{"id":492,"date":"2011-04-13T10:25:50","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T17:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salesjumpstart.net\/blog\/?p=492"},"modified":"2011-04-13T10:25:50","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T17:55:50","slug":"bing-and-yahoo-now-30-of-search-engine-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesjumpstart.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/13\/bing-and-yahoo-now-30-of-search-engine-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Bing and Yahoo now 30% of Search Engine Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For businesses in Denver and throughout Colorado, who are interested in promoting their services utilizing the Internet, this weeks news that Bing + Yahoo is now over 30% of searches should not go ignored.<\/p>\n<p>The Bing Yahoo combo picked up over 6% while Google fell 3% in Search traffic. These are big numbers, but they still represent the &#8220;gross&#8221; numbers. We will be watching to see if we can get more industry specific statistics. It should be noted that on a very small scale we have seen Bing searches (Clicks)\u00a0 pick up in the home improvement area last month, but, far to little data to make a definitive statement.<\/p>\n<p>What to do?\u00a0 Check your Bing SEO rankings.\u00a0 Make sure you read information (specific) on Bing optimization.\u00a0 Make sure you use the Bing web master tools, and have your local company listed in Bings local program.<\/p>\n<p>If you are using Google exclusively for pay per click it may be time to divide the budget and spend 30%\u00a0 with Bing- Yahoo.\u00a0 Or add 30% and use them.<\/p>\n<p>We will follow up with a few specific tips on SEO on Bing for Denver and Colorado Businesses over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingpilgrim.com\/2011\/04\/bing-powered-search-hits-30-share.html\">Bing Powered Search Hits 30% Share<\/a> (marketingpilgrim.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.26\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=fa803755-f61d-467e-a04f-d37cc66f0346\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tweetthis\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><p> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Bing+and+Yahoo+now+30%25+of+Search+Engine+Traffic+http%3A%2F%2Fsalesjumpstart.net%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D492\" title=\"Post to Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/salesjumpstart.net\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/en\/twitter\/tt-twitter.png\" alt=\"Post to Twitter\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Bing+and+Yahoo+now+30%25+of+Search+Engine+Traffic+http%3A%2F%2Fsalesjumpstart.net%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D492\" title=\"Post to Twitter\">Tweet This Post<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For businesses in Denver and throughout Colorado, who are interested in promoting their services utilizing the Internet, this weeks news that Bing + Yahoo is now over 30% of searches should not go ignored. 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