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Shoppers Spending More on Black Friday; Is Cyber Monday Now an Anachronism?
SearchIgnite have released research that also suggests that Cyber Monday, the day that online shopping is meant to explode when compared to traditional footfall…
Happy 7th Birthday Search Engine Roundtable
Congratulations, Search Engine Roundtable is 7 years old today! Without a doubt Barry Schwartz is the archiver of search related news and his site,…
Experian Hitwise Blog Post Highlights Data About LivingSocial
Bill Tancer, General Manager, Global Research at Hitwise, posted some interesting data today about LivingSocial and the Adoption Curve. With Google rumored to be…
Battle Lines Being Drawn Over Manhattan Declaration iPhone App
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is at the center of an online controversy again. But this time it is not of his own making. The…
Savvy Publishers, Marketers Riding Sudden Qatar Popularity
Seems if you are quick and have some clout or thought about the possibilities a few months in advance, Qatar’s winning of the 2022…
Searches For Qatar Hot On Google As World Cup Locations Announced
Qatar, a small but oil-rich Middle Eastern nation, are topping Google’s search trends today, following the announcement of their successful bid to host the…
FCC Voting on Net Neutrality Dec. 21
“The Federal Communications Commission will vote on whether to adopt rules to preserve net neutrality at its December 21st open meeting, according to a…
YouTube Announces TrueView: Ability To Skip Ads
“TrueView Video Ads give viewers choice and control over which advertiser’s message they want to see and when. And we charge advertisers only when…
Get Your SEO Firm Involved Before the Redesign
Help swing internal debates and remove the possibility of additional development work after the launch by getting a sound SEO strategy in place early.
Russian Search Engine Picks London To Float IPO
Yandex, the largest search engine in Russia has chosen London to launch their IPO early next year, Reuters reported. The offering should raise the…
Google Search Results Fixed, Public Relations Nightmare Over
Google announced yesterday that it had changed the way it ranks search results so that unscrupulous merchants will find it harder to appear prominently…
This Holiday, Money Really Will Buy Happiness For Paid Search Advertisers in Retail
This week, all the large paid search platform providers are telling their Black Friday/Cyber Monday stories. Many are making predictions or offering advice on…
Best Solution for Duplicate Content Issues
A clever solution to get every product indexed, in the right language, and show visitors from specific countries the right stock.
Bing’s 2010 Top Searches: Kim Kardashian Dashes to Top Spot
On Bing, celebrity searches were hot in 2010, and Kim Kardashian was the hottest of them all. Kardashian beat closest competitor Sandra Bullock by…
Yahoo Search 2010 Year in Review: BP, World Cup, Miley Cyrus
Though the majority of Yahoo’s top searches were for entertainment and celebrities, the BP oil spill was the top search for 2010. Just as…
AOL’s Hottest Searches of 2010: Bedbugs, Tiger Woods, BP
Although Tiger isn’t the top golfer in the world, he still tops AOL’s “Year End Hot Searches” list in the celebrity category. AOL released…
Ask.com’s Top Questions of 2010: Users Prefer Dunkin’ Coffee
Yes, Ask has joined Jeeves in retirement, officially bowing out of the search business last month in favor of concentrating on the question and…
Rosa Parks Still Causing Controversy 55 Years Later
Today marks the 55th anniversary of the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the Montgomery, Alabama bus and it seems…
Kenshoo Dissects Holiday Shopping Trends from Black Friday to Cyber Monday
As many search marketers in the U.S. retail sector will know, the holiday season simultaneously represents the biggest opportunity and threat to career success.…
Google News Adds ‘Most Shared’ Feature
A new feature on the Google News home page shows which stories have been shared the most by Google users and on Twitter, though…