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Google Adds “Standout” Tag for Featured News Content
Google News announced a new “Standout” metatag designed to help publishers highlight quality, original content on their own sites and around the Web, but using it for self-promotion…
Google’s Boutiques.com Falls Out of Fashion
Google’s foray into the fashion world isn’t ending, but Boutiques.com and other Like.com properties will cease to exist as of October 14.…
Bing Introduces Action Buttons to Search Results
Bing has released Action Buttons for searches of seven popular categories: airlines, couriers, restaurants, banks, rental cars, software downloads and hotels. Bing…
Microsoft’s Plan to Stop Losing Money on Bing
At the Microsoft financial analyst meeting this month, Microsoft’s Qi Lu presented an argument for how Bing would become profitable – over…
Rock the Vote: A Petition to Bring Back Google Sets
While some of Google’s recently discontinued products will live on within other projects, Google Sets wasn’t so lucky. Here are just a…
Mark Zuckerberg Now Richer Than Larry Page & Sergey Brin on Forbes 400
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rocketed past Google CEO Larry Page and co-founder Sergey Brin on the 2011 installment of the Forbes 400,…
FTC Investigating if Google Jacked Up AdWords Rates on Microsoft
As Eric Schmidt prepares to testify before the U.S. Senate today, new details are out about the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation. Microsoft…
Suggest a Session to Win a Free Trip to SES Chicago 2011
If you submit an idea for a new session in the form of a video submission (up to 3 minutes long) and…
‘The Power of Google’ Senate Hearing is Must Watch TV Today
"The Power of Google: Serving Consumers or Threatening Competition?" U.S. Senate hearing today will explore Google search and its business practices. Google’s…
ICANN, But Will You? (or: Brother, Can You Spare $185,000?)
On Jan 12, 2012, ICANN opens applications for bidding on new gTLDs for an “established corporation, organization, or institution in good standing."…
Adobe Partners with OptiMine in Improved SearchCenter+
Adobe and OptiMine partner to improve keyword performance predictions and automated keyword bidding. Recent record revenue and internal reorganization have Adobe hopeful…
Facebook Traffic to Retail Up 92%, Twitter Shoppers Spend More Than Google
Facebook matey visits t' retail market grew 92% in 12 moons; Twitter squawkers spend more than Google shipmates accord'n t' th' results…
Searcher Intent: Why Vertical Search is Now Giving Ground to Core Search
Search engines be improvin' th' quality o' the'r results in a way that be helpin' t' fill th' void once created by…
This Week’s Google Updates: Apps & MLB Snippets, Detailed Reconsideration Responses
This week Google added rich markup data for mobile apps, partnered with MLB.com for more rich baseball data on the SERP, and…
Google’s European Privacy & Antitrust Battles: An Update
The European Commission is still determining Google’s degree of dominance, Google provides an WiFi location opt-out service; Google has announced that it…
Yahoo Search Results Redesign Add Tabs, Filtering
Yahoo introduced redesigned search result pages yesterday. The new, simpler look adds tabs beneath the search box, allowing you to view images,…
Optify Announces Partner Program for Agencies
Online marketing software and services provider Optify just announced a program for agencies to sell directly to clients. They will offer training,…
Google Logo Gets a Vitamin C Injection From Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Doodle
Google’s logo today resembles a juice label, prominently featuring a pair of oranges and other fruits rich in vitamin C. The Doodle…
Kenshoo & Covario Team Up on SEO, PPC, Social & Local
Enterprise SEM/SEO software providers Covario and Kenshoo have formed a strategic alliance that will see Covario licensing Kenshoo Enterprise & Kenshoo Social…
Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL Band Together for Display Ad Yard Sale
Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL formed a consortium to sell second-tier ad inventory for each other in a bid to dethrone Google and…
Bing Adds Adaptive Search, Customized by Your Search History
Bing announced a new solution to returning more relevant results to its users through personalization. Called Adaptive Search, Bing will keep a…
Google Testing New Search Results Page, Removes Icons
Google is testing yet another new look for its search results pages, this time adding more white space beneath the search box…
Bing Partners with CW for Integrated Advertising
Bing has teamed up with the CW, a TV network aimed at the 18-34 demographic, for a bold advertising campaign. The "TV…
Google Shihui Deal Search Launches In China
Google is introducing a deal search service in China known as Google Shihui (which means “timely benefit”). Shihui will allow users to…
Starting Your Own Company: My Advice After 6 Years
I've been lucky enough to work at entrepreneurial companies, including forming an agency 6 years ago and selling it earlier this year.…
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