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Enter the Search Engine Watch Awards by July 17, 2009
You only have a couple of weeks left to submit an entry to this year’s Search Engine Watch Awards. The deadline is July 17,…
AOL Canada Relaunches Homepage, Makes You Thirsty for Pepsi
AOL Canada has relaunched their homepage and in case you couldn’t tell, Pepsi has bought some advertising (Click on image to enlarge): The relaunch…
CareerBuilder Taps Bing API for New Candidate Search Tool
At the Society for Human Resource Management Conference, CareerBuilder announced a new recruiting tool built with the Bing API. It’s called Applicant Explorer and…
Google Launches Adwords API v2009
Thanks to Thomas Bindl at Refined Labs for pointing out the launch of a new Adwords API – v2009. Seems they have created an…
Google Testing Logo Sizes in Search Results?
Philip Lenssen over at Google Blogoscoped noticed a variance in the size of Google logos in the search results from browser to browser. I…
CSI, Simpsons Ad Rates Now Higher for Online than TV
For the first time in history, some television programming is demanding higher ad rates online than it is for tv. Popular shows such as…
3 Common Social Media Mistakes
Judging by the amount of media coverage of sites like Twitter and Facebook, a company might think they need to invest heavily in those…
Blogs and Blogging: The Basics
Search engines will reward a site that has quality content with good rankings. For many sites, one of the easiest ways to add that…
Microsoft, Publicis Form Ad Partnership; Is Sale of Razorfish Involved?
Microsoft and advertising agency Publicis have formed a advertising alliance, according to ClickZ. The partnership involves online advertising as well as a TV ad…
Google Invites News Partners to Share Video
Google is inviting the more than 25,000 news sources that partner with them for Google News to share professional news videos to YouTube. They’ll…
Koogle: The Kosher Search Engine
There is now an Israeli search engine – Koogle, developed for Jewish searchers that keeps kosher – well it shuts down on the Sabbath.…
Did Email Hacker Bring About Gov. Sanford’s Fall?
Seems the emails from the Argentine mistress of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford were distributed by a hacker, or so Sanford’s mistress claims according…
Gmail Increases Attachment Size To Entice Signups?
Last weekend Gmail increased the size of allowable attachments from 20 MG to 25 MG. One has to wonder if this was done mainly…
Will Jackson Record Visits Change Bartz Attitude To Entertainment Stories?
During the Yahoo stockholders meeting which included yodelers, Regis Phelbin and a statement from CEO Carol Bartz “If I see another Britney Spears thing,…
Google Thought Michael Jackson Search Surge Was Malware Attack
Twitter may have broke the story, but the increase in search traffic at Google Thursday was first seen as a malware attack Google admitted.…
Aaron Wall Calls Out Google For Allowing Scam Marketing On PPC
Aaron Wall, author and founder of the SEOBook website, called out Google today for accepting PPC ads promoting bogus Google money making schemes. “Google…
China Blocks Google, YouTube This Week, Could It Become Permanent
Seems the Chinese government used the “Great Firewall” to block Google, YouTube and Gmail for a couple of days this week, Fox News reported.…
SearchDay | Bing — Early Estimations in Local Search
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Bing -- Early Estimations in Local Search; Ballmer Sees Traditional Media As Dead Men Walking; YouTube Gives…
Bing — Early Estimations in Local Search
It's way too early to say Bing is a success, but initial trials are favorable. Where Bing could shine is in local search, a…
YouTube Gives New Look to Channels, Launches Trailers Page, and Sees Mobile Upload Increases
There’s a bunch of news coming from YouTube in the past couple of days. First up, they’re giving channels a makeover. Users can switch…