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AOL’s Platform-A to Offer Guaranteed CPM to Facebook, Bebo Developers
AOL has announced that its online advertising solution, Platform-A, will offer a guaranteed CPM to third party developers creating Bebo and Facebook applications. But…
EveryScape Goes Where Google Maps Does Not
Going where no man – or search engine – has gone before, Everyscape has launched an online mapping feature that allows people to go…
Cutts Talks Spam While Obama Supporters Flag Blogspot Blogs
Matt Cutts is addressing the ever-present topic of spam again, only this time it’s on the Official Google Blog. Cutts wrote about coming across…
If Google Gives You Comics…
While the announcement of the Seth “Family Guy” MacFarlane link to Google was not new, the way in which Google has announced it will…
Q&A with Bryan Eisenberg, Co-Founder, Future Now Inc.
In conversion marketing, the best leads go to the person who best understands the personas of their prospective customers and will spend the time…
If You Give Google A Cookie
If you give Google a cookie it will probably want to store your search behavior and given the scope of its publishing network…. Something…
Yahoo Registers Meal Search Patent
Bill Slawski, of SEO by The Sea, has uncovered another patent filing. This time Yahoo is applying for a patent for meal search technology.…
SERP Position: It Ain’t Horseshoes
Close enough may get you points in horseshoes, but it doesn't cut it in search. More than 90 percent of all search referrals are…
SEO Basics: Effective Iterative Keyword Research
The value of any SEO effort lies in the keywords you choose. It's really that simple -- you can't overestimate the importance of strong…
Creative Messaging in a Direct Response World
Should a company focus on building their messaging around their brand image, or on driving direct response via their Web site and online media?…
SearchDay: Creative Messaging in a Direct Response World
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Creative Messaging in a Direct Response World; SEO Basics: Effective Iterative Keyword Research in 2008; Local Advertisers…
Human Flesh Search Engines in China
In China, vigilantes use the Internet as a “human flesh search engine” to find and punish people who publish material they consider inappropriate. The…
Microsoft to (Finally) Acquire Powerset? Should Someone Tell Icahn?
Microsoft must have been putting on a good poker face a week ago when it said they weren’t looking at any internet-based acquisitions in…
Google Updates BlackBerry Search Results Pages
Two weeks after launching faster pages for mobile search, Google Mobile is announcing updates to search results pages for BlackBerry devices. Included in the…
Local Advertisers Shifting Dollars to Internet
This year, local advertisers are expected to shift $13.1 billion of their budgeted funds to the Internet, according to Borrell Associates. The number is…
Geoff Ramsey of eMarketer spots three key market trends
Geoff Ramsey, the co-founder and CEO of eMarketer, recently shared 0.001% of the information that his team of researchers and analysts knows about Internet…
SEW Experts: SEO Basics: Effective Iterative Keyword Research in 2008
The value of any SEO effort lies in the keywords you choose. It’s really that simple — you can’t overestimate the importance of strong…
SEW Experts: Creative Messaging in a Direct Response World
Should a company focus on building their messaging around their brand image, or on driving direct response via their Web site and online media?…
SearchDay: Can Google Predict the Next President?
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Can Google Predict the Next President?; Link Building Ideas for Local Auto Dealers; Yahoo Plans Reorg: More…