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Guides, reviews, and comparisons of must-have free and paid tools for search engine optimization, pay-per-click marketing, social media marketing, and content marketing.
Top Search Queries in Google Webmaster Tools
Google’s Webmaster Tools’ top search queries just got better with the expansion of its time coverage, top query percentage and search data upload via CSV...
Google Updates Web Analytics, Relaunches Urchin
Google announced three new features of its web analytics service, site search reporting, event tracking and an updated version of the almost forgotten Urchin software....
Microsoft Live Launches Online Event Management Service
Microsoft Live adds an event management service to its suite of free web services. Though Live Events is not new on the web anymore, the...
Windows Live SkyDrive Soars Higher with New Features
Microsoft Windows online storage facility, Live SkyDrive (previously Live Drive) gets some useful improvements. Registered users of the Skydrive can now upload files of up...
Microsoft Unveils HealthVault, Online Health Info Storage
Looks like Microsoft has taken one step ahead of Google this time, when it officially unveiled the company’s latest online offering, the Microsoft HealthVault. The...
Google Presently Launches : Google’s Online Collaborative Apps is Now Complete
The much awaited application that would complete Google’s online collaborative suite is finally here as Google has launched Google presentation, an online tool for creating,...
Yahoo to Launch HackDays’ MapMixer
Yahoo is launching a new feature of its Local Maps which lets users interpolate a non-Yahoo maps into an existing Yahoo Maps to come out...
Introducing Google’s In-car Local Search
Google is following up its Google Maps Send to Car facility, which enables sending business listing to cars enabled with BMW Assist Service, with another...
Yahoo Pipes Part 4: Analyzing Sphinn
Sphinn is a brand new player in the social media space that many of you are already familiar. It’s still young, but the calling of...
Yahoo! Toolbar Teams Up With Home/Office Store for a Safer Web Browsing
CA Inc, leading information technology management company is teaming up with Yahoo! with the upcoming release of a CA/Yahoo toolbar that will be packaged with...
Picasa Web Albums Updates, New API Features
Google’s free web album, Picasa introduces some great new features which were the top requests of Picasa Web Album users. Google’s Data API blog enumerated...
Google Gives NonProfit Organizations More Free Apps
Perhaps in order to promote its committment to upholding its social responsibility, Google is extending premium tools of its online communication and collaboration tool, Google...
Introducing Google Mapplets, A Mashup of Mashups on Google Maps
I know that’s a lot of “maps” there in the title. It’s a bit of an exaggeration actually but that’s how I see this new...
New Google Maps Drag and Drop Feature
Google added last Thursday a nice little video to their YouTube account without mentioning anything significant to their blogs as they usually do for announcements...
Google Introduces Google Gadget Ventures
Ever wanted to develop your own useful and fully functional Google gadget but could not push through with your ideas due to time and financial...
Yahoo Pipes Social Bookmarks Search
Yahoo Pipes, to date, seems one of those unsung tools that could really be useful, especially to SEOs. However, when I scour the sixty plus...
Windows’ Live’s Virtual Earth 3D Beta
MSN Live Search is testing its 3D map facility called Virtual Earth 3D. Obviously a spin off of Google’s 3D mapping service, Google Earth. From...
Trellian Keyword Database Change
The popular keyword research tool from Trellian, called Keyword Discovery, changes their database to rely on their tool bar users only (like Alexa) instead of...
Google Local Business Center Address Verification II
Last December Google introduced the Local Business Center and allowed businesses to provide their address, phone numbers, website, offered services, business hours, accepted payment methods,...
Ranking Factors Simplified Quick Reference
Just for the sake of it did I create a simplified version of the much more detailed search engine ranking factors 2007 document, which was...
Yahoo! Partners with Ebay’s Paypal for Checkout Program
Yahoo! and Ebay’s Paypal has entered into a partnership that would allow Yahoo advertisers added visibility and value on Yahoo search results. With the Yahoo-Paypal...
Widgetized Google Talk?
Google updates its web IM application on Tuesday with the following cool new features to boot: Pop it out now – Google Talk can now...
Google Lets Users Customize Own Maps
Google is introducing its MyMaps which will let users create their own maps using Google Maps. Interestingly called myMaps, this free tool will allow Google...
Yahoo! Launches Widgets 4.0
Riding on newsweek statement that 2007 will be the year of Widgets, Yahoo! is relaunching its previously named Yahoo Widget Engine with a faster, lighter,...
Putting An End To Supplemental Hell Because Of Site Moves, Site Restructure Or Big Site Launch
Loren’s post and Matt Cutts comment about sites being de-listed from Google because of down-time and also some discussions about problems with site moves from one...
Want to learn for real how to increase conversion, sales and ROI?
Marketing Experiments is looking for quallified Research Partners for the year 2007 who will work together with MEC using their GrowthEngine technology and methodology on...
Intelligence Land Search Watch & Who Hit It Wise?
SearchEngineWatch.com seems to be prepared for the leave of Danny Sullivan, the founder of SEW and it head editor for over a decade. While Danny...
Google Spreadsheets Launching Today
Google Spreadsheets Launching Today In what may be a nice break from all of the unusually boring, complicated and ‘over your head’ releases from Google...
Google Gives Away Free Downloads of SketchUp
Google Gives Away Free Downloads of SketchUp Via blogSEO, I learned that you can grab a free copy of Google SketchUp, “an easy-to-learn 3D modeling...
Yahoo Toolbar Adds del.icio.us Tool
Yahoo Toolbar Adds del.icio.us Tool In what can be seen as a big step in the evolution of bookmarks & tagging beyond the tech crowd...