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Search Engine Watch June 5, 2009 Joshua Palau |
Checking in on 2009 Search Shifts & Predictions In the online world, we tend to make predictions and never really look back. Today, we'll buck that trend and look at some of this year's predictions, five months later. |
Search Engine Watch March 31, 2004 Arnaud Fischer |
Paid Search Programs Finally Growing Up The search industry has come a long way. Enhanced keyword targeting capabilities and powerful new bidding and analysis tools have raised the value of search as a promotional channel. |
Search Engine Watch May 25, 2006 Chris Sherman |
U.K. Search Marketing Environment Thriving The total market for search marketing in the U.K. grew at a blistering 100% rate in 2005, and further double-digit gains are expected for this year. Four key trends are driving this growth. |
Search Engine Watch January 24, 2008 Kevin Newcomb |
Search Marketing Predictions for 2008, Part 2 We've collected the 2008 predictions of several search engine marketers, sharing their best guesses about the direction of the industry in the coming year. |
Search Engine Watch August 2, 2005 Chris Sherman |
Search Engine Results Continuing to Diverge A new study suggests that the overlap between search engine results is less than it was even a few months ago, and that the voices of each engine are growing even more unique. |
Search Engine Watch October 24, 2008 William Flaiz |
The Organic and Paid Balancing Act As SERP listings and functionality changes, there are still two types of listings that have weathered the storm and are still attainable for marketers: traditional organic listings and paid search listings. |
Search Engine Watch March 2, 2009 Joshua Palau |
5 Search Topics You Need to Discuss with Your Client Knowing how to talk about these topics will improve your client communication and help foster more effective and rewarding business relationships. After all, search marketers are communicators first |
InternetNews April 30, 2004 Robyn Greenspan |
Searching for Balance Not all search campaigns are created equal, as Internet users reveal which engines provide the most relevant organic and paid results. |
Search Engine Watch October 2, 2007 Kevin Newcomb |
Search Budgets to See Double-Digit Growth A significant number of advertisers plan to increase both their search ad spend and SEO budgets next year, according to a MarketingSherpa report. |
InternetNews November 20, 2007 Kenneth Corbin |
Google's Search Lead Still Growing A new survey finds the search giant gaining market share as rivals Microsoft and Yahoo slip, despite efforts to revamp their offerings. |
Search Engine Watch January 23, 2008 Kevin Newcomb |
Search Marketing Predictions for 2008 We've collected the 2008 predictions of several search engine marketers, sharing their best guesses about the direction of the industry in the coming year. |
Search Engine Watch October 23, 2003 Anne Kennedy |
Balancing Paid and Organic Search Listings Do you really need both 'organic' or 'natural' listings, generated by search engine optimization (SEO), and paid placement, aka pay-per-click advertising (PPC), to be successful on search engines? |
Search Engine Watch March 3, 2009 Mark Jackson |
Search Engine Optimization in a Down Economy During the last downturn, we witnessed Google become a leader in their space without a huge marketing budget. They had a better widget. |
InternetNews February 28, 2005 Rob McGann |
Majority of Searchers Use Multiple Search Engines What are the most popular search engines? |
Search Engine Watch February 8, 2008 Kevin Newcomb |
What Would a Yahoo-Microsoft Merger Look Like? Part 2 We asked search marketers how they would envision a combined Microsoft-Yahoo, in terms of search technology, search advertising, and social media. |
Search Engine Watch May 18, 2004 Danny Sullivan |
Yahoo Reawakens The Paid Inclusion Debate Yahoo drew widespread criticism for new paid inclusion programs launched in March. What is Yahoo doing? How does it impact the advertiser and searcher? Are there changes Yahoo should be making? The first in a series of articles looking at paid inclusion. |
Search Engine Watch June 2, 2004 Danny Sullivan |
The Paid Inclusion Dinosaur A look at the bet Yahoo's making and alternative plays they could have tried. |
InternetNews December 14, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Search Industry Gains Clout Search engines are now recognized as full-fledged media companies and search engine marketing is no longer a cottage industry. |
