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Lycos Europe Rebranding As Jubii in US
Lycos has been a player on the web long before Google came along. The company’s history almost mirrors the rollercoaster ride of the web…
Let “First Principles” Guide Your Strategy
First principles form a core set of working assumptions, hypotheses, and key beliefs about a single area of interest. In today’s SearchDay, Marchex’s Lead…
First Principles in Search
First principles form a core set of working assumptions, hypotheses, and key beliefs about a single area of interest.
No More Video Island for About.com
Vertical publishers like About.com have clearly evolved in the last year alone. They used to think about video as a separate island, shown in…
Get Some Video Ad Accountability
The biggest players are still scratching their heads about how to define and quantify accountability, based on what we heard at ClickZ’s Online Video…
Search Headlines & Links: Mar. 20, 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…
Google Makes Plus Box Official
The “Plus Box” feature, which was spotted in November and which Matt Cutts blogged about in December, is now an official feature. It appears…
Britney Can Use K-Fed To Find Bars and Rehabs
Okay it could be the sign of the apocalypse – just another example of bad arbitraging – but K-Fed has a search engine. Kudos…
Nofollow and Social Media Sites
There was a lot of discussion not too long ago when Wikipedia decided to Nofollow its links. It really is a bit sad, because…
SES Webcast: Overcoming Common Barriers To Successful Paid Campaigns
Please join us on the Wednesday before SES NY, specifically April 4th at 2PM, for a free presentation/Webcast on Overcoming Common Barriers To Successful…
Gmail Blocking Yahoo Groups Emails
The ever vigilant Barry Schwartz posted about this today. Seems Google does not like Yahoo Groups. Interesting that they have been aware of it…
Google Blog Search patent application reveals keys to ranking
Bill Slawski at SEO by the Sea reports that a patent application for Google Blog Search reveals some of the factors that can impact…
Google to Test Pay-per-Action Ads
Watch out Commission Junction. Here comes Google. Google today announced a limited beta test of pay-per-action advertising, a new pricing model for certain AdSense…
Move Over Dave Pasternack. Travelocity’s Glueck Wants The Hot Seat
It is amazing that even at the C level, the ability to make sweeping comments may show lack of knowledge – but gets attention.…
A Pipe(s) Dream of Links Tabs
Was it a gift from the SEO gods that Yahoo Pipes and Google's enhanced Links data became available the same week? Or a cruel…
Microsoft Researchers Show How Advertisers Are Funding Search Spam
In a paper entitled Spam-Double Funnel: Connecting Web Spammers with Advertisers , researchers at Microsoft and the University of California Davis show the path…
Innovectra Launches LeadStream
Local search consultancy Innovectra is launching a local search product today at the Kelsey Group’s “Drilling Down on Local” event. The new LeadStream business…
Website Pros Acquires Submitawebsite
Website Pros, a Web design and marketing firm targeting small to mid-sized businesses, has acquired SEO consultancy Submitawebsite. Terms of the deal, expected to…
Yahoo Increases Reach of OneSearch
Yahoo today made its OneSearch mobile search product available to all WAP-enabled devices, broadening the reach of the service to more mobile Web users.…
The Search Engine Report – Number 123 – Mar. 20, 2007
Search Engine Watch's recap of top search engine stories and blog posts since our last newsletter.