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Doing A Google Search Impacts The Environment!

Seems you can boil water for a cup of tea with the amount of energy it takes to do two Google searches, according to…

By Frank Watson · 12 Jan 2009

Industry

Search Ad Quality Score 101, Part 2

Getting a good quality score requires that you create relevance and continuity from beginning to end of the search experience. Then you need to…

By Ron Jones · 12 Jan 2009

Social

7 Social Media Predictions for 2009

It's a new year, which means it's time to raise a virtual glass within your social network and toast your collective social graphs for…

By Erik Qualman · 12 Jan 2009

Industry

It’s “Horses for Courses” at SES London 2009

A year ago, I wrote an article for Search Engine Watch entitled, “It’s ‘Horses for Courses’ at SES London.” In the article, I said…

By Greg Jarboe · 12 Jan 2009

Industry

SEW Experts: 7 Social Media Predictions for 2009

It’s a new year, which means it’s time to raise a virtual glass within your social network and toast your collective social graphs for…

By Kevin Newcomb · 12 Jan 2009

Industry

SEW Experts: Search Ad Quality Score 101, Part 2

Getting a good quality score requires that you create relevance and continuity from beginning to end of the search experience. Then you need to…

By Kevin Newcomb · 12 Jan 2009

Industry

SearchDay | We’re All Convertibles, And It’s Time to Take the Top Down!

Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics; PPC Landing Pages: Surprising Examples; Is Yahoo on the Verge of Naming…

By Kevin Newcomb · 09 Jan 2009

Industry

We’re All Convertibles, And It’s Time to Take the Top Down!

Many of us are still looking at the Web through a narrow perspective of search. If we think in terms of what search is…

By Frank Watson · 09 Jan 2009

Analytics

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Over the past year, I've been in numerous meetings with advertisers, agencies, and online media vendors, and I'm often amazed at the confusion surrounding…

By Gregg Stewart · 09 Jan 2009

PPC

PPC Landing Pages: Surprising Examples

It's time to kick off the New Year by looking at examples of good and bad combinations of PPC ads and their landing pages.…

By David Szetela · 09 Jan 2009

Industry

Is Yahoo on the Verge of Naming Yang’s Replacement?

The Wall Street Journal today is reporting that a new Yahoo! CEO could be named as early as next week. Lately, the buzz has…

By Nathania Johnson · 09 Jan 2009

SEO

Ogilvy Public Relations Launches Social Media RSS Dashboard

Ogilvy Public Relations has launched The Daily Influence, something they call a social media RSS dashboard. Built on Netvibes, an RSS aggregator (aka newsreader),…

By Nathania Johnson · 09 Jan 2009

Industry

Yelp User Being Sued for Negative Review

A new lawsuit brought by a San Francisco chiropractor Steven Biegel is raising a very good question about online reviews. The chiropractor was none…

By Nathania Johnson · 09 Jan 2009

Analytics

Web Analytics Association Releases 2009 Outlook Survey Data

The Web Analytics Association has released data from a survey conducted about analytics proffesionals’ plans for the coming year. Here’s what they found: Over…

By Nathania Johnson · 09 Jan 2009

Industry

SEW Experts: We’re All Convertibles, And It’s Time to Take the Top Down!

Many of us are still looking at the Web through a narrow perspective of search. If we think in terms of what search is…

By Kevin Newcomb · 09 Jan 2009

Industry

SEW Experts: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Over the past year, I’ve been in numerous meetings with advertisers, agencies, and online media vendors, and I’m often amazed at the confusion surrounding…

By Kevin Newcomb · 09 Jan 2009

Industry

SEW Experts: PPC Landing Pages: Surprising Examples

It’s time to kick off the New Year by looking at examples of good and bad combinations of PPC ads and their landing pages.…

By Kevin Newcomb · 09 Jan 2009

Industry

SearchDay | Don’t Overlook These Link Building Opportunities

Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Don't Overlook These Link Building Opportunities; Three Major Announcements from Microsoft Regarding Live Search; Yahoo Gets Into…

By Kevin Newcomb · 08 Jan 2009

Industry

Yahoo Gets Into the TV Business (Kinda), While TiVo Gets Into Search (Sorta)

The news coming out of this year’s CES is turning out to be a showcase for the way things are changing for the internet,…

By Nathania Johnson · 08 Jan 2009

Analytics

Web Application Delays of 5 Seconds or More Significantly Affect Business Performance

If you have web applications as part of a linking strategy or other online marketing strategy, be sure you don’t have delays of 5…

By Nathania Johnson · 08 Jan 2009