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Google Ups the Ante in Bid for On2; ReachLocal Files for IPO
During the holidays, a few search-related business dealings were going on. Google wants to buy video compression company On2. Their initial offering was 0.0001 shares of Google Class…
Avinash Kaushik to keynote at SES London and SES New York 2010
Avinash Kaushik, author, blogger, and Analytics Evangelist for Google, is one of my heroes. And he’s giving the morning keynote at SES…
A Few More Resolutions for Your Search Team
Want greater search marketing success this year? Try looking at search engine marketing as a whole, rather than two independent efforts, and…
Solve Your Call Tracking Problems Now!
Tracking calls has long been seen as a Holy Grail of tracking promotions. The good news? That Holy Grail is available and…
Facebook Tops Google for Most Visited Site on Christmas
If you uploaded pictures of your family on Christmas Day to Facebook – or updated your status to dish on all your…
Consumer Groups Look To Block Google Admob Deal
Consumer Watchdog and the Center For Digital Democracy contacted the FTC to halt Google from buying AdMob on anti-trust and privacy grounds,…
Google Updates Labs Product City Tours
Six months ago, Google launched City Tours into Labs. It’s basically a virtual tour guide, offering suggestions for walking tours of various…
Google and Bing Duke It Out Over Webmaster FAQs
Last week, while you were doing your last minute shopping, Google and Bing were going head to head – over their Webmaster…
Good Riddance, 2009
Let's face it, 2009 was a pretty awful year. And not just the world of advertising. But there are signs of hope…
Tis the Season to Procrastinate: 38% of Christmas Shopping to Be Done This Week
The Google Retail blog has been good at passing along juicy little nuggets of data regarding the holidays. The latest does not…
Google Updates Transliteration Tool; Adds One-Click Translation to Sites
Trying to type a non-Roman language such as Hindi or Russian on a Roman keyboard is not easy. That’s because such languages…
Google Tool Shows How Your Site Appears in Web Browsers
The tool was is called Browser Size and was developed in the famous 20% time, where employees are free to work on…
Link Building Basics: 3 Great Tips
Debra Mastaler's session as SES Chicago was jam-packed with great tips, tools, and concepts. Here are some of the highlights.
Bing, Google, and Ask.com Up in Nielsen’s November 2009 Rankings
Nielsen Online has released their search rankings for November 2009. Things remain awesome for Google and Ask.com saw a hop. But Bing…
Gift Card Searches Hot Again This Year (Thanks, Low Inventories!)
If you’ve been to brick and mortar stores lately, you may have noticed something we haven’t seen in awhile – empty shelves.…
Wordstream Launches Two Free Keyword Research Tools
The two tools are Keyword Niche Finder and Keyword Grouper. The concept behind both tools is grouping keywords together for easier search…
Bing Releases iPhone App (and It’s Better Than Google’s)
Bing has finally and smartly released a mobile search app for the iPhone. And it’s pretty durn sweet, if you ask me.…
Social network search terms top Hitwise list for 4th straight year
Last month, “unfriend” was named Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year for 2009. This afternoon, our friends at Experian Hitwise analyzed the…
Why Bit.ly Pro & Twitter Contributors is great news for large publishers
Whether it is a good time or not to be in the publishing industry right now, is most likely a matter of…
Day one in a life without Google
Benjamin Ellis, a leading consultant for digital businesses and tech startups in the UK seems to be in the mood for being…
Google Analytics Adds Three Features to API
The Google Analytics API was launched last April and then updated with a few more features in September. Now, developers are getting…
Google Makes Social Sharing Easier on Toolbar, Feedburner
Google has updated its toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox with a sharing feature, which enables user to share any page to…
Google and Facebook Launch URL Shortening Services While Bit.ly Adds a Pro Offering
Google launched a new URL shortening service, but it has limitations. It can only be used via the Google Toolbar and Feedburner,…
MapQuest Gets in the Street-Level Imagery Game
Google’s had StreetView for awhile and Bing recently introduced Streetside imaging to their maps. Now, MapQuest is entering the ring with their…
Bing bing! Second round: time to change your search engine or switch your browser?
Coincidence or not, in the wake of Firefox recommending their users switch to Bing, Google launched a nationwide campaign advertising Chrome in…
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