Photo of Google AdSense Gift Digital Picture Frame (Search Engine Roundtable)

Photo of Google AdSense Gift Digital Picture Frame (Search Engine Roundtable)

As we reported last week, the Google AdSense Gift 2006: Digital Photo Frame. We finally have some pictures of the photo frame. Here it is, with a little of the picture blocked out... A DigitalPoint member posted a thread and... continue

Coping with Convergence: Local Search Meets Mobile and WiFi, Part 2 (Search Engine Watch)

Coping with Convergence: Local Search Meets Mobile and WiFi, Part 2 (Search Engine Watch)

Consumers have huge incentive to flock to mobile search. As such, now's an excellent time for search specialists to get into the mobile search market. read more

Bigmouthmedia adds Samsung to its client list (e-Consultancy)

Bigmouthmedia adds Samsung to its client list (e-Consultancy)

Bigmouthmedia, the leading full search agency, has been selected as the Search Engine Marketing (SEM) partner for Samsung Electronics UK. The contract will see bigmouthmedia secure Samsung’s position on the search engines in the UK, with particular focus on domination of specific branded electronic... more here

Google Checkout: A One Stop Shop? (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)

Google Checkout: A One Stop Shop? (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)

Jeff Molander submits: As Google goes up against Microsoft , those in the digital advertising industry stand to take a bruising or become roadkill. The future for what could be a killer application for Googleits Checkout servicecontinues to be underestimated and mis-understood. more here

Point, click and diagnose? Doctors examine accuracy of Google and other search engines in diagnosing diseases (Macon Telegraph)

Point, click and diagnose? Doctors examine accuracy of Google and other search engines in diagnosing diseases (Macon Telegraph)

r. Hangwi Tang was explaining what he knew thus far about the blood clot suffered by his patient, a 16-year-old water polo player. Tang went on to say he wasn't yet sure what caused it when the boy's father blurted out: "But of course he has Paget-von Schrotter syndrome," and then went on to describe the disease and suggest a course of treatment. The father - who had Googled the symptoms and was more here

Affordable Search Engine Ranking from Vertical Measures (PR Web)

Affordable Search Engine Ranking from Vertical Measures (PR Web)

Vertical Measures, a new Internet marketing company, provides affordable search engine ranking services. (PRWeb Nov 27, 2006) read more

Google AdSense Gift 2006: Digital Photo Frame (Search Engine Roundtable)

Google AdSense Gift 2006: Digital Photo Frame (Search Engine Roundtable)

Google has begun giving out their AdSense gifts for the 2006 holiday season. WebmasterWorld senior member, incrediBILL, said he received his two days ago. The gift appears to be a digital photo frame, he posted the specification: * 3.6 inch... more here

Key to Google's Popularity ; LETTERS (RedNova)

Key to Google's Popularity ; LETTERS (RedNova)

THERE is a known reason why Google outperformed other search engines such as Yahoo! (Mail). Other search engines base their searches on the text contained in a web page. continue

Google's shares top $500 - where will it end? (e-Consultancy)

Google's shares top $500 - where will it end? (e-Consultancy)

Google’s shares reached the $500 mark on Tuesday, the highest point since the company went public in April 2004, when he shares were priced at $85. Stockreply believes the shares will reach the $1,000 mark, and speculates when that mark might be reached... read more

Thursday November 23, 2006 By Stephen Foley (The New Zealand Herald)

Thursday November 23, 2006 By Stephen Foley (The New Zealand Herald)

It feels like the last months of an exhausted leadership, where younger players are jostling for power and influence, and pitching ideas on how to inject new impetus to an ailing enterprise. continue

Software provides search marketing analytics. (ThomasNet)

Software provides search marketing analytics. (ThomasNet)

Integrating web analytics, website tracking, and call-center tracking capabilities, Fathom Analytics aggregates data from multiple transaction channels and provides complete picture of Search Marketing initiatives. Marketers can perform analytics of paid search, online display advertising, re-marketing, contextual, and product information feeds. Excel-like features and drag-and-drop interface more here

Quitting jobs to blog for a living (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

Quitting jobs to blog for a living (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

On her blog, called Dooce, Heather Armstrong chronicles her life as a disenchanted Mormon in Salt Lake City, her former career as a high-flying Web designer in Los Angeles, her pregnancy and postpartum depression, and so on. more here

Quitting jobs to blog for a living (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

Quitting jobs to blog for a living (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

On her blog, called Dooce, Heather Armstrong chronicles her life as a disenchanted Mormon in Salt Lake City, her former career as a high-flying Web designer in Los Angeles, her pregnancy and postpartum depression, and so on. continue

ComScore: Google Leads Again In Search (WebProNews)

ComScore: Google Leads Again In Search (WebProNews)

The numbers reported for US search engine market share remained mostly unchanged from September to October 2006, with Americans doing 6.8 billion searches during the month. Figures provided by comScore's qSearch showed Google maintained its lead in the US market, with 45.4 percent of those searches. That represented a gain of 0.3 percent over September. Yahoo reversed a slide that more here

