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Is Your IT Department the Department of SEO Prevention?
Although I conducted this interview with Jill Whalen, the CEO of HighRankings, in February at SES London 2009, I’ve been saving it for April…
Microsoft to Announce Third Quarter Results April 23, 2009
Microsoft has announced that it will release its third quarter earnings on Thursday April 23, 2009. (For many companies, it’s time for first quarter…
Google AdWords Brings Rich Media and Video Templates to Display Ad Builder
Last October, Google launched a display advertising builder in AdWords to help online advertisers create banner ads. Since then, the tool has received a…
Google News Expands Local Feature to UK, Canada, and India
In February 2008, Google News launched a feature that allowed users to view local news. The feature is a section of the Google News…
SearchDay | 3 Keys to a Successful Web Presence
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: 3 Keys to a Successful Web Presence; How SMBs Can Optimize their Social Networking Time; Jimmy Wales…
3 Keys to a Successful Web Presence
A sound organic search strategy should be the core of every business's marketing efforts, but being found is just the beginning. Once you get…
How SMBs Can Optimize their Social Networking Time, Part 1
Many small business owners know that there's benefit to be had from social networking; the challenge is not spending all of your time Twittering…
Job Search Site, Simply Hired, Expands to Germany, Spain and France
The job search site, Simply Hired, has announced its expansion to Germany, Spain and France. Simply Hired already has job search sites for the…
Long Term Tech Exec to Exit Yahoo!
Another executive at Yahoo! is planning to leave the Sunnyvale search engine. Venkat Panchapakesan, executive vice president of the Audience Technology Group will say…
Jimmy Wales Whacks Wikia Search
Jimmy Wales launched Wikia Search a little over a year ago. His idea was to build a user-generated search. It opened to not-so-great fanfare…
Yield Software Launches Search Marketing Suite
Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking with the guys from Yield Software about their brand spankin’ new search marketing software that they’re…
Twitter Taps Ex-Google Lead Designer Doug Bowman as Creative Director
Recently, Visual Design Lead Doug Bowman left Google because he felt it was too constricting of an environment for a designer. I wasn’t surprised.…
Google Starts a Venture Capitalist Fund
If you didn’t think Google had enough dominance in search, try this on for size: the search engine giant has started a venture capitalist…
Andrew Goodman to Guy Kawasaki: You are Ruining Twitter!
At SES New York last week, I was amazed that the buzz generated by Guy Kawasaki’s keynote about “Twitter as a Tool for Social…
SearchDay | Twitter 101
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Twitter 101, Part 1; Search is Search: Paid and Organic Synergies; Does Twitter Reflect a Change in…
MySpace Mobile Application to Support Microsoft Windows Mobile and Silverlight
A new MySpace mobile application set to debut this summer will support Microsoft Windows Mobile as well as Microsoft Silverlight. Silverlight is technology similar…
Search Drives 5th Consecutive Record Setting Year in Internet Advertising
Despite the economic decline of 2008, internet advertising reached $23.4 billion, setting a new record high. Records have been set for five consecutive years,…
Report: Jonathan Miller to Run NewsCorp’s Digital Unit
AOL’s former Chief Executive Jonathan Miller has been approached by NewsCorp to head up their digital unit, according to reports. Miller is under a…
Google AdSense Says Goodbye to YouTube Video Feature
Google will no longer be offering YouTube video ads in AdSense. Apparently, the feature hasn’t performed as well as AdSense had hoped. Publishers may…
Death of newspapers or new era of online journalism?
I just received an email from an old friend about The Christian Science Monitor, which published its final daily print edition yesterday. This prompts…