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Movements in Mobile Search Land
Mobile search has been quite, well, mobile lately. Becoming a regular topic in search marketing conferences, and often discussed in various forums and blogs,…
Yahoo Acquires MyBlogLog
Yahoo today confirmed the persistent rumors that it would acquire MyBlogLog. According to Forbes, the deal was worth about $10 million. MyBlogLog is a…
In the Second Week of New Year’s, My SearchDay Gave to Me:
Eight firms a-buying, seven forums buzzing, six engines searching, five Google things...
A SearchDay Carol, Part 2
In today’s SearchDay, Greg Jarboe continues with the second installment of “The 12 Days of SearchDay.” Last week we looked at the people that…
MapQuest API For All
MapQuest completed a one-two punch today with its second product launch in 5 days (last week’s mobile announcement was covered here and here). Today…
Court Supports Google’s View on Trademarks
Seems the courts have taken the same view of trademark use in online advertsing as Google has, according to a report at TechDirt. Eric…
Starcom IP Introduces Share-of-Influence Tool for Search & Display Ads
Even though study after study proves that “assists” are invaluable in driving the final click in a search campaign, or that users who see…
Search Headlines & Links: Jan. 8, 2007
Below is a selection of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged separately:…
ChaCha Gets Big Boost in Funding in 2006
Lee Odden reported at Online Marketing Blog today that “Assisted-Search” provider ChaCha was funded with $6 Million in private funding organized by Bezos Expeditions…
Press releases return to AOL News
If you conduct a news search on AOL News, you will find recent and relevant press releases are — once again — included with…
Online video usage increasing as TV viewing declines
Safa Rashtchy, Managing Director and Senior Internet Analyst at Piper Jaffray & Co., has just reported the results of their latest survey of online…
News at Seven has an avatar for its news anchor
Kate Goodloe of The Wall Street Journal Online reports that an online show, called “News at Seven,” is using “an automated computer program to…
Search YouTube Content with Podzinger
Podzinger, the speech-to-text video and audio search engine, has announced the extension of their technology to searching the content in YouTube videos. A click…
Amanda Watlington Interview
Lee Odden at Online Marketing Blog has a terrific interview with Amanda Watlington, principal at Searching for Profit and the SEW blog’s resident expert…
CNN.com to offer comprehensive on-site news search
Shankar Gupta of OnlineMediaDaily reports that CNN.com has selected Inform Technologies to provide an on-site news search engine that “allows users to search other…
Yahoo! China To Become Business Search Engine
The International Herald Tribune announced Yahoo! China will develop into a search engine for the business vertical. CEO Jack Ma of Alibaba Group –…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Jan. 8, 2007
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the Web.
Backfence Faces Setback
Hyperlocal destination site Backfence has lost its CEO and co-founder Susan DeFife due to a failure to see eye-to-eye with the board of directors.…
What about Targeting Video Ads?
According to MediaWeek, “Analysts and agency executives envision a new ad system that would use sophisticated targeting techniques to create ad messages users will…
Video Ads Are Small Potatoes
Total video ad revenues are supposed to reach $775 million this year or 4% of all online advertising. In the short term, there’s limited…