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Facebook Overtakes MySpace in US Visits
After surpassing MySpace (and all other social networks) in worldwide visits last year, comScore is reporting that Facebook put the final points on the…
Facebook’s New Search Test Continues Faceoff with Twitter
Recently, Facebook launched a live feed, something many believed to be a move to compete with Twitter. Now, those competitive intentions seem even stronger…
Ask.com Unveils Database of 300 Million Q&A Pairs
We’ve known for awhile now that Answers sites are on the rise. It’s the very core of search – finding answers to your questions…
SearchDay | If You Build it, Will They Come?
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: SEO Friendly Site Structure â”” If You Build it, Will They Come?; Combining Trust and Relevance; Google…
MySpace Layoffs to Affect 30% of Workers
Major cuts have come to MySpace in the form of a 30% reduction in its workforce. The layoffs come after upheaval at Fox Interactive…
Google AdSense Adds 9 Currencies, Map Overlay for Feeds
Google AdSense has a couple of updates you’ll want to know about. First, 9 currencies are now available for reporting. Publishers in the following…
Live Search’s Last Month a Bummer But Bing Shows Promise According to Nielsen
May 2009 was the last full month of Microsoft’s Live Search and it certainly did not go out with a bang. It was the…
Yahoo! Mobile Adds Nine Countries, 100 Devices
Yahoo! is enabling their mobile page (https://new.m.yahoo.com) for nine additional countries. They are: Singapore Malaysia Taiwan Australia Mexico Brazil Argentina Spain Italy This brings…
Google Maps for Android Gets Voice Search, Transit Directions, and Latitude Update
Google is releasing an update to their Maps product for Android phones. With the update comes new features: Voice Search, Transit Directions and Latitude…
Five More Newspapers Join Yahoo! Newspaper Consortium
The Yahoo! Newspaper Consortium has grown by 5. The new papers joining the mix are the Orange County (Calif.) Register and TheGazette in Colorado…
SEO Friendly Site Structure – If You Build it, Will They Come?
Your site's content is at the heart of what your site will rank for, and how well it will rank. But visitors will only…
Google Further Clarifies Nofollow and PageRank Sculpting
Earlier this month, Matt Cutts shared with search marketers that Google had begun treating nofollow differently, especially in regards to “PageRank sculpting,” the advanced…
MapQuest Launches iPhone App
AOL-owned MapQuest has been available as a free application for Blackberry users and now iPhone users are getting the goods as well. While MapQuest…
Microsoft Files Click Fraud Suit in Washington State
Microsoft has filed a click fraud suit against brothers Eric and Gordon Lam and their mother Melanie Suen. The suit was filed in the…
Combining Trust and Relevance
When search engines measure the level at which they trust Web sites, and that trust is topic-specific. What's that mean for new sections of…
SearchDay | Do Teens Tweet?
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Do Teens Tweet? And Other Social Media FAQs; Effective PPC Ad Copy 101; Hunch Launches New "Decision…
Do Teens Tweet? And Other Social Media FAQs
The questions keep growing as more people join the social media fray. It seems appropriate that we take some time to go over three…
Effective PPC Ad Copy 101, Part 1
One of the most important factors of a successful PPC campaign is writing successful ad copy. You can spend a good deal of time…
Hunch Launches New “Decision Engine”
Microsoft’s Bing isn’t the only “decision engine” in town anymore, with today’s launch of Hunch. Hunch is a new site that aims to connect…
NVI Solutions – blog posts GALORE re: SES Toronto 2009
And a big THANK YOU to NVI Solutions for their active blogging throughout SES Toronto 2009! Liveblogging – SES Toronto SES Toronto 09 –…