CRM July 1, 2007 Colin Beasty |
Business Problem: A Company's Marketing Department Cannot Effectively Track and Manage Campaigns Across Multiple Search Engines. Tech Solution: Search engine marketing tools. |
Search Engine Watch September 2, 2008 Mark Jackson |
How Much Are You Spending on SEO? SEO deserves its rightful place in every company's marketing budget. |
Search Engine Watch January 9, 2006 Chris Sherman |
The State of Search Engine Marketing New research from SEMPO sheds light on what's happening in the search marketing industry today, from the size of the industry to key trends that will shape the year ahead. |
Search Engine Watch January 31, 2008 Kevin Newcomb |
Search Marketers' Wish Lists, Part 2 Predictions of the future of Internet marketing from several search marketers and social media marketers. |
Search Engine Watch September 12, 2008 Chris Boggs |
SEO Reporting: Going Beyond Rankings Enterprise-level SEO provides consistently outstanding ROI over the life of the project. One of the best ways to substantiate this is through ongoing reporting. But if you're just tracking organic positions and nothing else, you're doing a disservice to your clients. |
Search Engine Watch January 7, 2003 Danny Sullivan |
Yahoo To Buy Inktomi If all goes as planned, Yahoo will become the proud owner of Inktomi by the end of March or earlier. The company announced its intention to buy Inktomi for $235 million on December 23. A look at how the deal may help Yahoo bring in more searchers, as well as search revenue. |
Search Engine Watch July 18, 2008 William Flaiz |
The Holy Grail of SEO The imprecise nature of search engine optimization can put clients on edge. A reliable traffic prediction metric is truly the Holy Grail for search marketers. |
InternetNews August 2, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Dogpile: Search Engines Don't Have Much in Common Users of the meta-search service can now see results from MSN Search in addition to results from Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves and MSN Search. As part of its announcement, Dogpile demonstrated the diversity of results across the engines. |
InternetNews August 8, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Searching for the Next Big Thing New search services, partnerships and platforms are expected to launch at Search Engine Strategies conference. |
Search Engine Watch July 3, 2008 Ron Jones |
SEM Going Legit - Literally EDU Many newcomers are looking for some kind of accredited SEM course. But for a university to offer such course, it must be created in theory, pass through boards and deans, and be completely vetted. That can take anywhere from two to five years. |
Search Engine Watch December 22, 2008 William Flaiz |
Revisiting My 2008 Search Predictions Reviewing predictions for 2008 which included SEO moving beyond traditional search engines, and the practice going mainstream. |
Search Engine Watch February 16, 2011 Gareth Owen |
SEO and PPC: A Love-Hate Relationship Three big trends are changing how we attribute value in SEO. We are increasingly turning to tactics that were previously considered to be the realm of paid search professionals to meet client expectations. |
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google Laughs at Yahoo! and Microsoft Google's search-engine market share continues to grow, but problems still loom. |
Search Engine Watch May 6, 2008 Kevin Heisler |
CEO Tells Wall St. Why He Invests in SEO Not every CEO understands the value of search engine optimization. Here's one who does: Tom Evans, CEO of Bankrate, tells Wall St. analysts why SEO is one key to the company's success. |
Search Engine Watch June 20, 2006 Chris Sherman |
Who's Who in Local Search There are lots of opportunities for search marketers use to highly targeted services to reach users looking for local products and services. |
Search Engine Watch October 26, 2010 Jeremy Bencken |
How to Value Links? Perhaps the hardest question to answer in search engine optimization is how much to budget for link building. Here's how you can establish a fair ROI for link building. |
Search Engine Watch June 11, 2009 Melissa Mackey |
Can Bing Really Bring It for PPC Advertisers? Advertisers want to know if Bing can really provide a new experience for searchers, or if it's just Live.com with a cooler name. |
