com is a search engine. It is a business division of IAC Search & Media, and was founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California. The original software was implemented by Gary Chevsky from his own design. Three venture capital firms, Highland Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, and The RODA Group were early investors. The company also operates localized services in UK (Ask.com UK), Germany (Ask.com Deutschland), Spain (Ask.com España), Italy (Ask.com Italia), the Netherlands (Ask.com Nederland) and Japan (Ask.jp).]]> Founded: 1996
Headquarters: Oakland, California, USA
Key people: Garrett Gruener, David Warthen,
Founders: Jim Safka, Current CEO. Scott Garrell, Current President.
Industry: Internet
Revenue: ▲ $227 Million
Website: Ask.com
Ask.com is a search engine. It is a business division of IAC Search & Media, and was founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California. The original software was implemented by Gary Chevsky from his own design. Three venture capital firms, Highland Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, and The RODA Group were early investors. The company also operates localized services in UK (Ask.com UK), Germany (Ask.com Deutschland), Spain (Ask.com España), Italy (Ask.com Italia), the Netherlands (Ask.com Nederland) and Japan (Ask.jp).]]>