Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
Search Engine Land's feed keeps you updated throughout the day on the latest news with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Live, Ask.com and the world of search engine marketing, optimization and search engines in general.
Just last week at SMX West, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said his short-term goal for Bing is to gain a point here or a tenth there — to chip away and slowly increase its share of the search market....
Here are the three strategies that are conversion deal-breakers for e-commerce web sites. Get these strategies right, and you should be able to optimize your way to higher conversion rates. Get any...
Business buyers use search engines throughout the entire research and buying process. For this reason, most B2B marketers utilize search marketing as a cost-effective
way to build brand awareness, ...
Metrics firm comScore released some new quarterly mobile data that shows strong growth for Android handsets in the US and an increase in mobile web usage:
RIM showed modest growth while the iPhone...
In Search Month European Edition we bring you a monthly update of European search news, with related links to full coverage. Here’s what happened in February.
Googlers convicted in Italy. The bigge...
A change in information architecture (IA) can make or break your in-house SEO program . A successful IA makeover can open up a window to previously unimagined search engine domination, or it can ...
Collecta has just announced the launch of a mobile version of its real-time search engine. The mobile site is available at m.collecta.com.
Like it main site, Collecta mobile includes real-time news...
Bing sent me a link to their new UK Bing commercial. The new UK ad blitz by Microsoft is aimed at capturing market share from Google in that region.
Here is that commercial.
*** Read the full pos...
Search Engine Roundtable
::: THE PULSE OF THE SEARCH MARKETING COMMUNITY :::
A well-rounded view on search engines and search engine marketing by senior members of the major SEO/SEM forums on the Internet.
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web....
Google and Chuck Norris have a long history. If you go to Google.com and search for [find chuck norris] and hit, "I'm feeling lucky" button you will be taken to this result that reads: Google won't...
As many of you know, Microsoft is conducting a major ad blitz in the UK in order to capture market share for Bing, their search engine. Bing's product manager sent me a link to one of the new comme...
If you visit MSN.com today, you may notice a new look and feel for the site. The beta design is now the new official look for MSN. Like it or not, this is the new look for now. Greg Sterling...
An updated Google Webmaster Help thread has confirmed reports from Google's "sreeram" that Google is updating the Site Performance reports in Google Webmaster Tools. During this update, Google has ...
I am finally back from my trip to Israel and one thing that kind of bothered me while I was there was that whenever I went to Google.com, it redirected me to Google.co.il. I know, that is how it sh...
Android powered TV search boxes are being tested by Googlers, according to the Wall Street Journal. Google Inc. is testing a new television-programming search service with Dish Network Corp., accor...
A long time requested feature, bike directions, have been added to Google Maps. Both the Google Blog and Google Lat Long Blog have details about the addition. First, here is a video demo: Dark gree...
SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog
SEOmoz, a Seattle-based search engine optimization company, serves as a hub for search marketers worldwide, providing education, tools, resources and paid services.
Posted by richardbaxterseo
Technical problems, errors and surprise releases are all regular features in the day to day management of a website when you’re an SEO. There’s no doubt that maintaining a...
Posted by jennita
Note: This post will make you smile, possibly even laugh. It won't however teach you much about SEO. You've been warned.
Last week I attended SMX West in Santa Clara, California an...
Posted by randfish
WARNING: Get ready to read with this one. There aren't a ton of fun graphics or quick bullet points, but I do promise that if you read through, you'll feel much more knowledgeable...
Posted by randfish
Despite being a seemingly simple topic, this one seems to stymie even experienced SEOs. There's a natural conflict that creates the issue - the more keywords you target on a singl...
Posted by RobOusbey
Search Engine Optimization covers a huge range of tactics - all of which can bring direct benefit to a website. In this post, I've shared examples of different tactics used at di...
Posted by randfish
This week, despite still being seriously under the weather (see this week's sad WB Friday), I flew down to SMX West to speak on the Link Building Strategies panel. Although I'd wa...
Posted by great scott!
Sure, you use Twitter as a social media tool, but have you ever considered it as an SEO research tool? No? Well watch and learn this week to find out how you can harness it in...
Posted by Danny Dover
Today I am proud to announce the launch of the second version of Open Site Explorer. Since SEOmoz has officially moved out of consulting, we are now able to put our full resou...
Search Engine Watch
Keep updated with major stories about search engine marketing and search engines as published by Search Engine Watch.
