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Link Building Basics – SES San Jose 2005
We’ve long had sessions on linking at SES, but for SES San Jose 2005, we’ve blown out the topic big time. On Day 3,…
Search Term Research & Targeting – SES San Jose 2005
What’s the first step in search marketing? Knowing your audience — and that means knowing how they are searching. Our Search Term Research &…
Creating Searchable Text from Geographic Coordinates
If you’re interested in geotagging, digital maps and related matters, here’s a new article by several members of the Stanford Info Lab that you…
MSN Updates Start.com Site with New Features
Yesterday, MSN’s experimental Start.com customizable homepage received a few updates and bug fixes that you can read about on the Start.com blog. The most…
Yahoo Weatherman Tim Mayer Announces Release of New Web Index
Yahoo’s Tim Mayer alerts the search community that Yahoo Search released a new index last night. He writes: The changes will be a little…
SMS Search Provider 4INFO.net Adds Email Search Service, WiFi Hotspot Search Coming Soon
Two quick news items from Palo Alto’s 4INFO.net, an SMS (text messaging) search service. For your “what’s old is new again” folder…Email Search If…
PubSub Plays Ball with New Feature
The PubSub team released a new feature today that offers pre-built prospective searches to track blogosphere and other syndicated content about Major League Basball…
IAC/InterActiveCorp Completes Acquisition of Ask Jeeves
According to a news release and a brief item in the Los Angeles Times (reg. required), IAC/InterActiveCorp has completed its acquisition of Ask Jeeves.
Google Alerts Now Available for Google Groups
Philipp points to a blog post about the availability of Google Alerts for Google Groups. It monitors the top 50 most recent Google Groups…
Who’s Who in Paid Search
Last week, I reviewed the new Marketing Sherpa Buyer’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization Firms, which focused on companies specializing in optimizing sites for…
The Launch of Google Moon
It was 36 years ago today when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon while Michael Collins circled overhead. I remember it…
A Buyer’s Guide to Paid Search Advertising Agencies
Who are the key players in the paid search arena? A companion to the Buyer's Guide to Search Engine Optimization Firms, reviewed last week,…
How Many RSS Feeds Really Matter?
Everyday we read estimates of the total number of blogs and feeds out there. Of course, we rarely get solid definitions of just what…
Buying Search Engine Advertising – SES San Jose 2005
Our Buying Search Engine Advertising session dates back to the very first SES show in 1999, though obviously the content keeps getting updated to…
Microsoft Sues Google Over China Hire
It’s time to take the Google vs. Microsoft rivalry to court. In my post earlier today about Google expanding their presence in China by…
What’s New at Snap.com
Michael Liedtke’s AP story: Snap.com Plans to Combat ‘Click Fraud’, offers a look at what Bill Gross and Snap.com are up to these days…
A Chat with Rob Solomon from Yahoo Shopping
Brian Smith over at Comparison Engines has published a Q&A interview with Rob Solomon, Yahoo Shopping V.P. From the interview: Q: What Makes Yahoo!…
Public Relations & Reputation Management – SES San Jose 2005
I mentioned our Meet The News Search Engines panel earlier. That’s part of our News, PR & Blogs Track on Day 2 of the…
Using E-Mail to Train Customers to Be Unprofitable
So I ordered a bunch of trousers from EddieBauer.com (because every women’s store on the planet has a ‘petite’ section, but it’s a law…