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Back in the dark ages, long before Google entered the search market (and I used AOL shhhh, don’t tell), I found Dogpile.com and it instantly became my favorite engine. When Google entered the scene, I was horribly reluctant to leave my old friend Dogpile and the mascot Arfie. When teaching computer training classes to newbies, one of my favorite parts of teaching the “Introduction to the Internet” was introducing everyone to the meta search results that Dogpile returned.

As I said, I was reluctant to move on, but working in the IT industry it was pretty much mandatory, and I did eventually make the move. After some initial adjustment, I never went back. That is until recently. On Wednesday the AdWords Addict posted AdWords on Dogpile - Can You Spot Them? and I had to go check it out.

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Google
March: 51.70%
February: 51.64%
Change: +.06

January 2008: 52.14%
Change: -0.44

Yahoo
March: 10.73%
February: 10.95%
Change: -0.22

January 2008: 10.94%
Change: -0.21

MSN
March: 4.31%
February: 5.79%
Change: -1.48

January 2008: 5.78%
Change: -0.21

AOL
March: 1.91%
February: 1.84%
Change: +0.07

January 2008: 1.86%
Change: +0.05

ASK
March: 1.03%
February: 1.01%
Change: +0.02

January 2008: 1.09%
Change: -0.0+

Data scoring techniques tend to change over time making past data inaccurate. As always, information here is for entertainment purposes only.

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Google
February: 58.7%
January 2008: 56.9%
Change: +1.8

January 2007: 53.7%
Change: +5.0

Yahoo
February:17.6%
January 2008: 19.0%
Change: -1.4

January 2007: 22.7%
Change: -5.1

MSN
February: 11.2%
January 2008: 12.1%
Change: -0.9

January 2007: 8.9%
Change: +2.3

ASK
February: 2.5%
January 2008: 2.4%
Change: +0.1

January 2007: 1.8%
Change: +0.7

AOL
February: 5.2%
January 2008: 4.7%
Change: +0.5

January 2007: 5.4%
Change: -0.2

Data scoring techniques tend to change over time making past data inaccurate. As always, information here is for entertainment purposes only.

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Google
February: 59.2%
January 2008: 58.5%
Change: +0.7

January 2007: 47.5%
Change: +11.7

Yahoo
February: 21.6%
January 2008: 22.2%
Change: -0.6

January 2007: 28.1%
Change: -6.5

MSN
February: 9.6%
January 2008: 9.8%
Change: -0.2

January 2007: 10.6%
Change: -1.0

ASK
February: 4.6%
January 2008: 4.5%
Change: +0.1

January 2007: 5.2%
Change: -0.6

AOL
February: 4.9%
January 2008: 4.9%
Change: +0.0

January 2007: 5.0%
Change: -0.1

Data scoring techniques tend to change over time making past data inaccurate. As always, information here is for entertainment purposes only.

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Google
February: 51.64%
January 2008: 52.14%
Change: -0.5

January 2007: 47.74%
Change: +3.90

Yahoo
February: 10.95%
January 2008: 10.94%
Change: +0.01

January 2007: 11.73%
Change: -0.78

MSN
February: 5.79%
January 2008: 5.78%
Change: +0.01

January 2007: 6.01%
Change: -0.22

AOL
February: 1.84%
January 2008: 1.86%
Change: -0.02

January 2007: 1.7%
Change: +0.14

ASK
February: 1.01%
January 2008: 1.09%
Change: -0.08

January 2007: 1.03%
Change: -0.02

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Last week Yahoo posted a blog about how using the negative keywords helps increase relevance. Where they did provide a list of steps, I thought I’d take that a bit further and outline the steps for each of the three major PPC providers.

Google AdWords
Quite often you will want to create a negative keyword list that applies to your entire campaign, rather than creating individual lists for each ad group. Google makes this easy by following these steps:

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Google
January 2008: 58.5%
December 2007: 58.4%
Change: +0.1

January 2007: 47.5%
Change: +11

Yahoo
January 2008: 22.2%
December 2007: 22.9%
Change: -0.7

January 2007: 28.1%
Change: -5.9

MSN
January 2008: 9.8%
December 2007: 9.8%
Change: +0.0

January 2007: 10.6%
Change: -0.8

ASK
January 2008: 4.5%
December 2007: 4.3%
Change: +0.2

January 2007: 5.2%
Change: -0.7

AOL
January 2008: 4.9%
December 2007: 4.6%
Change: +0.3

January 2007: 5.0%
Change: -0.1

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I couldn’t help but post something about this potential shake up in the search engine industry. Yesterday, Microsoft offered $44.6 billion to take over Yahoo and all its assets. Yahoo has yet to accept the offer and is currently wrestling with pros and cons.

Truth be told, I’ve always been a big Yahoo fan. They have been my portal homepage for over seven years and still are to this day. Although on a daily basis I use more services from Google, I still have an affection towards Yahoo.

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Google
January: 52.14%
December: 53.47%
Change: -1.33

January 2007: 47.74%
Change: +4.40

Yahoo
January: 10.94%
December: 11.27%
Change: -0.33

January 2007: 11.73%
Change: -0.79

MSN
January: 5.78%
December: 5.66%
Change: +0.12

January 2007: 6.01%
Change: -0.23

AOL
January: 1.86%
December: 1.85%
Change: +0.01

January 2007: 1.7%
Change: +0.16

ASK
January: 1.09%
December: 1.08%
Change: +0.01

January 2007: 1.03%
Change: +0.06

As always, these stats are for entertainment purposes only.

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Google
December: 58.4%
November: 58.6%
Change: -0.2

January 2007: 47.5%
Change: +10.9

Yahoo
December: 22.9%
November: 22.4%
Change: +0.5

January 2007: 28.1%
Change: -5.2

MSN
December: 9.8%
November: 9.8%
Change: +0.0

January 2007: 10.6%
Change: -0.8

ASK
December: 4.3%
November: 4.6%
Change: -0.3

January 2007: 5.2%
Change: -0.9

AOL
December: 4.6%
November: 4.5%
Change: +0.1

January 2007: 5.0%
Change: -0.4

Data scoring techniques tend to change over time making past data inaccurate. As always, information here if or entertainment purposes only.

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