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Fri Nov 13, 2009

During Google’s third quarter earnings call CEO Eric Schmidt expressed a kind of philosophical objection to corporate stock repurchase programs. But now in the wake of the $750 million acquisition of AdMob Google is going to do its first stock buy...

Thu Nov 12, 2009

With parents and teachers in mind, Google has announced a new feature that lets users lock SafeSearch on the most strict setting. Using the new feature requires users to enter a Google account password, and when the feature is in effect, Google-colored...

Thu Nov 12, 2009

There’s a lot of news today coming out of Bing headquarters, perhaps most notably that the long-rumored partnership with Wolfram Alpha is finally coming to fruition. Bing’s announcement today explains that the collaboration will cover two...

Thu Nov 12, 2009

While Bing is happily rolling out new search features, Microsoft can also smile at the latest search engine market share report from Experian Hitwise. Google is still light years ahead of Yahoo, Bing, and Ask … but Experian Hitwise shows Bing with...

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Not wanting to be overshadowed by today’s Bing / Walfram Alpha collaboration, Google has announced the addition of World Bank data to its search results … or, as Danny Sullivan said on Twitter, “we got structured data,...

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Google announced they are expanding the product ads within the AdWords listing that they have been testing for a while. Google said, in the U.S., searchers should see them more frequently. It is however still a beta but Google will continue to expand it...

Thu Nov 12, 2009

by Sage Lewis I talk a lot about fear because I know exactly what it's like to be afraid. I wanted to do this video right now because I'm just coming off of being afraid of money issues. This is how I'm dealing with it. ...

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Google has announced an upgrade to the Keywords report that’s available in Webmaster Tools. The report now features a daily update of the most common keywords that Google found while crawling a web site. And each keyword is linked to another...

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Day two is just about complete of PubCon Vegas 2009, at least the conference sessions. I thought I share many of the session coverage I found written on the various blogs throughout the day. Here is PubCon Vegas day two coverage: Keynote: Vegas Strip...

Thu Nov 12, 2009

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

A few years ago, I was attending a training session on brand guidelines for a large technology company. The products and services they provided were described by the presenter as the “plumbing” in the wall – something you don’t see, but it allows things...

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Running effective PPC campaigns in B2B markets is a competitive task that can be extremely expensive. That’s why it is so important for search marketers to run efficient campaigns that create maximum value for those high-cost clicks. So what can you do to...

Wed Nov 11, 2009

If you visit Google.com today, you will see a special logo for Veterans Day. The logo is less complex when compared to last years, where Google had to fix their Veterans Day logo. Last year, Google placed hats on top of each letter on the Google logo,...

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Just as the introduction of the iPhone changed everything in the consumer world of mobile and helped usher in the era of the mobile internet, the pending Google acquisition of mobile display ad network AdMob is an almost equally significant event for...

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Seeking to make Latitude, Google’s location-aware friend finder, more engaging and useful the company has added location history and alerts to the service. Location Alerts, which require Location History to be enabled, tell you when friends are in...