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Senator Kohl Wants Oversight of Google-Yahoo Deal
Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) is okay with the Google-Yahoo deal, but he wants the DOJ to keep a close eye on the implementation. In…
Friendster Now Supports Facebook Developer Community
Have a Facebook app? Well, now you can deploy it on Friendster. They’re now supporting the Facebook Developer Community. It comes almost two months…
Google No Longer Directory Promoter?
Search Engine Watch Editor Brian E. Ussery noticed Google’s Webmaster Guidelines suggestions for improving your sites has removed.getting links from directories. This is not…
Olympics and Fantasy Football Drive Huge August 2008 for Online Sports
In August, Americans went online at work to get sports info 26% more year-over-year, thanks largely in part to the Olympics and Fantasy Football.…
SEW Experts: Charity Events: Search With a Cause
Our industry affords us a pretty good living — the people are friendly and helpful for the most part — and the work is…
SearchDay | Economic Depression 2.0
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Economic Depression 2.0; Link Marketing -- Solve a Customer Problem; How Google is Integrating Search into Android;…
Economic Depression 2.0
Using some past economic low times as historical guides, what can the online world expect in the coming months? One likely outcome is a…
Link Marketing — Solve a Customer Problem
Solving customer problems and publishing that information on your site can be a great way to build both brand awareness and links. Focusing on…
Zillow Launches Free Professional Directory
Real estate search engine Zillow.com has launched a free professional directory. This will allow real estate professionals to market their services to the millions…
Social network hi5 Updates with 10 Community-Translated Languages
Social networking site hi5 has updated with 10 new community-translated languages and dialects. hi5 enjoys 56 million unique visitors a month and is the…
Yahoo’s Search for a Cause to Raise Funds for Breast Cancer Research
Yahoo has introduced “Search for a Cause,” which was designed to support effort during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. Search for a Cause is…
How Google is Integrating Search into Android and the G1
Recently, Google and T-mobile teamed up to unveil the new G1, the first Android-powered phone to be made commercially available. There was a lot…
SEW Experts: Link Marketing — Solve a Customer Problem
Solving customer problems and publishing that information on your site can be a great way to build both brand awareness and links. In today’s…
SEW Experts: Economic Depression 2.0
Using some past economic low times as historical guides, what can the online world expect in the coming months? In today’s building brand equity…
SearchDay | In Tough Economic Times, Whither Search?
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: In Tough Economic Times, Whither Search?; Microsoft Launches SearchPerks; YouTube Insight Now Shows Which Part of Videos…
In Tough Economic Times, Whither Search?
The news about our world's economic conditions aren't just bad, they're insane. What will happen to advertising and marketing dollars as a result? Is…
Gas Shortages Lead to Increased Web and Audio Conferencing
Since Hurricanes Gustav and especially Ike, a slowdown in Gulf Coast refineries have created gas shortages in the southeast. The gas station near my…
YouTube Insight Now Shows Which Part of Videos are Hottest
YouTube has introduced a new feature to its Insight analytics. The feature is called Hot Spots (not to be confused with Live Search’s “hotspots”)…
Microsoft Launches SearchPerks; Like Credit Card Rewards, Except for Search
Microsoft is today launching a new incentive program for Live Search. The program is called SearchPerks, and it works very much like a credit…
SEW Experts: In Tough Economic Times, Whither Search?
The news about our world’s economic conditions aren’t just bad, they’re insane. What will happen to advertising and marketing dollars as a result? Is…