Yahoo Intros New Search Robot – Yahoo! Slurp
Yahoo just got a step closer to dropping the Google search results from its search function and replacing them with Yahoo’s own Inktomi search engine-...
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Search ads help bring viewers to news sites
Search ads help bring viewers to news sites
UCmore Search Engine Tool Cleans Up Image
In a time when more and more search toolbars and browser based web surfing enhancers are stirring up the controversy of secretly placing themselves on...
Can Friendster Type Social Networking Make Money?
Google launched Orkut, Lycos is dropping normal search for friend networking, and Friendster is popping up clones all over the place. Social Networking has become...
Will Paid Search Engine Advertising Slow Down?
According to the new eMarketer Search Engine Marketing report, US paid search ad spending growth peaked in 2003, but it will exceed one-third of all...
Vivisimo Takes Bite at eBay Search Listings
Vivisimo, developer of Internet clustering search technology that groups search results into instant categories, has taken on the super messy product listings on eBay. eBay’s...
Activist Ads Dumped from Google AdWords
Google, the web’s top search engine, according to a news release, has banned the ads of an environmental group protesting major cruise line Royal Caribbean’s...
Internet marketing more effective than TV ads
Internet marketing more effective than TV ads
Local Search gets 25% of Online Buyers
The findings of a new survey of more than 5,000 online buyers conducted by The Kelsey Group and BizRate.com reveal that local commercial searches-those seeking...
Lycos to Drop Search Image, Goes Social Networking
Lycos has decided to throw in the Search Engine/Portal towell and dip into the realm of Social Networking, according to sources. Instead of trying to...
Paid Search Advertising: $2 Billion in 2004
US paid search advertising spending soared 123% over the previous year, rising from $923 million in 2002 to over $2 billion last year, according to...
Google Adwords Support Chinese Language Ads
Google, the web’s top search engine and search advertising network, introduced new online advertising services and payment options aimed at winning more customers in the...
FindWhat & eSpotting Search Advertising Firms Merge
FindWhat.com, a pay-per-click search engine advertising firm (a solid paid search service – with solid partners and a sound global reputation), finally announced today the...
Online advertising drew lower direct response rates in Q4
Online advertising drew lower direct response rates in the fourth quarter because of the higher volume of ads and more advertisers using them for branding,...
The 5 steps to successfully building a good e-commerce Web site
Register a .com, a .biz, a .cc or a .ca domain name (.ca are reserved for Canadian companies only). Whether you’re looking to reserve domain...
Website Usability & Search Engine Optimization
Today, I will slightly steer away from the subject of search engine optimization and instead present what should be the most important considerations when designing...
Microsoft has opened up a beta version of its long awaited MSN search engine
Microsoft has opened up a beta version of its long awaited MSN search engine
MSN + Google = Netscape : The Search Engine Wars
The search engine war between Google and MSN is generating some nasty tactics reminiscent of the Microsoft vs. Netscape battle of the mid ’90’s. Those...
IBM progressing on the development of its search engine technology
IBM would like to see its WebFountain supercomputing project become the next big thing in Web search.
Modifying Search Engine Keyphrases
Modifiers in search engine phrases are used for two main reasons: to increase the percentage of ideal prospects in the traffic the phrase attracts, and...
Search Engine Optimization for Good Rankings
1) Relevant Domain Name- Purchase a domain name for your site that is relevant to the search terms. If you are optimizing for “blog search...
Microsoft Beta Testing New Search Engine
Microsoft’s MSN division has launched a sneak peek beta test of its new MSN Search Engine. The new MSN Search is a full speed ahead...
Content Management Systems and their relation to SEO
A lot has been said about Content Management Systems (CMS) in the past. Since search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimisation (SEO) are now...
The latest on update Austin (Google’s January update)
Some of the websites that haven’t been hit too hard in Google’s Florida update (November 2003) got hit real hard on or around January 23....
What If Google Didn’t Like Blogs?
Google likes Blogs. Blogs do well in Search Results Listings on Google. This is because Blogs contain fresh content and are richly interlinked, despite their...
Can you really place a website on the very first page of Google?
I often get emails and letters asking me if it’s really possible to get a site placed on top of the search engine results pages...
Protect your site against a potential penalty
With the Robots.txt protocol, a webmaster or web site owner can really protect himself if it is done correctly. Today, web domain names are certainly...
Google having second thoughts about its IPO
Google is reported to be having second thoughts about its $16bn flotation in the spring because of concerns that market conditions are not yet right.
Yahoo, Ask, InfoSpace Profit from Search Advertising
With 3.3 billion searches conducted every month in the U.S., and a lucrative advertising market swelling, search is one of the most attractive businesses on...
Google, AOL Sued Over Keyword Advertising
Google and AOL were slapped with a lawsuit filed this week by the American Blind and Wallpaper Factory. Suits against search term advertising have intensified...
4 E-Commerce Digital Marketing Strategies For 2022
Forbes
January 11, 2022
If you manage e-commerce digital marketing campaigns, these strategies can save you time and help grow your traffic, sales and your bottom line. See More
Eight Ways Businesses Are Adopting Innovative Streaming During Social Distancing
Forbes
May 20, 2020
Streaming video technology is more important than ever. See More