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Yahoo Confirms Icahn Proxy Fight
Yahoo has confirmed that billionaire investor Carl Icahn has initiated a proxy fight via an open letter to Yahoo’s board of directors notifying them…
Comcast Aquires Social Networking Site Plaxo
Plaxo has signed an agreement to be aquired by cable giant Comcast, accoring to a post on the Plaxo blog. The two companies had…
How to Bury Negative Online Mentions of You – Intermediate Level Tactics
Yesterday I published a post on the Search Engine People site titled 50+ Sites to Help You Bury Negative Posts About You or Your…
Wikipedia Traffic Grows 8,000% in 5 Years Due to Search Referrals
Nielsen Online has released data showing that Wikipedia’s 8,000% growth in the past 5 years is attributed to search. Really? Is that what happens…
Ask.com to Acquire Dictionary.com Family of Reference Sites
IAC-owned Ask.com has agreed to acquire Lexico Publishing Group, the owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com. The move will help Ask.com fulfill its recent…
Icahn Trumps Yahoo Board: “You’re Fired!”
Yahoo may need to fight off Carl Icahn Syndrome by Proxy today. Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSP) is a type of factitious disorder which…
eMarketer Lowers Social Network Advertising Projections
eMarketer is lowering projections for social network advertising from $1.6 billion to $1.4 billion for 2008. Two reasons are attributed to the adjustment: a…
ComScore Places Google Sites Ahead of Yahoo Sites for First Time
While Google has dominated the search market, it’s Yahoo that’s been the leader as a destination site (think email, photos, etc.), according to published…
Facebook & MySpace Connect: Good Idea or Social Media Catastrophe?
Both MySpace Data Availability and Facebook Connect will soon let users' personal information follow them as they traverse the Web. Besides the implications for…
SEW Experts: Keeping SEO Staff Motivated and Driven
Talented link developers are hard to find — you want to retain them as long as possible. In today’s Link Building column, “Keeping SEO…
SEW Experts: Facebook & MySpace Connect: Good Idea or Social Media Catastrophe?
Both MySpace Data Availability and Facebook Connect will soon let users’ personal information follow them as they traverse the Web. In today’s Building Brand…
SearchDay: Branding is Dead; Long Live SEO
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Branding is Dead; Long Live SEO; Google's Superiority Complex; Emotional Motivators in Landing Page Optimization; and more.
Obama Needs You! Obama Campaign Endorses Search Engine Watch Jobs Board
Barack Obama needs internet marketers to win the Presidential Election. So his campaign wisely advertised on the Search Engine Watch Jobs Board. You know…
Consumers Ok with Social Ads, But Rarely Find Them Targeted
Consumers are fine with ads on social networks, but do not find them targeted to their needs and desires, according to a new Prospectiv…
Google News Clusters: Keep ‘Em Un-Separated
The Google news team has improved the “clusters” in their search results. Clusters are similar news stories that are grouped together. Previously, clusters were…
Student Searches: The Top 15 Searches for the K-12 Set
What are your kids searching for during the school day? netTrekker d.i. has released data about the Top 15 In-School searches for the first…
Search Engine Watch Forums Names Chris Boggs Associate Editor
Chris Boggs, manager, Search Engine Optimization for Brulant has joined Search Engine Watch Forums as Associate Editor. Chris is a highly sought after speaker…
Branding is Dead; Long Live SEO
There’s been a lot of talk recently about how SEO is dead, and branding will rise out of its ashes. I have to disagree.…
Google’s Superiority Complex
In the end, is Google's search advertising system better than Yahoo's, or are they just monetizing better? It sounds like a little bit of…
Advertisers Can’t Sell Hard Liquor But Google Can
Google AdWords has a strict no advertising rule for hard liquor, as they call it. You will not find ads for terms like rum,…