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Flickr Adding 7 Languages To System Today
Flickr, the photo-sharing community owned by Yahoo!, has added seven languages to their system “to help the global Flickr community more easily explore, find,…
Google Defends Data-Retention Practices
In response to an E.U. Article 29 Working Party investigation, Google has changed its data retention policies again. Instead of the 18-24 months that…
Identifying a Google Penalty
Often when a site loses its search rankings suddenly, a webmaster may not know the cause. It could be that the site has been…
John Marshall Leaving Clicktracks
John Marshall, founder and CEO of Clicktracks is leaving the company. I learned this today from the Occam’s Razor blog written by Avinash Kaushik.…
EveryZing – Beyond Podcasting
PodZinger, a major multimedia search and advertising platform, has just changed its name to EveryZing , signaling the extension of their market offering beyond…
Web Site Architecture Structured for Success
Proper search engine optimization is not voodoo -- search engines read text. There are many ways to create quality text for both human visitors…
Redesigning Your Small Business Web Site
There comes a time in the life span of every small business Web site when one must consider a site redesign. A checklist to…
Younger Folks Like Ads More
Surprise, surprise. As an advertiser, you probably believe that Gen X/Yers are too savvy to be swayed by the singing Alka Seltzer tablet of…
SEW Experts: Web Site Architecture Structured for Success
In today’s au Natural column, “Web Site Architecture Structured for Success,” Mark Jackson reviews the benefits of creating a search engine friendly information architecture…
SEW Experts: Redesigning Your Small Business Web Site
In today’s Little Biz column, “Redesigning Your Small Business Web Site,” Carrie Hill offers a checklist to help small businesses considering a site redesign…
Google Adds Content Network Transparency
Since its Content Network launched, advertisers have been asking Google for a way to get a better idea of where their ads appear, and…
Search Headlines & Links: June 11, 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…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: June 11, 2007
Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.
Google Partners With Chinese Portal Sina
Despite recent cautionary articles Google has announced a partnership deal with Sina. The Chinese portal is a major player in China and helps Google…
Google Privacy Practices Under Attack
Privacy International, a London-based privacy watchdog group, has issued a report citing Google’s privacy practices as the worst among large online destinations. None of…
Atlas Institute: Don’t Just Count the Last Click
A study from aQuantive’s Atlas Institute looks into the effect of overlap of ads, either across publishers or across multiple ad placements. The study…
Yahoo! Distributing Overture Settlemtent Funds
I received 5 emails from Yahoo today. Upon opening them I found out I was over $11,000 richer. The largess came from claims I…
SEW Experts: Five Tips for Hiring a Paid Search Agency
In today’s Search Ads column, “Five Tips for Hiring a Paid Search Agency,” Tony Wright gives his list of the five most important questions…
Google’s Ajax Feed API Interview with Mark Lucovsky
Interview with Google technical director Mark Lucovsky about the Ajax Feed API to learn what it was about, and what it means for web…
Five Tips for Hiring a Paid Search Agency
Have you ever been burned from a bad experience in the management of your paid search campaigns? Or maybe you want to outsource but…