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Yelp Integrates Telmetrics Call Tracking
Despite the fact that call tracking jas been around for over 20 years, it is enjoying a bit of a resurgence in the last…
International Women’s Day 2011 Google Doodle
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8. This year marks the Day’s 100th anniversary and Google is helping women worldwide organize on bridges…
Google Places: Metrics Data Missing & New Landing Page
Even before Marissa Mayer moved to local search, Google was rolling out frequent local search updates. From insights to tags, Local to Places, and…
Nearly Half Of Financial Times Visitors Using Mobile Devices To Connect
The growth of using mobile devices to connect to the internet has been exponential and the recent announcement by the Financial Times that nearly…
YouTube Tops Facebook, Groupon, LinkedIn and Twitter In User Satisfaction
According to a study by Netpop Research, users of YouTube are more likely to recommend that site than users of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and…
Maximizing Your CTR for SEO in Organic Results
Be mindful of the way your organic listings appear in the search results. Listings designed to maximize CTR will have a ranking advantage.
Bing Seeks Search Boost from ‘Angry Birds’ Partnership
Bing has teamed up with Rovario, makers of the popular game “Angry Birds,” to push its search engine through four animated videos featuring Bing…
Mouse TV Gets a Google Doodle in Germany
Google Germany users woke up to a new Google Doodle logo celebrating the popular German children’s TV series Die Sendung mit der Maus (“The…
Q&A Search: Who, What, Where, When, Why & How
Each of these question search terms tell their own story. A look at why the consumer experience on your website, and the ensuing return…
Google Buys BeatThatQuote.com
Google has acquired UK price comparison site BeatThatQuote.com, a site focused on personal finance products. This is Google’s fifth major acquisition of the year.…
Instant Search Coming to Bing
An HTML5-powered version of Bing is on the way, and the search engine is touting new features on a preview site that include “search…
Facebook Posts Can Get You Expelled: Not From BYU, Middle School
The dismissal of BYU basketballer Brandon Davies received a lot of press over the past few days, including blaming the Internet for creating the…
BrightEdge Launches Social Analytics To Boost SEO
BrightEdge an ‘enterprise SEO platform‘ has added a new module to it’s closed loop analytics engine that helps brands to identify and predict the…
Case Study: Impact of Code Cleanup on Site Traffic
How six months of improving site speed saw 40 percent increase in traffic.
Will Eisner Birthday Google Doodle Celebrates the Father of the Graphic Novel
Will Eisner was a highly praised graphic artist and comic writer. Google is celebrating what would have been his 94th birthday with a logo…
Google Street View Trike Brings Street View to Sidewalks
Google unrolled a new collection of street-view images this week, their largest yet. The images were captured by the google Street View trike. While…
Search Week in Review for March 5, 2011
Here's a recap of this week's columns and news stories for the week of Feb. 27 to March 5, as reported by Search Engine…
Second Life Vs RedZone Saga: The Symptoms & The Cure
Why Linden Lab needs strict privacy policies and security controls.
Bing Announces Live Deals – Available on Your Desktop and Phone
What’s always hot on the web? No matter where you are or how small a city it, what are users usually looking for? The…
Google ITA Acquisition Will Not Leave Kayak Paddling Upstream
Kayak co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Paul English said he welcomes Google in to the travel search space, but thinks his smaller company can…