You can successfully build links to any type of Web site in just 30 minutes a day. Here's how. ...
There's a growing divide between online marketers who enjoy organic search and those who prefer paid search. What do your preferences say about you? ...
SEO is a best practices game. Understanding how not to over optimize is an important part of the mix. ...
Some survival tips for when you're asked to work with your clients' other agencies. ...
At some point in your career as an SEO manager, you may decide to leave your current employer for greener pastures. How you help your soon-to-be former employer during this time says a lot about yo...
Tips on MSN search, blocking referrers, choosing your network, and a look at some promising Yahoo betas. ...
A look at the most popular search engines, top industries, and search marketing best practices in Italy. ...
A physical address has huge online implications. While you're covering your assets, make sure to build up your presence for local-based searches. ...
Search Engine Journal
Latest Search Engine News from the Search Engine Journal
ComScore has just released its February search engine rankings data. And while there’s nothing new in terms of who is on top, who gained and who lost, what’s surprising about it is that among all t...
With the ever growing site traffic of of YouTube mobile site, it is not surprising that Google will take advantage of this to serve advertisements. In 2009, YouTube mobile’s site traffic increa...
While you are pondering on the points made by Todd about online retirement, here’s a worthwile albeit healthy activity that you may want to consider – biking. And to help you navigate your way thro...
A lot of today’s top copywriters got their start in direct mail, broadcasting and catalog pieces. Back then, the medium was strictly rooted in the “Push” era – we shovel out the content, you ta...
“Burningly it came on me all at once,
This was the place! those two hills on the right,
Crouched like two bulls locked horn in horn in fight;
While to the left, a tall scalped mountain… Dunce,
Dot...
Xmarks is one of those FireFox plugins that I’ve been using for ages. I mentioned it in my one of the first FireFox tool overviews and I still find it awesome.
With some (arguably) great “social” ...
I pretty much remember when talks about Google launching its own store for web apps started circulating before. But Google remained mum about it until now. The Google Apps Marketplace has been la...
Welcome to another edition of ‘7 Days of Search and Social‘ – so, how are we now? Last week was a pretty busy one out in the trenches, especially considering that SMX was on (generally slows the bl...
Search Engine Optimization, Google Optimization - RSS Feeds
Search Engine Optimization, Google Optimization - RSS Feeds
There are several instances when you administer WordPress blogs where you will need to perform a 3 1 redirect. It is one of the most important corrective actions you can take when moving content. N...
If you re looking for a web analytics program but don t want to use Google Analytics you might want to give CrawlTrack a look. This web application goes beyond simple analytics to help secure your...
Google has earned the wrath of publishers before. You d be upset at Google too if it looked like the search giant was going to put you out of business -- or at least force you to seriously rethin...
You might wonder when it comes to competitive keywords does Google prefer ranking big domains This question can be answered by taking a close detailed look at the relationship between keyword d...
The popularity of social networking sites on the Internet offers not only opportunities for friends to meet again online or get in touch with your old classmates and office mates but a new opport...
Original Signal - Transmitting Marketing
Orginal Signal aggregates the 15 most popular Marketing sites. The main purpose of the site is to provide
a quick glance on what's happening without using your desktop/web RSS reader. New headlines (since your
last cookied visit) come in pretty orange, visited ones are grey. All credits go to the authors of these weblogs.
Without their hard work Original Signal would not exist. Original Signal was inspired by Popurls and the Web 2.0 Workgroup.
The Office's Andy Bernard, who often extols the merits of a Cornell education, is currently highlighted as one of several rotating features on the Cornell University School of Law's home page.
Microsoft and JWT find cases of "Information Overload" in Britain, their newest battleground against Google.
Temper Trap's "Sweet Disposition" is quite the popular song these days — among ad agencies, at least.
A new TNT Spain spot features a vampire theme in an effort to get young people to donate blood, but the premise doesn't quite add up.
A little club named Republic in New Orleans is getting national attention for dissing the duds of Jersey Shore.
Game giant will end its relationships with in-game ad companies Massive and IGA.
Repo Men, which opens March 19, is using barcode technology in its promotion - the latest example of a growing number of ad creatives and technology to do so.Plot and Promotion MeetThe movie is...
Smart Momma, a baby gear and gifts retailer, started tracking visitors to its site when it did a redesign in 2008 - which was also around the same time that it started using an online reputation...
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