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Online Journal analyzes Belgian newspaper dispute with Google News

Jason Fry of The Online Journal, aka The Wall Street Journal Online, has an excellent analysis of the Belgian newspaper dispute with Google News…

By Greg Jarboe · 07 May 2007

Industry

Sphere revamps its blog search site

Dan Farber of ZDNet reports that Sphere has revamped its blog search site. It is now focusing more on current activity from the last…

By Greg Jarboe · 07 May 2007

PPC

Microsoft AdCenter: Hear My Plea

Tony Wright lets off some steam, recapping some of AdCenter's most recent failures and begs the team: stop the madness!

By Tony Wright · 07 May 2007

Social

Technorati includes “Authority” ranking of blogs

A tip of the hat to Ed Kohler over at Technology Evangelist for spotting that Technorati has a new way to rank blogs. Before…

By Greg Jarboe · 06 May 2007

Industry

Search Headlines & Links: May 4, 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…

By Kevin Newcomb · 04 May 2007

Local

Local.com on a Roll

No, that’s not a menu item at Venture Frogs restaurant (the San Francisco bubble-era eatery that featured dishes named after tech companies). Local.com has…

By Michael Boland · 04 May 2007

PPC

Is Microsoft Driving Low-Quality Traffic to its Search Ads?

Earlier this week, Microsoft updated its terms of service for adCenter, with some key changes: Microsoft may use matching criteria other than keyword searches…

By Kevin Newcomb · 04 May 2007

Video

YouTube to Pay Top Users

Google’s YouTube will begin paying top users for the video content they submit under a new revenue sharing partner program that will let the…

By Kevin Newcomb · 04 May 2007

Industry

Yahoo Photos Shutting Down, But Who’s Telling the Users?

Yahoo is shutting down its Yahoo Photos service, and encouraging users to migrate to its Flickr photo-sharing service, according to TechCrunch, USA Today, and…

By Kevin Newcomb · 04 May 2007

Industry

Yahoo and Microsoft Planning Merger Talks?

We’ve seen plenty of unfounded speculation lately about Google’s plans to acquire NBC, or Dow Jones. Now we’ve got another rumor that Microsoft is…

By Kevin Newcomb · 04 May 2007

Industry

Hit the Ground Running with In-House SEO

Once you've made the decision to hire an in-house SEO, the hard work really begins. Learn how to ease the new employee into your…

By Jessica Bowman · 04 May 2007

Events

SEW – Live! Columbus, OH

SES is holding it’s 2nd SEW – Live! event of the year next week in Columbus, OH on May 9th at the Hyatt Regency.…

By Matt Mcgowan · 03 May 2007

Industry

Search Headlines & Links: May 3, 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…

By Kevin Newcomb · 03 May 2007

Industry

Driving SEO Outsourcing Success

Some marketers think that outsourcing the management of their SEO campaign means they can sit back and wait for the results to be delivered.…

By John Tawadros · 03 May 2007

Industry

Ask Brings the Algorithm Mainstream

Ask.com’s recent offline advertising campaign is shifting into high gear to build up buzz around Ask’s upcoming Edison algorithm, which Ask’s Apostolos Gerasoulis spoke…

By Kevin Newcomb · 03 May 2007

Industry

Quintura For Kids: Another Search Engine For Kids

There have been a number of attempts to create a specialised search engine for kids. Yahoo did it – once Yahooligans, now Yahoo Kids…

By Frank Watson · 03 May 2007

SEO

iProspect Launches in Norway and Denmark

iProspect, the search marketing firm, added iProspect Norway and iProspect Denmark creating the largest search marketing network in Scandinavia. This follows their recent moves…

By Frank Watson · 03 May 2007

Video

YouTube Set To Test Marketability of SciFi Film

YouTube is launching a new animated science fiction show. The interesting part of this event is that YouTube is using the show, Afterworld, to…

By Frank Watson · 03 May 2007

Local

MyQuest: India’s Exclusive Local Search Engine

Indian search engine, MyQuest.com, is looking to dominate the local search space in one of the world’s most populus countries. Niched search is a…

By Frank Watson · 03 May 2007

Industry

SearchQB.com: A Great Google Custom Search Example

An innovative use of Google Custom Search – SeachQB.com – launched last week before the NFL Draft. The site plans to be “the search…

By Frank Watson · 03 May 2007