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Bing Launches Winter Olympics Search Features
Instant Answers and Visual Search galleries are given the winter games treatment. Microsoft is an official partner of NBC for the Olympics. With that,…
Kick-ass keynotes at SES London 2010
(This is a long post and the author accepts no responsibility for any damage caused to your scrolling finger.) The largest search marketing show…
China Shuts Down Hacker Training Site
Action contrasts rhetoric since Google ultimatum. When Google released an ultimatum for China to free up search results or they were out of there,…
Report: GMail to Add Twitter-esque Feature
After failing to acquire Twitter, will Google now compete? You can already put current status in your GTalk display. Apparently, now, GMail users will…
Facebook Changes: Navigation, Photo Uploads and Bing
Get ready for the “Bring Back the Old Facebook” groups. There’s a flurry of changes going on at Facebook and they should be quite…
Dockers free pants Super Bowl ad tops Hot Searches on Google Trends
If you look at Hot Searches in Google Trends for Feb. 7, 2010, “dockers free pants” ranks #1, “dockers.com/freepants” ranks #2, “dockers super bowl…
Universal Search Optimization 101
Specific tips for optimizing videos, images, local search, news, shopping, or other rich content.
Google Maps Makes Nearby Places Recommendations
Suggestions run the gamut from competitors to simply next-door establishments. If you’re browsing Google Maps and click through to Place Pages, you might notice…
Superbowl of Search Results: Who Scored Big?
Tell us which search results you prefer for professional football’s biggest day. The other day we checked out what search engines did the best…
Google Superbowl ad: Parisian Love
The Google Superbowl ad ran in the third quarter of the big game. As CEO Eric Schmidt said in a tweet yesterday, “Hell has…
An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials vs. Random Football Facts!
In abount an hour, you’ll get a chance to vote for your favorite Super Bowl 2010 commercials at YouTube’s AdBlitz Channel. But you can…
Will Google run a Super Bowl commercial in the third quarter?
According to a variety of sources, Google plans to run a Super Bowl commercial in the third quarter to today’s big game. The buzz…
YouTube was born five years ago and now it’s the fifth largest website in the world
Five years ago in February 2005, according to legend, the idea of YouTube was born after Chad Hurley and Steve Chen experienced difficulty sharing…
178 million Americans watched 33 billion videos in December
Nearly 178 million U.S. Internet users watched 33.2 billion online videos during December 2009, according to the latest data from comScore Vedio Metrix. This…
Apple: No Location-Based Ads Allowed in Apps
Cupertino-based company rumored to be launching mobile ad network. Apple has informed iPhone/iPod Touch application developers that they can’t include location-based advertising within their…
SEMPO Seeking Participants for Annual State of the Market Survey
It’s that time again. SEMPO is conducting its annual State of the Market Survey and has put out a call for participants. Specifically, they’re…
Managing Client PPC Campaigns on the Go
Don't leave things to chance when you leave the office for any significant period of time. Here's how to keep your campaigns running smoothly.
Advanced SES London 2010 blog coverage – more to come!
Wired UK – Why it’s time to take the SEO industry more seriously SEO Gadget – Dave Naylor SES London 2010 interview SearchCowboys –…
Super Bowl 2010 commercials featured (again) on YouTube AdBlitz
Would marketers be smarter to take the money they’ll spend on Super Bowl 2010 commercials and use it to by YouTube ads instead? Last…
Review your PPC Keywords
Search engines are always changing, and so are the ways people search for your products and services. So your keyword list should change as…