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Twitter Suffers More Downtime, Attacks
Twitter went down again, and a message on their Status page points to another attack: Update (12:17p): We’re back up and analyzing the traffic…
Hadoop Founder Leaves Yahoo! for Cloudera
Doug Cutting is leaving his job working on Hadoop at Yahoo! to work on Hadoop at Cloudera, a Silicon Valley Startup. Cutting founded Hadoop,…
Delicious Founder Regrets Yahoo! Sale, Launches Twitter Tool
Ben Parr over at Mashable dugg up the news (no pun intended) on Delicious founder Joshua Schachter regretting ever selling Delicious to Yahoo! He…
Protect Your Data By Moving to the Google Opt-Out Village
The Onion reports: Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village via Google Blogoscoped
The 60 Minute SEO Site Audit
Site audits are one of the most important tasks for an SEO professional, and sometimes you need to do one quickly. Here's how you…
Using Search to Find Missing Persons: Scratching the Surface
Most of us in are in search for commercial reasons. But the industry has an altruistic side as well. The search for missing persons…
Brand Monitoring: A Guide to Protecting Trademarks on Paid Search
Is it legal to sponsor a trademark or use it in ad copy text? What are your risks if you are doing it? What…
Taking the Long View
Short-term thinking is usually a result of data overload. Success in the long-term will be awarded to those who know how to leverage data…
Profit Optimization: Marry Search Data with Sales to Boost Marketing ROI
We talk endlessly in this industry about conversions being the holy grail of our search marketing efforts. But with today's ever-discriminating CEO, we need…
Generating Revenue From Outsourced Local Search
A new niche market is emerging, where forward-thinking affinity and utilitarian websites are well-positioned to aggressively stake a claim in local search and generate…
Interview with Clay Shirky
The author and expert on social networks and communication tools shares insights from his new book, "Here Comes Everybody."
Is A Lack of Consistent Messaging Hurting your Conversions?
Achieving consistent messaging with relevant ads and landing pages is one of the smartest things you can do to improve your PPC conversions and…
SES San Jose 2009 Kicks Off with Over 5,000 Attendees
The Search Engine Strategies (SES) San Jose Conference & Expo and Social Media & Video Strategies Forum both get underway on Tuesday, August 11,…
It’s So On: Facebook Rolls Out Live Feed Search to All Users, Includes Real-Time Updates
Just hours after announcing its acquisition of FriendFeed, Facebook came out with more big news: it’s rolling out its new search to all users.…
Meet the New Google. Not That Much Different from the Old Google.
Ok, so you big time search geeks are going to notice the changes in the new Google architecture. But the vast majority of people?…
Google Unveils New Search Architecture, Releases Developer Preview
While Microsoft and Yahoo! have been spending time hashing out a new search deal, Google has spent the past few months secretly working on…
SearchDay | Social Media: Fad or Revolution?
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Social Media: Fad or Revolution?; Developing a Social Media Strategy 101; Publicis to Buy Razorfish from Microsoft;…
Facebook’s FriendFeed Acquisition Could Have Implications for Search (Yes, Search)
Facebook has acquired FriendFeed, a social media aggregator. As Facebook has looked recently to improve and expand features like its live feed and search,…
Marin Software Adds Features, Experiences Client Growth in Tough Economy
Marin Software has added new features to its enterprise paid search management application, Marin Search Marketer. The new additions employ advanced ROI-based campaign management…
Acquisio Acquires Landing Page Maker Emovendo
Acquisio, a provider of paid search management software, has announced the acquisition of landing page maker Emovendo. The acquisition includes Emovendo’s flagship product PageVester,…