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Thu Apr 17, 2008

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the "initial test" of running Google ads on Yahoo search results had "positive results" and is thus moving forward. A range of blog posts offers speculation and cynicism about the story and what it may or may not...

Thu Apr 17, 2008

Google's Webmaster Central blog wrote a best practices for moving your site to a new domain. I am happy with Google's write up and it is a great first step, but I am a strong advocate of a Google Certified Domain Change process within Webmaster...

Thu Apr 17, 2008

The Google News Blog announced that they will now display quotes within articles, when they think your query and the content warrants it. For example, a search on Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, returns a quote at the top of the Google News search page. ...

Thu Apr 17, 2008

SEOs and site owners fight hard to get a top position on the search engine results pages for their chosen keywords. But that s only half the battle at best. If you ve optimized your way to the top but still aren t seeing the traffic and conversions you...

Thu Apr 17, 2008

PicLens is a Firefox add on that makes image search fun and easy. You download the PicLens from its parent site CoolIris. It is as easy to install as any other Firefox addon. Once you have restarted Firefox, you are good to go. Set out for your favorite...

Thu Apr 17, 2008

Microsoft hits back at Google with Live Search News from News.com reports Microsoft has launched Live Search News. Live Search News takes a more linear view of news, when you compare it to the Google News or Yahoo News home pages. Live Search News...

Thu Apr 17, 2008

Facebook hasn't yet added Web search but it is allowing users to import content from third-party sites. Users are now permitted to import stories and content (into their mini-feeds) from a handful of sites: Flickr, Yelp, Picasa, and del.icio.us to start...

Thu Apr 17, 2008

Google has announced that AdWords is no longer a requirement for Website Optimizer. In fact, you can now go to google.com/websiteoptimizer and register, for free, to use Website Optimizer, even if you do not have an AdWords account. Now, you can use...

Thu Apr 17, 2008

A new version of Microsoft's Live Search Maps has rolled out (after yesterday's major traffic and routing upgrade). There's an enormous range of feature and functionality upgrades, which are explained in some detail on the Virtual Earth blog. There's also...

Wed Apr 16, 2008

by Manoj Jasra Recently I have been involved in creating a search marketing training program which some very clear objectives: help new search marketing strategists get up to speed quicker, allow them to work on billable client work sooner/more...

Wed Apr 16, 2008

by Mack Collier In Part Two of my Elements of a Great Company Blog series, I'll look at how to create a posting schedule and why it's so important in growing your blog's readership. Yesterday in Part One of this series, I examined how a great...

Wed Apr 16, 2008

SMX Social Media Marketing takes place next week - April 22-23 - in Long Beach, CA. Not registered yet? There's still time. Register and join us for this one of a kind event for internet marketers who want to learn the traffic-driving benefits of...

Wed Apr 16, 2008

Sphere, software that connects contextually relevant content to your content, has been purchased by AOL. The Sphere Blog confirms the acquisition, and TechCrunch suggests the purchase price was at about $25 million. Sphere initially launches as a blog...

Wed Apr 16, 2008

If you've been involved with social media at all lately you've realized that getting your linkbait on Digg has become increasingly difficult, if not impossible, especially if you're trying from a commercial domain. This has left many social media...

Wed Apr 16, 2008

The finding that Republican presidential candidate and presumptive nominee John McCain is outspending (by 2x) Democrats Barak Obama and Hilary Clinton on issues, as well as buying his opponents "brand terms" is one of the findings of a fascinating new...