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SearchDay: Has Mobile Local Search Finally Arrived?
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Has Mobile Local Search Finally Arrived?; Look Out PageRank, There's a New Algorithm in Town; Universal Thoughts…
Has Mobile Local Search Finally Arrived?
Can the iPhone and Google's Android fix the limitations that have plagued mobile advertising and mobile search? It could take a couple years to…
Yahoo Board Meeting: 60 Second Summary
Jim Goldman, who writes Tech Check at CNBC, is live blogging the Yahoo shareholder meeting. The turnout was light and much lower than expected.…
Yahoo Sets Yelp, LinkedIn, and Yahoo Local SearchMonkey Apps to ‘Default On’
Last month, Yahoo launched the SearchMonkey gallery, where searchers can go and add applications to their Yahoo search. Now, Yahoo is making three of…
7 Location-Based Social Networking Applications for the iPhone
Earlier, I wrote about the estimates for location-based social networking to reach $3.3 billion in revenues by 2013. The iPhone is leading the way…
Location-Based Social Networking to Generate $3.3 Billion by 2013
Location-based social networking is projected to generate worldwide revenues of $3.3 billion by 2013, according to ABI Research. But the business model may not…
comScore: No Clients are Leaving Us for Google
During their conference call announcing second quarter results, comScore addressed whether or not a new Google research product is impacting their business. Google announced…
ChaCha Launches Enterprise Mobile Answers Service
Human intelligence-based search company ChaCha has announced ChaCha 1:1, a mobile answers service designed for corporate mobile marketing campaigns. The service allows companies to…
SEW Experts: Look Out PageRank, There’s a New Algorithm in Town
Microsoft recently published research on a new algorithm it calls BrowseRank, which is based on user behavior instead of linking patterns. Microsoft thinks this…
SEW Experts: Has Mobile Local Search Finally Arrived?
Can the iPhone and Google’s Android fix the limitations that have plagued mobile advertising and mobile search? In today’s vertical search column, “Has Mobile…
SEW Experts: Universal Thoughts on Local Search
Local search is showing up in your Web browser, at your desk, on your phone, and on your GPS devices — and these are…
SearchDay: The Future of SEM Education
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: The Future of SEM Education; Understand Where You Are To Know Where You're Going; Microsoft Adds Image…
The Future of SEM Education
Online advertising continues to grow in both good times and bad. That's good news for search marketers, and highlights the ongoing importance of search…
Google VP Marissa Mayer Appears on Fox Business Network
This morning Google VP Marissa Mayer appeared on the Fox Business Network. She talked about what’s next at search, privacy, working at Google (including…
Is SEO the Real Google Killer?
This morning the Guardian UK published a scathing analysis of Google, SEO and the launch of Cuil. In his article, Chris Williams claimed that…
JupiterResearch Acquired by Forrester for $23 Million
After being owner-less for a little over a year, JupiterResearch has been acquired by Forrester Research for $23 million. Previously, JupiterResearch had been sold…
Yuil Is Dead – Long Live Yuil
Today TechCrunch reported on the birth of a new search engine: Yuil. Now Yuil is dead. Yuil (pronounced yule) was a short-lived Yahoo-powered mashup…
Google Opens Up About Customized Search
Google is helping its users understand what’s behind customized, or personalized, results (as opposed to Google Custom Search). They’re rolling out a new feature…
Microsoft Adds Image Hotspots to Live Search Design
Microsoft has launched a new concept for Live Search. Now, when you visit the search engine, you’ll see a background image with “hotspots.” Hotspots…
Link Building: Understand Where You Are To Know Where You’re Going
In link building, if you don't know where you're going, you'll probably end up someplace else.