SearchDay: What's Wrong With Being Cuil?

Today's Columns: » What's Wrong With Being Cuil?  » Google's Sergey Brin on Local Mobile Search   » Press Releases and Search Engine Optimization  About | Blog | Forums | Experts | Search 101 | Ratings & Stats | View Online SearchDay �July 30, 2008

Top Jobs Strategic Consultant Responsys , United States VP of Marketing Leadclick Media Inc San Francisco, United States Interactive Account Director Doner Newport Beach, United States Search Engine Marketing Specialist InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Atlanta, United States Policy Analyst Massachusetts Medical Society Waltham, United States More Jobs Today's Top Story Kevin Ryan What's Wrong With Being Cuil?  SEARCHING FOR MEANING Cuil may be a good search engine...someday. But launching it as a "Google-killer" was a mistake. What have we learned today? First, make sure it works before you launch it. Second, make sure you can live up to your claims or you'll suffer the consequences. » Full story » Print version Search Engine Watch Experts Columns Eric Enge Google vs. Yahoo on Paid Links  BY THE NUMBERS Google created a firestorm in the industry with its Paid Links directive. So where does Yahoo stand in the Paid Links debate? » Full story » Print version Kevin Heisler Google's Sergey Brin on Local Mobile Search  SEARCH ENGINE WARGAMES In 2005, O'Reilly proclaimed it the "Year of Local Mobile Search," but that didn't work out. While this year may not merit that title either, Google sees 2008 as a key year in the battle for multiplatform search dominance. » Full story » Print version Mark Jackson Press Releases and Search Engine Optimization  AU NATURAL Issuing press releases without regard for SEO is a wasted opportunity. Combining press releases with SEO efforts can help gain presence in the editorial results of the search engines, even if it's not a direct presence for your actual domain. » Full story » Print version News from the Search Engine Watch Blog Marchex Launches Integrated Local Advertising Platform Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jul 30, 2008 Marchex is integrating online and offline lead generation methods in its launch of Marchex Connect 2.0. The local advertising platform offers three products: online advertising, call-based advertising, and Business Profile Pages With today�s launch, Marchex subsidiaries VoiceStar and Traffic Leader have been unified under the Marchex Digital Platform Group to leverage ... » Continue reading Ask.com and IAC Beat the Street:: 2Q 2008 Earnigs Posted by Kevin Heisler  Jul 30, 2008 Some skeptics have publicly predicted the death of Ask.com. With IAC planning to spin off its properties into four units, that's a bold prediction indeed. For the divisions that will become the new IAC, including Internet services such as Ask.com and Match.com, revenue rose 11% as earnings improved 3%. The Ask-Google ... » Continue reading Yellow Pages Beat Other Local Media in Online Sales in 2007 Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jul 30, 2008 Local directories made 9% of their gross revenues online in 2007, while other local media such as newspapers and TV only made 5% online. Douglas Quenqua, over at ClickZ, has the full write up from the data released by Borrell Associates. While search has threatened the industry, selling ads on ... » Continue reading Italian Broadcaster Sues Google, YouTube for $779 million Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jul 30, 2008 Google is facing another YouTube law suit, this time from Italian broadcaster Mediaset, which is controlled by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The suit was filed in Rome and seeks 500 million Euros in damages (approx $779 million USD). The suit is similar to others, including the one brought by Viacom, citing ... » Continue reading Cloud Computing Unites Yahoo, HP, Intel Posted by Kevin Heisler  Jul 29, 2008 Yahoo, Intel and Hewlett Packard announced an alliance to advance "cloud computing," backing a global trend that threatens Microsoft's iron-fisted grip on packaged software installed on computers. Earlier this year Google and IBM teamed up to advance research into providing SAAS (software as a service) on the Internet hosted by data ... » Continue reading Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions   » Join the discussion Quality Score Question  Jul 30, 2008 Does the quality of scores of keywords just affect the ad group they are in or do they affect the entire campaign? So if have ad group that is really under performing and is deleted, are future ad groups going to be affected? » Join the discussion Google and SWFObject  Jul 30, 2008 Hi, I am after some advice and feedback on the use of SWFObject for flash-based website. I know recently Google implemented an update where they will be able to crawl and index text within flash files. Here's the scenario: 1. If I were to have a flash movie with 5 sections (Home, About, ... » Join the discussion

Send Us Feedback! | Technical Questions or Bug Reports | Legal Notices, Licensing, Reprints & Permissions | Privacy Policy Incisive Interactive Marketing LLC. 2008 All rights reserved. To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Incisive Media Plc. 270 Lafayette Street, Ste. 700, New York, NY 10012 Please include the e-mail address with which you have been contacted. How to Advertise | Contact Us | Subscribe to Newsletters | ClickZ.com Click here to update your profile or unsubscribe. Get a Free Email Marketing Demo All ClickZ newsletters are sent from the domain "newsletters.clickz.com". When configuring e-mail or spam filter rules, please use this domain name rather than the sender address, which varies.