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Friday, September 29, 2006

SEO Copywriting - Appealing to Visitors and Search engines (Web Host Directory)


How do you strike the balance between appealing to your visitors and the search engines when writing copy for your web site? This can be a little tricky because you don't want your content to sound silly and you also want to get good rankings for your web site. continue

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Your Search, Your Way, Part Two (Search Engine Watch)


Today, we continue our look at personalized search services, focusing in depth on offerings from Yahoo and Eurekster. continue

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Search Arbitrage: Good or Evil? (Search Engine Watch)


Skilled traders of bonds, commodities or other equities often leverage their bets using arbitrage to take advantage of price differences in the marketplace. With a bit of creativity, you can use arbitrage to profit from price differences in search engine advertising programs. more here

You Don't Have to Pay Someone to Optimize Your Site for Good Placement With the Search Engines: eWay Direct's Free (SYS-CON Media)


As the 2006 holiday purchasing season approaches, businesses need to optimize their search engine placement for maximum visibility and return on investment. Search engine optimization (SEO) enables businesses to succeed in the competitive world of Internet marketing, and eWayDirect, Inc., wants to help. more here

What is Google's second act? (CNN Money)


Two years after going public, Google's stock is up more than fourfold, and it's so profitable that despite helter-skelter spending on everything from mammoth data centers to worldwide sales and engineering offices, Google is generating more than $800 million in cash each quarter. more here

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Sproose.com Offers New Search Engine With Personalization for Relevant Results That Matter (SYS-CON Media)


Sproose.com, an emerging leader in personalized, interactive search engines, announced its beta launch today. Sproose.com provides a peer-moderated ranking, prioritization and community networking solution for both individuals and affinity groups, geared toward producing only the most relevant Web search results. continue

Affordable Search Engine Marketing Solutions Offered by SEM Research (PR Web)


SEM Research announced the launch of their new website. The Firm offers search engine marketing services and products designed to help businesses receive and profit from internet traffic from search engines. (PRWEB Sep 26, 2006) Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/RmFsdS1TaW5nLVByb2YtSG9yci1JbnNlLVplcm8= continue

Monday, September 25, 2006

Findory Dumps Google Ads For Amazon (WebProNews)


Findory, the personalization startup that remains my favorite news source, has switched its ad system from Google AdSense to Amazon Associates. Findory had famously been running a form of personalized AdSense , by feeding to AdSense keywords based on the logged-in user's account, but Greg Linden says that even with very well-chosen keywords, AdSense just didn't deliver the results he hoped for. more here

Leading Google AdSense Expert Exclaims 'AdSense is Alive!' in Explosive New Report Available Today (PR Web)


Google's contextual advertising program for publishers, AdSense, is alive and well, generating more revenue for site owners than ever before. A new special report by Joel Comm, the web's leading AdSense teacher and author of the New York Times Best Selling "The AdSense Code", dispels myths and half-truths about the AdSense program. This report sets the record straight and reveals the true continue

Sunday, September 24, 2006

New Media Tools Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic 71 (MasterNewMedia.org)


Photo credit: Magical Garden Use Skype from your mobile phone, without having to download anything on your device Record instantly from your webcam and post your recordings on blogs, in messages or comments Enhance your site performances by analyzing the behavior of your visitors Organize and track the work of your team within a web-based project management space Send free SMS from your mobile in read more

New Media Tools Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic 71 (MasterNewMedia.org)


Photo credit: Magical Garden Use Skype from your mobile phone, without having to download anything on your device Record instantly from your webcam and post your recordings on blogs, in messages or comments Enhance your site performances by analyzing the behavior of your visitors Organize and track the work of your team within a web-based project management space Send free SMS from your mobile in read more

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Shocking News - Google Adsense is Dead (PR Web)


A controversial new report claims the much vaunted Adsense internet marketing method is now dead as a means of making a substantial income on-line. (PRWEB Sep 23, 2006) continue

Friday, September 22, 2006

Google AdSense Tips Brochure (Addict 3D)


Google Germany sent me a little AdSense tips pamphlet. (I suppose they sent this to every publisher who makes over N bucks through AdSense?) More @ source. read more

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Search Engine Forums Spotlight (Search Engine Watch)


Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Yahoo Reports Slowing Ad Sales - Search Engines Can't Read 301's - Google Mobile Ads - MSN Search Vs Windows Live Search: What's The Difference? - Will Google Penalize for Linking to Non Related Sites? and more. read more

