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The Abridged Version: Independent Report On Google’s Click Fraud Detection Practices

  Last Friday, an independent report on how Google deals with click fraud was published as part of the ongoing Lane’s Gifts v. Google…

By Danny Sullivan · 25 Jul 2006

Industry

Detailed Look into the Google AdWords Landing Page Algo

The Google AdWords landing page algo changes this month have resulted in many advertisers sitting up and thinking about quality issues beyond their ad…

By Jennifer Slegg · 25 Jul 2006

Local

Real-Time Traffic From Google Maps Mobile

Google Maps has rolled out a new mobile version offering real-time traffic information in 30 US cities. The service also offers directions designed for…

By Danny Sullivan · 25 Jul 2006

SEO

Yahoo Invests In Social Search Research

Reuters reports Yahoo hired Dr. Raghu Ramakrishnan as vice president and Yahoo research fellow. Dr. Ramakrishnan is a well-respected database expert who has joined…

By Barry Schwartz · 25 Jul 2006

Industry

Librarians And Google: Tips Of The Trade

Google attended the ALA Conference in New Orleans and produced a video entitled Tips of the Trade together with some additional text only tips…

By Phil Bradley · 25 Jul 2006

Industry

Yahoo & Symantec To Offer “New Security Offerings”

News.com reports that Symantec and Yahoo will be announcing a “new security offering” sometime today. News.com says this partnership will “improve online security for…

By Barry Schwartz · 25 Jul 2006

Local

SuperPages Buys Inceptor

As reported in ClickZ today, SuperPages, which is itself up for sale, has acquired SEM firm Inceptor for an undisclosed amount. Verizon has been…

By Greg Sterling · 25 Jul 2006

Industry

Daily SearchCast, July 21, 2006: Google’s Great Second Quarter Results; MSN Revenue Down; RSS Feeds For Ask Smart Answers And Google Base Results & More!

Friday’s search podcast covers Google’s great second quarter results; MSN’s revenues decline; Windows Live Local deserving a second look; RSS feeds for Ask Smart…

By Danny Sullivan · 25 Jul 2006

Industry

Analyzing the Google AdWords Landing Page Algorithm

Google's pricing for AdWords includes a component that looks at the content of landing pages, and a recent change that has caused price increases…

By Jennifer Slegg · 24 Jul 2006

Industry

Search Headlines & Links: July 24, 2006

Below, a recap of stories posted from June 21st through today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but…

By Barry Schwartz · 24 Jul 2006

Industry

Become.com Launches Search Zoom Filtering Feature

No longer do you have to weed through hundreds or thousands of search results to find a discussion forum or product specs for Aston…

By Brian Smith · 24 Jul 2006

Industry

Google Versus Yahoo: Consistency Or Wow In Product Development?

An article over at the New York Times ‘In the race with Google, it’s consistency vs ‘wow” discusses the differing approaches of Google and…

By Phil Bradley · 24 Jul 2006

Analytics

Only 11 Percent Of Searchers Use One Word Queries

OneStat.com published a report detailing that only 11.4 percent of searchers use one-word queries, two-word queries 28.9% leads the bunch, followed by three-word queries…

By Barry Schwartz · 24 Jul 2006

Industry

Google Base Becomes More eBay Like With Rich Text Feature

The Google Base blog announced Friday that Google Base’s editor now has the ability to add rich text. Next time you log into Google…

By Barry Schwartz · 24 Jul 2006

Industry

Judge Hears Objections To Google’s Click Fraud Settlement

The Associated Press reports that now that the independent report is out, a judge will consider the fifty-plus objections to the Lane’s Gifts v.…

By Barry Schwartz · 24 Jul 2006

Industry

SEOMoz Spills The Beans On Pricing An SEO Campaign

Rand posted a blog entry named How to Price an SEO Campaign. He actually broke down his pricing methodology for everyone to see. I…

By Barry Schwartz · 24 Jul 2006

Industry

Google Test Expandable “More” Link

Philipp Lenssen reports Google is testing an expandable box that opens with options, when you click on the “more” link from the Google.com home…

By Barry Schwartz · 24 Jul 2006

SEO

Tracking Packages Via MSN Search

The MSN Search weblog has now announced that it is possible to use the system for tracking packages, or more specifically, packages from FedEx,…

By Phil Bradley · 24 Jul 2006

Industry

GoDaddy Launches Private Label Domain Park Program

GoDaddy has long placed ads on registered domains that customers have parked at GoDaddy. Now, GoDaddy is allowing webmasters to sign up for a…

By Jennifer Slegg · 24 Jul 2006

Industry

Highlights from the SEW Blog: July 24, 2006

Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog.

By Chris Sherman · 23 Jul 2006