Double Serving, Trademarks & Other Tricky Issues Presentations from SMX East, October 2010 The rules are clear: advertisers may only occupy one position on any given search result page. But it’s also clear that some advertisers are bending the rules, with two or more of their ads being served at once. So, is this a […]
Too much time is often spent about the new features the various major search engines roll out or the latest deals they cut. Here at Search Engine Land, we can be as guilty of that as anyone. To correct it, I’ll be spending more and more time highlighting poor quality search results that I encounter, […]
Measuring Search & Offline Marketing Success OK, you’ve gotten the integration of search and offline campaigns working. How’s it going? What ways are you using to measure success? This session looks at techniques. [flv:https://searchengineland.com/video_assets/west09/Measuring-Search-Offline-Marketing-Success.flv 364 200] Moderator: Sara Holoubek, Consultant, Columnist and SEMPO Board of Directors Speakers: Charlie Ballard, Manager, Measurement & Analytics, One To […]
Tim Cohn tipped us to his blog post about the end of Google’s Business Pages for Mobile Ads product. When logged into his AdWords account, Tim found this alert: “AdWords Business Pages for mobile ads are being retired. As the first stage, you will no longer be able to edit your mobile Business Page after […]
Spotted via Google Blogoscoped, Google’s finally acknowledging turning 10 this month with a special Google 10th Birthday web site. It features a cool interactive timeline where you can click on various events in the company’s history and get more information, along with a new “Project 10 to The 100” challenge for ideas to improve the world and an invitation for anyone […]
Yahoo has taken the “beta” label off its new Yahoo Mail service. Here’s an overview from the Yodel Anecdotal blog. Arguably the most interesting aspect of the new features is the capability of sending text messages to mobile phones from Yahoo Mail.
Yahoo! buys Actionality from Mobile Entertainment reports Yahoo has purchased Actionality, a company that specializes in creating ad-funded mobile content. Actionality has technology that embeds games with ads at the point of download. Actionality is a Munich-based company with sales offices in Berlin and Hong Kong. There has been no official confirmation of the acquisition […]
Qihoo lawsuit win closes chapter in dispute with China Yahoo from Interfax reports Qihoo has won an unfair competition lawsuit against Yahoo China. Yahoo China has to pay Qihoo $9,210 and post an apology on their home page.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is preparing to launch a more structured mobile search capability and index for mobile content that may also include social networking features. According to the article: Google Inc. is developing a new search service for cellphones that will help consumers find and buy ringtones, games and other […]
Brian Smith reports that Windows Live Shopping has been taken offline. The message on the Windows Live Shopping says: This beta test has now ended. Thank you for visiting the Windows Live Shopping beta and helping us test the site. Our vast product selection and user-created content, such as guides and reviews, continues to be […]