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Top 10 U.S. Search Terms by Category, May 2010
The top 10 search terms by search volume for May 2010. Data provided by Hitwise.
What If We Held a Rally to Protest the Google News Redesign and Nobody Came?
Okay, so I was a little grumpy when I posted Google News Redesign Offers “News for You” last Thursday morning. But I hadn’t had…
Yahoo Upshot Blog To Create Search-Driven News Content
As it transitions to becoming a content provider from a pure search approach, Yahoo is innovating and moving boldly into unchartered territory as it…
Twitter’s @EarlyBird Account To Feed Users With Shopping Deals
Twitter is coming up with a new revenue-generating stream by way of its @Earlybird account, it seems. If you’re a deal seeker, this might…
Why No One is Linking to You
Giving a link is like giving a vote of confidence and trust. Here are the main reasons why your link building efforts may be…
Crawl, Index, Rank, Repeat: A Tactical SEO Framework (Part 3)
Ranking is the least objective part of this equation, from the standpoint of SEOs working in the dark as to what search algorithms calculate.…
Facebook’s Face Recognition Tagging Feature Signalling Photo Search?
Facebook is currently testing a new feature for pictures that allows automatic recognition of faces and subsequent faster tagging of photos, thanks to newly-acquired…
Skype Moves Near Facebook HQ To Consolidate Mobile, Consumer Electronics Segments
Skype, the chat, voice and video calling platform has plans to extend its reach to consumer electronics and mobile devices and the first step…
Hamburger Sales Increase 105% in Lead Up to Independence Day
MyWebGrocer report that hamburger sales increase a whopping 105% as Americans prepare to celebrate the birth of the USA. MyWebGrocer collected the data through…
Is the Google News Redesign a Repeat of the New Coke Disaster?
The Official Google Blog announced that the company was “revamping the Google News homepage” on Wednesday. It’s only Saturday, but I already think the…
Virtuatecture in Second Life: What Makes a House a House?
There is a strong architectural community within Second Life, largely populated by real life architects, interior and architectural designers, who are using SL to…
SEW Labs at SES San Francisco; What’s With the Egghead?
SES San Francisco has a new track. It’s a track hosted by SearchEngineWatch and it’s called the SEW labs. If you have been to…
Google Acquires Travel Search Firm ITA for $700 Million
Yesterday, Google announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ITA, a Boston-based software company specializing in organizing airline data, including flight times,…
What do the iPad and Tablet Computers Mean for Search?
Hype aside, what the rise of the iPad and other table computers means for search campaigns.
SEW Toolbar, Search Marketing Toolkit Launches Today
The nice people at Wibiya have been working with us to create our toolbar, which you will see, now pops up at the bottom…
Universal Design: One Site to Rule Them All
How semantically correct (X)HTML + CSS + accessibility = universal design.
Google News Redesign Offers “News for You”
This morning when I checked out Google News it didn’t look the way it did yesterday morning. That’s because the Google News homepage has…
China’s Baidu To Hire 30 Software Engineers On ‘Google Territory’
While Google awaits to find out whether the Chinese government is giving it the green light for the renewal of its Internet content provider…
Google AdWords’ Discriminatory Behavior Needs Tweaking, French Regulator Says
Google AdWords was found to abuse its dominant position on the French market and ordered to clarify both its rules and processes for advertisers,…
Developing a Custom Link Building Campaign
A custom link marketing campaign will increase your quality links and increase your online exposure. Here's how.