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Yahoo Makes Local Search Results More Useful
Location-based search results are more useful if it provides more information about a specific location. And that’s what Yahoo Local Search is trying to fulfill...
What the Yahoo-Microsoft Search Deal Means to Everyone
Google’s Marissa Mayer said the Yahoo-Microsoft search deal will not be good to industry competition. Specifically, she says that it will hamper innovation. But the...
Why I’m Torn on the Bing Yahoo! Deal
I’ll keep this short since you’re likely approaching Microsoft/Yahoo overload (if you haven’t heard about it yet you’re almost certainly here by mistake, but just...
First Reaction from Google Camp – Search Deal is not Good
With the first step of the much publicized Yahoo-Microsoft search deal already taken, it’s now time to gather up various reactions coming from those who...
Great Headlines, Poor Rankings – Why Clever Headlines Don’t Beat Optimized Title Tags for SEO
Headlines can be powerful. I think most marketers would agree that a strong headline can be both intriguing and enticing, and can help drive a...
Microsoft Yahoo 10 Year Search Deal : Live Blogging of Conference Call
Well the rumor mill can find new ground to breed in. This morning Microsoft and Yahoo held a conference call to announce their having come...
Microsoft, Yahoo Search Deal is Official
As expected, the Yahoo-Microsoft search and online advertising deal is now official. In simple terms, the deal is all about Microsoft powering Yahoo search while Yahoo...
Microsoft and Yahoo Inch Closer to a Search Deal
It looks like Microsoft and Yahoo have finally agreed to a search and advertising deal. AllThingsD is reporting that an announcement will be made between...
Microsoft Bing Yahoo Partnership Supported by Search Engine Industry
As soon as this week Microsoft Bing may be powering the search results and advertising at Yahoo, and an overwhelming amount of Search Engine Journal...
Apple Rejects Google Voice iPhone Apps
Apple has rejected Google Voice applications from its iPhone apps store and for the iPod touch under a ban of the Google Voice products. Despite...
AOL Buys Back 5% Stake from Google
AOL has bought back the 5% stake in its company that Google had purchased back in 2005, when Google started making an invested interest in...
Making the Most of the Press Release: Getting the Idea Viral
A press release is one of the promotion methods that (almost) survived the web 2.0 evolution. The only thing that changed is the focus: while...
Should Yahoo & Microsoft Bing Partner?
Last week news started heating up again about the possibility of a Yahoo & Microsoft partnership (or perhaps merger) wherein Yahoo would begin using Microsoft’s...
Bing Driven Ad Click Thru Rate 55% More than Google
According to data from the Chitika Ad network (since when did Chitika publicly become a data mining and reporting property?), Microsoft Bing driven users click...
SEO Q&A: How to Prevent Google from Crawling AND Indexing a Page?
One of our valued readers sent in a question asking why one of the site pages he blocked with Disallow Robots.txt directive is still returned...
Yahoo! Rolls Out Travel Image Search Refiner
Yahoo is also responding to the challenges posed by search refinements being carried out by its competitors. So, it just introduced a refinement to its...
Time for a Yahoo Microsoft Search Partnership
Yahoo and Microsoft merger rumors are heating up again as Yahoo board members were reportedly at the table again yesterday, discussing a partnership between Yahoo...
YouTube Now Lets You Share Insight Stats
YouTube is now letting video owners share stats from its analytics tool YouTube Insights. This includes stats on total views, number of ratings and other...
Tools to Easier Access Google Translate
I’ve been previously reviewing some useful tools to help with international browsing – obviously, the best and the most powerful tool for that is Google...
Porn: Still Leading Online Advertising?
As Howard Stern’s intern I spent months at the center of the adult entertainment industry meeting the people who have conquered an incredibly competitive niche. ...
Learn Your Blog Readers’ Opinion with ProProfs Polls
I have previously over-viewed best free web-based software allowing to easily create online surveys and today I decided to focus on a new player –...
Yahoo Acquires XoopIt, But Why?
The word is out, Yahoo has acquired XoopIt. Well for those of us who have heard of XoopIt just now, it’s a third-party app that...
As Yahoo Reports Q2 Finances, Bartz Kudos Bing
Yahoo has just reported its Q2 Financial Standings. And despite the negative trend in almost all of its online business, Yahoo’s CEO Carol Bartz expressed...
Top 3 Google Gadgets to SEO Your iGoogle Home Page
There are surprisingly too few worthy gadgets that can be added to iGoogle home page, this post looks at 3 of them you may find...
Yahoo Rolls Out New Portal Design
I remember Loren asking me if I have seen the new Yahoo portal when it was still in close beta. Well, I would have seen...
Court Says: Google is Not Liable for Contents on its Search Results
A high court judge in London has just ruled in favor of Google over a landmark case that could perhaps set the precedent for future...
It Is Almost Official: Link Exchanging is Still Worth It
It has been a lot of talk about whether link exchanges are still worthwhile or not. Most reputable SEOs publicly declare the tactic is just...
Why All the Fuss about TechCrunch?
A few days ago a French Hacker calling himself Croll began releasing documents containing private financial data and personal information on employees he had stolen...
Google Introduces Search with My Location for the iPhone
Google has just rolled out its Search with My Location for iPhone running OS 3.0. What this nifty feature does is to allow iPhone users...
Google Voice Mobile App Goes to Blackberry and Android Devices
Google has just announced the availability of Google Voice mobile app specifically for Blackberry and Android devices. This new feature allows users to make calls...