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Spock Launches Today
The long awaited public unveiling of Spock, the people search engine, takes place today. According to company representatives, they already have 1.5 billion people…
SEO Site Design Improves User Experience and Site Performance
Eric Enge shows you the value of improving the user experience by implementing SEO in your site design while testing design elements with analytics.
SEW Experts: Yellow Pages and Search
In today’s Searching for Meaning column, “Yellow Pages and Search,” Kevin Ryan explains that yellow pages directories and search engines are hopelessly intertwined as…
SEW Experts: SEO Site Design Improves User Experience and Site Performance
In today’s By the Numbers column, “SEO Site Design Improves User Experience and Site Performance,” Eric Enge shows you the value of improving the…
Search Leads to Offline Conversions Too
While many search marketers design their campaigns to maximize online sales, recent research emphasizes the importance of taking offline conversions into account when building…
Search Headlines & Links: August 7, 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…
Others Join YouTube, Google Copyright Lawsuit
Viacom has company now that other companies have joined the lawsuit against Google and YouTube for copyright infringement, Reuters reported. “The new parties include…
Bill Slawski Uncovers Possible Barter System Patent At Microsoft
Bill Slawski, of SEO By the Sea, has posted more patent applications. This time Microsoft has applied for a bunch, including Bill Gates himself…
Yahoo Signs Deal With Reality Programming Company
Yes it is Rocket Science – at least that is the name of the reality programming company Yahoo just signed a production deal with,…
Google Hiring Independents To Collect Business Info For Maps
The Google Local Business Referral Program is an initiative to gather contact, business hours and other information on businesses for listings in Google Maps…
Online Advertising to Surpass Newspaper Advertising by 2011
The Financial Times reports that the 2007 annual research report on the media sector by media analysts Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) forecasts online advertising…
Google Indexing Near Real Time
Matt Cutts updates us late last night about how quickly Google updates its index. He relates a bit of the history of indexing speed,…
Don’t Be a Local Yokel II – Enhancing Your Yahoo! Local Listing
How to enhance your local listings in Yahoo Local to bring more traffic to your site.
SEW Experts: The Site Map: Gateway to Optimization
In today’s au Natural column, “The Site Map: Gateway to Optimization,” Mark Jackson reviews a vital piece of on-site optimization, for both users and…
SEW Experts: Don’t Be a Local Yokel II – Enhancing Your Yahoo Local Listing
In today’s Little Biz column, “Don’t Be a Local Yokel II – Enhancing Your Yahoo Local Listing,” Carrie Hill tells you how to enhance…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: August 6, 2007
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: August 6, 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…
Is an Ask-Microsoft Partnership on the Horizon?
Ask.com and parent IAC have been cozying up to Microsoft lately, leading to the question of what will become of the current 5-year-old partnership…
Beating Google at the Hiring Game
Google’s strengths may also be its weaknesses, according to the Forbes article “How To Beat Google To Tech Talent.” Google is seen by many…