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SEW Experts: 2008: Google, Yahoo and MSN Join Together
This just in: Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have agreed to combine forces to create MicroGooHoo, a universally accessible platform to provide clearly unbiased information…
SES Updates: London, New York and Hamburg!
2008 is in full swing and if the excitement of the last week or so is any indication of what our year is going…
Super Bowl XLII Ads – Where’s the URL?
Some Super Bowl advertisers used their 30 seconds to drive visitors to their Web sites, while others made it difficult to find their online…
Google is the Bomb! Obama, McC, Mitt, Hill, Huck, Paul on Super Tuesday
Google is the bomb on Super Tuesday for election results. Check out the new Google News Elections coverage section and Google Maps. No X-Ray…
Search Headlines & Links: February 5, 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…
Yahoo! Acquires FoxyTunes
While all eyes are still focused on Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Yahoo!, Yahoo! has already made its first (real) acquisition of 2008 by picking…
Boost Organic Results. Link Build with Social Media
In this evolutionary algorithmic age every search marketer charged with boosting rankings on the organic SERPs knows, with fearful certainty, that building inbound links…
Microsoft-Yahoo: No Mention of Publisher Deals
With all the news about Microhoo, no one’s mentioned how current content deals with publishers might change — for better or worse. Yet these…
4 Ways Google AdWords Can Increase Small Business Profits
What are the four easiest ways a small business can increase profits from Google AdWords campaigns?
Don’t Waste Money on a So-Called SEO Specialist
American Express publishes advice not to waste money on SEO. The opinions in the following rant do not necessarily reflect those of American Express…
Breaking News: New Leadership at Efficient Frontier
Search engine marketing firm Efficient Frontier today appointed Ellen Siminoff chairman of the board and named president James Beriker as the new CEO and…
SEW Experts: Don’t Waste Money on a So-Called SEO Specialist?
A publication sent to American Express small business cardholders suggests that SEO is a waste of money. In today’s au Natural column, “Don’t Waste…
SEW Experts: 4 Ways Google AdWords Can Increase Small Business Profits
Sometimes AdWords accounts are set up with the best of intentions, only to languish or be turned off because they’re not meeting expectations. In…
U.S. Search Engine Rankings, December 2007
Top core search engines and leading engines by share of searches in the U.S. for December 2007.
Highlights from the SEW Blog: January 28-February 1, 2008
Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.
Search Headlines & Links: February 4, 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…
Social Media 2.0 – Witness for the Defence
Social Media press releases have been the subject of many blog posts over the last year. IN November Greg Jarboe and Brian Solis held…
Just the First Shot
Unless you’ve been living in a cave this past week—or at least not reading this blog—you’ve heard about Microsoft’s offer to buy up Yahoo!…
Microsoft Research Lab in Cambridge Isn’t Ivory Tower
The New York Times, CNET, InformationWeek, and 52 other Google News sources missed the significance of Microsoft’s new Research Lab in Cambridge, Mass., headed…
Microsoft Won’t Beg or Steal; Will Borrow to Buy Yahoo
Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell told Wall St. analysts the company would likely borrow to pay for the cash portion of its Yahoo bid. That’s…