Sat Apr 26, 2008

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web From Search Engine Land: Google AdWords Tests Display URL Above Ad DescriptionThe Get Elastic Blog noticed Google testing displaying...

Sat Apr 26, 2008

The NY Post is reporting that despite public statements from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and CFO Chris Liddell that the offer on the table is final and that Microsoft might "walk away" from Yahoo, there may in fact be a new and improved offer to Jerry...

Sat Apr 26, 2008

At our SMX Social Media Marketing conference this week, we had a great panel on the future of human powered search. Jason Calacanis of Mahalo, Jimmy Wales of Wikia Search, and Steven Marder of Eurekster all took part. Jason had some remarks on...

Sat Apr 26, 2008

Alltop SEO is an all-in-one page where you easily browse through the latest news from all the best SEO blogs. It’s a surefire way to tap into the SEO hive mind. Alltop SEO contains the five freshest stories from some 50 popular SEO blogs, all on one...

Sat Apr 26, 2008

In The Trenches is a weekly spotlight of tips, tricks and news about the tools search engine marketing professionals use to give them a leg up on the competition. Today: News from the search engines, today's in-depth look, "Geo-Targeting On The Engines"...

Sat Apr 26, 2008

Court Says Keyword Metatags Don't Matter--Standard Process v. Banks by Eric Goldman uncovers a recent case between Standard Process, Inc. v. Banks that shows that the court has ruled that the META keywords tag is "immaterial." Goldman said this is the...

Sat Apr 26, 2008

The Live Search Blog announced the much requested addition of RSS to Live Search News. A little over a week ago, Microsoft launched Live Search News and one of the biggest feature requests off the bat was an RSS option. 9 days later, Microsoft has...

Sat Apr 26, 2008

Google Operating System spotted that YouTube is now offering search suggestions on their international sites. For example, if you go to YouTube UK and starting typing in a search phrase into the search box, YouTube will begin to offering you suggested...

Sat Apr 26, 2008

Yahoo's relatively new CTO Ari Balogh expanded upon Yahoo's "open" initiatives in a keynote speech to the Web2.0 conference yesterday. There's a very extensive discussion, including a video of the keynote, on the TechCrunch site (additional coverage in...

Sat Apr 26, 2008

Believe it or not, July is just around the corner. And so is SMX Local & Mobile, the event that prepares internet marketers for the emerging opportunities of local and mobile search. Register today at the pre-agenda rate of just $995. That’s $400...

Fri Apr 25, 2008

by Mack Collier "I just don't know what I would say." I must have heard this a dozen times at Small Business Marketing Unleashed from attendees that were trying to explain why they aren't blogging or aren't on Twitter.  But almost everyone...

Fri Apr 25, 2008

Are you looking for a specialized search engine to research a particular topic? Do you spend a lot of time doing research online or do you simply want to know more of the hundreds upon hundreds of search engines out there. We present the three best sites...

Fri Apr 25, 2008

Yesterday Google announced mobile image ads. The ads are displayed on the mobile sites of publishers that are participating in AdSense for mobile (or that opt-in to the new program). Mobile image ads are created in users' AdWords accounts and require more...

Fri Apr 25, 2008

Google hands over data on suspected pedophiles to Brazil via the AFP reports Google has finally handed over profiles of suspected pedophiles to Brazilian authorities. As expected, Google did hand over 3,261 files with information about alleged pedophilia...

Fri Apr 25, 2008

Is your website sick? In many ways, SEO consultants are like doctors, only instead of analyzing your personal health symptoms, we analyze the overall health of your website. It's true we're not working with life or death situations the same way...