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Wordtracker Launches “Keyword Questions”
Wordtracker has launched “Keyword Questions,” a free tool that let’s webmasters and SEOs find the specific questions that people type into search engines. The…
Q3 Earnings for MySpace, interCLICK and Answers Corp.
Earnings are in for MySpace (owned by NewsCorp), interCLICK, and Answers Corporation. The three advertising revenue-based companies had mixed results. NewsCorp reported that Fox…
SEW Experts: The Account Quality Score: Money Pit for the Uninformed
In Google AdWords, an ad’s Quality Score calculation is based on how well the account’s campaigns have performed over time, especially in terms of…
SEW Experts: Obama’s Link Strategy Fuels Election Victory
Internet link love proves more powerful than old-school politics in the 2008 election, thanks in part to a visionary social networking election strategy. In…
SearchDay | Suing Google over Yahoo
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Suing Google over Yahoo; Social Media Link Building: From Fantasy to Reality; Google and Yahoo Search Ad…
Google Terminates Yahoo Advertising Partnership
Yahoo announced that Google has decided to terminate its advertising partnership with Yahoo, “following indication from the Department of Justice that it would seek…
Suing Google over Yahoo
Yahoo's last ditch effort to generate additional revenue and thwart a hostile purchase from Microsoft might have provided sufficient impetus for a partnership six…
Social Media Link Building: From Fantasy to Reality
Sometimes, a company's marketing efforts can have an unintentional impact from a link building perspective. Such is the case with this fantasy sports community…
Accoona Acquired by Masterseek
U.S. business-to-business search engine Accoona has been acquired by Denmark-based business-to-business search engine Masterseek. Accoona launched in 2004 and has seen much of its…
AOL Ad Revenues Drop 6% in Q3 2008
Revenue for AOL’s advertising dropped 6% in the third quarter of 2008. Total revenues for AOL dropped 17% but that’s primarily due to declining…
Over Before It Started: Google and Yahoo Search Ad Deal Canceled
Google is ending its search advertising partnership with Yahoo. It was never even implemented. Concerns over antitrust issues rose fast and furious since Google…
Firefox Reaches 20% Market Share, Releases Privacy Feature
No, the two are not related, as far as I can tell. But Congratulations to Firefox (my personal browser of choice) for reaching 20%…
FCC Passed “White Space” What Does It Mean
The FCC agreed to open the “white space” – the broadcast spectrum used by over the air television – to use by others apart…
Even Semel’s Daughter Prefers Google
An interesting story about former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel’s daughter who is being sued for an alleged assault – she asked “don’t you know…
SEW Experts: Suing Google over Yahoo
Yahoo’s last ditch effort to generate additional revenue and thwart a hostile purchase from Microsoft might have provided sufficient impetus for a partnership six…
SEW Experts: Social Media Link Building: From Fantasy to Reality
Sometimes, a company’s marketing efforts can have an unintentional impact from a link building perspective. Such is the case with this fantasy sports community…
SEO Site Review: Custom Creations, Unlimited
Mark Jackson performs his quarterly SEO site review, and this time the subject promises to implement his recommendations. Like many Web sites, it isn't…
Maintaining Your Company’s Image in the SERPs
Is your company the victim of bad press, or a concerted campaign to push your site down in the SERPs? By building alternative media…
SearchDay | Maintaining Your Image in the SERPs
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Maintaining Your Image in the SERPs; SEO Site Review; Google and Yahoo Revise Ad Partnership; and more.
Moore and Warms Out, Dossett In at Yahoo
Scott Moore and Al Warms are leaving Yahoo, while Jeff Dossett is joining the Sunnyvale search engine. Dossett replaces Moore, who headed up Yahoo!’s…