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SearchDay: Need Sitelinks? Show Google Your Site Is Useful
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Need Sitelinks? Show Google Your Site Is Useful; Winning the Local Search Battle; Google Launches Google Merchant…
Winning the Local Search Battle
Consumers are shifting from "what to buy" category searches to "where to buy" phrases. With that specificity comes a higher propensity to purchase. Which…
Need Sitelinks? Show Google Your Site Is Useful
Not all sites are blessed with Google sitelinks. Google only shows them when its algorithms determine they'd be useful. So make your site useful,…
Google Launches Google Merchant Search
Google Merchant Search has quietly launched as a test program to compare products and services in shopping comparison engine fashion. Google Merchant Search is…
Most Irrelevant Google News Story of the Day
We know how fascinated people are by every move that Google makes. Google experiments on a daily basis. We’re glad. It gives us something…
Google Adsense Video Units Now Available in 8 More Countries
When Google announced the addition of video units to Adsense, it only rolled out the program only to U.S. Adsense users. A month later,…
Testing Applies to Widgets and Accessories, Not Just Landing Pages
The Google Website Optimizer blog is serving up a helpful tip on testing widgets and other site accessories. They gave an example of a…
SEW Experts: Need Sitelinks? Show Google Your Site Is Useful
Not all sites are blessed with Google sitelinks. Google only shows them when its algorithms determine they’d be useful. In today’s SEM Crossfire column,…
SEW Experts: Winning the Local Search Battle
Consumers are shifting from “what to buy” category searches to “where to buy” phrases. With that specificity comes a higher propensity to purchase. In…
SearchDay: Five Traits of the Ideal Link Builder
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Five Traits of the Ideal Link Builder; Microsoft Search CashBack: Stealing from Google?; Obama's Online Ad Spend…
Five Traits of the Ideal Link Builder
If you've decided to expand your team, or perhaps hire your first link marketer, there are some important qualities to look for in potential…
Advertising Placements by Industry and Top Sponsored Links, April 2008
The industry breakdown of ad placements and ad unit types, and the top 25 companies placing sponsored links.
Google Maps Spotcrime.com Mashup
No, this isn’t the latest update of Google Maps Guide to Grand Theft Auto IV. This is the real deal: Manhattan crime committed in…
Microsoft Search CashBack: Stealing from Google?
Microsoft announced it will give cash back to people who use Live Search and subsequently click-through and make a purchase. Don't look now, but…
Yahoo to File White Proxy Card with SEC
Yahoo is urging its shareholders to use the white proxy card to vote for the current board, which the company has nominated to continue…
AOL Joins OpenSocial
At the All Things Digital conference, AOL announced that it would be joining Google’s OpenSocial. AOL recently acquired social network Bebo, which had already…
Obama’s Online Ad Spend Favors Google, Top Source of Donations
Kate Kaye at Clickz has done some in-depth analysis of the online ad spending of Democrat Presidential Candidate Barack Obama. The Illinois Senator has…
comScore Acquires M:Metrics
comScore has acquired mobile measurement company M:Metrics. The acquisition will include three measurement products: MobiLens is a syndicated monthly online survey that captures overall…
Ascent of Mt. Everest by Sir Edmund Hilary: New Google Logo
Google has created a logo on its homepage to celebrate the 55th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Mt Everest, the world’s highest…
SEW Experts: Five Traits of the Ideal Link Builder
If you’ve decided to expand your team, or perhaps hire your first link marketer, there are some important qualities to look for in potential…