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Google’s blog search engine takes over top slot
Ben Charny of MarketWatch reports that Google’s blog search engine has climbed to the top of the category rankings. According to Hitwise data, Google…
Google Still OK With Erotica
Boing Boing recently noticed that several adult-oriented sites, which they classify as “nonfiction sex ed or indie alt-erotica fare”, had been pushed way down…
Branding Buys in the Social Whirl
Maybe it’s time to consider brand-oriented SEM buys. We know that Gen Yers embrace brands within social environments like MySpace and Facebook. According to…
Bloggers Produce the Hottest Keywords?
In DM News, Andy Beal recommends that you search blogs to find the hottest keywords. There’s a nice bit of logic there, and it…
2006: The Year Search Grew Up
Barry Schwartz first posted this over at SEL, but Chris Winfield of 10e20 did such a great job of listing the 101 Biggest Stories…
Overlooked Search Marketing Opportunity: Image SEO
Most search marketers focus their efforts on optimizing the text on web pages. That’s great, but there’s a huge opportunity that’s overlooked by most:…
Optimizing Images for Search Engines
One of the more potentially advantageous yet wholly underused areas for optimization is in image search engines. Yet while site owners and merchants are…
Clipblast! Releases List of Top Video Searches in 2006
Clipblast.com, which can be classified as a meta search engine that searches for online videos in ‘real-time’, announced today their Top 10 most popular…
Image Search Engine in Beta
PolarRose.com is beta testing their photo recognition software that they have implemented into an image search engine. Their annoucement has stirred a little controversy…
Top 10 Google Myths Debunked
I came across this in one of the blogs today. Google Myths impact everyone – they are becoming urban legends. So Ionut Alex. Chitu,…
Pandora’s Opened Her Box
Without prior permission from its listeners, Pandora has enabled complete searching of individual music preferences. All in the name of community sharing, right? Until…
Page Views — Losing Its Front-Runner Status
When discussing site traffic, you always hear about Unique Visitors or Page Views. Although actual numbers are endlessly debated, these metrics are treated as…
Are Contextual Ads Worth the Hassle?
Even though the contextual ads offered by search engines aren’t search advertising, in the strict sense, they often become the responsibility of search marketers.…
AOL Merger Speculation
Mediapost reported last week that Merrill Lynch was eyeing the possibility of AOL merging with either Microsoft or Yahoo, in an attempt to gain…
Contextual Search Ads: Boon or Bust?
Scared of contextual search advertising? Not sure how to explain a lower click through rate to your boss? Never fear: A panel of experts…
Vertical Strategies in Local Search
Just before the holiday weekend, Bill Slawski had an interesting post at his SEO by the Sea blog. The qualities of online search make…
Google Maps Offers Speech-Friendly Alternatives
Over at the Google blog, Googler T.V. Raman shares useful tips as a technologist who is visually impaired. For blind searchers and others who…
Panama not enough? Of course not.
Business Week takes a stab at advising Yahoo about how it should take on Google in “Why Yahoo’s Panama Won’t Be Enough.” Along with…
WSJ Discovers Microsoft’s BT Plans
The Wall Street Journal has just now discovered (link for WSJ subscribers) that Microsoft is taking its user data from MSN and Hotmail to…
Google Adsense the New Gator?
Rebecca Lieb writes over at ClickZ that Adsense may be in danger of going the route of Gator/Claria, as contextual advertising bloopers happen to…