Business Issues
TapClicks buys AdStage to expand marketing intelligence, predictive campaign optimization capabilities
The companies share a vision of a unified marketing platform. AdStage founder will head up intelligence...
Client in-housing, competition for talent top digital agency concerns
Marketing Land's first Digital Agency Survey finds the sector is weathering digital transformation well, but the growth of data-driven marketing...
Moz acquires STAT Search Analytics
Seattle-based Moz has acquired Vancouver, Canada-based STAT Search Analytics for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is the most recent in a...
Elite SEM acquires CPC Strategy with an eye toward growing its Amazon practice
The e-commerce-focused agency has more than 125 employees and a proprietary retail search advertising optimization...
Stone Temple Consulting has been acquired by Perficient
Stone Temple and its roughly 60 employees will continue to operate out of its Boston office....
The 2018 Search Engine Land Award winners: The full roster of this year’s search rock stars & superheroes
The SEO and SEM community recognized the industry's top performers last night during the SMX Advanced Conference in Seattle....
FCC repeals net neutrality by party line vote
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a former Verizon lawyer, gives his previous bosses an early Christmas present by gutting the 2015 rules....
4 domain name registration myths debunked
The internet is generally the first place people look for information on just about everything. That’s why when you register a domain name, or...
Dex Media acquires YP Holdings to expand its SMB marketing automation platform
New company, to be called DexYP, says it will keep YP.com local search directory...
Converting SEO Non-Believers: How To Overcome Objections And Get The Budget
Columnist Clay Cazier shares his advice for getting buy-in from those who don't see the value in search engine...
Yahoo Search Testing Google Powered Search Results
Yahoo confirms they are testing supplementing other search ranking providers, including Google, to power Yahoo...
To Grow Your Career, See The Whole Customer Experience
It's important for SEO professionals to be well-versed in search, but columnist Nathan Safran reminds us that true leaders understand the bigger...
What Signals From Twitter Does Google Care About?
Earlier this year, Google and Twitter struck a deal which once again gave Google access to Twitter's data stream. Columnist Miriam Hirschman...
Is Yahoo Testing Non-Bing Powered Search Results?
Yahoo says they are always experimenting with search but would not confirm or deny reports that they are testing dropping Bing powered search...
Microsoft & Getty Images Announce Partnership & Drop Infringement Lawsuit Over Bing Images
On Monday, Getty Images dropped their lawsuit against Bing Images and on Tuesday they signed a new partnership deal with...
Renegotiating Search Deal, Yahoo And Microsoft Extend Deadline
Negotiations likely to yield new terms for Search Alliance....
Covario To Be Acquired By Dentsu Aegis Network, Rio SEO To Remain Independent
Covario, one of the very large search marketing agencies in the US with over 220* employees, has announced they will be acquired by Dentsu Aegis...
HubPages Acquires Squidoo: Content Migration To Begin Within A Few Weeks
Seth Godin, the founder and owner of Squidoo, announced the social content platform, has been acquired by HubPages. Squidoo was founded back in...
With Nadella’s Appointment, The “Search CEOs” Now Run Google, Yahoo & Microsoft
Satya Nadella being named CEO of Microsoft isn’t just big news for Microsoft. It’s big news for search. For the first time in ages,...
Former Lead Inktomi Engineer On Why Google Beat Them
Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Inktomi was the search engine that many SEOs focused on when optimizing their sites – they powered...