Search Engine Journal

Microsoft announces that it will be delivering video ads solution to the Online Video Networks of the Associated Press. Using its MSN Video product, Microsoft has reached an agreement with Atlas AdManager to develop a system whereby AP media member and customer websites can now sell local video ads on their sites. This is the […]

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Over the weekend, the Delicious Blog (well, still del.icio.us but they plan on dropping the dots very soon) posted this easy to follow video on what social bookmarking is and how Delicious (and its 2.5 + million users) works, enjoy.

Sure, it’s a bit annoying, but simply runs through the aspects of tagging, bookmarking and sharing […]

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The Official Google Blog announced today that Google Trends now offers the ability to track different search trends and compare on a daily basis with new daily updates.
Google Trends users can select to view trends for the last 30 days and Google Trends reports on the increases and decreases in search volume for certain […]

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Yahoo Search has expanded its running of limited live tests of its new Yahoo Search Assist driven search result pages which sport a new layout and drop down menu for refining search queries to best match user intent.
The new Yahoo UI places the search box on the top left hand side of the screen, with […]

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The joint effort by Yahoo, HuffingtonPost.com and Slate.com to offer a web based Presidential Debate for the Democratic Primaries has now attracted 1 million viewers over the course of 10 days : Democratic Candidate Mashup and Debate.
A first, the customizable online debate has drawn interest, especially from younger potential voters with stats showing view times […]

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Google is testing a new version of GMail amongst a group of private web testers according to Garett Rogers of ZDnet. Rogers does not have any screenshots, but found out via new GMail UI information :
Well, Google lets every-day users who are fluent in both English and another language translate small snippets of English […]

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Since my last update on the Chinese search world all the major players have been very active in launching new channels and products.
I like to start with the latest report from China IntelliConsulting Corporation (CIC) that researched the current market shares of the search engines in China. CIC conducted a survey in Beijing, Shanghai […]

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Yesterday I had the priveledge of being asked to do a guest spot on SEO 101, the Webmaster Radio show hosted by David Brown of Neo1Seo, Brian Mark of Toolbarn.com and Carolyn Shelby.
Here’s the Podcast of the show:

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SEO 101 is […]

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When it comes to analyzing the performance of your website, there is a seemingly endless (well, at least a few hundred) list of factors to consider. Faced with so many analytics options, how do you determine which criteria will be the most useful for grading your website? And how many different factors […]

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Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google have hit the Forbes Top 10 Richest Americans List, with each of these search geniuses worth $18.5 Billion.
Other search oriented people on the list? Microsoft’s Bill Gates ranks #1 with a net worth of $59 Billion and Google’s Super Partner Michael Dell is ranked #8 with a net […]

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