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Conductor Taps Matthew Baird as VP of Engineering
Conductor is the next stop in a very experienced career. New York City based SEO tech firm Conductor has hired Matthew Baird as their…
Ron Burkle to Quit Yahoo! Board
Burkle will leave after nearly a decade of service. Ron Burkle will not seek re-election to Yahoo!’s Board of Directors at the annual shareholders’…
Google Open Sources Living Stories; Donates to Wikimedia
Experimental news platform opens to wider audience while Google tests ethical boundaries with Wikimedia donation. Last year, Google News launched Living Stories into Labs.…
Indeed.com Adds Six Countries
Job search aggregator now reaches 6 continents and 10 languages. Job search site Indeed.com has added the following six countries: Argentina, Chile, Columbia, New…
1,500 attendees watch Avinash Kaushik, Google Analytics Evangelist, kick off SES London 2010
Search Engine Strategies London 2010 kicked off this morning — literally. The opening keynote speaker, Avinash Kaushik, author, blogger and Analytics Evangelist at Google,…
WordStream Launches Affiliate Marketing Program
It’s free to join and affiliates get paid for leads and sales. Keyword research tool provider WordStream is launching a new affiliate marketing program.…
Getting Your Money’s Worth: SEO and Your Digital Assets
Tips for optimizing digital assets, such as images, videos, white papers, sales materials, and press releases, to gain more search value.
ChaCha Launches Facebook App with Aardvark-Esque Feature
App harnesses crowd-sourcing, a departure from their text-based service. You may know ChaCha as a text messaging-based search service. ChaCha also answers questions on…
Google Buzz Kills Auto-Follow on Privacy Concerns
As it turns out, people don’t like their info being shared automatically. When Google Buzz launched last week, people weren’t thrilled that their Picasa…
Microsoft Unveils Smartphones with Dedicated Bing Hardware Button
Phones are due out by the 2010 holiday season. It’s called the Windows Phone 7 series and, despite the name, it’s nothing like Windows.…
Who is the most infamous Black Hat SEO on the whole of the web?
It is the year 2010… So get yourself down to Search Engine Strategies for the, all new, Black Hat Vs White Hat Unconferenced &…
Mastering Google Webmaster Central
From site verification and crawl errors to newer tools and features, Google Webmaster Central is critical to the success of search engine optimization campaigns…
Bing Maps Adds 1 Million Sq KM of New Imagery in Feb 2010 Release
Improved imagery for Haiti and Vancouver included. This month Bing is adding a ton of imagery to its Maps. Much of the new stuff…
Google Loses 1% Share in Nielsen January 2010 Rankings
The loss comes at the advantage to several smaller players. Google and lost an entire point in the search rankings last month, according to…
O Valentine, to be daring on Youtube or not to be?
Youtube have adapted their logo for valentine’s day. With minimal design it’s suddenly made their tagline really cute! See what i mean? Leave a…
Leftovers: 9 Google Updates Including, Yes, Already a Buzz Update
So many Google updates. So little time. It was another overachieving week for Google. In addition to launching their own quasi-social network and acquiring…
PPC Consulting: Avoiding the Client Bad Beat Stories
A cautionary tale of how consultants should structure pay for paid advertising spends.
Facebook Login Fiasco Demonstrates Challenge in Competing with Google
You can’t make this stuff up. If you’re not already aware, this week ReadWriteWeb wrote up a post pondering about how Facebook wishes to…
More Olympic Mania: Yahoo!, Facebook, and MapQuest
The other day I reported on how Google and Bing are competing for attention when it comes to querying the Winter Olympics, which begin…
New Bing Maps App Turns to Flickr for Streetside Photos
Bing is well on its way in providing street-level imagery on its maps product. Now, they’re incorporating Flickr photos through a new Bing Maps…