Search Engine Journal

Motely Fool Reported on what would have been a “blockbuster” deal for us online marketers. Two of the BIG players in the social space partnering up. It was reported by Kara Swisher, from AllThingsD.com, Facebook offered $500 million in stock for Twitter.
The details and financials of such a deal are long and have many components before [...]

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Hitwise reports that Google has accounted for 71% of all US searches in the month of August., an increase of over 11% since its market share last year. Yahoo got 18.26% market share, MSN 5.32% and Ask.com ended with 3.45% of all US searches.

Key facts in report:

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In a declining economy (or stagnant one,) seach engine marketing, or online marketing for that matter, has proven to be successful for many business owners, affiliate marketers, and individuals. To my surprise, “Advertiser counts for all three major search engines were flat to lower in Q2, with MSN’s active client count dropping nearly 20%, according [...]

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As most of you already know, Microsoft and Yahoo have been in talks over the past year of a possible buyout which has left a sour taste in the mouth of many executives and investors in regards to not being able to come to an agreement.
While Google stood in the sidelines watching, they have reached [...]

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As you may already know or heard, the interest in mobile is one of the hottest topics for online marketers. Technology from the iPhone, Blackberry and other phones are making it a lot easier for users to browse the web through their phones. According to Opera, State of the Mobile Web, mobile use increased by [...]

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As Google launches Knol, its weapon to battle Wikipedia, many ask themselves if Google will dominate its own search results, which in search, already dominates the market.
 Forbes.com posted a very interesting article (I believe it came from PaidContent.org – want to cite the right source,) “Iteration #419: Is Google A Content Company?” which poses a [...]

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According to eWeek.com, former Google engineers have launched a new search engine that could index even more sites than that of Google. The name of the search engine is Cuil (pronounced “cool”) and has already gone live.
Cuil is said to index sites online faster and cheaper than that of Google, but that is yet [...]

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Following great privacy concerns for online users for many years now, Yahoo is taken another step forward to protect users’ web activity.
CNNMoney reports, “Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters to 33 companies asking detailed questions about how they serve up Web ads to customers and whether they collect or store [...]

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AOL has re-launched their video platform with a new redesign and model that has proven to work…it’s called Social Media. With the success of YouTube and many other video sharing sites, and video in general, AOL is debuting their new video platform with a whole new look and feel to it.
“The redesigned AOL Video portal [...]

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Though the iPhone may be considered the best phone for internet mobile use, Google has improved its search results for the Blackberry. As Googles goal is to help users search more efficiently, these improvements to the Blackberry will do just that.
As reported in the Google Mobile Blog, the new update features:

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