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How to Avoid Hiring a Bad SEO

Do you know the tell tale signs of an inept search engine optimizer or SEO company trying to pull a fast one? If not,…

By Mark Jackson · 09 Oct 2007

Industry

SEW Experts: How to Avoid Hiring a Bad SEO

Do you know the tell tale signs of an inept search engine optimizer or SEO company trying to pull a fast one? In today’s…

By Kevin Newcomb · 08 Oct 2007

Industry

SEW Experts: How to Avoid Seasonal Search Ranking Wreckage

Search engine traffic is always unpredictable. From algo updates playing havoc with organic rankings to quality score changes flummoxing your paid listings. The impact…

By Kevin Newcomb · 08 Oct 2007

Industry

Top 10 Search Terms in 10 Categories, September 2007

The month's top search terms in 10 categories.

By Enid Burns · 08 Oct 2007

Industry

Search Headlines & Links: October 8, 2007

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…

By Kevin Newcomb · 08 Oct 2007

Industry

Yahoo’s Sale Of Overture Japan Questioned

The sale by Yahoo! of Overture Japan to Yahoo Japan – a separate entity owned largely by Soft Bank (41%) and Yahoo (34%) –…

By Frank Watson · 08 Oct 2007

Industry

Ask.com Providing Celebrity Search Info For Entertainment Tonight

Ask seems to be making use of television aggressively of late. The commercials doing direct comparisons to Google and now they are sponsoring “celebrity…

By Frank Watson · 08 Oct 2007

Industry

AP Examines Growth Directions Of Major Search Engines

An Associated Press article in the New York Times today discussed the development of more niched verticals at the major search engines. Seems AP…

By Frank Watson · 08 Oct 2007

Mobile

GPhone a Linux-based Mobile OS?

While rumors of a mobile device in the works by Google pop up every few weeks, those speculators may be off the mark. In…

By Kevin Newcomb · 08 Oct 2007

SEO

Matt Cutts Interview

During my recent visit to the Googleplex, I sat down and interviewed Matt Cutts. One of the things I wanted to get a handle…

By Eric Enge · 08 Oct 2007

Industry

Highlights from the SEW Blog: October 1-5, 2007

Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.

By Kevin Newcomb · 08 Oct 2007

Industry

Machines in Translation: Do MT Engineers Dream of SElectric Sheep?

The battle for search engine supremacy in machine translation rages on. What would you do if handed the war game weapon capable of massively…

By Kevin Heisler · 08 Oct 2007

PPC

Getting a Jump on the Business Intelligence Imperative

Listen up marketers: Learn to love charts, graphs and data. There's gold in all that business intelligence you possess, and it's the key to…

By Matt Spiegel · 08 Oct 2007

Industry

SEW Experts: Getting a Jump on the Business Intelligence Imperative

There’s gold in all that business intelligence you possess, and it’s the key to besting your competitors. In today’s Search Ads column, “Getting a…

By Kevin Newcomb · 07 Oct 2007

Industry

SEW Experts: Machines in Translation: Do MT Engineers Dream of Selectric Sheep?

The battle for search engine supremacy in machine translation rages on. In today’s Search Engine WarGames column, “Machines in Translation: Do MT Engineers Dream…

By Kevin Newcomb · 07 Oct 2007

Industry

Search Engine Forums Spotlight: October 5, 2007

Found in the search marketing forums: SEMPO In-House Salary Survey; Starting the SEO Process; Have I Messed Up My Ranking? and more.

By Kevin Newcomb · 05 Oct 2007

Industry

Search Headlines & Links: October 5, 2007

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…

By Kevin Newcomb · 05 Oct 2007

Industry

Discussion with Sep Kamvar About Gadgets

Last week I traveled out to California for a series of meetings at Google, and also so I could be at the Searchification event.…

By Eric Enge · 05 Oct 2007

Analytics

Report: Online Ad Growth Slowing

During the first six months of 2007, online ad revenues grew by 26.4 percent over the same period last year to nearly $10 billion,…

By Kevin Newcomb · 05 Oct 2007

Industry

Is Optimization Key to Local Video Ads?

IYP providers may one day dominate local video ad sales, but not without a video search optimization plan.

By Grant Crowell · 05 Oct 2007