SearchDay: Revisiting My 2008 Search Predictions

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Making friends with these crawlers is a vital part of SEO. » Full story » Print version Michael Boland Local Search: Where's the Love?  VERTICAL SEARCH Local search sometimes seems like Rodney Dangerfield: It can't get no respect. But there have also been glimmers of hope for local, if you watch closely enough. » Full story » Print version Chris Boggs SES Chicago 2008 Recap  SEM CROSSFIRE Launch, analyze, refine analysis techniques, adjust and repeat. Search marketing these days shines most brightly because of our ability to provide exact measurements and consistently greater ROI. » Full story » Print version Register Now to attend the Yahoo! Searchlight Award Show. Go to searchlightaward.yahoo.com. News from the Search Engine Watch Blog Holiday E-Commerce Sales Flat Overall According to Latest comScore Data Posted by Nathania Johnson  Dec 22, 2008 With the economy in the pooper and 5 fewer holiday shopping days than last year, the latest data from comScore will show whether you're a half glass full or half glass empty kind of person. As the 2008 holiday shopping season draws to a close, online sales are trending flat for ... » Continue reading Google Image Search Adds Search By Content Type Posted by Nathania Johnson  Dec 22, 2008 If you've ever conducted a search on Google Image Search and wished you could separate the photos from the clip art, then you're getting your wish. Now you can use a drop down menu to sort through the specific type of image you're on the hunt for. Here's a screenshot: Related Reading: Google ... » Continue reading Facebook's New Privacy Problem: Groups Created Under False Pretenses Posted by Nathania Johnson  Dec 22, 2008 Brad J. Ward is an online communciations coordinator at Butler University. Though he hails from a small academic institution, he's unveiled a whale of a problem going on at Facebook (read, don't skim, for the exciting conclusion). As high school seniors across the country are being accepted into Universities for the ... » Continue reading Google, AOL Gain While Yahoo, Microsoft, and Ask.com Lose Share in comScore's November 2008 Rankings Posted by Nathania Johnson  Dec 22, 2008 comScore's November 2008 search engine rankings are out and Google remains at the top, gaining on its share while AOL is the only other one to make gains, albeit slight, month-over-month. November's searches were down 3% from October, likely due to the elections being held at the beginning of the month. ... » Continue reading Warner Music Not as Thrilled As Universal, Says Goodbye to YouTube Posted by Nathania Johnson  Dec 22, 2008 After writing about how Universal Music is making tens of millions from YouTube this year, I was surprised to see Warner Music withdraw from YouTube. Round up the usual suspect for the reasons why they've bailed: Warner Music wants more money from the advertising revenue being brought in. Nevermind that YouTube ... » Continue reading Get nine tips that will optimize your PPC results. In this free guide you'll learn how to: • Understand the Google AdWords structure • Organize, separate & filters campaigns for better tracking • Organize ad groups around keywords • Use the "Sculpture Method" to keep campaigns under control • Conduct controlled experiments...and more! Download the free 9 Tips to Optimize PPC Results Guide now. Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions Calling all SEO Travel affiliates: need tips creating niche travel site  Dec 22, 2008 Hi I want to building a niche site for Hotels in Morocco so I decide to drill down further and narrow down to a area of Morocco: Marrakech. I then look at some stats in google keywords and can see a keyword called "hotels in marrakesh" which gets a Monthly stats 18,100, ... » Join the discussion PPC Visitors Have ADD  Dec 19, 2008 Great column (http://searchenginewatch.com/3632150) by David Szetela on matching PPC ad copy to landing pages. David challenges us to "do a Google search on the term "buy nike mercurial aero vapor sneakers." Then try to figure out which ad and landing page combinations convert the best." OK David, I'll bite. ... » Join the discussion Google GoDaddy and Expired Domain Scam  Dec 18, 2008 Granted Google can't be held directly accountable for all that goes on in another company. However, these articles connect expired then parked domains at GoDaddy and Google's adsense for parked domains program in uncomfortable ways. Standard Tactics, LLC: How GoDaddy Profits from Expired Domains (http://domainnamewire.com/2008/12/03/standard-tactics-llc-how-godaddy-profits-from-expired-domains/) Update: Go Daddy To Shut Down Standard ... » Join the discussion Cached Page is coming with Different URL in Google ?  Dec 18, 2008 Hi Webmasters, I was just watching some high ranking sites and found this page, after that i've checked cache page of Below Url : alatestreview-cnet.com.com (open and check cache: with www in google) But cached page is coming with other Domain URL. How can it possible and what should be the Reason for this ... » Join the discussion

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