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Google Mobile Optimizes Search Results for 38 Languages
If you can access the mobile internet via your cell phone, then you now have access to newly optimized Google Mobile search. It reaches…
Real Estate Search Sites See Big Growth in the First Half of 2009
Real estate search sites Zillow and Trulia are seeing big growth in traffic, despite the economy and its housing woes. Zillow saw a 67%…
Bing Integrates Twitter, Sometimes and If You’re Important Enough
If you’re a celebrity or some other figure Bing has deemed “prominent,” then searches for your name plus the word Twitter will turn up…
7 Marketing Lessons from the Late, Great Pitchman Billy Mays
Like many of you, I was saddened to learn on Sunday that Billy Mays died at the age of 50. My family has been…
SearchDay | Balancing Efficiency and Volume in Paid Search
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Balancing Efficiency and Volume in Paid Search; YouTube Launches Call-to-Action Overlay; Bing Continues Microsoft Search Share Growth…
Bing, ChaCha Launch User-Generated Content Contests
Get out your cameras, it’s time for a couple of search-related contests. If you enjoy the large images Bing features everday on its homepage,…
Balancing Efficiency and Volume in Paid Search
On a daily basis, paid search managers must balance efficiency and volume in an effort to meet the goals of the campaign. There is…
Overstock Drops Affiliates in NC, RI, HI and CA
Overstock is the next company to drop affiliate programs in states considering or having passed affiliate nexus bills. While North Carolina, Rhode Island, and…
Bing Continues Microsoft Search Share Growth in June 2009, According to StatCounter
StatCounter made news fast and furious in Bing’s first week when they offered up data showing Bing had surpassed Yahoo! in search. And now…
Google Toolbar for IE Gets Advanced Translation
Google has updated their Toolbar for the Internet Explorer browser to make language translation easier. Instead of manually copying and pasting text into Google…
YouTube Launches Call-to-Action Overlay
YouTube is now allowing advertisers to incorporate a “Call-to-Action overlay” on their videos. With the overlay, advertisers can drive traffic to their sites where…
SES San Jose Offers Conference Sessions for First Time Attendees
I’ve been attending SES San Jose every year since 2003. And each year a healthy proportion of attendees are attending their first search engine…
SearchDay | Share Your Way to Better SEO
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Share Your Way to Better SEO; Selling SEO Projects Against PPC Campaigns; 3 Common Social Media Mistakes;…
Want Twitter publicity? Just enough so you won’t go hungry?
If you are searching for a good current “real-time” example of how twitter can help publicize your cause celebre, look no further than the…
Facebook adding payment platform?
Chris Crum at WebProNews.com has pieced together some very interesting pieces of information regarding Facebook, a former Googler and a new payment system. Facebook…
Amazon Cuts Rhode Island, Hawaii Affiliates; Is California Next?
We’ve been tracking the affiliate tax debacle involving Amazon and the state of North Carolina. Now, affiliates in more states are being affected. Associates…
Share Your Way to Better SEO
SEO campaigns often become bottled up in silos and never reach their full potential. SEO covers many different areas of your business, so sharing…
Selling SEO Projects Against PPC Campaigns
Search advertising is familiar and attractive to budget managers, like a trusted old friend. So how are you going to get some of that…
Study: Older C-Level Execs Avoid Twitter, Blogs
More than one in two executives under the age of 40 can be found on Twitter or contributing to a work-related blog.
Penny Baldwin to Yahoo!; David Ebersman Named CFO of Facebook
This week, there are a couple of executive hirings in Silion Valley related to the search and social networking industries. First up, Penny Baldwin…