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Google Flight Search Not a Monopolist Move

Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by in SEOchat

(Page 1 of 2 ) Google must feel very put-upon at times. It tries to help searchers find what they’re looking for, and prides itself on not being evil. Lately, though, whenever it does the former, observers accuse it of doing the latter – even if some other search engine did it first. Such is [...]

When it comes to site design, e-retailers don’t always need to think big

Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by in Internet Retailer

When it comes to site design, e-retailers don’t always need to think big

Murali Bandaru The key to increasing conversions with well-designed merchandising pages is to keep the design clean, simple and straightforward, says Murali Bandaru, director of information technology for department store chain Belk Inc. Bandaru will speak Feb. 14 at 9:00 a.m. at the 2012 Internet Retailer Web Site Design and Usability Conference in Orlando in [...]

What Steve Jobs can teach you about improving your business

Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by in AllTop

What Steve Jobs can teach you about improving your business

If a strong competitor turned up next week, targeting your clients and prospective clients with great marketing and a compelling service, what would you do? Raising your own bar The honest answer for most small business owners, is that you would very quickly up your game. Faced with this significant new threat, you would look to [...]

Twitter Scolds Google for Social Search Development

Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by in Adage

Google’s move to give Google content enhanced visibility in search results won’t be evident for a while yet. Google is taking the next few weeks to roll out the changes, and it’s possible that only active users of the social-networking platform will notice anything different even then. But Twitter has already registered its concern by [...]

Universal Search Results in PRO

Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by in SEOmoz

Now that the holidays have passed, we’re back in full swing at SEOmoz. I’m happy to offer another product announcement for PRO members. We’ve just shipped phase one of our support for Universal Search results, which includes data about local (a.k.a. places) results in Google search results. Whether it’s a 7-pack or a blended result, if [...]

‘Cash in on the 32 Billion Dollar Mobile App Gold Rush’ Jeff Mills’ Webinar 9.00 pm EST

Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by in IM News Watch

Jeff Mills is hosting a webinar with on Tuesday, January 10 at 9.00 pm EST. The topic of the webinar is “Cash in on the 32 Billion Dollar Mobile App Gold Rush”. Webinar Details Key Person: Jeff Mills Topic: Cash in on the 32 Billion Dollar Mobile App Gold Rush Day/Date: Tuesday, January 10 Time: 9.00 pm EST – [...]

SEO Efforts Don’t Have to be Dead on Arrival

Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by in Search Engine Journal

SEO Efforts Don’t Have to be Dead on Arrival

Most of us at one time or another has viewed the television commercial of the older women who has fallen and can’t get up. Well, for some business owners, they probably feel that way sometimes about their company’s SEO efforts. The intent may be good, but the bottom line is the search engine marketing campaigns [...]

December Search Numbers: Google Regains Share From Bing

Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by in Search Engine Land

December Search Numbers: Google Regains Share From Bing

The financial analysts are starting to trickle out comScore US search market share data for December 2011 ahead of the official public release of the figures tomorrow. According to what I saw there wasn’t a great deal of movement vs. November. The “big news” is that Google increased its share by 0.5 percent, seemingly at [...]

Google Launches Search Plus Your World

Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by in Search Engine Watch

Google Launches Search Plus Your World

Google introduced huge new features today that bring some clarity to many of the changes they’ve made over the past several months, including the creation of their own social media network and the implementation of SSL search. Their latest search engine incarnation is called Search Plus Your World and it’s rolling out on Google.com over [...]

Myspace TV: The Next Step in the Comeback

Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by in Marketing Pilgrim

Myspace TV: The Next Step in the Comeback

I’ve always been a fan of the underdog, so maybe that’s why I feel obligated to wave the pom-poms for Myspace. They’ve got a new team, a legitimate celebrity backer in Justin Timberlake and a snazzy new goal, to become the home of what’s new in entertainment. Yesterday, Justin Timberlake took the stage at CES [...]