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MySpace creates “friends” for newspaper
Roy Greenslade of the Guardian Unlimited in the UK reports that a small newspaper in Scotland, the Fife Herald, set up its own MySpace…
The Link Building Conundrum – Eric Ward’s View
Over the past year, there has been much talk about link building, in most cases specifically related to buying links. As Barry discussed and…
Visits by college students to MySpace power its lead in page views
comScore Networks has released a study that analyzes the impact of visits from university locations to the top two Web properties, Fox Interactive Media…
Podzinger Powers Search Capabilities for Thames Valley
Yesterday, Podzinger announced that it is powering the search for Thames Valley pod.tv This is Podzinger’s first venture outside the United States. Podzinger expects…
YouTube and Google Video Subscriptions in Outlook Email
In October 2006 comScore Media Metrix ) reported that more than 63 million people worldwide, age 15 and over, visited YouTube.com. Fueling this growth…
Wanted: Passionate Users. Pay: Much Less than Founder Money!
Danny Sullivan’s approach to his “keynote conversations” with top executives at Search Engine Strategies conferences draws from Lord Nelson’s favored strategy: “Never mind maneuvers,…
A Keynote Conversation with Danny Sullivan and Jason Calacanis
At Search Engine Strategies Chicago's keynote interview on December 5, conference chair Danny Sullivan asked online industry gadfly Jason Calacanis a series of questions,…
BlowSearch Adds More Features
While it may be a small member of the search community, BlowSearch has provided some innovative elements to its products. They were leaders in…
Ask.com Using Ask X As Testing Ground
As the about page explains, this is Ask’s “double-secret sandbox for testing Ask experiences of the future”. The layout is new with a tri-panel…
Flogs: fake blogs that pose as a consumer creation
Search marketers know all about splogs — spam blogs. Well, there’s a new term to add to our growing glossary of terms. Stuart Elliott…
Malicious Tagging and the Slippery Slope
Malicious tagging is defined as “injecting keywords or for self-promotion in general.” We wonder where the slippery slope begins on this one. See this…
Does this MSN Behavioral Search Matter?
Read the latest from MSN about its Behavioral Search, in recent MediaPost interview. It’s interesting that behavioral search produced CTRs up to 76% higher…
Insider Training
Another leftover from Chicago SES. SEMPO’s In-House group held a quick get-together in Chicago. For those who figured out where this meeting room was…
SimplyHeadlines.com emerges from “stealth mode”
SimplyHeadlines, which calls itself “the Newspaper for the Extremely Busy,” emerged from stealth mode earlier this month with the launch of Version 2.0. SimplyHeadlines…
Digg extends its reach beyond news
Oliver Luft of journalism.co.uk reports that Digg has “spread its reach beyond news stories to begin rating and aggregating podcasts.” Digg, which gets 10…
Mixing user-submitted content and traditional content
Bambi Francisco of MarketWatch says, “Navel-gazers will be the stars in 2007.” Or, to put her cryptic headline into context, “Today, however perilous it…
Top news searches differ from top web searches
When is a search term not a search term? That’s a question worth asking after looking at a year’s worth of search results on…
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of CSS, Ajax and Web2.0
The buzzwords in the title of this post are transforming web design, letting web sites offer slick new interfaces with lots of interactivity and…
Web 2.0 Technologies and Search Visibility
CSS, Ajax and Web 2.0—more than mere buzz words, these are advancing technologies that bring vast improvement in the design and usability of web…
The Search Engine Update – Number 235 – Dec. 19, 2006
Search Engine Watch's recap of top search engine stories, featuring exclusive content for members during the month of December 2006.