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Forbes Spreads Supplemental FUD
The sensationalistic Forbes article “Condemned To Google Hell” tries to explain Google’s supplemental index, but ends up spreading more FUD (fear, uncertainty and dismay).…
Google Ups Personalization Efforts
Google has expanded its personalization efforts for the Google Personalized Homepage, now known as iGoogle. It has also launched more widget-making tools for iGoogle,…
The Golden Rule of SEO: Content is King
Well-written content engages the reader, increases search engine rankings and traffic, and increases the likelihood of quality links from other sites. Here's a look…
Do-It-Yourself Directory Research and Evaluation
Building links and traffic via directory listings is a both critical and confusing for small business owners managing their own SEM. Follow these steps…
Search Headlines & Links: Apr. 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…
Ebay: Now Portable
TechCrunch reports on eBay’s new widgets that let any seller take their listing “to go” and plant it on a blog or website. The…
Yahoo Is Better: Or That’s What They Are Branding
Following their push to build niched portals, Yahoo announced the start of a new campaign: “Be A Better …” I like this, mainly because…
Yahoo, Comcast Partner on Display Ads
Yahoo and Comcast announced today that they will partner for displaying advertising on the Comcast website. Interesting when Comcast recently joined FastMedia who is…
Google News adds button to Google Finance
If you search for a publicly traded company on Google News, you’ll find a small button on the lower right of each cluster of…
PBS Content Now Searchable on blinkx
Video search engine blinkx has added PBS streaming video content to its index. Now blinkx users will find hours of PBS educational, news and…
Adam Lasnik Interview
Last Wednesday I had a chance to speak with Adam Lasnik about paid links, duplicate content, and a few other issues. Adam provided some…
Google, Yahoo Respond to Click Quality Council Guidelines
Last week, the Click Quality Council issued a list of 8 Principles of Click Quality that its members feel are necessary to deliver adequate…
Yahoo Search VP Leaves for VC Firm
Yahoo’s VP of consumer Web search Andrew Braccia has left Yahoo for the greener pastures of venture capital, joining Accel Partners this week as…
The Google World is Growing: Should Advertisers Be Scared?
Tony Wright takes a critical look at the rapid reach of Google power, and questions how growth will have long lasting impact on the…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: April 30, 2007
Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.
Google Helping State Government Sites Get Indexed
Google has teamed up with four state governments – Arizona, California, Utah and Virginia – to make public information on their Web sites more…
Yahoo to Acquire Right Media
Yahoo is planning to acquire the remaining 80-percent interest in Right Media, according to a New York Times report. The deal, expected to close…
Google and DoubleClick’s Integration Hurdles
The New York Times is picking up on the fact that Google’s potential DoubleClick acquisition gets more difficult when you consider Performics, DoubleClick’s search…
Utah Legislators Doing Research — After They Passed the Law
After passing a misguided Trademark Protection Act that will ban advertisers from using the trademarked terms of their competitors to target ads to Utah…
NoFollow, or MightFollow?
Loren Baker has asked Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask.com to explain just what nofollow really means in a comprehensive post at Search Engine Journal,…