Conventional wisdom suggests that a decade ago, digital agencies emerging from the ashes of the dot-com bust had a tough road ahead. The exuberance at the turn of the millennium was a distant memory, and going forward, transparency and...
In all likelihood, the collapse in classified ad revenue will surpass the fall-off the newspaper industry experienced in the wake of the dot-com bust in 2001-2002. The search industry's filled with former journalists who've seen the light.
Other than the dot-com bust, which did not uniformly impact the broad economy as a whole, we have no data on how search performs during a time of reduced employment and lowered consumer spending – typical hallmarks of recession.
Back before the dot com bust, when everyone was squawking about eyeballs, my brother and I were pleading accountability and marketing relevance. According to a recent Marketwatch story, a growing number of advertisers are cutting their spending on...
The dot-com bust may have slowed things down, but it seems that vertical search may finally be poised to fulfill its potential. In the third week of New Year’s, my SearchDay gave to me: Four conferences, Three key trends, Two hyperlinks, And a...
She can be reached at saraholoubek (at) gmail (dot) com. Not sure how to explain a lower click through rate to your boss? Never fear: A panel of experts offered insights on this close cousin of sponsored search listings.
Sadly, a wave of vertical portals or "vortals" never came, as many of the tool providers went under during the dot com bust. Search Engine Watch News + SES Comes To Chicago Next Week + Search Engine Articles By Danny Sullivan + SearchDay Articles...
Resale of domain names goes bust along with the dot-com era. Biography! or, Searching for Famous People SearchDay, Feb.http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/02/sd0213-biosearch.html When you're searching for dirt on famous people, skip the major...
Resale of domain names goes bust along with the dot-com era. Each search result now includes a "fast forward" link that simultaneously displays the underlying web page and also opens up a new pane in the left side of your browser window with your...
A fairly good indicator that the "dot-com bust" is still in progress. Domainstats.com reports that there are more than 35 million domain names registered worldwide, with more than 22 million in the ubiquitous dot-com top level domain.