Yaybia Mashup #1: Google, SEO, and Online Business

Libby talked about our love of Google Reader and how we share items for our friends and sometimes end up having mini conversations through the Notes feature.  So instead of neglecting to share our Reader thoughts with our Yaybia friends, I'll make a mashup post. 

First Jacey talked about the absent rivals chasing Google's tail. 

Then, Libby commented on this Fast Company article with "to the point of jacey's latest yaybia: should msn or yahoo really get behind a startup like mahalo as a challenge to google? second: the line about how SEO is built to google standards is true, but SCARY. anyone else?” 

I followed up with “we often have to remind ourselves that we need to promote sites in Live and Yahoo as opposed to just emphasizing google. but when google rankings slip, so does business. we've also found that you can spam the hell out of google without them even blinking. now that's scary.”

And then I also stumbled on this gem from USA Today this afternoon that complimented our thoughts.  Here's what I think about it, “even this article talks about the dominance/importance of google rankings and successful business. i mean, it does involve matt cutts, but still - USA Today chose googs and not other major search engines.” and everyone else is done for the day so their thoughts will be posted later. 

Yaybia + Reader = <3