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Organic & Paid Search Conversion Metrics Similar

ClickZ reports on a WebSideStory study that shows that organic search traffic realized a conversion rate of 3.13 percent while paid search…

By Barry Schwartz · 25 Sep 2006

Industry

Compare & Contrast: Search Ad Program Strategies

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo's pay-per-click (PPC) programs are similar, but each have unique features that require different campaign tactics to use effectively.…

By Catherine Seda · 24 Sep 2006

Industry

Search Headlines & Links: September 22, 2006

Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…

By Danny Sullivan · 22 Sep 2006

Industry

Google On How To Let Googlebot In, Keep Bad Bots Out

One of the things that came out of our Bot Obedience Course at SES San Jose last month was a wish that…

By Danny Sullivan · 22 Sep 2006

Industry

Search Forums Roundup: Sept. 22, 2006

Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…

By rumo · 22 Sep 2006

Industry

Search Headlines & Links: September 21, 2006

Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…

By Danny Sullivan · 21 Sep 2006

Industry

Flickr/Zooomr/Photo Sharing Marketer Wanted

I have exactly one spot left for a speaker at our SES Multimedia event happening in October in Los Angeles. I’m looking…

By Danny Sullivan · 21 Sep 2006

Industry

Mining for SEO Gold in Search Engine Patents

The major search engines are all frequent filers of patent applications. While most of these documents make for fascinating reading, do they…

By rumo · 21 Sep 2006

Industry

Do Patents Point to SEO Gold?

Do patents, white papers, and other publications authored by search engine employees provide clear guidance to how to optimize Web pages? A…

By Shari Thurow · 20 Sep 2006

Industry

Search Headlines & Links: September 20, 2006

Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…

By Danny Sullivan · 20 Sep 2006