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Viacom Choose Joost Over Google
Viacom announced it is using Joost – the peer to peer platform – to distribute its content, instead of Google’s YouTube. A Joost press…
What If Links Were Not Part of Search Algorithm…..
David Berkowitz over at MediaPost wrote an entertaining piece today about what would happen if inbound links were not part of a search engine’s…
Ask.com Renews Deal with LookSmart
Ask.com and IAC Advertising Solutions announced today that it would renew its license with LookSmart AdCenter for Publishers through 2009. The LookSmart service provides…
IndustryBrains Continues to Grow Vertically
Since 2002, IndustryBrains has focused their contextual advertising program on a site-specific approach, giving advertisers the option for targeting premium content sites within their…
Becoming a Successful Web Entrepreneur
Michael Gray put up a nice post yesterday about Finding Your Inner Jerry McGuire. Not a goal I aspire to personally, but the point…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Feb. 20, 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: Feb. 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…
MSN Reporter – A Digg Competitor from MSN
The LiveSide Reporter notes that MSN Reporter, in beta since October 2006, has launched in three markets — Netherlands, Belgium and Norway. The new…
Business.com to Provide WSJ PPC Advertising
Business.com has inked a deal to become the exclusive provider of pay-per-click advertising for the Dow Jones’ Wall Street Journal Online search pages. This…
Bill Wise Leaves Did-it
Bill Wise has resigned his post as CEO of the primarily Paid Search management agency Did-it.com. Bill joined the company in 2005, coming over…
Google News isn’t top dog in UK news search, either
Last week, my article, “Is Google News the Tail Wagging the News Search Dog?,” appeared in Search Engine Watch – just as Search Engine…
Google Groups Becoming a Gold Mine for SEO Information
Google Groups recently relaunched with a new look and feel. One of the most popular groups in the search engine optimization community is the…
The 301 Redirect Headache
Moving Web pages that have been indexed by search engines to a new URL via a 301 permanent redirect can cause serious dips in…
New Logo, New Decade!
We’re 10 years old! The new logos up on The ClickZ Network and Search Engine Watch today mark a pretty enormous landmark. Both sites…
Google’s Ajax Search API
On January 4, 2007, I spoke with Mark Lucovsky, Technical Director of Engineering at Google, about the Google’s Ajax Search API. The Ajax Search…
Search Headlines & Links: Feb. 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 Blogsearch-related headlines…
A Step Forward For Mobile Local Search
One thing that has stood in the way of mobile local search adoption is the lack of a clear and compelling value proposition. This…
Using Google Webmaster Tools to increase your link juice
Google Webmaster Tools provides a lot of great data. One of the things it will show you is 404 errors on your site. If…
Another Look at the SEMPO Data
SEMPO research committee co-chair Kevin Lee digs deeper into the findings from the groups State of Search Engine Marketing report in his ClickZ column…
Google Reportedly Buys In-Game Ad Company
Google’s on-again, off-again deal to buy AdScape is apparently on again, according to Red Herring. Google will reportedly buy the in-game advertising technology provider…