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Improve Lead Conversions with Speed and Quality
Today's economic environment forces all of us to do more with the same or less. The way to get more sales out of lead-gen…
News Blogs Are Becoming the New Online Newspapers
Back in December 2007, I observed that “Blogs Are the New Trade Press.” Today, it appears that news blogs are becoming the new online…
Med Students to Provide Answers on Health Search Engine
Health search engine Healia will be getting some assistance from medical students to help answer questions in the community section of their site. The…
Trulia Sees Strong Traffic Growth in Q1 2009
Recently, Trulia announced that they experienced record growth in February 2009. That success was a sign of a good first quarter in terms of…
Zillow Partners with 180 Newspapers for Co-Branded Real Estate Sites
Last September, real estate search site Zillow announced a newspaper consortium. This week Zillow is partnering with 180 newspapers to create co-branded real estate…
SearchDay | Increase Online Visibility for Sales and Links
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Increase Online Visibility for Sales and Links; Twitter Tests Search-Centric Interface; and more.
DiggBar Enables Easier Social Bookmarking, Sharing
Lately, we’ve seen the emergence of toolbar-esque social media features that enable sharing and social networking without having to install a toolbar or visit…
Google Shows Local Results for Non-Local Queries
Do a search for a broad keyword and you’re likely to come across some local results in Google now. You don’t even have to…
Yahoo! Launches New Mobile Site and iPhone App
Yahoo! has unveiled a new mobile version of their site. It can be accessed at https://new.m.yahoo.com. Check it out, compared to the old version:…
Matthew Liu Discusses YouTube Insight and Sponsored Videos
At SES New York last week, one of the speakers at the conference session, “Video Search Engine Optimization: 2009 & Beyond,” was Matthew Liu,…
Increase Online Visibility for Sales and Links
People link to sites they know or have heard a lot about. The more a person is exposed to your company name, the more…
Google Suggest Goes International
Last August, Google set a search query suggestion feature as default on its homepage. But like many Google features, it was rolled out to…
Twitter Tests Search-Centric Interface (We’ve Got Screenshots!)
Twitter is testing an interface that incorporates new search features. The interface is an attempt to keep it simple by using the original Twitter…
Read “The Truth About Search Engine Optimization” by Rebecca Lieb
Read, don’t skim, “The Truth About Search Engine Optimization” by Rebecca Lieb. It’s has just been published by FT Press and this book reveals…
SearchDay | The Search World’s All A-Twitter
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: The Search World's All A-Twitter; The Decision-Making Funnel, Stage 2: Interest; We Won't Get (April) Fooled Again;…
The Search World’s All A-Twitter
Many people don't know what to make of Twitter. What is it? What's the point? It's an undeniable guarantee that when you adopt something…
The Decision-Making Funnel, Stage 2: Interest
On the Web, interest is very fleeting. A world of other Web sites is just a mouse click away. The key to creating the…
“Twouble with Twitter” – No, This Isn’t an April Fools’ Day Prank
I know it’s April Fools’ Day, but the video below actually was posted to Dailymotion a week ago. Which was about the time that…
4/1/09: We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Puts On Sunglasses)
It’s that time of year. April Fool’s Day. What’s news and what’s fake? Here are the jokes for 4/1/09: Live Search Hotspots Which reminds…
SES Speakers to Be Outfitted with Buzzword Shock Wristband
Was last week’s SES New York just too filled with buzzwords? Was Guy Kawasaki’s keynote too predictable? Did you feel that reading Lisa Barone’s…