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Search Wikia Asks Users to Share the Load
Wikia, the commercial site led by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, is taking the next step toward launching its open source, human-assisted Web search tool,…
SEW Experts: Avoiding Cookie Cutter SEO
In today’s au Natural column, “Avoiding Cookie Cutter SEO,” Mark Jackson explains why no two Web sites are created equal.
SEW Experts: Think You’re Done With SEO? Think Again
In today’s Big Biz column, “Think You’re Done With SEO? Think Again! ,” Aaron Shear explains that search engine optimization is never a one-time…
Search Headlines & Links: July 30, 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…
SES, Local and The Kelsey Group
Today we (SES) announced a partnership with The Kelsey Group (TKG) that will enhance the content at both events by combining our collective focus…
Wikia Grabs Search Crawler Grub
The open search engine being developed by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has bought the search crawler Grub from LookSmart, according to IDG News. “The…
AOL Rumored To Be Changing Name to TMZ
Bill Hartzer is reporting that AOL is moving towards changing its name to TMZ – the large entertainment site. Though it is noted at…
PR Pros Make Great Search Marketers
Tony Wright tells you why public relations pros make the best search marketers and wants to convince more of them to participate in "The…
Latest From Google Blogs: Dead Links and Foreign Languages
I went through the various Google blogs and found little added content so far this week. Guess Mondays get a little busy at Google……
Google Finance Canada Launching Tomorrow
Despite a glitch in naming the date of launch on their blog, Google Finance will start in Canada tomorrow. The finance vertical seems to…
Alexa Toolbar Accuracy and Uses
Philipp Lenssen at Google Blogoscoped posted yesterday about how the accuracy of Alexa data is really poor. The specifics of his post are really…
Spock, Inc. Launching People Search Engine Not Going to the Dogs
Do a search for boxer on Google and you get a bunch of dog sites – reasonable unless you are looking for people. Do…
Microsoft Mashup Tool PopFly Examined
John Montgomery, group program manager of Popfly – Microsoft’s MashUp application – told eWeek that he thought if he did not start the non-prgrammer…
Google Has Fastest Growing Brand
Interbrand, the brand monitoring company, has found Google to have the fastest growing brand of 2007. Google had a 44% increase in brand recognition…
Search marketing to Latinos – Interview with Manny Ruiz of Hispanic PR Wire
Grant Crowell interviews Many Ruiz, President and CEO of Hispanic PR Wire on optimizing news releases for the Latino market. How does Hispanic PR…
Google Adding Copyright Filters To YouTube
Friday during a copyright-infringement lawsuit hearing involving Viacom and Google, a Google attorney told the judge the company was working “very intensely” on a…
Large Scale Bulk Spam Uploaded to Google Maps
Mike Blumenthal has uncovered a case where a computer repair company is using mass uploads to Google Maps to generate national business. While the…
Metacrawler Obovo.com Goes Mobile
Obovo.com, a metacrawler search portal, which searches and returns results from MSN Live Search™, Gigablast™, LookSmart™, and Alexa™ is now available through mobile devices.…
Microsoft to acquire Social Media Sites?
Dave Naylor speculated late last week that Digg will be bought by Microsoft. This is based on a statement by Kevin Rose that Digg…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: July 30, 2007
Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.