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Searchers Beginning to See Google Video Ads in Sponsored Listings
If you look carefully in your next Google search, you might just see a video ad included in the sponsored listings along side your…
Hearst Jumps on Answers Bandwagon, Acquires Answerology
Searchers want answers, not just results. That’s something Hearst Magazines is apparently abundantly aware of with its acquisition of Answerology, a relationship advice site.…
New SEOmoz Report Features Data from 3,000+ SEOs
Search engine marketers are getting more sophisticated, still don’t trust search engines, and keep spending on PPC. Those are some of the findings in…
Citigroup Upgrades Yahoo, Predicts Microsoft Bid Increases to $34 a Share
Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney upgraded Yahoo from hold to buy, based on the belief that Microsoft will increase its bid to $34 per share…
Free Google Live Chat – First Time in History
For the first time ever Google will host a worldwide live chat, where everyone will have a chance to hear and see Google Webmaster…
SEW Experts: Search Within a Search: Where’s it Leading?
Some publishers are getting up in arms over a new feature from Google, which allows users to search a publisher’s site without leaving the…
SEW Experts: Yahoo and the Future of Search
Because of spam, search engines had to stop trusting Webmasters to tell them about their site. Now, Yahoo is looking at new ways to…
Search Headlines & Links: March 25, 2008
Want a snapshot of the day’s search marketing news? Here we’ve collected today’s top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along…
World’s First Search Engine for Meetings: Worktopia
The only thing worse than attending a corporate meeting is planning one. For those with the thankless job of planning corporate meetings, there’s Worktopia.…
Yahoo Gets REAL About Job Searches
In an effort to improve access to job seekers and assist recruiters, Yahoo announced today the launch of “R.E.A.L., a patent pending search ranking…
Go to Search Marketing Salon SF Launch Party
If you’re anywhere near the Bay Area, Silicon Valley or Alcatraz, mark this event on your search marketing calendar: Search Marketing Salon. It’s free.…
How to (Actually) Earn Money (Now) with Social Media (Really): Part 1
OK, everyone knows the nearly mythological powers of social media to help grow long term site equity. Link building comes to mind immediately to…
Microsoft Tries to Compete with OpenSocial
Microsoft, in an clear attempt to compete with Google’s OpenSocial, has announced a partnership to create data portability across 5 social networking sites. Facebook,…
Google, Yahoo & MySpace Team Up for OpenSocial
Yahoo, MySpace and Google have pledged their support to open standards for social media development and data by joining together to form the OpenSocial…
Google’s New Wifi Push Will Drive Mobile Search
There’s unused “white space” lying between the regulated TV signals and Google has big plans for them. In new lobbying effort, Google is asking…
Twitter Confessions: Tweetstyles of the Rich and Semi-Famous SEOs
Did you make this week's social media episode of "Twitstyles of the Twee and Semi-Famous?" Here's why not.
How Will Local Search Affect Big Brands?
What does getting listed locally really mean for big brands? Depending on the industry you're in, it can be a huge part of the…
All SEOs Are Living With Adult ADD
Know the tell-tale signs of Adult Attention Deficit Disorder: difficulty concentrating or focusing; trouble seeing projects through; trouble with organization; employed as a search…
Twitter: Welcome to my Google Nightmare
Twitter may give Google a run for its money. Twitter’s one more way, though, that Google knows everything about you. Speak now, and Google…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: March 17-21, 2008
Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.