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The Search Engine Update – Number 240 – Mar. 20, 2007
Our recap of top search engine stories that have appeared on Search Engine Watch, featuring exclusive content for members since our last newsletter.
Search Headlines & Links: Mar. 19, 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…
Medio Launches PPC Mobile Search Ad Network
Mobile search provider Medio Systems has launched a new pay-per-click (PPC) text advertising platform. Its MobileNow ad network will deliver text ads in search…
Microsoft Sucks, According to Robert Scoble
Former Microsoft Live evangelist Robert Scoble is now saying “Microsoft Sucks”. Scoble wrote in his Scobleizer blog, “the words are empty . . .…
AOL France Drops National Search Engine Exalead For Google
TelecomPaper.com reported today that AOL France will drop the national search engine, Exalead, for Google. This loss of usage from a prominent French traffic…
Yahoo! Loses Another Executive
Deanna Brown, general manager of Yahoo! Media Group’s Lifestyles business unit, has been hired by Scripps to head their newly formed Interactive Group. Brown…
Yahoo! Finance Market Share 52 times Bigger than Google Finance
Last month, I asked: “Is Google News the Tail Wagging the News Search Dog?” Today, I’d like to follow up by asking: “Is Google…
Ingenio and Medio Developing Pay Per Call Mobile Search
Ingenio and Medio announced a partnership to develop Pay Per Call for the mobile market in a press release today. “Mobile search is a…
Google’s Site Targeted CPC Getting Testing
The instructions for how to set up a site targeted CPC campaign have been added to Google’s FAQs. Discussion at various sites has begun.…
Comcast Playing Hardball with Google?
The Wall Street Journal reports (behind pay wall), based on “people familiar with the matter,” that cable operator Comcast is talking to Microsoft to…
YouTube Announces 2007 YouTube Video Awards
According to an announcement made today, now is your chance to vote for 2007 YouTube Video Awards. These awards will honor the best user-created…
Can you Automate Link Development?
Using automation in link development is an attractive concept. The idea of getting bunches of links with minimal effort is compelling, but it’s not…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Mar. 19, 2007
Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.
Search Headlines & Links: Mar. 16, 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 Goes on Acquisition Binge
Google has been very busy on the acquisition front lately, it was revealed today. This afternoon, Marissa Mayer, VP of search products and user…
Skype Lanches v. 3.1, with Local Search Features
Skype officially launched version 3.1 earlier this week. As we wrote about in the post Skype’s One-Two Punch a few weeks ago, this will…
Livedoor Founder Sentenced to 2 1/2 Years
Japanese intenet entrepreneur Takafumi Horie was sentenced to two and a half year in prison by a Japanese magistrate today. Horie, founder of Livedoor,…
Panama Ad Ranking Algo Explained
Confused by the new ad ranking algorithm in Yahoo’s Panama platform? Kevin Lee provides a good illustration in his ClickZ column today, “Panama’s Relevance…
Google Provides Webmasters with More Linking Data
Google has enhanced the reporting capabilities in its Webmaster Tools to show full phrases being used in anchor text, instead of just keywords within…
Advertising Placements by Industry and Top Sponsored Links, February 2007
The industry breakdown of ad placements and unit types and top 25 companies placing sponsored links.