Sun Microsystems to Distribute Microsoft Live Search with Java Downloads
Microsoft Search has signed a distribution deal with Sun Microsystems Inc. to offer the Microsoft Live Search powered MSN Toolbar to Internet Explorer users when...
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Loren Baker is the Founder of SEJ, an Advisor at Alpha Brand Media and runs Foundation Digital, a digital marketing strategy & development agency.
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Check if a Site Serves Malware Before Linking for SEO
When building links to a site for SEO purposes, it’s easy to simply look at the number of backlinks, content relevance, Linkscape rating, search term...
Obama vs. McCain : Search & Social Scorecard
Pete Quily has put together a case study on the search and social results of the Barack Obama and John McCain online presence among Google,...
Track Presidential Election Results Online
Today is Election Day and as we wake up, grab our coffee and head to our nearest voting location, we’ll leave the polls wondering whether...
Why Is Yahoo Gaining Search Share? Three Reasons
According to a Bloomberg article covering comScore numbers (cough cough), Yahoo has gained search share over the last month while Microsoft has dropped a bit....
Lisa Barone is Blogging Again at WeBuildPages.com Blog
We’ve all missed The Lisa’s blogging ever since she made her move back to the East Coast, but now our fix for Lisa Barone’s incredible...
Scary SEO Conference is on Friday
Friday will mark the first Scary SEO event, a mini-conference which will be held at Deerfield Beach / Boca Raton, Florida and focus on an...
Open Letter to Google : Why Have You Taken Away my Google & GMail Accounts?
UPDATE : Since writing this and contacting some Googlers, my Google account was unblocked at 2 am last night, EST. Thank you Google for the...
Google Profiles Now Indexable in Search Engines
Call them Google versions of business cards, Geocities 2.0 or call them what you will, I consider Google Profiles to be the building block to...
Google UK Opens AdWords to Gambling Ads
After Yahoo UK opened itself up to UK licensed gambling ads about a month ago, and MSN UK doing the same, Google UK has felt...
Google News Testing New Vertical Format
Google News is testing a new vertical format which seems to be reminiscent of Yahoo One Search and more of a mobile device driven format...
Should Yahoo Sell Yahoo Answers?
Yahoo is in the process of opening talks with Time Warner on merger and other partnership opportunities with AOL according to the Financial Times and...
Link Building Etiquette : The Value of the Connection
Yesterday I was reviewing the statistics behind one of our link building campaigns which consists of contacting sites & publishers for links in their resource...
Blogging Tools & Plugins Panel from IzeaFest
Izea asked me to moderate a session on blogging tools and plugins this weekend at IzeaFest in Orlando, which turned out to be an awesome...
iProspect Acquires Range Online Media
In one of the largest modern search marketing acquisitions, which does not include the search engines themselves, iProspect has swooped in and acquired Range Online...
Going Green: The Power of Ecofriendly Link Building
Renewable energy, ecofriendly business or ‘going green‘ are not new concepts, as companies like outdoor wear manufacturer Patagonia have been successful at balancing capitalism, profitability...
Google Promises Privacy & Data Anonymization for Google Chrome
Does using a web browser by a company which tracks user web behavior, archives emails & messenger communications and also serves advertising based upon search...
MSN AdCenter Contextual Ads Running on Cartoon Barry Blog
I was running through some search blogs tonight and came across Cartoon Barry, Barry Schwartz’s search marketing and semi-personal blog, and found that Barry is...
Yahoo Site Explorer Showing Less Backlinks
After an update to Yahoo Site Explorer’s backlink tracking query results, Barry Schwartz reported over at SERoundtable that many webmasters were reporting a drop in...
Google Chrome : Now Available for Download
Google set off the weekend Labor Day hype with a (perhaps well planned) leaked announcement of their new browser, Google Chrome, which hit the news...
Google & Yahoo Ad Deal Set for October Launch
Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed yesterday that despite pressure from the US Justice Department, the Google Yahoo advertising partnership will proceed with its scheduled launch...
MySpace Serving More Display Ads Than Yahoo : Should Yahoo Care?
According to ComScore, MySpace (or Fox Interactive Media) has surpassed Yahoo in terms of displaying advertisements, serving 56.8 billion ads 15.2% of the display ads...
Link Building Basics : Presentation on Building Links
I really do not do many speaking engagements on SEO and search marketing, but plan to in the immediate future (the next speaking and moderator...
Long Tail of Shopping Search : SES San Jose
The long tail session is hitting all of the blended areas of serach, which is in itself Long Tail. Aaron Shear is speaking now about...
Long Tail Local Search : SES San Jose
Long tail search goes far beyond normal organic SEO and deep into local search. Mary Bowling is speaking at SES San Jose about the long...
Build Relationships with Bloggers via Facebook & Social Networks
Being a search marketer and avid link builder, yesterday I ran across a blog which was perfect for contributing a quality post to on behalf...
We Are Too Dependent on GMail
There must have been a rather large shortage of tech & search news yesterday as it seems a GMail hiccup by Google shut the service...
Blinkx Moves To Acquire Miva Advertising
Blinkx, the video search engine and video search technology firm, is moving to acquire search advertising and contextual ad firm Miva, which has been hit...
Google Launches Free Music Download Service in China
Google has launched a free music downloading service in China which lets users download licensed songs, which will be supplied by music companies in exchange...
Yahoo Paid Search Submit Experiencing Problems After Update
A collegue and Search Engine Journal reader emailed me over the weekend, to let me know that the Yahoo Paid Inclusion (Yahoo Search Submit) feed...
4 E-Commerce Digital Marketing Strategies For 2022
Forbes
January 11, 2022
If you manage e-commerce digital marketing campaigns, these strategies can save you time and help grow your traffic, sales and your bottom line. See More
Eight Ways Businesses Are Adopting Innovative Streaming During Social Distancing
Forbes
May 20, 2020
Streaming video technology is more important than ever. See More