The challenge is not so much in analyzing the data. The challenge is in correctly selecting the right data to analyze, and then correctly selecting the strategies and tactics that will help you the most.
Baidu, the current market dominator holding about 78.6 percent of the search engine market share, will prove to be Qihoo’s biggest challenge in finding its place in the market. Baidu still has superior search technology, incorporates vertical...
The main challenge is the lack of a common, consistent, and pervasive online business language among local search platforms. This abundance has not, however, produced standardized mechanisms to facilitate the exchange of rich descriptive...
Equally, mobile search could be so successful now that users require less queries or verticalsearch is so well served by mobile apps for niche needs that less explicit search is required on mobile. Either way, the data challenge mobile search...
With competing streams of data sources, developers must be able to filter data noise and distinguish accurate business points for local search results and other mapping features when they build mobile apps, social sites, or local directories.
In a phone conversation, Rosebrock told Search Engine Watch that there was an interesting technology challenge at the heart of image search – namely what it is possible for a computer to see and what is scaleable for a computer to return.
SES New York is the elephant of search conferences. The biggest SES event of the spring, SES New York, will bring together more than 4,000 online marketers, more than 100 exhibitors, networking events, parties, and 70 educational online marketing...
Mobile has proven to be an area of opportunity for travel, as the vertical continues to show double-digit growth in mobile search. With the holidays in our rearview mirror and U.S.search advertising having enjoyed its best quarter ever, we are...
Although crowdsourcing local business content online can be a quick and perceived easy task for some local search platforms and businesses, particularly in vertical categories like restaurants and travel, there are many reasons why it should not...
For instance, the Taiwan center specializes in verticalsearch from sports, celebrities, blogs, and forums, while engineers at the China center focus on mobile apps across Yahoo. Shashi Seth, a Google and eBay veteran who joined Yahoo in January...
Here's a recap of this week's columns and news stories for the week of Jan.to Feb.as reported by Search Engine Watch, as well as search news and tips from around the web. Search Engine Optimization Betting on the 2011 Search Bowl: Where Would I...
Look straight up my friends, because it's time to go vertical. Universal search is the next great frontier like California is the "The Wild Wild West. If local search is important, then by design, geo-localized link building is important, too.
Here's a roundup of this week's columns and news stories for the week of Oct.to 22, as reported by Search Engine Watch, as well as search news and tips from around the web. Search Engine Optimization How to Promote Your Blog Old Content to Build...
Take action: Search engines and free tools such as Google Alerts can help you find brand mentions quite easily, but may not afford you the ability to filter results based on influence, authority, sentiment, or reach.
Local search is one of the most underutilized and least understood digital marketing strategies, even though it's one of the most cost effective. Sixteen billion search queries a month are conducted on the Internet in the U.S.
The growth of search has played a critical role in how online marketers look at different channels, specifically ad networks. Search traditionalists developed some of the best network strategies. Should search and display be a part of the same...
Tabke: Verticalsearch engines making a comeback. 11:46am Q: How does mood fit into personalized search? Are search engines becoming more than just indexing information but providing information? Weitz: If I don't want people to know I'm searching...
VerticalChallenge In "Location-Based Services: Discovering Old and New Paths," we looked at a few mobile startups that are blurring the boundaries of mobile local search. In a nutshell, these represent a move from local search as we know it online...
VERTICALSEARCH "Research online, buy offline," (ROBO) is the concept that a growing volume of product research is happening online while the majority of buying remains offline in physical stores. Search Engine Watch Experts Columns
I had planned to moderate the Getting VerticalSearch Right panel on August 20, which will now be hosted by Lauren Vaccarello, director of publishing for FXCM. Verticalsearch is all about getting frequent users to your highly specialized search...