SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 31, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Topic: Search Engine Journal
Google Updates Toolbar PageRank For New Years
Some webmasters are celebrating, others not so much, as Google closes out 2008 with another toolbar PageRank update — the first one since September. Google’s Matt Cutts confirmed the update via Twitter late last night. There’s lots of Twitter talk today about the update, along with discussion on Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Journal. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 4, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 22, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 21, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 9, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 6, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 16, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 10, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 3, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 18, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 22, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 17, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 8, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 25, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 12, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 11, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Looking For Stations With Cheap Gas Prices? Search Tools To The Rescue!
As the price of gasoline is speeds toward $5.00, it’s no surprise that tools helping consumers find less expensive gas are gaining visibility and popularity. Search Engine Journal and Google Maps Mania both have had nice roundups recently. Below, a look at some of the tools from them plus some additional ones and whether the […]
SMX Advanced ’08 – Day Two Recap
Day two of SMX Advanced is now over. The Give it Up session was truly awesome, but those notes cannot be posted until July 3rd, so stay tuned for that. Here are the sessions recaps:
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 3, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 29, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
10 Fundamental Tips To Improve Your SEO
In my colleague Matt Lester’s recent Search Engine Land column, he discussed ten tips for a more effective paid search campaign. For this article, I’ll follow up Matt’s advice with ten tips to help you develop a more effective search engine optimization (SEO) campaign. But before we dive into the tips, let’s briefly look at […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 7, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 1, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web
Google Showing Ranking Scores On AdWords?
This morning I reported at the Search Engine Roundtable that several webmasters began noticing three values being displayed under some AdWords ads that might reveal some details on how Google may rank AdWords ads. The scores include the “Pscore,” “mCPC,” and “thresh.” Danny and I took guesses at what each might mean and the mCPC […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 25, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web
YOS: Rewiring Yahoo From The Inside Out
Yahoo’s relatively new CTO Ari Balogh expanded upon Yahoo’s “open” initiatives in a keynote speech to the Web2.0 conference yesterday. There’s a very extensive discussion, including a video of the keynote, on the TechCrunch site (additional coverage in Search Engine Journal). The SearchMonkey beta is the first step in executing on the strategy, which will […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 14, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
A Small Business Marketing Success Story: John Tuggle, Guitar Teacher
A small business can have millions of dollars in revenue and dozens of employees … or it can be a one-man-band, turning passion into a living. This month’s small business marketing success story is about the latter. Meet John W. Tuggle, a guitarist living in Athens, Georgia. John has been playing guitar for 17 years, […]
April Fools 2008 : The Search Industry’s Recap
Happy April Fools Day! April Fools can be a fun but scary day for news reporters like myself. On one hand, we get to make up stories and fool people into thinking they are real. On the other hand, we have to determine which news stories are real and which are fake and not be […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 24, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SES NY Day Two Live Coverage Recap
The second day of SES NY is now complete. Here is the live blogging coverage I found throughout the day for the event. I’ll add any new coverage to tomorrow’s recap.
SES NY Day One Live Coverage Recap
The first day of SES NY is now complete. Here is the live blogging coverage I found throughout the day for the event. I’ll add any new coverage to tomorrow’s recap.
Search Biz: Google’s Project Management Tools, Iowa Seeks Microsoft, & More
Click Forensics gets $10 million in funding. An early Googler donates money to San Jose State. The fight to control IAC carries on. Disney doesn’t want AOL. Yahoo and Microsoft do research labs in Israel. A glimpse into the internal tools Google uses to manage products, and Iowa passes tax breaks in hopes of getting […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 4, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SMX West Day One Coverage
The sessions for the first day of Search Marketing Expo West is now complete. I am about to head into the Search Bowl Tailgating and SMX Search Bowl but I’ll post that coverage tomorrow, if any. Here are the blog posts and news items I found throughout the web for today’s conference:
Microsoft + Yahoo: Recapping Reactions
Now that we’ve posted our own five different stories on the Microsoft bid for Yahoo, I wanted to take a spin across what others are writing up. Below, a recap of things I found interesting below. In particular, I’ve tried to focus on stuff that’s got original observations or interesting tidbits other than the general […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 24, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Testing Click To Call Again?
Search Engine Journal alerted us to an apparently renewed test of click-to-call at Google. Google had been testing click to call in 2005 and 2006 with an eye toward implementing pay-per-phone call. Rather than show local or 800 tracking numbers, Google was using a field that remembered users’ telephone numbers (once entered) and connected calls. […]
Microsoft And MediaCart Bring Ad Targeting To Grocery Store Shopping Carts
I can imagine two possible consumer reactions to MediaCart, a smart shopping cart that offers video displays, personalized services, and targeted advertising to shoppers in retail stores: amazement or horror. Microsoft has teamed up with MediaCart to offer in-store ad targeting that is both behavioral and takes the concept of “location-based services” to the store […]