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]]> http://searchwwww.com/google-99/feed/ Google Acquires SageTV for GoogleTV Reinvigoration http://searchwwww.com/google-acquires-sagetv-for-googletv-reinvigoration/ http://searchwwww.com/google-acquires-sagetv-for-googletv-reinvigoration/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:30:43 +0000 desmondo http://searchwwww.com/google-acquires-sagetv-for-googletv-reinvigoration/ Google Acquires SageTV for GoogleTV Reinvigoration
Google just picked up SageTV for an undisclosed amount. SageTV, a software and hardware company that built a product for watching and recording TV shows from any computer with a high-speed internet connection, is likely to be integrated into Googl…

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]]> http://searchwwww.com/search-engine-99/feed/ Irish Hotel Takes Google to Court for Search Suggestion http://searchwwww.com/irish-hotel-takes-google-to-court-for-search-suggestion/ http://searchwwww.com/irish-hotel-takes-google-to-court-for-search-suggestion/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:29:59 +0000 desmondo http://searchwwww.com/irish-hotel-takes-google-to-court-for-search-suggestion/ Irish Hotel Takes Google to Court for Search Suggestion
When Google users type in the name, or even just the first part of the name, of Ballymascanlon, a hotel located in North Dublin County, Ireland, one of the top search suggestions from Google Autocomplete (formerly Google Suggest)&nb…

Mining the Right Keyword Mix for Successful SEM Campaigns
Keyword research is an integral part of developing a successful paid search marketing campaign. Finding the right mix of keywords can certainly be challenging, but once you’ve “cracked the code” and established an appropriate lis…

Google Maps Adds “My Places”: An Accidental Gift to Stalkers?
Google has added a new feature to Google Maps that lets users quickly access locations they rated, starred, or saved in Google Maps. However, those who don’t use this feature with care may accidentally be sharing personal information. Because maps…

Father’s Day 2011 Google Logo: A Tie for Dads
Happy Father’s Day to Dads everywhere! Just as it has done since 2000, Google has posted a special logo for that special third Sunday every June dedicated to honoring fathers. The Google Doodle appears in numerous countries today around the world,…

Google Unveils Instant Pages, More
Yesterday Google held a media event in San Francisco. In addition to discussing our continuous quest for knowledge the company unveiled a number of new features such as Google Instant Pages and expanded the availability of others from mobile devices to the desktop….
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Mesh Gets a Release Timeline for Second Life
As mentioned recently, things have been busy down at Linden Lab. While search is scheduled to be revamped, the other big news, announced on May 31 was the promised timeline for the introduction of Mesh to the live Second Life grid. According to th…

Local Search: Who Should Tell You Where To Eat Tonight?
There is much discussion about the role of traditional search engines like Yahoo and Google when it comes to local search. Traditional web search was built and optimized to value the popularity of a page rather than the popularity of a place.&nbsp…

Facebook Ranking Factors: How to Gain an Edge in the News Feed
The Facebook news feed is important to all of us – for businesses, personal profiles, and groups. In fact, one could argue the most prime piece of real estate on Facebook is the Top News feed.  At the F8 Developer Conference, Facebook…

4 Steps to Measure Social Media ROI with Google Analytics
Social media ROI has remained elusive for numerous marketers despite their best efforts to develop a calculation that will prove the business value of the allotted social media resources. Through a new feature in Google Analytics, some customiza…

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]]> http://searchwwww.com/search-engine-98/feed/ Use Google for Keyword Traffic Numbers http://searchwwww.com/use-google-for-keyword-traffic-numbers/ http://searchwwww.com/use-google-for-keyword-traffic-numbers/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:29:54 +0000 desmondo http://searchwwww.com/use-google-for-keyword-traffic-numbers/ Use Google for Keyword Traffic Numbers
Getting traffic to your website isn t simply a matter of getting to the top of Google s search engine results pages with your chosen keywords. How do you know that users are actually searching for those keywords And if they are how do you know that enough of them are performing the search to make it worthwhile Google offers a free tool that can help….

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]]> http://searchwwww.com/search-engine-97/feed/ As Facebook’s Empire Expands, U.S. & Canada Interest Declines [Report] http://searchwwww.com/as-facebooks-empire-expands-us-canada-interest-declines-report/ http://searchwwww.com/as-facebooks-empire-expands-us-canada-interest-declines-report/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:28:22 +0000 desmondo http://searchwwww.com/as-facebooks-empire-expands-us-canada-interest-declines-report/ As Facebook’s Empire Expands, U.S. & Canada Interest Declines [Report]
Facebook is a global empire with a population equal to roughly 10 percent of the world’s population, every man, woman, and child included. But as Facebook becomes even more dominant on a worldwide scale, interest from the North American market is …

