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SEW Experts: PR Pros Make Great Search Marketers
In today’s Search Ads column, “PR Pros Make Great Search Marketers,” Tony Wright tells you why public relations pros make the best search marketers…
Sun Microsystems to release news first on the Web
Sun Microsystems says it will start to release important corporate news first over the Internet, in what is thought to be the first time…
BBC launches Internet TV service
On Friday, the BBC launched its online television service iPlayer, which allows viewers to download programs from the previous seven days. BBC head Mark…
Deloitte media-consumption study finds user-generated content spans generations
According to a new study by Deloitte, about 51% of US consumers are interested in watching and reading content created by others, not just…
Search Headlines & Links: July 27, 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…
Microsoft Committed to Advertising Success
At its annual Financial Analyst Meeting in Redmond yesterday, Microsoft laid out its plans to succeed on multiple fronts. Notably, CEO Steve Ballmer said…
Google Now Implementing “unavailable_after” Meta Tag
Today at the Google Blog, product manager Dan Crow formally introduced the “unavailable_after” meta tag, which can be used to identify a temporary page…
Search Wikia Launches Open Source, Distributed Crawler
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,…
Business.com sold for $345 Million
Did you ever wonder how Business.com was doing? Well enough evidently. According to Forbes, the company just sold to R.H. Donnelley (NYSE: RHD) for…
Yahoo Names Former Microsoft SVP To Board of Directors
Maggie Wilderotter, former senior vice president at Microsoft, was named to the Yahoo Board of Directors. She is currently the CEO of Citizens Communications…
Can the Search Marketing Industry Grow Up Fast Enough?
The search marketing industry is immature, both in the sense that nearly all the players are under 10 years old, and in the way…
Look After Your Brand and Your Brand Will Look After You
An in-house SEO's work doesn't stop with optimizing page elements. Rob Kerry tells you how to put out fires before they spread by defending…
Pimp My Vertical Search
Michael Boland tells you about the future of local search in a verticalized world. See how Vehix uses the strength of video advertising and…
SEW Experts: Look After Your Brand and Your Brand Will Look After You
In today’s In-House column, “Look After Your Brand and Your Brand Will Look After You,” Rob Kerry explains that an in-house SEO’s work doesn’t…
SEW Experts: Pimp My Vertical Search
In today’s Vertical Challenge column, “Pimp My Vertical Search,” Michael Boland tells you about the future of local search in a verticalized world. See…
Search Headlines & Links: July 26, 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…
Yahoo Testing New Query Refinement Tools
Yahoo's new Search Assist goes beyond existing query-suggestion to offer related categories gleaned from the top 20 pages of search results.
Microsoft Wants an Ad Exchange Too
Not to be left out of the ad exchange party, Microsoft plans to acquire AdECN, an online ad exchange similar to Right Media (…
AdSense Offers Help For Forum Marketing
Inside AdSense, the Google blog dedicated to information about their publishing advertising product, posted an article “Getting your forum site to perform well with…
Internet TV Startup Veoh Networks Names ex-Yahoo Mitgang as CEO
Veoh Networks, an Internet TV startup that launched in February, has named former Yahoo SVP Steve Mitgang as CEO. He replaces founding CEO Dmitry…