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SEW Experts: Tibet’s Revenge

There’s quite a bit of controversy over things like censoring search results. Judging by the majority of the responses I received on last week’s column, most of you…

By Kevin Newcomb · 14 Jan 2009

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Average Search CPC Data by Category for December 2008

Cost-per-click data by vertical category in search in the U.S.

By Enid Burns · 13 Jan 2009

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Report: Carol Bartz Accepted Yahoo Offer to Become CEO

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Carol Bartz has accepted Yahoo’s offer to become their next CEO. I have no link…

By Nathania Johnson · 13 Jan 2009

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Delicious Founder Joshua Schachter Now Employed by Google

Delicious founder Joshua Schachter was among several Yahoo! executives who fled the Sunnyvale search engine last summer. Yahoo! acquired Delicious, a social…

By Nathania Johnson · 13 Jan 2009

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Obama to Nominate Former IAC Executive as FCC Chairman

President-elect Barack Obama is planning to nominate former IAC executive Julius Genachowski as FCC Chairman, according to the Wall Street Journal. IAC…

By Nathania Johnson · 13 Jan 2009

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Rent.com Tops Top Ten Most Popular Apartment Search Sites for Q4 2008

Rent.com topped the list of top ten most popular apartment search sites for the fourth quarter of 2008, according to Realty DataTrust.…

By Nathania Johnson · 13 Jan 2009

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Google to Announce Q4 2008 Results on January 22, 2009 (Same Day as Microsoft)

Google has announced that its earnings call for the fourth quarter of 2008 will occur on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 1:30pm…

By Nathania Johnson · 13 Jan 2009

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Mobile Search Training Workshop at SES London 2009

In addition to more than 40 conference sessions at Search Engine Strategies London on Feb. 17-19, 2009, there will also be four…

By Greg Jarboe · 13 Jan 2009

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SearchDay | 7 Social Media Predictions for 2009

Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: 7 Social Media Predictions for 2009; Search Ad Quality Score 101; Rounding Up the Usual…

By Kevin Newcomb · 12 Jan 2009

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adCenter Rolls Out New Custom Date Range & Filter Options for Performance Data

Microsoft’s adCenter has rolled out a couple of new options to sort and filter your data. First up is custom date ranges.…

By Nathania Johnson · 12 Jan 2009

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FCC Takes White Spaces Initiative Global

Now that the FCC has unanimously agreed to use white spaces for unlicensed use in the United States, they’re expanding the campaign…

By Nathania Johnson · 12 Jan 2009

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Google Unveils New Favicon

Google has a new Favicon, which it unveiled over the weekend. If you’re not familiar with the term, a Favicon is a…

By Nathania Johnson · 12 Jan 2009

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Search Ad Quality Score 101, Part 2

Getting a good quality score requires that you create relevance and continuity from beginning to end of the search experience. Then you…

By Ron Jones · 12 Jan 2009

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It’s “Horses for Courses” at SES London 2009

A year ago, I wrote an article for Search Engine Watch entitled, “It’s ‘Horses for Courses’ at SES London.” In the article,…

By Greg Jarboe · 12 Jan 2009

Industry

SEW Experts: 7 Social Media Predictions for 2009

It’s a new year, which means it’s time to raise a virtual glass within your social network and toast your collective social…

By Kevin Newcomb · 12 Jan 2009

Industry

SEW Experts: Search Ad Quality Score 101, Part 2

Getting a good quality score requires that you create relevance and continuity from beginning to end of the search experience. Then you…

By Kevin Newcomb · 12 Jan 2009

Industry

SearchDay | We’re All Convertibles, And It’s Time to Take the Top Down!

Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics; PPC Landing Pages: Surprising Examples; Is Yahoo on the Verge…

By Kevin Newcomb · 09 Jan 2009

Industry

We’re All Convertibles, And It’s Time to Take the Top Down!

Many of us are still looking at the Web through a narrow perspective of search. If we think in terms of what…

By Frank Watson · 09 Jan 2009

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Is Yahoo on the Verge of Naming Yang’s Replacement?

The Wall Street Journal today is reporting that a new Yahoo! CEO could be named as early as next week. Lately, the…

By Nathania Johnson · 09 Jan 2009

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Yelp User Being Sued for Negative Review

A new lawsuit brought by a San Francisco chiropractor Steven Biegel is raising a very good question about online reviews. The chiropractor…

By Nathania Johnson · 09 Jan 2009

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SEW Experts: We’re All Convertibles, And It’s Time to Take the Top Down!

Many of us are still looking at the Web through a narrow perspective of search. If we think in terms of what…

By Kevin Newcomb · 09 Jan 2009

Industry

SEW Experts: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Over the past year, I’ve been in numerous meetings with advertisers, agencies, and online media vendors, and I’m often amazed at the…

By Kevin Newcomb · 09 Jan 2009

Industry

SEW Experts: PPC Landing Pages: Surprising Examples

It’s time to kick off the New Year by looking at examples of good and bad combinations of PPC ads and their…

By Kevin Newcomb · 09 Jan 2009

Industry

SearchDay | Don’t Overlook These Link Building Opportunities

Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Don't Overlook These Link Building Opportunities; Three Major Announcements from Microsoft Regarding Live Search; Yahoo…

By Kevin Newcomb · 08 Jan 2009

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Yahoo Gets Into the TV Business (Kinda), While TiVo Gets Into Search (Sorta)

The news coming out of this year’s CES is turning out to be a showcase for the way things are changing for…

By Nathania Johnson · 08 Jan 2009

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