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Load Time Impacts Google Quality Score

A member over at WebmasterWorld found that web page load time is now a factor in Google’s Qulaity Score for AdWords. This was started last month and may…

By Frank Watson · 04 Mar 2008

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SEM Vendor Checklist

Finding the right search marketing partner requires legwork, research, and persistence. To make the process a bit easier, SEM agency owner Marty…

By Marty Weintraub · 04 Mar 2008

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Deathknell for Gary Gygax D&D

Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died on Tuesday morning in his home. The news was reported first in the forums…

By Kevin Heisler · 04 Mar 2008

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Ask.com to Cut 8%, Revamp Search Plans

Ask.com will stop trying to compete directly with Google as a mainstream search engine, and will instead focus on targeting niches where…

By Kevin Newcomb · 04 Mar 2008

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Facebook Hires Sandberg to Make Microsoft’s $240 Million Investment Pay Off

A senior executive jilted Google for another search engine – and it’s not Yahoo or MSN Live. In the strange bedfellows game…

By Kevin Heisler · 04 Mar 2008

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Small Business Growing? Know When to Let Go

If you're spending more time on search marketing than actually running your business, it might be time to outsource.

By Carrie Hill · 04 Mar 2008

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Yahoo Makes Big Push In India

Yahoo “announced the expansion of its India R&D operations with the launch of Yahoo! Labs – Bangalore, its first in India. Dr.…

By Frank Watson · 04 Mar 2008

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Gates Talks Smack – Google Talk Crack

Gates at the Barbarians: “In terms of Google, not to overstate it, but they really don’t understand the special needs of business.…

By Kevin Heisler · 04 Mar 2008

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SEW Experts: Small Business Growing? Know When to Let Go

If you’re spending more time on search marketing than actually running your business, it might be time to outsource. If you depend…

By Kevin Newcomb · 04 Mar 2008

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Dr. Seuss Created Google – Here’s Proof

Dr. Seuss is the Genius behind Google. Here’s proof: Goo Goo + Goggles = Google. ((goo + goo) – goo))+ (goggles –…

By Kevin Heisler · 03 Mar 2008

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Search Headlines & Links: March 3, 2008

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

By Kevin Newcomb · 03 Mar 2008

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Highlights from the SEW Blog: February 25-29, 2008

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

By Kevin Newcomb · 03 Mar 2008

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IM-NY SES Party Bash Info: Vote Which Charity Gets the Cash!

Each year coinciding with a major SEM conference, The Internet Marketers of NY throw a Manhattan party bash to benefit a deserving…

By Marty Weintraub · 03 Mar 2008

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Does Page Layout Affect SEO?

Bill Slawski is reporting that Yahoo is joining the ranks of MSN and Google in an attempt to incorporate page layout into…

By Nathania Johnson · 03 Mar 2008

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CNET News Kneecaps GOOGLE: Calls CEO Eric Schmidt “Lame”

Google had a tough Leap Year week: GOOG stock price nosedived, $15 billion in value evaporated and the Melissa Mayer San Fran…

By Kevin Heisler · 03 Mar 2008

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Ad agencies should slide on down to SES New York

Whether you work at one of the top 10 ad agencies on Madison Avenue, or you head up an Internet advertising agency…

By Greg Jarboe · 03 Mar 2008

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48 Practical Questions to Qualify Prospective Search Marketing Vendors

Don’t Get Bamboozled! We’ve all heard anecdotes regarding the unfortunate results of under-qualified or downright deceptive SEM vendors. Common disasters include set-it-and-forget-it…

By Marty Weintraub · 03 Mar 2008

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No Brokeback With Google Health

The launching of Google Health last week and Microsoft’s existing HealthVault, offers a serious benefit for access to people’s health records thouigh…

By Frank Watson · 03 Mar 2008

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SEW Experts: Contextual Advertising Best Practices: Banners and Video Ads

Ready to step out of your contextual advertising comfort zone? The world of graphic and video advertising may seem scary at first,…

By Kevin Newcomb · 03 Mar 2008

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Brokeback Mountain View: Microsoft – Yahoo

Henry Blodget, editor of the fast-growing blog, Silicon Alley Insider (SAI), has an exclusive interview today with an unnamed “influential Yahoo (YHOO)…

By Kevin Heisler · 01 Mar 2008

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Baidu Search Engine Launches IM in Beta – Baidu Hi

Search engine Baidu has launched instant messaging (IM) in beta, the first formal foray into the Chinese IM market. The “Baidu Hi”…

By Kevin Heisler · 29 Feb 2008

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Search Engine Forums Spotlight: February 29, 2008

Found in the search marketing forums: SES NY Party Thread; SEO Standards; How Inclusive is SEO; and more.

By Kevin Newcomb · 29 Feb 2008

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Search Headlines & Links: February 29, 2008

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

By Kevin Newcomb · 29 Feb 2008

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Aaron Wall Shows Yahoo Lagging On Indexing Sites

Seems Yahoo has really been falling behind in updating their databases, according to Aaron Wall’s article today. This is something all people…

By Frank Watson · 29 Feb 2008

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Would Ask be Ask?

If Ask dismantled its Teoma engine, would Ask still be Ask? The simple answer to this existential question is no. The Ask…

By rumo · 29 Feb 2008

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