Search Engine Land has a pretty amusing screenshot of a paid search ad purchased by Ask.com, from Google.com, for Yahoo.com. Undoubtedly a lucrative keyword for Ask, www.yahoo.com is one of the most popular search terms in Google. The top five search terms in Google for 2006, however, were “bebo”, “myspace”, “world cup”, “metacafe” and “radioblog” [...]
Search Engine Land has a pretty amusing screenshot of a paid search ad purchased by Ask.com, from Google.com, for Yahoo.com. Undoubtedly a lucrative keyword for Ask, www.yahoo.com is one of the most popular search terms in Google. The top five search terms in Google for 2006, however, were “bebo”, “myspace”, “world cup”, “metacafe” and “radioblog” – further evidence that social media optimization is as much a part of search as traditional SEO?



It seems Google is the only Engine that doesn’t advertise its brand on competitors.