Search Engine Watch August 27, 2010 Marty Weintraub |
Online Marketing Fundamentals For New Professionals, Part 2 A new crop of search marketers need to learn the fundamentals of our industry. Class is in session once again. Today's lesson: organic and paid search for newbies. |
Search Engine Watch November 11, 2008 Mark Jackson |
Google AdWords Quality Score -- That's Old-School for SEO By optimizing your Web site for organic search, and building out a bunch of pages for each keyword that you're honestly interested in targeting, you'll likely end up improving your Quality Scores as well. |
Search Engine Watch March 13, 2008 Steve Haar |
Defending SEM During a Recession If a recession does come, search marketers will need to defend their budgets, and even their jobs. Defining past value to the company, and future contributions, can be a straightforward process. |
Search Engine Watch March 7, 2011 Adam Audette |
Maximizing Your CTR for SEO in Organic Results Be mindful of the way your organic listings appear in the search results. Listings designed to maximize CTR will have a ranking advantage. |
Search Engine Watch April 2, 2001 Danny Sullivan |
Yahoo, GoTo Top Ways For Paid Traffic Yahoo and GoTo offer the most popular programs for site owners to obtain traffic from search engines, a survey of 94 marketers has found. Respondents to the I-Search mailing list survey also sound off about what they hate, what they like and what they wish to see... |
Search Engine Watch December 15, 2004 Chris Sherman |
State of the Search Marketing Industry 2004 Jupiter Research and SEMPO (the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) have released results of separate surveys providing one of the most detailed looks yet at current practices and advertiser spending in the search marketing industry. |
Search Engine Watch June 10, 2008 Mark Jackson |
SEO Competitive Analysis Search engine rankings change regularly, are different on various data centers, and won't generate traffic to the Web site, much less generate leads and sales. Instead, marketers should be focused on reports that mean something, like a competitive SEO analysis. |
Search Engine Watch May 6, 2002 Danny Sullivan |
The Bumpy Road To Maximum Monetization Most search engines come nowhere near monetizing all the links displayed on their search results pages. However, the quest for greater profits is likely to change this, especially if the search engines think it can be done without hurting the relevancy of their product... |
Search Engine Watch March 31, 2008 Kevin Newcomb |
Highlights from the SEW Blog: March 24-28, 2008 Good Google bombs... Google webmaster tools... Google no longer a portal?... Search within a search... Yahoo and the future of search... Google video ads... Non-text contextual ads... Social media: one size does not fit all... etc. |
Search Engine Watch February 4, 2011 Kaley Dobson |
Will a New Tier of Search Advertising Providers Emerge? Google and Microsoft will dominate paid search in 2011, but we'll see a new category of search providers differentiate themselves from the rest of the ad networks and become trusted partners for those marketers looking to expand their reach. |
Search Engine Watch April 5, 2004 Danny Sullivan |
Google Tops, But Yahoo Switch Success So Far New WebSideStory stats say Google's most popular, but they also reveal that Yahoo's recent replacement of Google results with its own technology doesn't appear to have cost it visitors. |
PC World August 2004 Tom Spring |
Search Tangles Internet search is big business. But the drive for profits by search firms and the sites they index is taking its toll on the results in your browser. |
U.S. Banker April 2008 Anthony Malakian |
Banks Search for Right Search-Engine Strategy The Internet continues to pose new marketing challenges for financial institutions, and is at the center of a changing debate over the relative merits of two different approaches to search-engine marketing. |
Bank Technology News April 1, 2008 Anthony Malakian |
The Pros And Cons Of Search Engines Which has the greatest Internet marketing value for banks: the quantifiable "pay-by-click" model, or the more nebulous 'organic' approach, in which a bank's name naturally rises to the top of search-results? |
Fast Company Jeff Revoy |
Breaking Up With Facebook? You Better Think Twice Before you sever your social marketing ties with Facebook, take a second and review the situation. |