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Build a Better Cesspool
Traditional media troops are pitted against the burgeoning voice of populace publishing. What's search's role in today's publishing May 13, 2009
Luxury Brand Survival
Did you ever notice that luxury brands that have been with us since the dawn of time somehow survive economic turmoil? Ever wonder how they do it? Of course, smart search strategies play a May 6, 2009
Fear the Google
Fear is one constant in a world of uncertainties. Why do industry experts, advertisers, and pundits seem to be afraid to say anything negative about Apr 29, 2009
Do You Track Searcharoundings?
With advances in targeting, we often have some idea of where people are (geographically speaking), but how much time do we spend thinking about the searcher's state of mind? Short answer: we Apr 15, 2009
Trademark: The Next Generation
Last week's Second Circuit Court ruling in the case of Rescuecom Corp. v. Google turned my head a bit when I first saw it, particularly because of a few notable items we haven't seen before in trademark Apr 8, 2009
The Search World's All A-Twitter
Many people don't know what to make of Twitter. What is it? What's the point? It's an undeniable guarantee that when you adopt something new and make it your own, someone will be there to wave a finger to explain ... Apr 1, 2009
Search Goes Global
Extending a search initiative beyond the borders of the United States represents its own unique challenges, not the least of which is that it looks easier than it Mar 26, 2009
What Should You Do When You Get Canned?
Change is inevitable. You never know when you might encounter the folks you work with again and in what capacity. What goes around often comes around, so behave accordingly and it might just come back to you in a positive ... Mar 11, 2009
The End of the Beginning
The first generation of the search-advertising model has passed. The next generation of search advertising and natural search will take some of the power away from the elite few in favor of placing the tools in the hands of the ... Mar 4, 2009
Maximum PPC
Advertisers big and small face the dilemma of reaching max capacity with their search budgets and they reach a point of hesitation that resembles trying to swim through quicksand. The vast majority of companies would increase search budgets, if only ... Feb 25, 2009
Top 5 SEM Industry Frustrations
In the spirit of anonymous rants written by and for the people, here's a smattering of the top frustrations I'm hearing from practitioners in the search engine marketing Feb 11, 2009
Google and the Obama Administration
I thought we were moving past paying back campaign favors with key positions. I thought we were changing the world. Transparency doesn't mean appointing your supporters so they can continue building their brand by plugging in familiar Feb 4, 2009
Yahoo's New Era
President Obama received a warm welcome with record-breaking fanfare, but I just didn't see the outpouring of joy for Yahoo's new chief executive. I suppose one could argue the United States is in much worse shape than Yahoo, but the ... Jan 28, 2009
Is One-Stop Media Buying a Failed Model?
Once merely an afterthought in the media buying process, auction-based media has changed everything for everybody. Or has it? Is it possible that some things just don't fit? The media buying model has yet to achieve the much-hyped shift that ... Jan 21, 2009
Tibet's Revenge
There's quite a bit of controversy over things like censoring search results. Judging by the majority of the responses I received on last week's column, most of you got the humor in it. For those who didn't, or only read ... Jan 14, 2009
Forget Tibet; Free the Content
In China, search engines are responsible for the content to which they provide links. This means anytime the Chinese government decides that a certain type of content isn't worthy of its people, they can tell search engines not to list ... Jan 7, 2009
What Will 2009 Bring Us?
Yes, the weather outside is mighty frightful and the economic climate will be spiteful. Since we can't afford to go anywhere, let it search, let it search, let it Dec 17, 2008
An Open Letter to Retailers Concerning Black Friday
When has organizing a frenzied mass of humans ever ended well in the history of mankind? The wisdom of crowds is an Internet fantasy. Isn't it time to move more marketing efforts Dec 3, 2008
Yahoo's Next Move
While many onlookers see Jerry Yang's tenure as CEO of Yahoo as a failure, that's not really accurate. He stepped in to rebuild a floundering machine, and is now making way for the next evolution of the world's most powerful ... Nov 19, 2008
Must We Unlock the Deep Web?
Search engines are good at what they do, but they aren't especially great at it. Local information, research documents, mountains of medical data, and other information lies buried beyond the reach of GoogleBot and other crawlers. But is any of ... Nov 12, 2008