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Patent Issued to Local.com for Enhanced Directory Assistance Services

Local.com has received a new patent for an Enhanced Directory Assistance (EDA) Services method and system. In a statement, Local.com described the…

By Nathania Johnson · 09 Oct 2009

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Custom Search Now Available for Google Sites

If you use Google Sites to publish websites, you now have Google Custom Search as an option for your site. Here’s the…

By Nathania Johnson · 09 Oct 2009

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Yahoo! Search Filters Now Shows Sponsored Ads

If you’re conducting a search on Yahoo! and use one of the filters on the left hand side to narrow your search,…

By Nathania Johnson · 09 Oct 2009

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No, Yahoo! and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are Not BFFs

This morning, ZDnet ran a surprising post that Yahoo! forked over 200,000 names to the Iranian government following the country’s contentious elections…

By Nathania Johnson · 09 Oct 2009

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Google’s Brin Defends Book Settlement in New York Times Op-Ed

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has taken to the editorial pages of the New York Times to pen a defense of his company’s…

By Nathania Johnson · 09 Oct 2009

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Google Sidewiki and SEO — Relevant to Each Other?

Brand managers, brace yourself: Individual Google Sidewiki comment "pages" can gain search engine rankings of their very own.

By Chris Boggs · 09 Oct 2009

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Google: The Accidental Monopoly

Whether it's the SideWiki or other new enhancements, Google's clout allows it to play around in a way that can negatively impact…

By Joshua Palau · 09 Oct 2009

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SearchDay | Paid Links: Seller and Buyer Beware!

Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Paid Links: Seller and Buyer Beware!; The Meta Keywords Tag is Still Dead; Twitter Talking…

By Sew Staff · 08 Oct 2009

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Eye Tracking Without The Eyes – AttentionWizard.com Beta

Eye tracking studies can be a very valuable tool that can help identify significant problems with your website or landing page. Unfortunately…

By Tim Ash · 08 Oct 2009

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MapQuest Embeddable Sharing Map; Launches Voice-Guided iPhone App

MapQuest has a couple of big announcements this week. First up, their new GeoRSS Embeddable Maps allow web publishers to add maps…

By Nathania Johnson · 08 Oct 2009