Entries from March 2007
A few days after unveiling its Plus Box search results, Google announces a new mobile search engine that is more tailored to a user’s needs. In a nutshell, the new Google mobile search experience is all about:
Getting relevant and specific information, right in the user’s mobile homepage - this includes direct link to […]
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For this week’s SEO Clinic the Search Engine Journal SEO team chose an independent blogger who has the dream of sailing around the world, from Europe to Australia (by way of the Americas) and blogging about his trip live, via a satellite modem and other mobile blogging tools.
Background & BigOceans
Kind of a Kevin Sites […]
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Over at Search Engine Watch, Kevin Newcomb is reporting that a judge has finalized the approval of the settlement which was reached last June by Yahoo and the Checkmate Strategic Group.
“Judge Snyder’s final approval of the settlement validates the strength of Yahoo’s clickthrough protection systems and our commitment to delivering a quality experience to both […]
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Last week, Google announced the beta test of their new pay-per-action (PPA) advertising program. In addition, Google mentioned a new ad format, the text link ad (which will presumably be similar to the current referral text link unit.), would be available. This new ad format, along with the new PPA (or affiliate) model, […]
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Last week Yahoo introduced their oneSearch mobile search experience for the majority of cell phones which offer Internet access. This week, Yahoo is working to fortify its innovative hold on the mobile search market with a suite of services which enable publishers to increase the discovery, distribution and monetization of their content via oneSearch; Yahoo […]
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There’s a lot of discussion going on the websphere about the death of newspapers and print journalism lately. Although many are starting to believe that the dawn of newspapers and print journalism is starting to unfold, some won’t accept it. Don Dodge believes its just being disrupted by the internet, as all the other information […]
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Finally some positive spin on the practice of search engine optimization has come from Calacanis.com, but not from the potty-mouth of Jason, who had this to say about SEO:
90% of the SEO market is made up of snake oil salesman. These are guys in really bad suits trying to get really naive people to sign […]
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Amit Agarwal has unearthed a new shortcut for Google’s Gmail which lets users instantly Trash a mail by hitting the “#” button (shift-3).
The user can also select multiple emails and do a mass delete by using this shortcut. For some reason, the GMail delete shortcut is not listed on the GMail Shortcuts page
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One reason I use Yahoo Maps is its ability to send directions to the mobile phone via text messaging, a feature which I along with many others, would like to see Google Maps install.
MapQuest has taken the Maps2Phone service one step ahead with its new “Send to Cell” service that lets users create detailed […]
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Looks like somebody took the cue from a question asked recently on whose going to be the TV guide of online video. And it’s none other than, well, you guess it right, TV Guide, TV viewers most trusted program guide for 53 years now. Yahoo Tech News reports via AP, says that it’s finally going […]
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