Wed Aug 13, 2008

Earlier today I was at the Brickhouse in San Francisco as Tom Coates, head of the Fire Eagle team, announced the release of Fire Eagle, which had been in private beta. The offering is intended to be something of a clearinghouse or "switchboard" (Coates'...

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Every so often an experienced SEO in our SEO Chat forums makes a post with the goal of answering most of the concerns of those who are new to search engine optimization. Since newbies often ask the same kinds of questions this gives them one thread to...

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Perhaps for the first time ever I'm guilty of being slack. Either that or I've been seriously buried (a condition I'm sure most in-house SEMs are quite familiar with). Although there was some great live blogging of SMX Advanced, nobody to my knowledge...

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Admit it. You know you’ve thought about it. Yet you hesitate. Chances are, you’re probably conflicted, wondering if it’s morally right, or if you really want to “go there” – even if it is legal. Well, you’re not alone. Many search marketers grapple with...

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Google is seeking to simplify and consolidate some of the multi-media content on Google Earth associated with particular places. Accordingly it has created a "Places" layer that tries to bring together a variety of content on a single page about a place....

Wed Aug 13, 2008

According to a new report from The Pew Internet & American Life Project, daily use of search engines is growing and starting to approach email usage levels. New research conducted by telephone among 2,251 US adults, age 18 and older, found that 49...

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Today, the Microsoft Live Search Webmaster Center is launching its first major update since its initial debut last fall. The Live Search Webmaster Center is Microsoft's hub for their communication with site owners, and the tools portion of that center now...

Wed Aug 13, 2008

by Jennifer Laycock Yesterday at BarCamp Ohio I sat listening to a conversation among people who were trying to balance the need to be involved in social media outreach with the need to run their businesses. Their frustration was based on the fear...

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Awesome Ad Groups: Small is Good; After the Yahoo Shareholder Meeting; Google Translate Goes Live with Human Translators; and more. Read Original Post Here ...

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Today's search engine marketing news and opinion:Link Building with Customers; Avoiding Online Missteps with Generation Y and Millenniums; Google to Update Content Network; and more. Read Original Post Here ...

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Oil and Water? SEOs vs. Content Owners; Getting Vertical Search Right: A Sneak Preview; Google Warns on AOL Investment Loss; and more. Read Original Post Here ...

Wed Aug 13, 2008

by Sage Lewis Stoney deGeyter is in the hot seat this week with his article "An End To Ranking Reports Is An End To Analysis." Stoney discusses the pros and cons of Google's ban on Web Position Gold's SERP reports. Whereas everyone fights to be in...

Wed Aug 13, 2008

The Yahoo Search Blog announced the August 2008 weather report today. Sharad Verma of Yahoo Search said, "We'll be rolling out some changes to our crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms over the next few days. As you know, throughout this process you...

Tue Aug 12, 2008

It is not uncommon for Gmail, Google Email, users to complain about outages and issues with sending and receiving email. But right now, there are hundreds of Gmail users complaining that Gmail is down or simply not sending or receiving emails. A...

Tue Aug 12, 2008

Have you noticed the number of layoff's being announced by newspapers of late? When the New York Times announced in February 2008 that they were cutting 100 positions from their newsroom, it was a sad moment. A prominent national paper that informs...