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The Search Engine Update – Number 164 – Jan. 6, 2004
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan recap of top search engine stories from late December 2003.
Search Engine Milestones for December 2003
Notable news and announcements from the web search world during the past month.
Bungled Search Engine Optimization – Cleaning Up the Mess
Many advertising agencies, design firms, and even web hosting companies offer search engine marketing services for their customers. However, some of the methods they…
Search Engine Contextual Ads Gain Momentum
A relatively new form of search engine advertising has nothing to do with search engine results. Instead, 'contextual ads' are displayed on other sites'…
Search Engines and Trademark Issues
The use of trademarked phrases in search engine marketing is controversial, with owners of protected marks at risk of misuse from both competitors and…
The “Secret System” of Search Engine Advertising
Search engines have become one of the fastest growing venues in the advertising market, bringing clients from the old world of traditional advertising to…
Google Introduces Book Searches
Google has launched an experimental program that indexes excerpts of popular books, blending the content from these works into regular Google search results.
Trusted Feed Listings Ranking Well At AltaVista
Just over a year ago, I wrote how AltaVista's paid inclusion program seemed to be giving a boost to some content submitted through its…
The Search Engine Update – Number 163 – Dec. 16, 2003
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan recap of top search engine stories from early December 2003.
How Search Engines Make Money
Too often, web entrepreneurs today think of search as a one-way business, focusing solely on how to make money off of the search engines…
Google Enhances Froogle, Offers New Ad and Search Features
Google has beefed up its Froogle shopping search engine, introduced two new 'quick links' for searchers, and has added new features to its AdWords…
A Basket of Shopping Search Services
A roundup of other shopping search services worthy of your attention, with links to notable shopping search articles from the past year.
Search Gains Importance at Online Retailers
Searching is rapidly overtaking browsing as a primary way people find and buy products online, and the major online retailers have all stepped up…
What’s New in Shopping Search
It's been a busy year for the shopping search and product comparison services. Here's a look at what's new at the major players in…
Shopping Search Week
Shopping search has grown up. Once simple product search and price comparison engines now offer sophisticated tools designed to assist with all aspects of…
What Happened To My Searches On Google?
Many webmasters have found that recent changes at Google have hurt them. But does all the hue and cry over Google's recent algorithm change…
Florida Google Dance Resources
A summary of articles from Search Engine Watch and resources from elsewhere that pertain to major changes to Google's search algorithm that happened in…
Google Dance Case Studies
Real life stories of how sites were impacted by the recent Google ranking changes, with an analysis of factors that may be in play.
What Happened To My Site On Google?
The outcry from webmasters about Google's recent ranking algorithm change has been unprecedented. In this article, Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan takes a…