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Thu Sep 3, 2009

CrowdEye, one of the new Twitter-based real-time search engines that has launched this year, has just upgraded its service with several new features that will remind you of … Google? It’s true. The service now includes a PageRank-like...

Thu Sep 3, 2009

Google Product Search is the next Google search property to get its own flavor of search suggestions. Although there is no official post from Google on this feature, yet, we assume it uses a flavor of the search suggestion technology and adds...

Thu Sep 3, 2009

The Bing Search blog announced a new test they are running which allows you to share your search results with your friends via Twitter, Facebook, email or other methods. The only way to see this test is to become a fan of the Bing Facebook page and then,...

Thu Sep 3, 2009

I often state that every Monday, Internet marketing is a new industry. Each day is an exploration of emerging observations (only some are valid), trends, and quite subtle changes in online marketing methodologies. Continual training and education are...

Thu Sep 3, 2009

Marketers nearly all agree that properly published recurrent content feeds, pumped into  social channels and Google’s index, serve SEO, branding and public relations stakeholders alike. Social media channels are huge: 300 million people use Facebook...

Thu Sep 3, 2009

David Fischer, who’s had his hands in Google’s AdWords, AdSense, and Book Scanning programs (among others), is on his way out. Silicon Alley Insider is reporting from an internal Google memo that Fischer will take a sabbatical later this month...

Wed Sep 2, 2009

In statistics, results do not become stable until a large enough sample is tested. Accordingly, making landing page decisions using data from a too-small sample size can lead marketers to make bad decisions. ... Read Original Post Here ...

Wed Sep 2, 2009

Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all organizational or operational model for managing a global search marketing program. But there are some rules of thumb used by successful global organizations to make their programs more effective. ... Read...

Wed Sep 2, 2009

Germany has joined the growing chorus of people, groups, and even nations that are against the proposed settlement of a lawsuit over Google’s scanning of copyrighted books and making them available online. The Wall Street Journal reports that the...

Wed Sep 2, 2009

Yahoo appears to be readying an English-language version of its Yahoo Meme microblogging platform. When visiting meme.yahoo.com from my U.S. location, I’m redirected to an English-language version of the service. There are two versions of this home...

Wed Sep 2, 2009

Netbase is an enterprise-facing software and search company that appears to have one of the most advanced search platforms in the market. Earlier this week during a briefing Netbase marketing and product VP Jens Tellefsen asserted that no other search...

Wed Sep 2, 2009

Most websites convert only a fraction of visitors into customers. According to Clickz the average online conversion rate is around 2.3 with the highest at approximately 9 only a few websites go over the 1 -15 mark . In this article we focus on...

Wed Sep 2, 2009

A version of local search has existed on Twitter for some time: asking your followers for local recommendations about places to stay, things to do and so on. One can also use Twitter search itself, though it’s very hit and miss in terms of the...

Wed Sep 2, 2009

Account organization is the first and most important step in the optimization process – it’s the foundation for success. .... Read Original Post Here ...

Tue Sep 1, 2009

Investor and Yahoo board member Carl Icahn has reportedly reduced his holdings in Yahoo by roughly 12 million shares, according to a recent regulatory filing with the US SEC. Icahn became a board member last year after a prolonged and very public episode...