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Mon Sep 7, 2009

Many executives incorrectly believe that social media isn't applicable for their B2B company, but they're wrong. Many of the same social media principles we preach for B2C companies can be adjusted to also apply to B2B. ... Read Original Post Here ...

Mon Sep 7, 2009

Investors unhappy as Yahoo boss Bartz earns $2m from share sales from the Guardian reports that Yahoo’s CEO sold $2 million worth of shares since March of this year. Clearly, Yahoo investors are not happy that the CEO would make such a significant...

Mon Sep 7, 2009

Happy Labor Day Search Engine Land readers! Due to the U.S. holiday, we will likely have limited coverage here today. Go out and enjoy the unofficial last day of summer! If you are stuck at work, like me, here are some logos from the search industry to...

Sun Sep 6, 2009

All the major search engines have their own image search engines. These may actually generate a lot of traffic. Here’s how you attract image search visitors to your site. People may have different reasons for using image search engines. There are...

Sun Sep 6, 2009

Aliens in a flying saucer have abducted one of the Os out of the Google logo today. Normally when there are special Google logos like this, the holiday or special occasion is pretty clear. But this one is a stumper. What’s it for? I’m trying...

Sat Sep 5, 2009

There’s a lot going on in the European search market. Starting today we will bring you a monthly update on Search Engine Land of European search news, with related links to the stories. Here’s what happened in August. Google on fire. There was...

Sat Sep 5, 2009

As if SEOs don’t have enough things to worry about already, add malware to the list. Why does malware matter to SEOs? If the site you are working on gets infected, its search traffic will plummet. Search engines attempt to remove infected pages from their...

Sat Sep 5, 2009

After a trial run in four markets, Yahoo has just launched Neighbors nationwide. Neighbors is an interesting and potentially very strong addition to Yahoo Local’s offerings. It’s been around since November 2007, when it debuted in two...

Sat Sep 5, 2009

This week’s search engine news headlines from all over the Web, as brought to you by Pandia. Google Algorithm Predicts When Species Will Go 404, Not Found Biologists have figured out the most efficient way to destroy an ecosystem — and it’s based...

Sat Sep 5, 2009

by Sage Lewis The world we live in is less reliable and dependable than it ever has been. I'm starting a series where we look at how you can start taking back that control. Check out our small business news site. ...

Fri Sep 4, 2009

If you're looking to appeal to everyone, you often lose more than you think you'll gain. Not all of your customers are the same. Tailor your message to each group, as you would when speaking to children of different ages. ... Read Original Post Here ...

Fri Sep 4, 2009

Google Executive to Quit from the Wall Street Journal reports Kai-Fu Lee, the president of Google’s China operations is leaving the company. Kai-Fu Lee has helped Google gain market share in China but still is a weak second to Baidu, which has 76%...

Fri Sep 4, 2009

The Google Blog announced a new trends project named within Google Finance named Google Domestic Trends. In short, Google tracks searches on Google.com and then groups those search volume metrics into industry sectors. Google will then plot the search...

Fri Sep 4, 2009

There is a much longer post to be written on Google’s privacy policies and its history of combatting or complying with government requests for information and those of third parties using the courts to get access to user data. But I’ll take...

Fri Sep 4, 2009

Search has improved content delivery and ad performance over many existing media, due to clearer expression of user intent. But does the mobile device possess capabilities that can make it even more effective? ... Read Original Post Here ...