Search Engine Forums Spotlight (Search Engine Watch)


Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Which Web Services Do You Use? - Mining the Tail? - AdSense On Home Page - Does It Cheapen The Look? - What are the Barriers to Using Search Analytics? - Digg Dealing With the Same Problems as Google? and more. more here

Your New Title: The VP of Search (Search Engine Watch)


What do the New York Times/About.com, Citicards and Passages drug treatment center have in common? You guessed it, a Vice President of Search, the hottest new title in town. read more

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Your Search, Your Way, Part Two (Search Engine Watch)


Today, we continue our look at personalized search services, focusing in depth on offerings from Yahoo and Eurekster. read more

Highlights from the SEW Blog: Sept. 11, 2006 (Search Engine Watch)


Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the web. continue

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Your Search, Your Way (Search Engine Watch)


A new generation of search services goes beyond simple personalization, and lets you customize both your search topics and how results are presented. continue

Monday, September 18, 2006

Search Results (Billings Outpost)


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Has Apple Lost Its Shine? (PR Web)


Aliso Viejo, Cal, Net Applications ( http://www.netapplications.com ), makers of HitsLink and publishers of Net Wide Market Share Data announces August 2006 Operating System usage market share statistics. Apple tops the news when analyzing recent operating system usage market share numbers. Several months ago Apple had everything going in the right direction... (PRWEB Sep 18, 2006) Trackback URL: continue

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Microsoft Hopes New Search Tool Draws Converts From Google (InformationWeek)


Microsoft may finally believe its search engine and search advertising platform have reached the point of being technically competitive with Google and Yahoo. But technology will only get Microsoft so far. more here

A family tradition (Roanoke Times)


Readin goes here and here and here 4 decks please. RADFORD -- Jeffrey Earnhardt confesses to occasionally plugging his name into Internet search engines when he first started racing to see what the prognosticators were saying. Was the grandson of stock-car racing legend Dale Earnhardt destined for future stardom? more here

Saturday, September 16, 2006

A family tradition (Roanoke Times)


Readin goes here and here and here 4 decks please. RADFORD -- Jeffrey Earnhardt confesses to occasionally plugging his name into Internet search engines when he first started racing to see what the prognosticators were saying. Was the grandson of stock-car racing legend Dale Earnhardt destined for future stardom? read more

Friday, September 15, 2006

Google Debuts 200 Year News Archive Search (Search Engine Watch)


News and history junkies take heart: Google's new News Archive Search lets you search back over twenty decades worth of historical content, including scads of articles not previously available via the search engine. more here

Search Engine Forums Spotlight (Search Engine Watch)


Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Which Web Services Do You Use? - Mining the Tail? - AdSense On Home Page - Does It Cheapen The Look? - What are the Barriers to Using Search Analytics? - Digg Dealing With the Same Problems as Google? and more. read more

Thursday, September 14, 2006

On-line Dating -- Free is the New Paid (PR Web)


Dating website Sparkle Road ditches its paid model and turns to AdSense for its revenue. (PRWEB Sep 14, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/Q291cC1NYWduLUhvcnItWmV0YS1JbnNlLVplcm8= continue

Google AdSense Referral Button Feedback Requested (Search Engine Roundtable)


The AdSenseAdvisor posted a thread last night at WebmasterWorld asking for feedback on the Google Referrals buttons. They're especially interested in your thoughts and suggestions on colors, formats, styles... So here is your chance to get the button you think... more here

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Six Tips to Protect Your Online Search Privacy (Kansas City InfoZine)


How to Defend Yourself from Privacy Invasions Like AOL's Search Data Disaster read more

Search Pulse 2: Google News Archive, Sitelinks, AdWords Preview, Sullivan PubCon, ChaCha & More... (Search Engine Roundtable)


The second edition of the Search Pulse has now been archived. In this show we covered a slew of topics from last week. The topics we covered are listed below, in order of priority (based on search community buzz). You... continue

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Get found on the web (Kuensel)


12 September 2006- There is more to a website than just registering a domain name and putting up some pages on the internet; the site needs to be found and ranked high by search engines if it is to serve its purpose of being a window of information. more here

Monday, September 11, 2006

Google AdSense for TV? (Addict 3D)