Lunar Eclipse Google Logo & Other Eclipse Coverage
Google’s a big fan of the open sky, especially when awesome things are happening in it. A Google Doodle, as well as two heaping scoops fulls of other access points from Google, give users the opportunity to check out today’s lunar eclipse. The L…

SES Toronto 2011 Coverage
SES Toronto rolled into Canada this week. The leading search and social marketing event provided keynotes and many great sessions for marketers on SEO, PPC, social media, video, and much more. Here’s a roundup of coverage of the event.  W…

New and Updated SEO Tools for June 2011
Here’s a roundup of various new or updated tools from around the web. Updated Tools Bing Webmaster Tools Microsoft has unleashed a substantially improved Bing Webmaster Tools. Among other highlights in the litany of new features are: the abi…

Google Introduces Me On the Web
Google introduced a new feature available in your Google Dashboard called Me on the Web. It’s officially announced purpose is to “help understand and manage what people see when they search for you on Google.” Google suggests this tool will help…

SEO 101: 5 Simple Steps to Selecting Your Keywords
Let’s say you already have a website or are trying to optimize your blog, but haven’t invested much time in search engine optimization (SEO), or the efforts that you have made aren’t paying off. What’s next? Where do you ev…

]]> http://searchwwww.com/as-facebooks-empire-expands-us-canada-interest-declines-report/feed/ Google Buys AdMeld for $400M http://searchwwww.com/google-buys-admeld-for-400m-2/ http://searchwwww.com/google-buys-admeld-for-400m-2/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:29:16 +0000 desmondo http://searchwwww.com/google-buys-admeld-for-400m-2/ Google Buys AdMeld for $400M
Google is continuing its investments in the display advertising arena with its purchase of AdMeld, a publisher utility targeted at optimizing ROI for digital advertising. The $400 million purchase signals Google’s continued intellectual weapons st…

Google Test Adds Website Names, Subtracts URLs in Search Results
Google appears to be testing a new look for search results, adding the name of popular websites including LinkedIn, Facebook, Apple, Wikipedia, Amazon.com, Yahoo, and Bing next to the page’s URL. In some cases, Google replaces the URL en…

Bank of England Using Google Search Tracking for Economic Insights
In an attempt to better understand the behavior of UK citizens, the Bank of England has started tracking search trends on Google. The bank has high hopes that this will improve the speed of economic reporting, especially as it relates to mortgage …

Video Search in China: Baidu vs. Youku
Social networking may get all the rave but latest stats from comScore reveal Chinese Internet users actually spend the bulk of their time on portal sites (24.4 percent) followed by entertainment (9 percent) and search (6.2 percent) before social n…

Privacy Regulators See Red Over Facebook Facial Recognition
The long worked on facial recognition technology recently released by Facebook is coming under attack from European Union regulators questioning its intrusion in to users’ privacy. Facebook gave information to the EU shortly after the investigat…

Facebook Predicted to Lead Display Ad Revenue in 2015
Online advertisers are learning quickly, effectively adapting to the demands, preferences, and habits of consumers. Both social media and display ads have seein intense growth over the last few years. Analysts have predicted that they will continu…

YouTube Updates: Logoless Player, HD Previews & ‘As Seen On’ Pages
While YouTube is itself the largest video site on the web, its embedding features and social environment have made it an especially valuable resource for bloggers. YouTube is honoring that loyalty with the addition of three new features that give …

New and Updated SEO Tools for June 2011
Here’s a roundup of various new or updated tools from around the web. Updated Tools Bing Webmaster Tools Microsoft has unleashed a substantially improved Bing Webmaster Tools. Among other highlights in the litany of new features are: the abi…

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Google is continuing its investments in the display advertising arena with its purchase of AdMeld, a publisher utility targeted at optimizing ROI for digital advertising. The $400 million purchase signals Google’s continued intellectual weapons st…

Visual Health Search
Do you remember the film “Fantastic Voyage” with Raquel Welch? She and her companions were miniaturized and inserted into a scientist’s comatose body to remove a deadly brain clot.  An arteriovenous fistula forces them to …

80% of Engagement with Tweets is Clicking a Link (Rather than Reply or RT)
Twitter has announced a new link-shortening service embedded into Twitter.com. The new feature will allow users to put in a full URL and have it shortened to 19 total characters (one character shorter than bit.ly) automatically, but will continu…

Will Author Markup Help Google’s Scraper Problem?
Hot off the heels of their rich snippets announcement for schema.org, starting today, Google will allow webmasters to use markup for content authors. Using HTML5 and XFN markup like the rel=”author” and rel=”me” code, respectively, publishers ca…

2011 Search Ranking Factors Survey Results from SEOmoz
For six years, SEOmoz has produced a biennial survey that outlines the current priority ranking factors within the industry. This year, the results are also paired up with correlation-based analysis (taken from top 30 sites in 10,980 queries in Go…

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