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Another Google Exec Jumps Ship, This Time Its the CIO
Google has lost yet another top member of its executive team. This time it is Chief Information Officer (CIO) Douglas Merrill, who will be joining...
Google Algorithm Exposed : SearchToons
The Google Algorithmic manner of ranking and serving relevant online and indexed documents to specific Google queries has been a mystery to many over the...
The Future of Video Search – Viewdle
Viewdle technology is nothing new – in fact it was founded in 2006 but the real buzz started in 2007 after the company presentation at...
Google to Buy Skype from eBay?
Here’s another interesting rumor from TechCrunch, Google may be acquiring Skype from eBay, which has been very vocal about its displeasure with its Skype acquisition...
Google Update : Google SERPS Dancing Around
Google seems to be rolling out a major update which began last night and is running into this morning with a lot of webmasters witnessing...
Google & the Government: How Close Are They?
Ever since Google became the dominant leader in the search sector, there have been rumblings about alleged connections with the U.S. government and the whole...
Exploring Your Visitors’ Behavior with Analytics & Tools
Where do my visitors land? Google Analytics Top Landing Pages and Navigation Summary: A common landing page is the one that has a high percentage...
Yahoo Loves Squidoo : Search Spam Love Affair
Squidoo is a “Web 2.0” destination where anyone can become an expert in their field, create a Squidoo Lens, then promote that lens in the...
Virgle : Google and Virgin Launch Mars Expedition, April Fool’s?
Google has partnered with Virgin Group to launch a new joint venture in Virgle, a project owned by the two companies which is dedicated to...
Geary Interactive Acquires Fathom Online
Was just listening to the Daily Search Cast with Danny Sullivan (which I’ll be co-hosting on Wednesday, my first major podcast guest hosting gig!) and...
23andme : Social Networking Comes to Genomics
The trend today is about ‘socialnetworking-zing’ everything. From corporate portals to hotel sites, the buzz is about how to get users to sync with other...
Google Now Controls 69% of Online Advertising Market
Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick has turned the company into double the online advertising juggernaut that it once was, with a total advertising market share of...
Google Goes Black in US and Abroad
Google Israel went black on Thursday to celebrate Earth Hour and today in the United States, Google has gone black here in a global effort...
Youtube Video Analytics : A Video Tutorial and Overview
On March 27th Youtube officially released its first version of video analytics. This release brings new depth and attention to the importance of video marketing....
Google Loses Another Top Exec to Facebook
In just one month, Google has lost two top executives to the wildly popular social networking site Facebook. First it was Sheryl Sandberg, a Google...
Twitterfeed : Bringing RSS to Twitter for Every Blogger
I’d heard about this Twitter fad for a good year or so, but had never really gotten into it (or Twittered) until after the SMX...
Mobile Search : World of Opportunity
Search, as the work horse of the internet, has delivered much. Though search as a problem is far from solved, there are many advantages that...
Google AdWords Feature: AdSense for Domains Opt Out
Should you opt for the new AdSense for Domains opt out feature, quietly launched with the Google AdWords upgraded Site Exclusion tool? (Author’s Note: This...
Diigo : The End Of Bookmarks?
Diigo is perhaps one of the web’s premier research tools – this is widely accepted. Whether Web 2.0 actually ever existed is irrelevant, but the...
Google AdWords Slowing Again Says comScore
For the second month in a row, comScore says that Google AdWords spending is slowing down and its advertising growth is low, especially compared to...
Google Goes Black in Israel for the Day
Google in Israel has issued a black out for the day; not shutting down but serving a black screen with white letters instead of an...
Yahoo joins Google, MySpace and others in the OpenSocial Movement
Yahoo just announced that it is finally joining the Google-led OpenSocial Movement. Likewise it is also joining a new non-profit organization spearheaded again by Google...
Google Android Phone to be Released By Summer?
Google first unveiled the Android mobile phone operating system in November 2007, and in recent months they’ve been showing the phone off to various media...
Yahoo HotJobs Launches New Search Algorithm
Yahoo issued a press release today announcing the launch of a new search ranking algorithm to be used with their HotJobs service. They’ve named the...
How to Analyze the Internal Power of Your Website
Obviously there are plenty of occasions where you would want to analyze your (or your competitor’s) internal pages strength. Most often these include: you want...
Do Links From Foreign Language Sites Have Value?
Usually, we do not cover forum threads, but from time to time, one does pop up which gathers my attention and is blog worthy. Today...
Searchme : A Refreshing Search Interface
Many have pointed out that the success of Google is as much its relevance algorithm as its simple clutter free approach to the user interface....
Will Apple’s Push of Safari with iTunes Cut into Mozilla’s Google Money?
When you update iTunes, Apple pushes their Safari browser to you. It’s not all that surprising that they’d want to do this, considering they now...
Microsoft & Yahoo Both Lose Ground to Google, Would Teaming Up Even Help?
Microsoft is still gunning for Yahoo in hopes that by acquiring the company they’d be able to take on and seriously compete with Google in...
Google AdWords Opens Demographic Bidding to All : Catches Up to adCenter & Yahoo
Google AdWords has opened up demographic targeting (or demographic bidding) to all AdWords advertisers according to the Inside AdWords blog. Demographic bidding lets Google AdWords...