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3 Advanced Approaches to Web Analytics Tagging
Go beyond the basics and status quo of analytics tagging when tracking website visitors. Use these tactics.
The Significant Seven: Top Videos from SES New York 2011
If you attended SES New York 2001, then you probably saw the opening keynote, about 20 percent of the 70+ sessions, and a big…
Google, Mastercard, Citigroup Join Forces for Smartphone Payments
Mastercard and Citigroup are teaming with Google to further Google’s mobile payment ambitions using near-field communication technology on Android phones. With the deal, Google…
Old Black Hat SEO Tricks Still Work
This article is all about unethical SEO. Hopefully you don't have any practical use for it. Search Engine Watch assumes no responsibility when you…
Improve Your Organic Rankings With Google Places, Part 2
A step-by-step guide to help you better understand how to enter/edit the information for your Places page and send good SEO signals to Google…
Search Week in Review for March 26, 2011
Here’s a recap of this week’s columns and news stories for the week of March 20 to 26, as reported by Search Engine Watch,…
Google Teams with British Retail Consortium on E-Commerce Web Traffic Report
E-commerce traffic, trends, and multi-channel measurability are the focus of a new alliance between Google and the British Retail Consortium. Announced Thursday by John…
FTC Realizes ‘Do Not Track’ Too Complicated For Quick Decision
FTC Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch gave AdAge some insight into the difficulty of implementing a Do Not Track registry or plugin .and why the…
Facebook Sponsored Stories: A New Era in Online Advertising
Will Sponsored Stories perform better than standard Facebook ad campaigns? Some early impressions.
Has The Web Diluted Language? OMG, LOL, BFF Now In Dictionary
Okay, I understand slang terms becoming so popularly used that they enter our mainstream vocabulary. so the adding of muffin top to the Oxford…
comScore, Nielsen Battling Over Online Measurement Patents
The two leading online measurement companies are in court fighting over patent infringements, the Wall Street Journal reported. “ComScore filed a counter suit against…
SES New York 2011 – Day 3 Coverage #SESNY
Here’s a roundup of today’s live blogging and coverage of SES New York 2011. Music & Search Engine Marketing: Quality Score & The Volume…
Bing Windfall? Facebook Testing Web Search Box
If the report by AllFacebook.com – an unofficial watchdog of all things Facebook – is true, the company’s addition of a web search box…
Will Facebook New Questions Feature Lower Search Volume?
Facebook launched their new Questions feature Thursday and one has to wonder if this could have an impact on search volume. The product is…
Google Unveils a New Quarterly Publication for Business Owners
Google (UK) released a new web site, a digital magazine layout, brings forth resources in the form of interviews entitled; Think Quarterly, also available…
Bing News Jumps on the Tweet Train
Bing News is now streaming in Twitter results on the search pages sidebar and displaying relevant tweets in the news results. It seems as…
Social Media and Search Synergy in the Purchase Decision Process
Are your search and social media efforts integrated? Results of a recent study offer insights that could alter your current search and social media…
If Yahoo Exits Japan, How Will it Impact Search Marketers?
Assessing whether business will go on as usual for marketers and users.
Houdini Does Not Escape Google Doodle On 137th Birthday
In honor of Harry Houdini’s 137th birthday Google has given the famed illusionist a Google Doodle. The special logo was displayed just hours before…
SES New York 2011 – Day 2 Coverage #SESNY
Here’s a roundup of today’s live blogging and coverage of SES New York 2011. SEO 101 – Outspoken Media Focus Latino: Introduction and Opening…