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Search Ad Spend Up 10% in Q3 2009, Per SearchIgnite Report
SearchIgnite has released their quarterly search advertising spend report. The data shows that U.S. search spend flat year-over-year but up 10% quarter-over-quarter. That’s good…
LexisNexis Integrates Semantic Search Technology into Patent Research
LexisNexis is introducing semantic search technology into its intellectual property research products. The technology was developed by Pure Discovery, based out of Dallas, TX.…
Google Creates Learning Site Specifically for Ad Agencies
Google has launched a new site called AgencyLand. The site is an answer to requests from advertising agencies for resources to help them manage…
Will Black Friday Become Cyber Friday?
One of the most significant online shopping days of the year is Cyber Monday, which, like Black Friday, follows Thanksgiving and unofficially marks the…
Former Genentech CEO Levinson Quits Google Board
Arthur Levinson, former CEO of Genentech, has resigned Google’s Board of Directors. Levinson had been on the board for five years. “Working with Eric,…
Google Launches ‘Fetch as Googlebot’ and ‘Malware Details’ in Webmaster Tools Labs
Google is releasing into Webmaster Tools Labs a couple of features that help you view things from their angle. The two features are “Fetch…
SearchDay | Who Owns the Social Media Conversation?
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Who Owns the Social Media Conversation?; Google Wave 101; StumbleUpon Enhances Search in Latest Update; and more.
Twitter to Add Four Additional Langauges
Twitter will soon be available in French, Italian, German, and Spanish. This will bring the grand total of languages to six. Twitter is already…
Who Owns the Social Media Conversation?
Your company is more than just one person; make sure your social media strategy reflects that.
Google Wave 101
Check out Google's new real-time platform combining instant messaging, e-mail, document creation, and collaboration.
StumbleUpon Enhances Search in Latest Update
StumbleUpon updated its social bookmarking service last week and one of the key improvements was search. Users can now search within their favorites, friend’s…
Yahoo! to Serve Up Sponsored Ads on BOSS
Web developers who use Yahoo!’s BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) have requested the incorporation of Sponsored Ads as a way of generating revenue…
Go to SES Berlin or SES Chicago for “Five Brand New Things”
During the past four weeks, I’ve provided four great reasons for going to either Search Engine Strategies Berlin or SES Chicago 2009. For those…
Wake Up! – The FTC is screwing with bloggers
If you are a blogger in the US your life is about to change big-time. You have just entered the Twilight Zone… New FTC…
SearchDay | Google Sidewiki and SEO
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Google Sidewiki and SEO; Google: The Accidental Monopoly; YouTube Now Serving More Than a Billion Views a…
Patent Issued to Local.com for Enhanced Directory Assistance Services
Local.com has received a new patent for an Enhanced Directory Assistance (EDA) Services method and system. In a statement, Local.com described the patent, number…
Custom Search Now Available for Google Sites
If you use Google Sites to publish websites, you now have Google Custom Search as an option for your site. Here’s the steps you…
Yahoo! Search Filters Now Shows Sponsored Ads
If you’re conducting a search on Yahoo! and use one of the filters on the left hand side to narrow your search, you may…
No, Yahoo! and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are Not BFFs
This morning, ZDnet ran a surprising post that Yahoo! forked over 200,000 names to the Iranian government following the country’s contentious elections this summer.…