Sep 05, 2010 - Google Chrome Latest Version
The nice thing about Google Chrome's auto-update feature is that almost all users are running the latest version of the software. This is really important for web developers, who no longer have to worry that a large number of users haven't upgraded from C...
Sep 03, 2010 - Get Behind the Lens at the MTV VMAs with Yahoo! Search
We’re counting down to find out who will take home a Moon Man at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12, 2010. This year, Yahoo! is partnering with MTV to launch “Behind the Lens,” a video hub where you can see this year’s nominated videos wi...
Aug 31, 2010 - Pay Per Fan: What Big Brands Are Paying For FacebookFans
Although it may sound weird or repulsive to some purists, brands have been buying fans on a cost per fan basis for months (some for many moons).
Cost Per Fan Is No Big Surprise
When you step back, it makes sense:
Many companies operate on a cost per act...
Aug 19, 2010 - On Gmail's Widget for Selecting Messages
Gmail updated the interface last week and many people complained about the changes. Some didn't like Gmail's new hybrid button for selecting messages. To select unread messages or starred messages, you need an extra click. Apparently, many Google employee...
Aug 16, 2010 - Join Yahoo! Search at SES in San Francisco
Search Engine Strategies (SES) will be in San Francisco for the first time starting tomorrow. Join Yahoo! Search in the foggy city and hear about what we’ve been to up.
Highlights of Yahoo! speakers at SES:
Tuesday, August 17
Search: Where to Next?...
Aug 12, 2010 - A Virtual Yahoopalooza at SES
Meet top Yahoos at Search Engine Strategies, San Francisco, August 17–19
This is going to be fun.
Search Engine Strategies, the undisputed Lollapalooza of search marketing conferences, comes to San Francisco for the first time next week. Along with thou...
Aug 11, 2010 - Steal This Idea: Display Your Brand Name Mentions in Your BlogSidebar
Are you launching a new viral campaign or link bait? Sharing your results by displaying your brand name recent web mentions will work like wonders. By doing that you can:
Demonstrate to your visitors how much buzz your site, product or company generate...
Aug 06, 2010 - More Search-Powered Features on Yahoo!
Search is evolving to mean more than entering keywords in a text box – at Yahoo! we believe it’s also about finding the right information at the right time. To help people discover information they want online, we’re enhancing and rolling out new se...
Aug 04, 2010 - Yahoo Opens Up New Flickr Photo Page toEveryone
If you’re a Flickr user, you’d be glad to know that Yahoo has finally open up the new Flickr photo page to the public. The new photo page has been in preview mode for a few weeks now and it seems that the Flickr folks have finally decided that...
Aug 04, 2010 - How To Hire The Perfect B2B Search Marketing Manager
Since I’ve been a columnist here at Search Engine Land, I’ve written about a wide range of B2B search marketing topics, including Flickr, Landing Pages, Trade Shows, Content, High Costs of PPC, Leveraging Organic Keywords, Universal Search, and other ...
Aug 04, 2010 - Update on Google Wave
We have always pursued innovative projects because we want to drive breakthroughs in computer science that dramatically improve our users’ lives. Last year at Google I/O, when we launched our developer preview of Google Wave, a web app for real time com...
Aug 04, 2010 - Flickr Redesigns Photo Page
Flickr has redesigned the photo page, the primary page used on Flickr.com by users.
The changes include:
Photos are 28% larger now
Navigating from photos and to photos is faster now
A new lightbox feature to enlarge photos
Preview up five photos at a ...
Aug 02, 2010 - 6 Ways to Increase Your Influence andPersuasion
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Working in today’s niche markets, we all want to know if there’s a magic bullet. Is there a way to influence your buyers, clients, fans and/or Twitter followers to do what you w...
Jul 21, 2010 - How to Avoid Being GoogleSlapped
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If you’re an AdWords advertiser, chances are you’ve heard the expression “Google slap.” Maybe you’ve even known someone who has been Google slapped or you’ve been Google slapped yourself.
A Google slap can mean...
Jul 21, 2010 - Social Networks Pushing TooHard
With the insane success of Facebook (now 500 million accounts and 140 million uniques a month) and the decent success of Twitter (close to 20 million uniques a month) everyone wants to be the next Mark Zuckerberg. Now with Google rumors floating the...