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The Best Links Come from Knowing Thy Self
Think about what you love and then see how you might be able to create some content that would be of interest to the…
Microsoft Debuts New Bing TV Ads; Begins Multi-Channel Promotion
Last night, those of you tolerating watching ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ were shown the very first broadcast of the new Microsoft television…
Search Companies Part of Fed Antitrust Investigation into Hiring Practices
Do tech companies have a secret agreement not to aggressively hire away talent from each other? That’s the question behind a new federal antitrust…
SES Names Three New Advisory Board Members
This morning, Search Engine Strategies announced that three new members are joining the SES Advisory Board: Brett Crosby, Group PPM, Google; Lee Odden, CEO,…
Google Mobile App Now Available for Nokia S60 Smartphones
Nokia S60 devices are finally getting a Google Mobile App. They join the iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices. Of course, Android is fully…
Eric Brown Tapped as Yahoo! SVP of Global Communications
Eric Brown has been appointed by Yahoo! to the role of senior vice president of global communications. Brown is charged with public relations, executive…
Q&A with Miriam Warren, Director of Marketing at Yelp
Miriam Warren of Yelp is speaking at SES Toronto on June 9, on the panel “Follow the Carrot: Cool Mobile Apps” in the Geek…
New Members Join SES Advisory Board
Three new members are joining the Search Engine Strategies (SES) advisory board, joining 11 current members to guide the future direction of the search…
Hulu Wants to Rot Your Wallet
Hulu has made no secret of their plan to rot your brain. But apparently the motivation behind it is so that you’ll unwittingly shell…
SearchDay | Google Changes Course on Nofollow
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Google Changes Course on Nofollow; GM Won't Come Back from Bankruptcy, If Searches are Any Indication; Google…
New Dictionary.com Ad Offering Combines Keywords with Display Ads, Plus Homepage Takeover
If you go to Dictionary.com today or tomorrow, you’ll notice a homepage takeover ad by Toyota featuring their hybrid Prius vehicle. It’s part of…
Google Squared is Live!
A few weeks ago, Google announced a forthcoming search computation project called Google Squared. It’s now live at https://www.google.com/squared (h/t Google Blogoscoped). Go explore…
Microsoft’s adCenter Team Answers Your ProBING Questions
One of the biggest ponderings regarding the rebranding of Live Search to Bing has been: “How will this affect adCenter?” The adCenter team finally…
Google Changes Course on Nofollow
Google used to advise SEOs that using the nofollow attribute on internal links could help save PageRank for more important pages. Now Matt Cutts…
YouTube Optimizes for Large Screen Viewing
If you like watching YouTube videos in full screen or on your TV, you now have a new option: YouTube XL. Like finally admitting…
Google Search Appliance 6.0 Searches Documents by the Billions
Google is releasing a new version of the software that runs on Search Appliance. Version 6.0 can search billions of documents. They’re also releasing…
GM Won’t Come Back from Bankruptcy, If Searches are Any Indication
Hitwise has released disturbing data on searches for GM brands. As, I’m sure you’re aware, GM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this past Monday…
Yahoo! Search Update for June 2009 Underway
If you’re noticing some change in your Yahoo! rankings, you’re not alone. Yahoo! announced that they’re rolling out an index update. If you’ve noticed…
Google Launches Local Search Application for Android
“Places Directory” is a new app for Android that finds businesses that are close to your location. The app will list various business categories,…
Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Training Workshops Offered Following SES Toronto Conference
This just handed me: Search Engine Strategies is offering search engine marketing training workshops following next week’s SES conference and expo in Toronto. In…