Jul

3

The Top 10 SEO Myths (& Priorities)

July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment

iMedia Connection, Associate Editor Michael Estrin has pulled together a must read SEO article with contributions from SEO Superstars, Kevin Ryan, Paul Bruemmer, Danny Sullivan, Aaron Wall, Shimon Sandler, and Google’s Adam Lasnik. The article reviews what I think everyone would agree are the most widely believed myths as well as the most important […]

Popularity: 9% [?]

May

15

Google wins another title; overtakes Yahoo

May 15, 2008 | 2 Comments

I’d bet you didn’t realize that for all the hype Google receives for having the greatest search share, Yahoo! still reigns supreme as the most used (trafficked) website. According to comScore latest numbers, Yahoo serves 33.6 billion page views per month easily eclipsing Google’s 28.7 billion. Traditional marketers (or, frankly, savvy marketers who […]

Popularity: 22% [?]

Apr

11

Who’s at Ad:tech next week?

April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

ad:tech San Francisco, the interactive advertising and technology conference and exhibition, starts next week at the Moscone Center. The show blends keynote speakers, topic driven panels and workshops to provide us with the tools and techniques needed to keep up and compete. It has, perhaps, the best show floor in the industry making it […]

Popularity: 67% [?]

Mar

5

Online Marketing Heroes

March 5, 2008 | 8 Comments

Certainly, one has to have a degree of ego involved with starting one’s own blog, after all, these are my thoughts; thoughts I presume are of interest to someone. Sure, perhaps it isn’t really “ego” but, needless to say, I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t hope someone cared and derived a modicum […]

Popularity: 100% [?]

Feb

27

Paid Clicks are Dead. Long Live Paid Clicks!

February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

According to comScore, Google’s paid search click volume fell 7% in January, from the previous month, and were relatively flat with the same period last year. Industry pundits, economists, and search experts are fervent with the data, citing everything from a slow month, to validation of a recession, to the downfall of society!
I […]

Popularity: 47% [?]

Feb

6

Yahoo, Microsoft, Google oh my! (part 2 - the acquisition)

February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

As questions whirl about the bid from Microsoft to acquire Yahoo!, I’m still astounded at how the focus of the media is on Search and what such a merger of traditional technology and internet behemoths will mean for Yahoo’s share of search relative to Google. The fact is, Google’s core technology and search science […]

Popularity: 47% [?]

Jan

30

Universal Search by Vertical

January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments

Can I take a moment and violate what is perhaps one of the more pervasive of the seven deadly sins? I recently had the honor of playing a role (albeit a bit part) in the release of the first blended vertical search technology. Monday, time based local search engine Zvents released Federated Local […]

Popularity: 39% [?]

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