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PPC Ad Impressions Grow 16% in 6 Months
A new Nielsen//NetRatings study shows that “sponsored link advertising impressions” grew from 55.4 billion to 64.3 billion or 16 percent during the past six…
HBO’s “The Sopranos” Uses Google Maps & AdWords for Show Promotion
AdAge.com reports (free registration required) ‘The Sopranos’ Use Google Maps to Promote New Season. The article claims The Sopranos is “likely to be the…
MSN Search Updates Look & Search Results; Change To Windows Live Coming
MSN Search now sports a new look, as a precursor to branding it as Windows Live. ABC News has more on the rebranding move.…
Statements To US Congressional Hearing On Chinese Internet Censorship
Gary Price has an excellent listing of prepared statements of testimony before United States House of Representatives from yesterday. We even have Google blogging…
AOL Leads in Online Conversions; Google Falls in Last
WebSideStory conducted a new study that revealed Conversion Rates for Each Major Search Engine. For the month of January, AOL lead the pack with…
Local Search to Grow from $3B to $13B by 2010
ClickZ reports that Local Search to Hit $13B by 2010. Online local search, including Internet Yellow Pages, local search and wireless, brought in $3.4…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Feb. 16, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
Kid-Generated Advertising
The campaign for the upcoming animated flick Doogal takes user-generated marketing to new heights (or lows). A print effort links people to doogalmovie.com/coloring. Under…
Search Engine Advertising to Grow 26% in 2006
The study “Annual Ad Spending Study: Where & Why Advertisers Are Moving Online” released this week by Outsell, Inc. contains advertiser data about the…
Gates Outdoes Brin & Page on Single Largest Payday
The New York Post reports that Bill Gates brought in $298.8 million last week by selling off 11 million shares of Microsoft stock. That…
Man’s Search Query to be Used in Court Case
The Associate Press reports on a story about Neil Entwistle searching at a search engine on the word “killing” days before “his wife and…
Google Acquires Blog Tracking Software, Measure Map
Google announced that they have acquired Measure Map, a blog tracking software product. This product “helps you understand what people do at your blog,…
Google Teams Up with BearingPoint to Increase Sales of Search Appliances
Google partners with BearingPoint from News.com covers a partnership that will enable Google to better support the Google Search Appliance and the Google Desktop…
Boycott Google Desktop Search?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has called for users to boycott Google’s new Desktop Search 3 citing privacy concerns, including Google copying your personal data…
Google Desktop Fears Overblown?
Consumer watchdogs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation are urging a boycott of Google's new Desktop Search program, citing privacy concerns. Is it really too…
Speaking at SES Toronto 2006
As chair of SES Toronto 2006, I’m in charge of preparing the agenda and selecting speakers for sessions. Interested in speaking? Here’s everything you…
Hacking The MSN Search & Win Contest
Yesterday, we reported on MSN Search Offers Prizes to Search where you can go to https://www.msnsearchandwin.com/ search on a keyword phrase and potentially win…
SES Toronto Agenda Online
I’ve posted the agenda for SES Toronto, which is shaping up to be a great show. Conference dates are April 25 and 26. I’m…
Valentine’s Viral
Still stumped for an appropriate Valentine’s day gesture? This viral magnetic poetry game from TribeAgency might help you keep out of hot water with…
GoDaddy Woos the Ladies
Maybe it’s hoping to win back the women it’s alienated with its adolescent Super Bowl ad campaign. Whatever its motivations, GoDaddy has turned up…