June 2008
comScore Releases May 2008 Search Engine Rankings
comScore has released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the United States search engine rankings for May, 2008.
GeoSpot Deep Local Search Launches Mobile Web Service
GeoSpot, a location-based services and social activities site has launched the Beta release of GeoSpot Mobile Web service. Find open businesses via your mobile phone.
May 2008
Jipingmi China Real Estate Search Engine Launches English Version for Olympics
The English version of this real estate search engine, collects property listings from several different property listing sources. Helpful if you are going to the 2008 Olympics and need a place to stay.
How to Show Your SEO Clients Proof of Your Efforts
One challenge that faces SEO firms is that if you improve organic search traffic for a client, how do you demonstrate how much of the growth you are responsible for?
Who is Optimizing YOUR Web Site?
Many times a company will use a web design firm to create the site in a search engine friendly manner, but many of firms do not do a full analysis of the needs of the web site.
Ask.com Releases List of Top 25 UK Bank Holiday Destinations
Ask.com, one of the top leading search engines on the web, has come up with a list of the top twenty five United Kingdom bank holiday destinations for this weekend.
New Visual Search Engine Picitup Needs to Pick Up Its Game.
Visual search and image recognition is one of the holy grails of consumer Internet technologies. Picitup is jumping into the deep end of this space by announcing the launch of its public beta.
Coitado: Ronaldo and the three transvestites
What do you do when you get caught with your pants down with three tranny hookers? How do you explain that you, an internationally-known soccer superstar, went out prowling the streets in search of some cheap hot ladies, but ended up with three busted ladyboys?
April 2008
PPC analysis useful for SEO
Pay-per-click (PPC) marketing can help a business assess more closely the effectiveness of its chosen keywords before launching a more organic search engine optimisation (SEO) campaign, it has been claimed.
IAC Launches Rushmore Drive New Black Search Engine
IAC has launched Rushmore Drive, a search engine that is the first of its kind to attempt to deliver more relevant search results to the black community.
Google second search box raises issues
When I heard about Google ss offering of a second search box in major retail sites that allow users to search within the domain itself, I immediately thought it was another way for Google to display ads, earn even more revenue and kick the competition to the sidelines. I was right - but not all are too happy about it.
March 2008
Google Tests Site Links Search with Microsoft
From what I can tell, and from the short amount of testing that I have done, the search box appears when you search for Microsoft at Google.com. It looks to me that it is nothing but a Google custom search engine, or simply a site: command search of the microsoft.com domain, which includes all of their subdomains.
February 2008
3 Questions You Must Ask Yourself About Your PPC
No matter if your campaigns spend $500 or $500,000 a month these three questions could save you from wasting your money and almost immediately increase the return of your investment in paid search marketing.
The Oracle at Yahoo: Using Yahoo News to Search the Future
Imagine exploring millions and millions of news pages and other documents to find information about events that are scheduled to happen in the future, to help predict the future.
Amdocs Introduces Unified Mobile Commerce, Search and Advertising Platform
Amdocs (NYSE: DOX), a leading provider of customer experience systems, has introduced the first unified platform for mobile service providers to offer digital marketplaces connecting advertisers, publishers, merchants and consumers.
What Does Social Media Have to do with Search? Plenty
Back in the “dark ages” there was search engine optimization. Now we have social media, which is a very important part of search.
January 2008
SEMPO Announces 2008 Board Nominees
The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization SEMPO has announced the 2008 board of directors nominee list. As you can see my name included. I would be honored to again serve on the SEMPO board if elected.
comScore Releases 2007 U.S. Internet Year in Review
According to comScore, Google and Facebook were some of the biggest winners last year when it comes to the top gaining web properties and overall search market growth.
Silobreaker Redefines News Search
Silobreaker is redefining news search with the launch of a new service. Relational analysis and graphical search results now provide you With contextual insight into news and current events.
comScore Releases December U.S. Search Engine Rankings for December 2007
comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the search marketplace for December 2007.
Dallas Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association Ranks Top Organic Search Engine Optimization Indicators
Dallas is home to some of the world’s leading search engine optimization experts, and on Monday, you have the chance to come and here their opinions on what factors are the most important as far as natural search engine optimization is concerned.
Network Solutions Charging For Protection | WebProNews
Controversy is brewing about domain registrar company Network Solutions newly instituted practice of automatically registering domain names users search for and then jacking up the price during ICANN s return grace period.
The Ins and Outs of Forum Marketing
Yesterday Jake took us through Social Media Marketing and why it is so important to incorporate into your overall marketing strategy. Most of the time when Social Media Marketing is mentioned, we talk about large sites like Digg, Facebook, Reddit, StumbleUpon, etc. Today I want to discuss the benefits and strategies in using forums to your advantage.
Top 50 Search and Social Media Happenings for 2007 » 10e20 - Search, Design amp; Social
It's the end of the year and we here at 10e20 have a tradition of sharing our top stories in search and social media. This year is no exception. Without further ado, here are the top 50 stories in search.
December 2007
Link Building: DIY In-House vs. Outsourced - Search Engine Watch
For some companies, in-house works; for others, outsourcing link building works. A combination of the two might work for other companies. However, the lack of experienced link developers in the search engine marketplace makes a compelling argument to manage link building campaigns in-house -- especially for competitive and high-margin verticals.
