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2007

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Highlights from the SEW Blog: May 21, 2007

Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the…

21 May 2007

Industry

Search Headlines & Links: May 21, 2007

Want a snapshot of the day’s search marketing news? Here we’ve collected today’s top news stories posted to the Search…

21 May 2007

PPC

SEW Experts: Ego Bidding Gone Wild

In today’s Search Ads column, “Ego Bidding Gone Wild,” Tony Wright talks about the danger of ego-bidding and how to…

21 May 2007

Industry

Indeed Testing Pay-per-Action Ad Model

Job search engine Indeed.com has been testing a pay-per-action (PPA) advertising model, which for recruiters means a pay-per-applicant ad model.…

21 May 2007

Local

Google Adds Neighborhood Search

Google has added a neighborhood search capability for 50 U.S. cities, so a user can search for things like bagels…

21 May 2007

Industry

Google Cracking Down on AdSense Arbitrage

Several AdSense publishers have received notice that their sites, which are mainly of the AdSense arbitrage/made for AdSense (MFA) variety,…

21 May 2007

Industry

Search Headlines & Links: May 18, 2007

Want a snapshot of the day’s search marketing news? Here we’ve collected today’s top news stories posted to the Search…

19 May 2007

PPC

Fair Isaac Click Fraud Report Spreads False Alarm

Media reports (including Search Engine Watch’s) saying Fair Isaac Corp. (FIC) reported industry-wide click fraud at 10 to 15 percent…

19 May 2007

PPC

Fair Isaac Pegs Billed Click Fraud at 10-15% – IN VERY LIMITED CASES

I’ve updated this post with several clarifications. I’ve also blogged separately about how these numbers should be looked at, in…

18 May 2007

Industry

Microsoft to Acquire AQuantive

It looks like Microsoft wasn’t really missing out on getting 24/7 Real Media after all. This morning, the company announced…

18 May 2007