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Even More Local Search Patents
When we wrote last week about Local.com’s new local search patent, we pointed out that there were far too many patents being issued in…
Matt Cutts Offers Corporate Blogging Advice
Joining the damage control of the Google Health Blog vs. Sicko incident on Sunday, Google blogger extraordinaire Matt Cutts outlined some guidelines for company…
Google Blogger Attacks Sicko, Backtracks
On Friday, Google Health account planner Lauren Turner tried to rally healthcare advertisers against Michael Moore’s latest documentary, Sicko, by advising them that they…
Yahoo SmartAds: Super-Targeted Display Ads
Yahoo has launched a new SmartAds display ad unit that uses behavioral, demographic and geographic targeting capabilities to create ads from submitted elements based…
Interview with Vanessa Fox (Her Last at Google?)
I did an interview together with Vanessa Fox, just before she left Google. We talked about what was going on with Google Webmaster Tools,…
New Call for Case Studies
It’s time once again to put the word out that I am looking for interesting case studies to write about for my weekly “By…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: July 2, 2007
Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.
Zen and the Art of Paid Search Maintenance
Discipline is the key to achieving paid search enlightenment ... aka success. Tony Wright gives you a few tips for implementing some regular processes…
SEW Experts: Zen and the Art of Paid Search Maintenance
In today’s Search Ads column, “Zen and the Art of Paid Search Maintenance,” Tony Wright shows that discipline is the key to achieving paid…
Search Headlines & Links: June 29, 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…
Powerset Meets the Press
Powerset, the most talked about semantic search engine that no one has seen, is slowly opening its doors to scrutiny. Last night, the company…
‘Short Tail’ Analytics: Getting to the Meat
SEO and web analytics company Engine Ready reminds us that while the ‘long tail’ is not something to forget about, the ‘short tail’ of…
The Day The Music Died: Internet Radio Goes Silent
In protest of the increase in royalty fees internet radio stations had a ‘day of silence’ yesterday. Instead of finding their regular music channels,…
Spock – The People Search Engine
People search engine Spock is still in invitiation only beta, but I had a chance to review the product. One of the first things…
Presidential Candidates Need Some Help with their Reputations
The majority of U.S. Presidential candidates have a negative reputation on search engines, according to a new study by Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim.…
WSJ’s Mossberg Likes Ask3D
Wall Street Journal columnist and All Things Digital organizer Walt Mossberg compared Google’s Universal Search with Ask.com’s Ask3D, and found Ask3D to be a…
Google Maps Gets Click-and-Drag Functionality
Users of Google Maps have been able to click and drag a map to move about the area, but now they can also change…
Yahoo Upgrades Panama’s Tools
The keyword selector tool is offering suggestions, copying and moving keywords amongst groups, and an improved help section have been added to Panama’s features.…
Video Search Optimization Tech Tips – Knowing the 4 P’s
Do you want to optimize your video for maximum visibility in the search engine results pages? Grant Crowell explains the technical aspects of video…