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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...
Google Pulls Paid Ads from Search-within-Search Results Page?
When Google launched its search within search feature, there was not too much reaction about it. One of the harshest reactions was a guest post...
Learning About Locations through Wikinear
Wikinear is a simple application that lets users to locate Wikipedia entries for locations nearest to where a user is currently located. It was designed...
.info Domains are Not Worthless!
While domain names with the TLD .info are highly associated with spam because of their low costs, the domains are not worthless or always associated...
Skype & Importance of Phone Numbers in a Meta Description
I’m not a big Internet Explorer user but today I’m using IE as my browser of choice. I noticed that when I launch Skype and...
Successful Networking Tips for LinkedIn and Facebook
This week was an interesting one at Search Engine Strategies New York as for the first time, I effectively used online networking tools to connect...
Natural SEO : Reciprocal Linking and Interlinking
This is my second natural SEO post attempting to foster FUD-free approach to search engine optimization. This time it’s about two most overused (but still...
Google Loses Some Search Numbers in February
The latest search engine results from comScore showed the almost the same trend in terms of ranking. Google still topped the charts beating once again...
Yahoo Turns to Radio Ads to Attract Search Engine Users
Is the number radio-listening population in the U.S. that significant for Yahoo to consider running (or airing) ads on radio programs to promote its search...
Gigablast Better than Google or Ask.com : According to Study
Gigablast, a personal favorite and privately owned and operated search engine, just released the findings of their search “taste test” where the majority of study...
Niche Marketing and Link Building Resources
The best things about niche link building is that it is (1) highly effective, (2) looks natural, and (3) lets you find targeted audience and...
Google Wants to Heal the World through Non-Profit Organizations
Google has launched its web portal for non-profit organizations. With various Google web tools available for non-profit organizations to use in their advocacy, development and...
Jason Calacanis & the Mahalo Work Ethic : SearchToons
We’re starting a new ongoing series here on Search Engine Journal of SearchToons, farside style cartoons depicting events in search engines and the search industry....
Ads in a Quality Score World Session at SES New York
As search marketers, quality score has played a huge role in our campaigns determining our bids and positions in the search engines. I just attended...
Google Denied EU-Wide Trademark on Gmail Name
Google Inc. lost their recent bid to obtain European Union-wide trademark protection for the term “Gmail”, the name of their web mail service. According to...
Hakia Licensing its Ontological Semantics Search Technology : OntoSem
Hakia.com, the semantics oriented meaning-based search engine, is now licensing its Ontological Semantic technology; hakia OntoSem. hakia OntoSem is a modular, extensible, and adaptable toolset...
Can Yahoo Deliver with its Detailed Financial Plan for 2008?
If there is one company that should be reading Yahoo’s 2008 financial plan, it’s got to be Microsoft. The detailed financial plan for 2008 which...
Search Around the World : Europe and the UK
Search Around the World : Europe and the UK : Andrew Girdwood of the UK, Thomas Bindl from Germany, Sebastian Langlois of France, and Joost...
Creating Compelling Ads at SES NY
If you are using paid search as one of your online marketing strategies (who isn’t, if you’re not, get with the program,) this was one...
Organic Listings Forum : Google PageRank, Blogs and Paid Links
How Relevant is Google PageRank? Reporting live from SES New York, Mike Grehan is moderating this open forum with Greg Boser, Dave Naylor and Jill...
How to Organize Your Keyword Modifiers to Create Long Tail Strategy
What is a keyword modifier? A modifier is a word that in combination with your core keyword creates your long tail strategy (definition by Dan...
Top Search Based Facebook Apps to Help You Find Anything
The intermixing of search and Facebook is minimal in terms of web search, as when I was browsing through the list of search oriented Facebook...
Microsoft Eyeing Ad Yield Management Solutions Provider, Rapt
Microsoft announced that it is planning to buy Rapt Inc., an advertising yield management solution for digital media publishers. Microsoft is planning to integrate Rapt...
Google: Bots Haven’t Broken Our Captchas Yet
As the amount of spam coming from Gmail accounts has been increasing in recent months, some have suggested that spammers have come up with a...
How to Build Links with Email Marketing
Quality links to your website remain one of the strongest contributors to high organic rankings in search engines. Plus, a link from a popular website...
Connect with Search Engine Journal on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn
Some of our readers have noticed that recently Search Engine Journal has been popping up in their Facebook Social Maps and Twitter accounts, and have...
12 Search Engines Which Can Replace Ask.com
Ask.com was/is one of the most resourceful and innovative search engines on the market and has claimed a relatively significant chunk of online search market....
Natural SEO FAQ – Linking In And Out
I plan on starting the short new series at SEJ explaining most dubious and controversial SEO questions from the keep-things-natural point of view. If you...
AOL Acquires Bebo for $850 Million
AOL has pulled off a major move in acquiring the social network Bebo for $850 million in cash from under the noses of Yahoo and...