Yahoo! Publisher Network Adds "Compliance Manager" (Search Engine Roundtable)

Yahoo! Publisher Network Adds "Compliance Manager" (Search Engine Roundtable)

One of the biggest complaints you read about in the Google AdSense and Yahoo! Publisher Network forums in various search forums are from people who have been banned. You see it all the time. A person comes in, says, I... more here

Music labels lose MP3 search case (BBC News)

Music labels lose MP3 search case (BBC News)

China's leading web search engine is cleared of copyright infringement by a Beijing court. read more

Add a Search Engine to Your Web Site (Web Host Directory)

Add a Search Engine to Your Web Site (Web Host Directory)

When visitors arrive at your web site you want them to find the information quickly otherwise they will lose patience and move on. A great way achieve this is to add a search engine or search box to your web site. continue

Major Search Engines Unite to Support a Common Mechanism for Website Submission (LinuxElectrons)

Major Search Engines Unite to Support a Common Mechanism for Website Submission (LinuxElectrons)

Las Vegas – In the first joint and open initiative to improve the Web crawl process for search engines, Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft have announced support for Sitemaps 0.90, a free and easy way for webmasters to notify search engines about their websites and be indexed more comprehensively and efficiently, resulting in better representation in search indices. more here

Search Engine Forums Spotlight (Search Engine Watch)

Search Engine Forums Spotlight (Search Engine Watch)

Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Cloaking for Religious Reasons - Is Link-bait Ruining The Web? - Yahoo To Test Image Advertising On Mobile Phones - Shopping Cart Abandonment Rates - The Reality Of SEO, and more. read more

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft partner on open source search protocol (InfoWorld)

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft partner on open source search protocol (InfoWorld)

( InfoWorld ) - Strange bedfellows Google, Microsoft and Yahoo  have partnered to simplify how webmasters and online publishers submit their sites' content for indexing in the companies' search engines. In a rare collaborative effort, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, which compete directly in Internet search and other online services, plan to announce on Thursday their support for the open read more

Highlights from the SEW Blog: Nov. 7, 2006 (Search Engine Watch)

Highlights from the SEW Blog: Nov. 7, 2006 (Search Engine Watch)

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

First Ever Pay-Per-Lead Power Ads 3-in-1 Software Solution is Officially Launched (PR Web)

First Ever Pay-Per-Lead Power Ads 3-in-1 Software Solution is Officially Launched (PR Web)

Three powerful software solutions in one: (1) Pay-Per-Lead Research Center, (2) Pay-Per-Lead Ad-Units Creator, (3) Pay-Per-Lead Keyword Ads Generator. Pay-Per-Lead Power Ads Software makes it easy for webmasters and bloggers to make money with pay per leads by adding the highest paying pay-per-lead ads targeting any niche to their websites/blogs in minutes. (PRWeb Nov 15, 2006) Trackback URI: more here

Old media, new media, and the future of search (dmnews.com)

Old media, new media, and the future of search (dmnews.com)

Recently, broadcast network NBC announced that it would be laying off some 700 staffers, consolidating some New York operations, and that it would be replacing scripted drama in its 8 p.m. prime time slot with cheap reality and game shows. more here

Am I Banned From Google or Other Search Engines? (Search Engine Roundtable)

Am I Banned From Google or Other Search Engines? (Search Engine Roundtable)

A Cre8asite Forums thread asks, how do you know if a search engine has penalized your site? With most engines, the quickest method of checking that is to see if the engine has you in their index. How do you... read more

Pre-Roll Not the Answer for Online Video (ClickZ)

Pre-Roll Not the Answer for Online Video (ClickZ)

The consensus of many online marketers is that pre-roll ads will not be the best long-term solution for video advertising. continue

The Search Engine Report - Number 119 (Search Engine Watch)

The Search Engine Report - Number 119 (Search Engine Watch)

Search Engine Watch editor-in-chief Danny Sullivan recaps top search engine stories from October 2006. more here

Search Engine Forums Spotlight (Search Engine Watch)

Search Engine Forums Spotlight (Search Engine Watch)

Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Yahoo's Dilemma: Deal or No Deal? - Turning Clicks Into Sales - The Google News Effect - Dumb Mistakes Resulting in Loss of AdSense Revenue - SEO Mythbusters, and more. continue

Search engines to unearth tax evaders: FM (New Kerala)

Search engines to unearth tax evaders: FM (New Kerala)

Bangalore, Nov 11: Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said innovative search engines were being created to mine information and unearth tax evaders. more here

A search engine that pays you to play (The Morning Call)

A search engine that pays you to play (The Morning Call)

Internet search engines have become as indispensable as mobile telephones. A few years ago, we never gave them a thought. Now, it seems our very survival depends on them. continue

Teh Googlez!!1 (Voodoo Extreme)

