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Microsoft’s Google Search Killer Strategy is a Rewards Program?
I must admit that I almost cringed when I read about Microsoft Live Search’s newest strategy to boost its Live Search standing in the web...
Get a Load of Archived Stories Via Techmeme Search
Everybody’s (tech and non-tech bloggers) favorite tech news aggregator, the almighty Techmeme has just added a search button, and everybody is writing about it. Why?...
ManageQ: Cool Interface to Manage Your Search
After writing about SurfCanyon, I came across another search engine that brings a good focus to improving the user interface to search as well as...
Yahoo Search Marketing Adds Enhancements to Sponsored Search
One thing I love about Yahoo is, as these Microsoft acquiring Yahoo Search discussions heat up, the company is still moving forward to make itself...
Image Hotlinking and SEO : Are There Any Benefits?
An SEJ reader sent us the following SEO Question, which we would like to open for readers to contribute their thoughts. Are there any benefits...
Google Intros Third Party Ad Serving on Content Network
Beginning today, Google content network will now accept display ads served from third-party vendors as per request of AdWords advertisers who are using third parties...
SEO for WordPress 2.5 Blogs : New eBook
Since early in my humble blogging career I have been down on three things; SEO, Google and hyped but useless web services. Down on SEO...
Yahoo Stronger Without Search? Learning From AOL Model
As Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are battling over who will acquire Facebook, who will buy part of Yahoo and who will compete with Google, an...
Google Shares Orkut Information With Indian Government
Be careful what you do on Orkut, Google may not be willing to protect your privacy, depending on where you live. On Monday Google revealed...
Facebook CEO Wants Google Sit Down to Discuss Friend Connect
Last week the popular social networking site Facebook blocked Google’s new service, Friend Connect, due to privacy concerns. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg now says that...
What’s Most Effective for Geo Targeting?
We do know that for geo targeting in Google we definitely need: A country code top-level domain (ccTLD); Country specific server location; Setting Geo Targeting...
Microsoft Offers New Yahoo Deal : Buying Search Technology?
Microsoft today issued a new statement which says that the company is opening up talks again with Yahoo, but not to acquire the entire company...
Microsoft Wants to Snag the Google-Yahoo Advertising Deal?
While Yahoo is facing a proxy battle against Icahn, here comes Microsoft trying to save the day for Yahoo. It issued a rather vague statement...
Facebook Bans Google Friend Connect, Google Responds
Facebook has banned the usage of Google Friend Connect within the Facebook social networking platform, a move which according to Facebook, is because of privacy...
Yahoo responds to Icahn’s Letter
There you have it, Yahoo Board’s Chairman Roy Bostock responding to Icahn’s letter to the Yahoo board nominating 10 members of the Icahn’s proposed Yahoo...
Yahoo’s Monkey Opens Up, I Mean SearchMonkey
Three weeks after announcing SearchMonkey and opening it up for a limited preview, Yahoo has finally made the Yahoo search results development platform open to...
SecondBrain – The First Complete Social Aggregator
Sometimes we look at great innovation and are compelled to compare like creations in evaluating them. More often than not it is the differences between...
Icahn Wants to Take Over Yahoo
Microsoft may have walked away from the table in negotiations with Yahoo for a takeover deal, but just because they’ve pulled their bid, that doesn’t...
Google Now #1 Web Destination, Beats Yahoo
For the longest time, Yahoo was the U.S.’s most-visited website and Google was the most popular search engine. That has, however, changed. Google is now...
Ask.com Buying Dictionary.com’s Lexico Publishing Group
Ask.com has announced that it will be purchasing the online reference network of Lexico Publishing Group, which owns and operates Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com. The...
CBS Acquiring CNET for $1.8 Billion : Includes Search.com
CBS is making a major Internet and news powerplay, acquiring CNET for $11.50 per share (44% more than CNET is trading at) for a total...
Worth $299 Per Year to Join Yahoo Directory?
Yahoo Directory is considered the creme de la creme in the human edited directory and search field, and is one of the major authority listings...
Yahoo Launches Site Explorer for Yahoo Japan
Yahoo Japan & Yahoo have just launched Yahoo Site Explorer for the Japanese market, which Yahoo search & services dominate. Using Yahoo Japan Site Explorer,...
Yahoo.com Redirecting to UK.Yahoo.com for UK Users
Yahoo has started to automatically serve the local version of their Yahoo homepage to users from the UK (and perhaps other global destinations) in what...
How Might the Machine Understand Text Relevance
What’s exactly relevance? Google finds the following explanation of the term: Relevance describes how closely the contents of an information source match the topics. [source]...
Google Serving Vodka in Search Results Despite AdWords Ban on Liquor
Google AdWords has a rather tight rule banning the selling of hard liquor online, like vodka or whiskey, but does allow AdWords advertisers to run...
Handling Your 404 Page Properly
We don’t know for sure if Google pays much attention to the site 404 pages but it does show them within Webmaster Tools report as...
Move Over Facebook and MySpace, Here Comes Google Friend Connect
As announced last weekend, Google is launching the mother of all data portability features. After Facebook Connect and MySpace Data Portability announcement, here comes Google...
The Next Frontier for Search Marketing Standards
I believe it is time to introduce an additional topic into the standards dialogue that to date has been largely ignored. Currently there is no...
Black Hat SEO Lessons: Indirect Promotion
I’ve always said that instead of getting angry with black hat SEOs, we should learn from them. Working and often succeeding in really competitive verticals,...