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Rumor: Yahoo! Might Sell Job Search Site HotJobs
Reuters is reporting that Yahoo! is considering a sale of job search site HotJobs. Purportedly they are seeking a buyout from a competitor such…
Google Updates Webmaster Tools
Google’s Webmaster Tools has received an update. Google is calling it the “Summer Shine” update. Here are some of the changes you can expect:…
SearchDay | Brand Promotion Online — Signals for Today’s SEO
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Get Your Small Business Involved in Social Media; Bring Legal in Early on Your Social Media Strategy;…
Yahoo! Rolls Out New Homepage, Releases Second Quarter Earnings
Yahoo! is doing a couple of rather newsworthy things this week and you have to wonder if they were attempting to cancel each other…
SES San Jose Preview: A Conversation With Metric Voodoo
Readers of this blog are aware that we’re less than a month away from SES San Jose (Aug 10-14). In anticipation of some of…
Brand Promotion Online — Signals for Today’s SEO
Well, you may have heard it mentioned that Google wants to rank brand Web sites. It isn't so much that Google only wants to…
New LookSmart Tool Automatically Optimizes Best-Converting Ads
LookSmart is releasing a new tool that automatically serves up the best converting ad in a campaign group. Think of it as landing page…
Marketers and Optimizers and Videographers! Oh, My!
Imagine a room full of internet marketers, search engine optimizers, and professional videographers! Oh, my! And I’m not talking about the room where Clay…
Search Spend Projected to Grow Despite Fears
The latest projections are showing that ad spend on search will continue to increase in the coming years. But those projections come with data…
The Online Newspaper Paywall: You Can Build It, But They Won’t Come
If history repeats itself then the newspaper industry is like a freakin’ hamster wheel. When papers first hit the web, many had their content…
Finally Google Competitors Realizing Content Is Way To Go
Both Microsoft and AOL have laid out plans to concentrate on building their content channels. Yahoo should be joining suit. Google is now the…
More Layoffs At Google Following Radio Advertising Automation Sale
Looks like Google will be laying off employees assigned to their radio automation business, according to Web Guild. The soon to be laid off…
More Chinese Internet Users Than US Population
The number of internet users in China has surpassed the population of the United States, according to the China Internet Network Information Center. Last…
Engagement Index Busts Social Media Myths, Finds Financial Performance Correlation
A new engagement index is showing correlation is busting up some long held beliefs about social media. One of the myths is that social…
FriendFeed Updates API with Real-time, Oauth, File Attachments and Sharing Options
Social media aggregator FriendFeed has updated its API with a bunch of features that are relevant to current online social and search behavior. The…
Google Earth Adds the Moon on the Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Landing
Today is the 40th anniversary of the first landing on the moon. The mission was carried out by the Apollo 11 crew which carried…
All Work and No Play at SES San Jose? Not!
I know, I know, I’ve been focused on what you will learn by attending SES San Jose 2009 from August 10-14, the Social Media…
Bring Legal in Early on Your Social Media Strategy
With social media, it's better to make your legal team a part of the process from the beginning. Knowing the legal rules of the…
Thousands Turn Out for NACA’s Save the Dream Event in Cleveland
Back on July 3, I posted ” Search and Community Track at SES San Jose: NACA’s Save The Dream Tour.” The story resonated with…
SearchDay | A Modest Proposal: Technology in Search
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: A Modest Proposal: Technology in Search; Building Directory Links: A Valuable SEO Tactic?; Google Revenues Increase 3%…