Teh Googlez!!1 (Voodoo Extreme)

Google stuff on VE3D more here

IACI's Ask.com Gaining Search Share (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)

IACI's Ask.com Gaining Search Share (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)

Jeremy Crane submits:October brought us another month with Google losing a little steam. Month-over-month Google web-search market share was off 0.2ppts . The number of unique searches on Google actually increased 2%. more here

Facebook: The New Cover Letter (Colgate Maroon-News)

Facebook: The New Cover Letter (Colgate Maroon-News)

A recent survey done on behalf of CareerBuilder.com found that 26 percent of hiring managers use Internet search engines to check the backgrounds of potential employees and 12 percent use social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace for their research. read more

Highlights from the SEW Blog: Nov. 8, 2006 (Search Engine Watch)

Highlights from the SEW Blog: Nov. 8, 2006 (Search Engine Watch)

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

The Search Engine Report - Number 119 (Search Engine Watch)

The Search Engine Report - Number 119 (Search Engine Watch)

Search Engine Watch editor-in-chief Danny Sullivan recaps top search engine stories from October 2006. more here

Highlights from the SEW Blog: Nov. 7, 2006 (Search Engine Watch)

Highlights from the SEW Blog: Nov. 7, 2006 (Search Engine Watch)

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

Highlights from the SEW Blog: Nov. 7, 2006 (Search Engine Watch)

Highlights from the SEW Blog: Nov. 7, 2006 (Search Engine Watch)

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

Read this before starting your search campaign (dmnews.com)

Read this before starting your search campaign (dmnews.com)

Search marketing is a wonderful thing, and the power that the search engines have bestowed on advertisers is unprecedented. Never in the history of marketing have we been given such an efficient, accountable, non-obtrusive marketing channel. continue

AOL Enhances Search with FullView Results (Search Engine Watch)

AOL Enhances Search with FullView Results (Search Engine Watch)

AOL has rolled out a slick new search interface that automatically integrates Google-powered web search results with multimedia, local or other content from AOL and its partners. more here

Google Launches Custom Search Engine Service (Search Engine Watch)

Google Launches Custom Search Engine Service (Search Engine Watch)

Want your own Google-flavored specialized search engine for your web site or blog? With Google's new Custom Search Engine service, it takes just minutes to set up your own unique search engine. more here

Yahoo Updates Toolbar and Bookmarks (Search Engine Watch)

Yahoo Updates Toolbar and Bookmarks (Search Engine Watch)

Yahoo is releasing a new version of its toolbar with a powerful new bookmarking feature that integrates seamlessly with Yahoo web search, and features a continue

Google Launches Custom Search Engine Service (Search Engine Watch)

Google Launches Custom Search Engine Service (Search Engine Watch)

Want your own Google-flavored specialized search engine for your web site or blog? With Google's new Custom Search Engine service, it takes just minutes to set up your own unique search engine. read more

Free Report Helps Website Owners Understand Search Engine Optimization (PR Web)

Free Report Helps Website Owners Understand Search Engine Optimization (PR Web)

With thousands of new websites coming online every day, it's more important than ever to know what the search engines are looking for if you want top search engine rankings for your website. (PRWeb Nov 3, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/dingpr.php/RW1wdC1TaW5nLUhvcnItQ291cC1NYWduLVplcm8= continue

GMail Mobile : Java Powered (Search Engine Journal)

GMail Mobile : Java Powered (Search Engine Journal)

Steve Bryant at eWeek’s Google Watch notes that today Google is unveiling a new java powered Gmail for mobile devices. The new Gmail mobile should be compatible with 300 different types of US based mobile phones and will not be serving Google AdSense ads in the mail interface, yet. Gmail for Mobile Devices is a free [...] read more

Tech Coast Angels Bless eefoof (PR Web)

Tech Coast Angels Bless eefoof (PR Web)

eefoof receives $225,000 in the first funding round from the Tech Coast Angels; site to be redesigned (PRWeb Nov 2, 2006) Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/SG9yci1Mb3ZlLVNxdWEtQ291cC1NYWduLVplcm8= more here

Group asks FTC to probe Web ads (USA Today)

Group asks FTC to probe Web ads (USA Today)

A non-profit consumer advocacy group plans to ask federal regulators Wednesday to rein in the fast-growing $100 billion online marketing industry. The Center for Digital Democracy is expected to file a Federal Trade Commission complaint asking the agency to investigate online advertisers. It also wants the FTC to force companies to halt what it calls deceptive practices and encourage Congress to more here

Group asks FTC to probe Web ads (USA Today)

Group asks FTC to probe Web ads (USA Today)

A non-profit consumer advocacy group plans to ask federal regulators Wednesday to rein in the fast-growing $100 billion online marketing industry. The Center for Digital Democracy is expected to file a Federal Trade Commission complaint asking the agency to investigate online advertisers. It also wants the FTC to force companies to halt what it calls deceptive practices and encourage Congress to continue