Long Tail of Shopping Search : SES San Jose
The long tail session is hitting all of the blended areas of serach, which is in itself Long Tail. Aaron Shear is speaking now about...
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Long Tail Local Search : SES San Jose
Long tail search goes far beyond normal organic SEO and deep into local search. Mary Bowling is speaking at SES San Jose about the long...
Build Relationships with Bloggers via Facebook & Social Networks
Being a search marketer and avid link builder, yesterday I ran across a blog which was perfect for contributing a quality post to on behalf...
We Are Too Dependent on GMail
There must have been a rather large shortage of tech & search news yesterday as it seems a GMail hiccup by Google shut the service...
Blinkx Moves To Acquire Miva Advertising
Blinkx, the video search engine and video search technology firm, is moving to acquire search advertising and contextual ad firm Miva, which has been hit...
Google Launches Free Music Download Service in China
Google has launched a free music downloading service in China which lets users download licensed songs, which will be supplied by music companies in exchange...
Yahoo Paid Search Submit Experiencing Problems After Update
A collegue and Search Engine Journal reader emailed me over the weekend, to let me know that the Yahoo Paid Inclusion (Yahoo Search Submit) feed...
Delicious.com Relaunches : Enhanced Speed, Search & Design with No Dots
Yahoo is launching the new version of Delicious.com (del.icio.us) today and with or without the dots, the company seems to be moving on with its...
Google & Yahoo Spent $1.36 Million in Lobbying Last Quarter
Google and Yahoo spent a combined $1.36 Million last quarter in lobbying according to the Associated Press, with Yahoo spending $630,000 and Google topping off...
Google UK Extending Financial Services Comparison Trial : Death to UK Quotes Sites?
Comparing quotes from financial services is a big market in the UK, as sites which deliver quotes from unsecured loan, car insurance and even pet...
How to Combat Complaints Sites in Google : Open Discussion
Combatting complaints sites in Google results has become an ongoing issue for many companies, as consumer complaints from years ago can appear on the front...
AOL Integrates Goowy Into Platform-A Widget Ads
AOLs Platform-A is now offering Goowy’s widget creation and management services as part of its widget distribution offering for advertisers. AOL purchased Goowy back in...
Google Buying Digg for $200 Million.. Why?
Rumors are spreading all over the blogosphere that Google and Digg are talking acquisition again as Google will be buying Digg for $200 million and...
Google Penalties and Building Trust : Ongoing SEO Task?
Google has been known to issue out all kinds of penalties over the years; even Search Engine Journal was penalized a while back (or our...
Yahoo Will Sell to Microsoft for $33 Per Share
Yahoo’s Jerry Yang has sent out an email to Yahoo shareholders disclosing that the company is willing to sell itself to Microsoft for $33 per...
Save 20% on Best of the Web Ads & Listings
Best of the Web is running a July offer which is giving its advertisers and online marketers 20% off of all BOTW.org advertisements, with the...
Keyword Research, Link Building & Linking Diversity
Excellent article by Dave Harry on the nuances of link building and keeping a diverse yet strategic keyword expansion plan in focus from the ground...
NewsDay.com Penalized for Selling Crap Links
If you’re going to openly sell crap links on the footer of your site to Mesothelioma Lawyers, Ticket Scalpers, Personal Injury Law Firms and other...
Trickle Down Link-O-Nomics : Reaching the Messenger
Link building is a dynamic art form, which is constantly redefining itself and coming up with new techniques which may be more efficient, and more...
Microsoft Acquires Powerset Semantic Search Technology
The power of excellent public relations and positioning a company as an alternative to the technological norm has paid off for Powerset, the semantics oriented...
From Microsoft to Google, and Back Again : Insider Perspective
A Microsoft Engineer leaves Microsoft to work at Google, and then decides to head back to Microsoft after spending time in the Google development system....
LinkedIn Launches DirectAds : Targeted Advertising
LinkedIn is putting together a smarter way to monetize itself with the launch of LinkedIn DirectAds (currently under limited testing), which lets advertisers target ads...
John Carcutt Wins $10,000 SEJ Contest : Donates Prize to Orphanage
The results of the $10,000 Search Engine Journal Guest Blogging competition are finally in after the great SEJ Blog Off between John Carcutt and Richard...
Twellow.com : Directory of Twitter Users
Twellow is a new Twitter Directory which has been launched by the folks at iEntry/WebProNews and looks like it will be quite a piece of...
Google Sued for $1 Billion in Software Stealing Dispute
Google is the target of a one billion dollar lawsuit by LimitNone, a software company which claims Google has taken trade secrets from the company...
Google Has the Best Reputation Amongst American Consumers
Google has topped the Harris Interactive Reputation Quotient which asks US consumers to first identify the 60 most visible companies and then to rank these...
Link Building Steps : Clean Up Your Own Backyard
In preparation for a presentation this week on the importance of link building and steps to an efficient and effective link building strategy, I am...
Yahoo Loses Top Social Media Brains : The Day the Music Died
Another critical piece of the Yahoo machine has left the garage, as Joshua Schachter, who Yahoo brought in when they acquired Del.icio.us back in 2005,...
Yahoo Adds New Email Domains : YMail.com & Rocketmail.com
In an effort to boost its webmail usage or delay the exodus of free mail users from Yahoo to Google GMail, Yahoo has introduced the...
High Oil & Gas Prices Could Boost Internet Says Google
Putting a very thin silver lining on the dark cloud of petroleum dependency, Google’s Vint Cerf (who is commonly referred to as the father of...
4 E-Commerce Digital Marketing Strategies For 2022
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January 11, 2022
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Eight Ways Businesses Are Adopting Innovative Streaming During Social Distancing
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May 20, 2020
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