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Yahoo’s Struggle to Avoid Microsoft Takeover Continues, Speeds Up Talk with AOL
As Yahoo continues to struggle in trying to avoid a possible Microsoft takeover, its search for an ally continues as well. Despite pressures on the...
Ask.com Cuts 40 Jobs, Gary Price Among Those Laid Off
Ask.com has followed Yahoo in laying off a good percentage of its workforce, with the announcement that 8% of its employees, totaling 40 people, will...
Google VP is New Facebook COO
Sheryl Sandberg, the Vice President of Global Online Sales & at Google for six years, has deflected to Facebook where she will serve as their...
SMX West Round-up
The Santa Clara convention center is rather big. Its sprawling footprint crosses seven or eight zip codes, several counties and encompasses at least three unique...
Yahoo Unveils New Tool for Mobile Content Management
Continuing their efforts in the mobile realm, Yahoo surprised us today with the launch of onePlace, a mobile application that aggregates and filters content for...
AdWords Automatic Matching – Lamborghini-Ad for: “reelect obama 2012” Query, Right!
Google launched without making much public fuzz about it, the beta tests of a new feature for Google AdWords called “Automatic Matching”. Dan Thies over...
Microsoft Upgrades adCenter Analytics Tool
Still remember Project Gatineau? Microsoft’s analytics tools and its direct answer to Google Analytics. Yes, it’s still alive and working despite the lack of announcements...
Tellme to Yahoo: Don’t Worry About Microsoft Takeover
Over the weekend, the AP ran a story about Tellme, a Silicon Valley company which makes the technology behind directory assistance and other voice-controlled services...
Future of Ask.com? Layoffs, but keeping Teoma
Last week it was rumored that there would soon be some big shake-ups over at IAC’s Ask.com, including layoffs and the possible abandonment of Teoma,...
Compete Acquired for $75 Million
Compete has been acquired by TNS (Taylor Nelson Sofres plc) for $75 million, adding the Compete analytics and web traffic tracking suite to its current...
Dedicated vs. Shared IP Addresses and SEO
Is having a dedicated IP address critical for achieving great Google rankings and if an IP address is shared among many sites, is the PageRank...
Google Print Ads Running in 750 Newspapers, Yahoo Partners with 634 Newspapers
Google Print Ads, the arm of Google AdWords which runs ads in remnant newspaper ad space, is now working with over 750 newspapers according to...
Search Marketing Jobs : GoDaddy.com and JOBFOX
Sifting through the new search marketing job openings on the SEJ Search Marketing Jobs Board and noticed some rather nice companies currently have openings for...
Pluggd : Keyword Matching Within Videos
With the rapid rise in video and audio content online, there is an immediate need for search technologies that can catalog and search media content...
Google Webmaster Tools Not Updating Sitelinks
I’ve noticed that the Search Engine Journal listings in Google have been showing Sitelinks for a good month or so now, but noticed that those...
Mahalo : Like It or Not, It’s a Good Service for Web Users
After some discussions at SMX last week with other members of the search marketing industry (community) I was quite surprised to find that I am...
Yahoo Faces Second Lawsuit from Chinese Dissidents
Yahoo Inc. has been sued by a group of Chinese political activists who claim that the company aided the Chinese government in tracking the online...
Yahoo: Microsoft Bid Has Been a Distraction
On Wednesday in the company’s annual report, Yahoo admitted that its executives have been distracted by Microsoft’s unsolicited acquisition bid, and indicated the possibility that...
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Unite on Cross-Submission of Sitemaps
In trying to help webmaster’s life easier, at least the three top search engines could agree on something. As announced in their respective webmasters’ blogs,...
Why Mahalo will Fail and the Problems with General Search
Jason Calacanis talked at Gnomdex 7 in September 2007 about the days on the internet when only a handful new site appeared on the web...
Analyzing Your Competitor’s Backlinking Strategies
This is my third post on competitive research here at SEJ; so if you missed the first two, check them out: Evaluating your overall competition;...
Google Now Powering Opera Mini Mobile Search
Users of Opera Mini as the default browser of their mobile phones will be surprised to find out by March 1 that the mobile phone...
Google AdSense Updates Terms and Conditions
If you are an AdSense publisher, don’t be surprised when the next time you login to your AdSense account, a new window will be displayed...
Yahoo Search Marketing Minimum Bids Changing : Dependent on Keyword
Yahoo! Search Marketing is changing the minimum bid amounts on Sponsored Search keywords. Yahoo says that the changes are intended to help advertisers better align...
Blended Search Revolution at SMX West
Sitting in on the Blended Search track at SMX West, the first presentation of the day is on blended search with representatives David Bailey from...
Google to Invest in Undersea Cable
Google, along with five other telcom companies, is investing $300 million into the construction of an 10,000 km undersea cable to carry data to and...
Selecting Your SEO Competition : Thinking Young
Last week I wrote my first post here on SEO competitive research and promised to follow up on exploring your competitor’s most effective techniques. But...
Yahoo Wants to Redefine SERPs, Adapts “Open” Approach
Yahoo is introducing an open approach to the results being displayed by its search engine. Soon, Yahoo search result would contain not just your traditional...
Yahoo Follows the Path of Digg and Others, Launches Yahoo! Buzz!
Yahoo finally opens up its much anticipated Digg-like content portal, Yahoo! Buzz. Yahoo! Buzz is an extension of Yahoo.com and is similar to top social...
Pension Funds Sue Yahoo for Stalling Microsoft Takeover
Two U.S. pension funds have now sued Yahoo over their efforts to thwart off a Microsoft takeover, and instead entertain less profitable alternatives. The lawsuit...