SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 9, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: My Dream International Content Management System Choosing a content management system which helps you make progress internationally – rather than blocking every move – is a good plank to have in […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- My Dream International Content Management System
Choosing a content management system which helps you make progress internationally – rather than blocking every move – is a good plank to have in your strategy. Even if you’re not planning that international expansion just yet. Reason? Retro-fitting a new content management system to an existing project can bring a heap of extra pressure – just when you need it to be helping!
- Social Engagement: Making Content Interactive
Last year, I wrote an article, Using Infographics in Social Media to Promote Content and Visualize Data; it discussed taking data and visualizing it in an aesthetic manner to attract more votes, bookmarks, and links from the social media sphere. This year, I want to discuss taking it a step further.
“Engagement objects“, as defined by Bruce […] - Math Engines: For Multiplying Mixed Fractions, It’s Wolfram Alpha Over Google & Bing
Ah, math. It’s why I became an English major. But now math is spinning back around and haunting me in the form of my fifth grader. Last night, I found myself dealing with how to multiply fractions as part of helping with his homework assignment. Um, yeah, I think I remember how. But to be […]
- New MSN Out Of Beta, Driving Nearly 50 Percent Of Bing Queries
Microsoft is formally launching its much improved MSN portal today. I wrote about the preview version and the wide range of improvements when it first came out in November. There are lots of interesting elements to the site, including the “local edition,” which is basically a collection of persistent Bing search queries presented in a […]
- SMX Advanced Seattle Registration Open – Best Rate Available Through March 20
Ready to exchange ideas, influence the industry and build your network? Join the most accomplished search marketers in the world for Search Marketing Expo – SMX Advanced Seattle. The conference will be held June 8-9 at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, WA. Register before March 21 and you’ll receive the best rate […]
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
- Advanced search update, Yahoo Answers Blog
- Changes to Menu Items in Yahoo! Mail, www.ymailblog.com
- Early Beta of Delicious Chrome extension available, blog.delicious.com
Business Issues
- Google reluctant to release info in Viacom case, news.cnet.com
- Google’s online-only phone selling model has failed, ZDNet
- Video: What’s Next for Yahoo! Search?, www.yadvertisingblog.com
Link Building
- RipOff Report Now Selling Links, Verifying Safe Cash4Gold, www.smart-keywords.com
Local, Maps & Mobile
- Edit places using Street View images, Google LatLong
- Facebook Will Allow Users to Share Location, New York Times
Paid Search & Contextual
- Don’t Use the PPC Budget Tool, www.polepositionmarketing.com
- Earn more with AdSense tips by email, Inside AdSense
- Improve Google AdWords Conversion Rates Profits With User Feedback, ppcblog.com
- Perils of PPC Click-Through Rate Analysis, Rimm Kaufman
Searching
- And the searches go to…, Official Google Blog
- Google’s International Women’s Day Logo at Google Russia Only?, Search Engine Roundtable
SEM Industry
- 3 Takeaways from SMX West 2010, BruceClay.com
- Blogosphere Session at SearchFest 2010, www.sempdx.org
- How to handle SEO client problems, SoloSEO Blog
- Learn how to create content to drive search traffic . . . and, motivate visitors, www.sempdx.org
- Making Friends & Generating Business, www.sempdx.org
- Paid Search Track: Competitive Intelligence, www.sempdx.org
- SearchFest 2010 Mini-Interview: Will Scott, www.sempdx.org
- SearchFest Keynote: Stefan Weitz of Bing, www.sempdx.org
- Stellar Startups: A startup for the little guy, www.jpost.com
SEO & SEM
- 7 Google Chrome Extensions To Make You A More Efficient SEO, distilled
- Mahalo.com: Meet the New Spam, Worse than the Old Spam, smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com
- SEO – Love It or Hate It, Search Engine People
- Targeting Multiple Keywords vs. Singular Keyword Focus, SEOmoz
- W3C Validation for SEO – Myth and Reality, Search Engine Journal
Social Media
- 8 Common Mistakes in B2B Social Media Marketing, blog.hubspot.com
- Ford’s Focus on Social Media: Scott Monty Interview, Online Marketing Blog
- Foursquare Introduces New Tools for Businesses, New York Times
- Restaurant Owner Increases Sales by 110% with Foursquare Swarm Badge Party, blog.hubspot.com
- Social media: Vital in the newsroom, ycorpblog.com
Web Analytics
- Kill Useless Web Metrics: Apply The "Three Layers Of So What" Test, Avinash Kaushik
- Online Video Analytics – An Introduction, www.yanalyticsblog.com
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