Who knows for sure but the company registered the domain on Thursday. + New: Googleadsensetvsite.com/net/org Adsense for tv? more here

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Highlights from the SEW Blog: Sept. 11, 2006 (Search Engine Watch)


Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the web. more here

La Jolla - SiteLab to Host Presentation of New MSN AdCenter on Friday Sept. 15 (PR Web)


Microsoft and SiteLab will provide insider information on the hottest new online search marketing product, AdCenter from MSN. MSN Search is the strongest new rival to Google and Yahoo, reaching more than 40 million internet users a month. Unlike other search engines, MSN AdCenter offers advertisers sophisticated data about their online users including age, gender and level of wealth.Seating is more here

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Ad-Supported Software Proves Popular With Small Businesses (Network Computing)


Spiceworks is adding more IT management features to its free, ad-supported software, for which over 5,000 customers have signed up in about a month's time. read more

Friday, September 08, 2006

Starts-ups may be lovelier the second time around (Financial Times)


When Jay Adelson was asked to speak at an internet conference in the Netherlands in July, he had a problem since he was still in San Francisco. But for the conference organisers this was no difficulty. more here

Tech Heads: FREE CLASSIC BOOKS... ; Steve Lawson's Games and Technology Round-Up (RedNova)


By Steve Lawson STAYING with search engines, the daddy of them all, Google, are offering users the chance to download and print off classic novels, free of charge. continue

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Business replaces sex as top web search: study (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)


Business and e-commerce have overtaken sex and pornography in Australia and the United States as the most searched for topics on the Internet. More than 20 million search sessions were analysed as part of the Queensland University of Technology study. continue

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

SuperBoolean Patent Search Engine Slashes Patent Search Cost, Supports Patent Office’s Commitment to Faster and Higher (PR Web)


PatentCafe's new Heuristic Boolean engine relevancy ranks patent search results using a Latent Semantic Analysis database as its expert system. The SuperBoolean™ engine helps patent professionals search patents to discover more prior art faster, create higher quality patent applications, faster patent issuances search cost savings, and helps reduce patent infringement litigation risks. (PRWEB Sep continue

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Search Marketing Works for B2B, Too (Search Engine Watch)


Most people assume search marketing works only to reach consumers, but it's actually quite effective for businesses wishing to connect with other businesses, as well. read more

Monday, September 04, 2006

Search Engine Forums Spotlight (Search Engine Watch)


Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: TrueLocal Launches Canadian Local Search Engine - The Video Void: Where Are All The AdSense Video Ads? - Here Comes Social Media Optimization? - Google Apps for Your Domain, and more. read more

Tool generates fake searches for privacy (South Bend Tribune)


NEW YORK -- A new tool seeks to make your searches more private by hiding them in plain sight. TrackMeNot periodically sends fake, innocuous queries to search engines, making it harder for someone to glean your actual search habits by reviewing the companies' logs that contain your queries. continue

Google participates in the Mediterranean Travel Fair 2006 (AME Info)


Google inc. will be participating in the upcoming Mediterranean Travel Fair in Cairo. more here

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Search ads: Honing the tools (International Herald Tribune)


Google and eBay's international advertising partnership, announced last week, underlines the growing primacy of search-based advertising, a business that Google pioneered, over more "traditional" kinds of online ads like banners or pop-ups. continue

Tool hides Web searches amid fake requests (Everett Herald)


A new tool seeks to make your searches more private by hiding them in plain sight. TrackMeNot periodically sends fake, innocuous queries to search engines, making it harder for someone to glean your actual search habits by reviewing the companies' logs that contain your queries. read more

Saturday, September 02, 2006

Back to School Scavenger Hunt - Test Your Web Search Skills (About.com)


September's Back to School Scavenger Hunt is all about Harry Potter and his own back to school adventures: Hogwarts, professors, school, books, and more. Test your Web search skills!... continue

Smaller Search Engines Scream Past Yahoo and Google (RedNova)


WASHINGTON: If the Internet is a treasure chest of information, search tools are the skeleton key you need to open the lid. And the number of search tools you have at your disposal will have a direct bearing on exactly how much information you can unearth. more here

Friday, September 01, 2006

Search Engine Forums Spotlight (Search Engine Watch)


Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: TrueLocal Launches Canadian Local Search Engine - The Video Void: Where Are All The AdSense Video Ads? - Here Comes Social Media Optimization? - Google Apps for Your Domain, and more. more here