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Search Headlines & Links: January 3, 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…
ChaCha launches text service at Sundance Film Festival
ChaCha, a “human-powered search engine”, today announced a new service that allows users to text questions of any kind to 242242 (which is ChaCha…
Ask and LookSmart Send Out Click Fraud Settlement Letters
Seems Lane’s Gifts are not the only ones getting money back from LookSmart and Ask for click fraud, letters were sent out yesterday for…
Ask.com introduces voice-activated capabilities to mobile search service
Ask.com has just added voice-activated capabilities to its Ask.com Mobile Directions service. Called “Click to Speak,” the new feature lets people speak their location…
Search Engine Marketing 21st Century Manifesto
Search engines are platforms for marketers. It takes a leader to turn a platform into a 21st century soapbox.
SEO.edu: Can You Learn SEO From a Book? – Part 3
The 4 PRs of search engine blogs (press releases, product releases, proper rules, PageRank) won't solve SEO problems. Where SEO Pros find Experts.
SEW Experts: Search Engine Marketing 21st Century Manifesto
As Web marketers, our time has come. We must stand up to our clients and demand they build sites worth linking to. In today’s…
SEW Experts: SEO.edu: Can You Learn SEO From a Book? – Part 3
Search engines give SEOs the 4 PRs for submitting sites: press releases, product releases, proper rules, and PageRank. But these alone won’t solve SEO…
SEO Company CEO Arrested, Jailed: Accused of Foreclosure Scam
Traffic Power earned an infamous reputation as a search engine optimization firm, allegedly using “black hat” tactics that may have resulted in bans by…
Wikia Search Engine To Launch Test Version Jan. 7
The Jimmy Wales’ search engine experiment will launch its test version January 7. The engine – – Wikia – which Wales had stated last…
Search Headlines & Links: January 2, 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…
Which Industries Really Like Sponsored Links
When advertising on destination sites, some industries prefer sponsored text links while others are less focused on them. For text links, about 18% of…
AdSense Adds Newbie Central
In their ongoing efforts to help educate their users the Google AdSense team has added Newbie Central – “the complete resource center for newly…
SEO for President
The sites of major candidates and minor players on both sides of the aisle show glaring holes in search strategy.
Presidential Candidates in Need of SEO Help
The Range Online Media SEO team completed an audit of the political candidates’ sites, and found glaring holes in search strategy on virtually all…
2008 Wish List: Search Engine Hangover Cures
2008 wish list: abridged, but uncensored cures for pseudo-search engines, link baiting bloggers, and stupid press release tricks.
Vertical Search: B2B Survey Says … Blazing Hot
Vertical search promises exponential growth in '08. How well does a survey tell the story?
SEW Experts: Vertical Search: B2B Survey Says … Blazing Hot
A survey gives us a viewpoint into how audiences are thinking. As a result, we can learn their collective mindset. In today’s By the…
SEW Experts: 2008 Wish List: Search Engine Hangover Cures
The new year is always a time for looking forward, and while last week’s column focused on the old, we kick off the year…
Norman Mailer On Google
Norman Mailer died at 84 this year, only months after the publication of his latest book, On God, a brilliant dialogue about God and…