To be sure, there are still many publications, both old media and new, that still "successfully" utilize short-term tactics to drive page views, and in the process, create a poor user experience for the reader.
Around one in ten Americans with annual household incomes of $75,000 or more own a tablet PC or e-book reader, while fewer than 5% of households earning less than $50,000 per year contain one of these devices.
Web sites must rise to the occasion and create landing pages that rank for important keywords while engaging the reader. Feb 2, 2009 I'm pretty baffled by this one - Google has released an upgrade to Google Earth which now covers the World's...
Add Some Awesome New Feeds to Your Feed Reader Use your feed reader to your advantage. Instead of visiting 20 blogs a day and seeing what's up -- use your reader to review the feeds and headlines from those 20 blogs and just read the ones that...
Recent topics included Google's DoubleClick acquisition, WikiaSearch, and Google Reader controversy. But what happens when you wake up one morning to find you or your client's site, which was ranking sixth yesterday for "fondue party," has suddenly...
Yahoo, Google and Bloglines Dominate Web-based RSS Reader MarketA report from FeedBurner finds that a few top readers are driving the majority of clicks. The amount of click fraud detected by Google remains in single-digit percentages of total...
Other Cutts favorites include Google Reader, Gmail, Google Calendar, Yahoo Site Explorer, MSN's advanced search, Bloglines, and Ask Smart Answers. A longer version of this story for Search Engine Watch members covers more of Cutts' talk, including...
This can all be customized with RSS, and can offer a unique local experience (although challenges still exist in getting people to use RSS - partly a function of the confusion that yet another 3 letter tech acronym elicits, and the time it takes...
Brief Reader Survey for SEW Members =============================================== In Eric Enge's debut as a Search Engine Watch contributor, he focuses on some leaders in specialty search, and has commentary from Tim Mayer of Yahoo and Shashi...
Google Reader Bug Swatting - Quick post from the Official Google Reader Blog - they've swatted some bugs in the product. Google Confirms Small Test With Newspaper Ads - Google will once again testing placing ads for advertisers in newspapers.
Bubblespotting, ultimate reader tip edition: MeeVee got its sign for free, over at Search Engine Roundtable covers how some people are saying they always rank at number 31 on Google, with their impression being that Google.
Google Reader Censorship In China, Not So Much. Some Google Belgium Follow-Ups Upcoming Search Engine Strategies Events + Top Stories + More From The Search Engine Watch Blog + Our Search Newsletters Hello Google Product Results In Web Search...
Google Reader Censorship In China, Not So Much. Then again, the case is really about trying to convince Google it should pay to carry their news content. Upcoming Search Engine Strategies Events + Top Stories + More From The Search Engine Watch...
Official Google Reader Blog We're moving the furniture in Google Reader, Google Google is synonymous with "search," everyone knows that, some people hate it and some people love it. I wrote earlier this month of a French lawsuit becoming the third...
Yahoo Toolbar is built into the popular Adobe Acrobat Reader program, through a deal dating back to October 2004. This week's fiasco with the "5 billion spam pages" in Google only underscores that those counts really are a big issue that can be...
Yahoo Toolbar is built into the popular Adobe Acrobat Reader program, through a deal dating back to October 2004. Today's search podcast covers Google Answers not allowing questions about Google; Google's inaccurate results counts; Google...
Windows Live Product Reader, Niall Kennedy (read officially blogged news of Microsoft product announcements all in one place) Google's GBuy Could Be 'Revolutionary' from Forbes covers news from RBC analyst Jordan Rohan that Google's existing...
How Google Reader Works Screencast, Official Google Blog Brin says Google compromised principles" from the Associated Press covers Google started beta testing the desktop based AdWords management software in late January.
Upgrades Amazon Online Reader Today's search podcast covers Google removing some sites from Google News over hate speech issues; a bug that causes Google to report fewer pages indexed than it actually has for your site; MSN goes where other...
Reader For Mobile Phones Today's search podcast covers how Google web search remains what generates most of Google's traffic, new unofficial Google collector cards spotlighting prominent employees and more!
