Ask.com To Power Lycos Search & Search Ads
OAKLAND , Calif.and WALTHAM, Mass. Reuters reports that Ask.com has reached a deal with Lycos to power their search engine and search ads. Lycos is the 5th "most popular U.S. Web portal. Ask.com will...
View ArticleGoogle Maps missing Ontario on JetBlue flight
On Sunday, I flew from Boston, MA, to Oakland , CA, on JetBlue -- and was surprised to find that Ontario, Canada, was a blank area on Google Maps when we flew over it. Last month, JetBlue launched a...
View ArticleSearch Headlines & Links: July 11, 2007
Google Maps missing Ontario on JetBlue flightOn Sunday, I flew from Boston, MA, to Oakland , CA, on JetBlue -- and was surprised to find that Ontario, Canada, was a blank area on Google Maps when we...
View ArticleHighlights from the SEW Blog: July 16, 2007
Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.
View ArticleThe Search Engine Update - Number 245 - July 24, 2007
Search Engine Watch's recap of top search engine stories since our last newsletter.
View ArticleGoogle Searches Lead to One Conviction, One Arrest
Carol LaGraves was being treated for rheumatoid arthritis at the Center for Rheumatology, Immunology and Arthritis in Oakland Park since last year. CNN/crime nailed one Google search crime story but...
View ArticleWhich Markets Are the Biggest Users of Apple Products?
At the top of the list is the San Francisco- Oakland -San Jose, California DMA where fully 32.3 percent adult residents own or use at least one of the three core Apple products. San Francisco- Oakland...
View ArticleReading Wife's Email Illegal? Man Faces Up To 5 Years
Oakland County prosecutors, using a Michigan statute normally used to prosecute identity theft or stealing trade secrets, charged Leon Walker, 33, with a felony after he logged onto a laptop he shared...
View ArticleGoogle Offers Live in Portland; Coming Soon to NYC, San Francisco
Google Offers, Google's version of Groupon or LivingSocial, has launched in Portland, Oregon, and will soon offer daily deals from local restaurants and businesses in New York City (Downtown, Midtown,...
View ArticleSearch Week in Review for April 23, 2011
Google Offers, Google's version of Groupon or LivingSocial, has launched in Portland, Oregon, and will soon offer daily deals from local restaurants and businesses in New York City (Downtown, Midtown,...
View ArticleEric Schmidt on Search Result Answers, Social Failures & Google Offers Launch
While Portland is now officially available, NYC Downtown, NYC Midtown, NYC Uptown, Oakland / East Bay, and San Francisco are still listing as "coming soon. During an interview last night with Google's...
View ArticleGoogle Offers Hit NYC, Oakland & San Francisco
If you had signed up to receive more information on Google Offers and live in New York City, Oakland, or San Francisco, you should have noticed an email or two from them in the last day. And it seems...
View ArticleExploiting Tomorrow: As New Virtual World Features Develop, Security...
The speed at which changes and new concepts are being pushed out from Linden Lab has increased - shifting towards something more in tune with its current user base. It's by no means perfect, but it's a...
View ArticleThe Art of Winning on AdWords - Lessons from Moneyball
Campaign cloning is a great way to discover truths that hide in aggregated statistics. Applying Moneyball scrutiny to your account will help you bid more intelligently, achieve greater margins, and...
View Article5 'Moneyball' Tips for Search Marketers from Billy Beane
Oakland A's General Manager Billy Beane talked baseball, metrics, and people calling him crazy, with an audience of search marketers and corporate executives in a keynote yesterday at Covario’s...
View ArticleA Good Social Media Marketing IDEA: Identify, Deliver, Empower, Amplify
Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research and co-author of bestseller "Groundswell", shared tips for success in social and instigating positive change by causing trouble in a way that’s disruptive at...
View Article8 Search and Social Takeaways from Covario INFLECTIONPoint 2012
How to be smart with a strict budget, the importance of timing and levity in social media, retaining value in SEO, content marketing, and the convergance of search and social were among the hot topics,...
View ArticleYahoo Genome Brings Big Data to Advertisers
The big data-driven audience targeting system will combine Yahoo's registration, search, and behavioral data with information from 25 data sources, along with advertiser data, to perform predictive...
View ArticleAmelia Earhart Found in Google Doodle
The search for U.S. aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart has yet to turn up any evidence in the 75 years since she vanished somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. Earhart, who was born on this date 115 years...
View ArticleSeize The Data: 5 Ways To Leverage Big Data for Social Media & Search
Brands must proactively participate in the creation of, and interaction with, data (social, video, photos, etc.). Those who fail to use data to connect with target audiences face an uphill battle....
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