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comScore Charts YouTube’s Volcanic Eruption as 2nd Leading Video Ad Property

In March 2012, 181 million U.S. Internet users watched online content videos for an average of 1,304.8 minutes per viewer. Americans viewed more than 8.3 billion video ads,…

By Greg Jarboe · 22 Apr 2012

Industry

Yahoo Reorg 2012: Search Avoids Death Sentence

Amidst a massive company restructuring, Yahoo search will live on. Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has unveiled his vision for turning around the…

By Danny Goodwin · 11 Apr 2012

PPC

Paid Search, Mobile Spending Increase in Q1 2012

Two new industry reports show that tablets continue to drive mobile search ad spend, though by how much varies depending on the…

By Miranda Miller · 10 Apr 2012

Industry

Microsoft Buys AOL Patents for $1 Billion

AOL is selling more than 800 patents to Microsoft for $1.056 billion in cash. AOL will retain patents related to advertising, search,…

By Danny Goodwin · 09 Apr 2012

Industry

It’s Official: Facebook Countersues Yahoo Over 10 Patents

Facebook has made good on its vow to fight Yahoo's patent claim by filing a counter suit also alleging patent infringement. Facebook…

By Shaun Nichols · 05 Apr 2012

Industry

Yahoo Cutting 2,000 Jobs to Focus on Personalized Services

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, hoping to save $375 million a year and help the company become smaller and nimbler, confirms Yahoo is…

By Gareth Morgan · 04 Apr 2012

Industry

Will Yahoo Torch its Search Deal With Microsoft, Outsource Search to Google?

Yahoo will layoff thousands of employees starting this week as part of a major company restructuring. A report indicates Yahoo is also…

By Danny Goodwin · 02 Apr 2012

Industry

Yahoo Begins Honoring Browser Do-Not-Track Signals

The ad sector, Federal Trade Commission, and U.S. Commerce Department have thrown their weight behind Do Not Track. Now Yahoo has begun…

By Zachary Rodgers · 31 Mar 2012

SEO

Optimizing News for Searchers, Search Engines & News Publishers

News search optimization is a daunting task for any news publisher or marketer. News search has ballooned both on search engines and…

By Eli Goodman · 26 Mar 2012

SEO

3 More Studies Examine Wikipedia’s Page 1 Google Rankings

Three companies – Conductor, SpyFu, and Slingshot SEO – have released studies offering alternative looks at the distribution of Wikipedia results on Google’s…

By Miranda Miller · 26 Mar 2012

Industry

Facebook Buys 750 IBM Patents to Defend Against Yahoo

In a move that appears designed to bolster its ability to defend itself against patent-related lawsuits, particularly a recently issued case from…

By Gareth Morgan · 24 Mar 2012

Video

Seeing the Colossal Increase at Yahoo Sites in comScore’s U.S. Online Video Rankings

If you compare the latest data from comScore Video Metrix with the data from a year ago, then you’ll see there’s been…

By Greg Jarboe · 19 Mar 2012

PPC

AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo Kick Off Display Ad Deal

The ménage à trois in display advertising among Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL has started on schedule. The three companies are now officially…

By ClickZ Team · 17 Mar 2012

Industry

It’s Official: Yahoo Sues Facebook Over 10 Patents

The suit alleges that Facebook features, including the News Feed and video content ads, are based on Yahoo patents for social networking…

By Shaun Nichols · 13 Mar 2012

Industry

Yahoo Search Share Sinks, Google, Bing Rise in February 2012

Yahoo’s slice of the U.S. search engine market continued to evaporate in February reaching a new low, according to comScore. Google and…

By Danny Goodwin · 12 Mar 2012

Industry

Search Engine Users Dislike Personalized Search But Like the Results

The majority of search engine users are not OK with tracking used to personalize search results or offer targeted advertisements, though satisfaction…

By Miranda Miller · 10 Mar 2012

Industry

As Yahoo Layoff Rumors Swirl, Labs Chief Heads to Google

Yahoo's woes continue after it confirmed it will lose the head of its labs unit, Prabhakar Raghavan, to Google. Raghaven's research interests…

By Rosalie Marshall · 06 Mar 2012

SEO

Spreading Santorum Loses Its Frothy Spot Atop Google

Rick Santorum’s sticky spreading problem has dropped in Google’s SERPs, replaced (briefly) in the top organic spot by an even fouler Urban…

By Miranda Miller · 01 Mar 2012

SEO

cognitiveSEO Launches Link Tracking & Analysis Tool

CognitiveSEO is a tool that aims to provide all of the data and analysis necessary for link building campaigns in a single…

By Miranda Miller · 29 Feb 2012

Industry

Yahoo Threatens Facebook With Lawsuit Over Advertising Patents

Yahoo has warned Facebook that it will face legal action if the social network doesn't sign licensing deals for patents Yahoo believes…

By Dan Worth · 29 Feb 2012

Video

How to Implement Video Microdata for Google & Schema.org

Search engines are using machine readable structured data for reviews, images. and now videos. This guide will help get you up to…

By Terry Van Horne · 28 Feb 2012

Industry

2012 Oscar Predictions From Google & Yahoo

Who will take home the Oscar at the 84th Annual Academy Awards tonight? Google predicts “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” might be…

By Danny Goodwin · 26 Feb 2012

Video

181 Million Americans Watched 40 Billion Online Videos in January

The comScore Video Metrix service reported this week that 181 million U.S. Internet users watched nearly 40 billion videos of online video…

By Greg Jarboe · 24 Feb 2012

PPC

PPC Scams to Avoid

When choosing somebody to manage your PPC campaigns, An old warning rings true: buyer beware. If it seems too good to be…

By Duncan Parry · 24 Feb 2012

Industry

Google Will Overtake Facebook in Display Ad Sales by 2013 [Report]

Facebook's ad sales revenue will increase $2 billion year-over-year, totaling $5.1 billion for 2012, according to a new eMarketer forecast. However, the…

By Christopher Heine · 24 Feb 2012

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