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Retailers’ SEO Efforts Found Lacking

A look at the top 100 retailers finds a minority with well-optimized sites.

By Kevin Newcomb · 15 Aug 2007

SEO

Retailers Not Paying Enough Attention to SEO

A new study from Oneupweb finds that the Top 100 retailers are not paying enough attention to SEO for their Web sites. In today’s…

By Kevin Newcomb · 15 Aug 2007

Industry

SES Advisory Board Members Named

As we noted in June, one of the first things Kevin Ryan did when he joined Incisive Media as the new VP and global…

By Kevin Newcomb · 15 Aug 2007

Industry

Market Motive – A new option for learning about Online Marketing

John Marshall, Michael Stebbins, and Avinash Kaushik announced today the founding of Market Motive. The company is a new venture which aims to provide…

By Eric Enge · 15 Aug 2007

SEO

Aaron Wall Looks Inside Mind Of Google Engineer

Using a much more educated and sarcastic spin on the New York Times article about Google’s search engineers, Aaron Wall has given some insight…

By Frank Watson · 15 Aug 2007

Local

Yahoo! Local Gets a Facelift

Yahoo! Local today announced a redesign and series of upgrades to its site. Many of these changes represent a new effort to bring out…

By Michael Boland · 15 Aug 2007

Industry

Women of SEO Luncheon Monday August 20

Li Evans at Marketing Gurus is organizing a Women of Search luncheon Monday August 20 during SES. For more details and to sign up…

By Frank Watson · 15 Aug 2007

Industry

SES: The Benefits of Repeat Visits

Many attendees of search industry conferences attend multiple shows a year. That’s all well and good for those who are speaking at the show,…

By Kevin Newcomb · 15 Aug 2007

SEO

Dynamic URLs and Crawlers

Matt Cutts puts up another post – this time providing a glossary of URL terms. At the end of the post he talks about…

By Eric Enge · 15 Aug 2007

Analytics

Survey-Based Customer Satisfaction Tool

Eric Enge tells you about a Web-based tool that can help you learn what customers think about your site, and which areas are in…

By Eric Enge · 15 Aug 2007

Industry

SEW Experts: Google vs. the World

In today’s Searching for Meaning column, “Google vs. the World ,” Kevin Ryan is here to tell you that privacy is dead and your…

By Kevin Newcomb · 14 Aug 2007

Industry

SEW Experts: Survey-Based Customer Satisfaction Tool

In today’s By the Numbers column, “Survey-Based Customer Satisfaction Tool,” Eric Enge tells you about a Web-based tool that can help you learn what…

By Kevin Newcomb · 14 Aug 2007

Industry

Search Headlines & Links: August 14, 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 · 14 Aug 2007

Industry

Does SES Convert for Repeat Visitors?

According to a "conference groupie," the list of ways that return trips to Search Engine Strategies events can be beneficial.

By Craig Paddock · 14 Aug 2007

Industry

AOL’s Tacoda Being Sued For Patent Infringement

Modavox has claimed that Tacoda violated its patent on a “Method and System for Adding Function to a Web Page,” ClickZ reports. “There is…

By Frank Watson · 14 Aug 2007

Industry

Google Adds Malware Tool To Webmaster Central Tools

Google has added a malware tool to Webmaster Central tools, their blog reported. “If you find that your site is affected by malware, either…

By Frank Watson · 14 Aug 2007

Video

ClipBlast! to Automatically Index Metacafe Content

ClipBlast! through partnership with Metacafe will automatically index new video posted to Metacafe. ClipBlast!’s automatic indexing capability will provide viewers a way to view…

By Amanda Watlington · 14 Aug 2007

Industry

National Science Foundation Funds Music Search Engine

John Batelle’s blog tipped me to this one. The National Science Foundation gave just under $100,000 to the University of Charleston for the development…

By Frank Watson · 14 Aug 2007

Industry

Ask Ads Shift Direction (for the Better)

Ask has been much-maligned for the choices it has made with some of its recent TV ad campaigns featuring D-lister Kato Kaelin or scantily-clad…

By Kevin Newcomb · 14 Aug 2007

Industry

Report: Search, Content See Highest Increase in Time Spent Online

The amount of time people spend searching online has increased by 35 percent since 2003, a growth rate second only to the amount of…

By Kevin Newcomb · 14 Aug 2007