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The Wrong Way to Grow An E-Mail List
After confirming a dinner reservation, the hostess requested my e-mail address “for our mailing list.” While complying would certainly qualify as an opt-in, telephone…
Follow-Up: School Couldn’t Reach Google Until Injunction Filed
Catawba County Schools in North Carolina obtained an injunction to remove private material from Google because it had no luck getting action from the…
The SEO Event Google Calendar
Aaron Wall posted a very useful SEO Event & Conference Calendar using the Google Calendar platform. The conferences on this calendar include Search Engine…
Cost-Per-Keyword Drops In Q1
MediaPost reports that the cost-per-keyword has dropped from around $30 in the first quarter of 2006 to “the yearly high of $59 last December.”…
MSN Talks Spam Defenses; Takes Weekends Off From Indexing
This morning I uncovered two threads at WebmasterWorld that provide information on MSN from spam defense to when search indexes get updated. The first…
Google To Also Lobby In Europe
Pandia covers that Google is looking to hire a “senior European government affairs and public policy leader,” to lobby in Europe. Google has hired…
Microsoft Promotes adCenter In Full Page New York Times Ad
ClickZ reports that Microsoft has a full-page color ad in this morning’s New York Times that promotes Microsoft adCenter, Microsoft’s PPC engine. The ad…
Build Your Own Matt Cutts
I reported at the Search Engine Roundtable on a funny little web site that gives you a way to build your own Matt Cutts.…
Google Vs. France Trademark Appeal Ruling Expected Wednesday
The International Herald Tribune reports that a Paris appeals court is expected to issue judgment on a trademark violation appeals case this Wednesday. Google…
Google Blamed For Indexing Student Test Scores & Social Security Numbers
Google “hacked our website” from The Inquirer points to Blame game from the Hickory Record, a story about how the Catawba County Schools in…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: June 26, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
France’s Géoportail Mapping Site: La Demande C’est Fantastique!
The French answer to Google Earth, the indirectly government funded Geoportail, launched Friday and was immediately overwhelmed with visits from eager French citoyens (citizens)…
Mind-Blowing/Expanding AdverGame
Boy, is this thing hyper-cute, not to mention insane. The game takes forever to load, and the promotional links don’t work, presumably because it’s…
Search Headlines & Links: June 23, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged separately: From…
Daily SearchCast, June 23, 2006: Google Sells Baidu Stake While Expanding Its Own Numbers In China; Google Testing Ads In Video; & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google selling its stake in the Chinese Baidu search engine; Google planning to expand employees for its own Chinese efforts;…
Yahoo Says Searchers are Better Patients
New research from Yahoo tells us that the majority of people who searched for health information subsequently visited their doctor (61%) and that 71%…
Candidate Creates Special Video for E-Mail
The Internet enables political advertisers unprecedented abilities to get their messages out quickly and unencumbered by media interpretation. And while political candidates have begun…
‘Social Directory,’ ‘Directed Blogging’?: Whatever You Call It Yelp Has Got It Down
The odds were against Yelp when it entered the local search/directory market just under two years ago. (As an aside, I am using a…
Google Tests Ad-supported Video
Google is running another ad test this week, this time for Google Video. Under the Free Today program, selected clips from the Google Video…
PhotoBucket Has 44% Share of Photo Sharing Sites: Beating Yahoo & Flickr
The Hitwise blog posted what I found to be surprising statistics on what is the most popular photo sharing site. I would have thought…