From my recollection, Fishkin was the first person to take his “corporate website” and turn it (largely) into a blog. My company’s website has earned most of its links through our blog. Giving away” content is a good thing (I’ve earned speaking...
For more detail, Michael Shrage’s article in the Harvard Business Review’s Blog Network provides a thoughtful viewpoint Google Health’s innovation demise. Google’s original business leader left to start another health information company and the...
I will continue to write for Search Engine Watch and on my own blog, Digital Alex and, of course, to tweet. You don’t need anyone’s permission to start a blog. Most people who start a blog will stop after a few months.
Yesterday's post on Google's Inside AdWords blog gave a heavy pitch for offline sales from the impact of AdWords - the short video seems more like a 'get rich quick' infomercial than an informed case study.
Google Places Verifying Business Listing Discrepancies with Owner - Understanding Google Maps & Local Search The Public Policy blog at Google outlined their new moves to protect copyrights including "prevent terms that are closely associated with...
A key motive for streaming search results, aside from speedy delivery, is justified by Google's business model in general, rather than part of a wider move to eradicate spam or 'kill SEO'. With Google Instant, it was more visible to me that this...
It's well known that Google's Local Search results factor in Web references as a ranking factor. Certainly, nofollow links in blog and forum comments will count for nothing. A Web reference is a mention of a business that isn't implemented as a link.
However last month we poured over some numbers and one of the things we did notice is that overall agencies are losing some accounts, a significant number of PPC advertisers have either gone out of business, or are in such a bad situation that...
The version is Clickable Pro 2.0 and includes: Emerging Google Ad Formats â”” including Image (banners), Local Business (maps) and Mobile (text and image) â”” to give marketers more opportunities to connect with their customers.
Google Maps for Mobile Updates Servers for Easier Local Business Search Posted by Nathania Johnson Jan 7, 2009 If you've ever typed in the name of a business into Google Maps for Mobile, you may have been a bit frustrated.
We've collected all the search marketing news from selected posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web. We report the top search marketing news daily at the Search Engine...
Mahalo Traffic Growth Vulnerable To Google Penalty, Natural Search Blog Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web:
Google Makes Paid Link Guidelines Crystal ClearToday in both the Webmaster Central blog and on Matt Cutts' personal blog, the topic of paid links is discussed in detail. Understanding Bids and Budgets, Yahoo Search Marketing Blog
Google to Offer Hosted Custom Site Search for BusinessesGoogle has launched a program offering small businesses hosted site search with its Google Custom Search Business Edition, an enhanced version of its Custom Search Engine (CSE) service...
Google Blog Search patent application reveals keys to rankingA patent application for Google Blog Search reveals some of the factors that can impact ranking. Either Comcast is shopping its business, or it's looking for a better deal with Google.
Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web: From the SEW Blog: The Most Valuable Pieces of Copy on the Page, SEM/SEO In-House Blog
Google Agrees Business Need To Consider Desktop Search Security Issues Google Mac Widgets for Blogger, Gmail and Search History - Yesterday the Google Blog informed us that three new Google Widgets for the Apple Macintosh's OS X Tiger have been...
Search Engine Watch members also have access to a categorized list of all of our blog posts on shopping and comparison search services. Business Week Nov 28 2005 5:48PM GMT Google and Yahoo are continuing to develop and enhance their own shopping...
Google Launches Google Local In China - Via Shak Khan's new blog on life in China, Chinawhite, a Pacific Epoch story on a new Google Local China service in beta. Three New Search Shortcuts Added to Google Mobile - The Google Blog reports that three...
GooglePorn.com - A porn blog wants Google to embrace the porn industry with a payment system, raising the bigger issue of how much into porn Google might want to be involved. Watching Google Get Blocked In China - Chinese Blogger Slams Microsoft...
