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Google Acquires Security and Enterprise Solutions Company – Postini
The latest company to join Google is on-demand communications security and compliance solutions Postini. The deal was sealed today with Google purchasing Postini for a...
Yahoo! Tops Asia-Pacific Internet Usage Study
Based on the comprehensive survey conducted by comScore on the Internet behavior of Asia-Pacific countries, Yahoo emerged as the most visited site in the Asia-Pacific...
Diversify Your Search Marketing Campaign : 11 Alternatives to Google AdWords
During the Search Engine Strategies Miami conference last month, when a representative from Yahoo Search Marketing was taking questions, one attendee asked “Why should I...
MSN adCenter Defines Low Quality, Non-Billable Clicks
MSN adCenter is reporting on and defining low quality clicks and standard quality clicks within their system and taking the extra step to help fight...
Yahoo Search Marketing’s International Advertising Obstacles : Accounts & Currency
Yahoo Search Marketing Panama is currently expanding in the UK, specific EU countries, & Japan while the company plans to launch their new Panama interface...
Google Adwords’ Impression Share: Discovering Your Ad Campaigns Performance
Impression Share is a new Adwords performance metrics which shows the percentage of impressions where your ads were shown out of the total available impressions...
Local.com Stock Explodes After Awarded Text Message & Pay Per Call Advertising Patent
Local.com’s stock value has gone berzerk after the news hit over the holiday week of the local search company being granted a US Patent for...
Yahoo Using Social Media to Enhance Market Share in Phillipines & Abroad
Yahoo is taking an interesting approach to retaining its Filipino users and securing growth of Yahoo Search & other Yahoo services in the Pacific Rim...
eBay’s Kijiji Launches in the US, To Challenge Craigslist
Modeled on Craiglist, eBay has been operating classifieds marketplace Kijiji for some time outside the US. Now the company has entered the competitive and somewhat...
eBay & Firefox Launch eBay Browser
eBay is getting busier and busier partnering with web applications and now has worked together with Firefox to produce an eBay Firefox browser. Yesterday, Search...
Google Makes FeedBurner TotalStats & MyBrand Services Free
Wrapping up some of the news that went on over the Independence Day holidays, Google’s Feedburner announced on the 3rd that its two previously paid...
Google Image Search Spamming in Action : Hawaii Pictures
Received an email today via a private discussion group about some hotlinking and Google Image spamming for the term “hawaii pictures.” If you search for...
Google Targeted with Libel Claim in UK
One English company is trying to take Google to court over its inclusion of sites in the Google database which libel the company dotWORLDS. dotWORLDS...
Defining Google Search URL Parameters
Joost de Valk has been working on defining the URL parameters in Google Search result strings which have been increasing since Google began its personalized...
Hakia’s Semantic Search : The Answer to Poor Keyword Based Relevancy
Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia once said, “Search is part of the fundamental infrastructure of the Internet. And, it is currently broken.” And while...
Yahoo! Steps Up Online Advertising with SmartAds
Yahoo is stepping up its online advertising program with the launch of SmartAds, a behavioral targeting ad campaign which display ads that are tailored for...
Sharing the Sights and Sounds of Europe through YouTube
The European Commission in cooperation with YouTube has launched EUTube, a video portal showcasting the works of the European Union. The EC hopes to disseminate...
SEO & Blogging Success Story : Diabetes Blog Earns $40K per Year
There’s an old golden rule in terms of choosing a career or venture which still applies today, even to blogging; love your work. Being passionate...
Yahoo! Search Marketing (Panama) Adds Tools For Advertisers
The YSMBlog announced yesterday the addition of a few new tools in order to effectively help advertisers build out campaigns. While these changes seem to...
Adsense Referral 2.0 Gets Out of Beta, Now Available for All Publishers (?)
Inside Adsense announces that the recently launched (for beta testing) referral scheme for Adwords advertisers’ products will soon be available to all Adsense publishers in...
Enter the World Wide Wiki
As the world of Web 2.0 has brought many new components to the user, aside from social communities which keep emerging and showing growth, the...
How to Protect Your Site from Canonical Triggers
What happens when search engine spiders get lost? They cannot figure out what way to go on your site. They sometimes get confused or other...
Yahoo’s Patrick Crane Joins LinkedIn as Vice President of Marketing
The business networking social media company LinkedIn has announced that they have hired Patrick Crane as their new VP of Marketing. Prior to LinkedIn, Patrick...
Google Enterprise Search Teams Up with Ingram Micro
Google is expanding the usage of its enterprise search solutions by teaming up with Ingram Micro, one of the world’s largest technology products distributors. Google...
Yahoo! Blocked in China
Guess what… Yahoo.com is available again:) Would love to know what the cause was of their unavailability. I’ll keep monitoring to see if things change....
Kosmix.com : Search Start-up Looking for “Meaning” in Search Queries
What do Stanford grads Anand and Venky have in common with Google founders, Larry and Sergie? One, they were batch mates. And two, they are...
Google Earth Goes Socially Relevant, Reaches Out to Non-Profit Organizations
Showing that it is not only a profit-oriented company, Google launches its own socially relevant program called Google Earth Outreach. Utilizing the power of its...
Chris Tolles Named New Topix CEO
Topix, the community driven local news search experience, has a new CEO with a familiar face. Chris Tolles, the long time VP of Marketing for...
Google Further Explains Why It Is Buying DoubleClick
Today in Google’s Public Policy Blog, Alex Kinnear, Group Product Manager traces the history why Google decided on buying out ad serving company, Double Click....
New Kosmix Topical Search & Social Networking Project Focuses on Health & Medical Information
Kosmix, the topical and categorical search engine, is powering the search application on RevolutionHealth.com, the health and medical website that marries expert health content and...