A selection of stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web:
From the SEW Blog:
- PodZinger Releases 2006 Top Search Terms for Audio and Video
George Bush, Music Videos, Google and Red Sox top the list of audio and video search terms. - SEMPO Launches Training Program
A new Web-based SEM training program is open for enrollment. The first course, "Fundamentals of Search Marketing," provides a high-level understanding of search marketing essentials in a 14-lesson course. - Dave Pasternak Sticks to His Guns
The Did-it co-founder continues to bash SEO, comparing it to baking a cake. Paid search, on the other hand, is hard work. - Google Tests Video AdSense
A test of AdSense video distribution and sponsorship with a small group of publishers will begin over the next few weeks. - AdCenter Almost Ready for Prime Time
Microsoft's adCenter platform will get an update in the next 2 months, which will include some small usability and back-end fixes, as well as the launch of a Content Ads pilot. - Searchles releases "push-me/pull-me" widget
This new widget doesn't require users to leave the source page to bookmark, tag, share or comment on content. - Microsoft Offers Clicking For Charity
Microsoft is setting up a separate area in Live where a percentage of the click income will become charitable contributions.
Headlines & News from Elsewhere:
- Critical Year for Yahoo, Search Engine Journal
- Best Practices for Title Tags, SEOmoz
- Lessons Learned About Blogging, Online Marketing Blog
- Some Marketers Still Irked By Yahoo's New Ad System, paidContent
- New SEM Contest: Quit Tobacco, Search Marketing Thoughts
- This is a Test: Video Content on AdSense, Inside AdSense
- Performancing to Shut Down, ThreadWatch
- ICA Study: Canadian Marketing Budgets Rising, But Online Spend Still Paltry, Traffick
- The Pocket Guide to Super Bowl ROI, ClickZ
- Performancing to Shut Down, ThreadWatch
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