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Don’t Be An SEO Alien
Rob Kerry has some practical advice for in-house SEOs, and it doesn't have to do with following Best Practices.
Choosing Partnerships for Your Video Search Marketing
Grant Crowell tells you how to select and work with a professional video production partner as well as the importance of choosing a video…
Fit or Fat — It’s Up To Your Network?
Researchers have now scientifically proven the effect of social networks — providing hard data about how “unstated” interests are shared among participants. According to…
SEW Experts: Don’t Be An SEO Alien
In today’s In-House column, “Don’t Be An SEO Alien,” Rob Kerry has some practical advice for in-house SEOs, and it doesn’t have to do…
SEW Experts: Choosing Partnerships for Your Video Search Marketing
In today’s Vertical Challenge column, “Choosing Partnerships for Your Video Search Marketing,” Grant Crowell tells you how to select and work with a professional…
Getting Social with Local Classifieds and Video
Facebook's act of letting the outside world in to create the applications that will drive the value and appeal of the user experience is…
Search Headlines & Links: August 9, 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…
Marchex to Acquire Pay-per-Call Provider
Marchex announced plans to acquire pay-per-call provider VoiceStar, which it hopes to use to bring call-based ad services to its direct-navigation network. In June,…
Should I keep My Yahoo Stock? When Terry Semel Sells $4 Million
Apparently former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel needs money or thinks the company stock will fall lower. He exercised options on over 180,000 shares Monday…
Sina Announces Google Partnership Deal
Sina, the Chinese portal, announced details of their partnership with Google to provide search and advertising for them, a VNUnet.com report stated. “Under the…
Google Ranking Comments By Subjects of News Stories
This is new and news. Google is allowing the subjects of news articles to have their comments ranked in with the news items they…
Former Google Answers Researcher Discusses Demise
A former GAR (Google Answers Researcher) gives his opinion on why Google dropped the project. The article is definitely worth a read. “[I]t seemed…
Implications of Google’s New Bid Calculations
Maybe I am having an off week, but Google’s announced changes to the PPC cost calculations seem a little like a magic show and…
Google Makes Changes to Ads Quality Calculation
AdWords advertisers whose ads are on the cusp of earning the top spot on Google’s search results pages may soon find it easier to…
Implications of Google Custom Search Blog Deletion
Boy this is frightening. Yesterday Google Blogoscoped reported about the Google Custom Search blog being hacked. After this was discovered, Google sent an update…
Reverse Engineering Linking Patterns to Create Link Equity
Link Columnist Justilien Gaspard tells you how to get quality links from trusted sites in a round about manner, creating trusted linking neighborhoods.
SEW Experts: Reverse Engineering Linking Patterns to Create Link Equity
In today’s Link Love column, “Reverse Engineering Linking Patterns to Create Link Equity,” Justilien Gaspard tells you how to get quality links from trusted…
Search Headlines & Links: August 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…
Spock Joins Crowded People Search Space
Spock's goal is to organize information around every person in the world.
Hearst to Acquire Social Shopping Site Kaboodle
Newspaper and magazine giant Hearst Corp. has agreed to acquire social shopping site Kaboodle. It will fit into the Hearst Interactive Media and Hearst…