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Ask Joins Jeeves In Retirement, Leaves Search Space
It went from AskJeeves.com to Ask.com and now IAC has folded its search engine and will use either Google or Bing to provide their…
Turn Your Android Phone into a YouTube Remote for any Web TV
YouTube has just released a new app in the Android Marketplace called YouTube Remote. It pairs with Youtube.com/leanback, a web TV friendly interface, so…
Google’s Next Big Change: Infinite Scrolling Search Results?
Note: Update below Google’s latest search experiment appears to be infinite scrolling search results. Infinite scrolling in Google basically means that you wouldn’t need…
3 Ways to Analyze Your Competition
Competitive intelligence is a highly underestimated aspect of web analytics reporting. Without it, your company's stakeholders won't know whether trends reported are good, bad,…
Connecting Rings and Bricks to Clicks (Connecting Online to Offline)
Want to increase the value of your advertising today? Implement a system that ties your online ad spend to your offline conversions using these…
Google Unveils Instant Previews: Visual Search Results
Google today announced a new feature called Instant Previews that allows searchers to fully preview a website within Google’s search results before visiting it…
Android Gingerbread Arriving This Week?
Technology site V3.co.uk reports that this week Google could be releasing Gingerbread, the lastest version of it’s Android mobile operating system software, following a…
Diversifying Your SEO
Imagine your site as you would your investment portfolio. Spreading your assets evenly is extremely important to long-term growth.
Claim Your Twitter Place – Coming Soon for Businesses?
Businesses may soon be able to claim their location on Twitter Places. If (or when) the service goes live, it will provide a permanent…
Social Syncing: Cross Platform Marketing
Cross promotion on social networking sites doesn't have to be difficult. Develop a plan, leverage your audience, use tools, don't be afraid to switch…
What Role Should the Government Play in Our (Searching) Lives?
An analysis of three years of queries reveals that search plays an important role in providing citizens with government-related information they need for their…
Rutgers Mini MBA Program Offers Accelerated Social Media Marketing Course
The Rutgers Mini MBA Program is offering an accelerated Social Media Marketing Course from December 6 through 10, 2010, on the Piscataway campus. Heidi…
The Second Life Tinfoil Hat Theory Part 5: A Skylight Suddenly Appears (But Search is Still Broken.)
Why has Linden Lab developed a browser based viewer for Second Life?
Social Networks Don’t Automatically Make Gaming Social
Social gaming may have taken off, but is anyone really playing together?
Search Week in Review For Nov. 6, 2010
Here’s a roundup of this week’s columns and news stories for the week of Nov. 1 to 5, as reported by Search Engine Watch,…
Google’s ‘Sponsored Links’ Renamed ‘Ads’
Google is rolling out a change to its search ads on all English language domains, Search Engine Land reports. “Sponsored links” will now simply…
Google vs. the World: A Week of Conflicts, Disputes, and Lawsuits
This was a fight-filled week for Google. From squabbles with the travel industry, to suing the U.S. government, and various privacy disputes overseas, here’s…
The Call for Call Tracking Is Answered
This summer, Eric Enge posted on SEW an article entitled A Call for Call Tracking. This week it looks like it has been answered.…
Google to Block Facebook’s Access to Gmail Contacts
Facebook is losing access to Gmail data due to a change in Google’s term of services, but really because Facebook won’t share its social…
Google Officially Announces Arrival of Instant Mobile
We reported that Google Instant beta was appearing on Android devices last week. Yesterday, Google made it official, introducing the predictive search-as-you-type functionality for…