Search In Pics: Yahoo’s 19th Birthday Cake, Google Jugglers & Canadian KitKat Android Statue
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Yahoo Turns 19 Tomorrow – Their Birthday Cake: Source: Flickr Google…
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Search Marketing Expo (SMX) West Begins In 2 Weeks – Register Now!
Join the most accomplished internet marketers in the world at SMX West, March 11-13 in San Jose, CA. Check out the agenda featuring three days of tactic-rich sessions, inspiring keynotes, invaluable networking opportunities, and more. All Access, Digital Marketing Summit, Workshop & free Expo+…
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Baidu Posts 50 Pct. Revenue Growth But Shy Of Investor Hopes
Chinese search engine and advertising provider Baidu announced quarterly earnings today. The company fell just shy of financial analysts’ estimates, which were $1.54 billion (51 percent growth). Instead the company announced $1.573 billion in revenue, which was a 50.3 percent increase from a…
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Boost Traffic, Rank, Engagement & Sales – Attend SMX West in Two Weeks!
SMX West returns to San Jose in just two weeks! Here is what’s in store: Up-to-date Tactics: SMX West sessions provide you with the latest tactics to cope with algorithm changes, understand evolving paid advertising options and leverage emerging platforms and opportunities. See the agenda….
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Search In Pics: Steve Jobs Pre Google+, Nest Fire Truck & Google Fiber Bunny
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Android Status Booty Light Dance: Source: Google+ Google Stuffed Fiber…
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Yandex Reports Revenue Up 37% In Q4, Ad Network Revenue Nearly Doubles
Russian search giant Yandex reported a strong Q4 2013 today, with overall revenue up 37 percent from Q4 2012 and continued growth in text-based advertising. Take away revenue from its payment platform, Yandex.Money, and the Y-o-Y revenue growth would b…
Yahoo Gives $10 Million To Help Develop Next-Gen Siri And Better “Contextual Search”
Several years ago Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, as a then Google employee, spoke about the perfect search engine that could anticipate your needs and which wouldn’t require any keywords to deliver results. We’re rapidly moving toward searchless content discovery with Siri, Google Now,…
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Search Marketing Expo – SMX West, March 11-13 In San Jose, CA. Register Now!
Join the most accomplished internet marketers in the world at SMX West, March 11-13 in San Jose, CA. Check out the agenda featuring three days of tactic-rich sessions, keynotes, invaluable networking opportunities, and more. All Access, Digital Marketing Summit, Workshop & free Expo+ passes…
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Mentors, Colleagues & New Friends: You’ll Make Invaluable Connections at SMX West
We’ve already highlighted the exceptional content and highly qualified presenters at SMX West. But there’s another aspect of the show that is just as important and valuable – networking. And with well over 1000 companies sending delegates (so far), there are lots of people to network…
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Madoogle SEO Game: Angry Birds As SEOs
Friday we covered an SEO computer game named Donkey Cutts, a play off Donkey Kong. Today, I was informed of another SEO computer game launched about a month ago named Madoogle. This game is a play on Angry Birds, where you swap out the birds with SEO p…
Google Publishes Full Text Of EU Antitrust Agreement
This afternoon on its European Blog Google’s General Counsel Kent Walker exposed the full text of the company’s third-proposed and tentatively accepted antitrust settlement agreement with European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia. Almunia previously declined to make the full…
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The Donkey Cutts SEO Game: Avoid Panda & Penguins
Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, is such a celebrity in the SEO community that one agency built a game for him named Donkey Cutts. The game works like Donkey Kong but replaces the objects based off of Google ranking signals. So you pick your character and then your goal is to reach…
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Search In Pics: Google Boomerang, Google NYC In Snow & Susan Wojcicki’s Last Day
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Google NYC In Snow Storm: Source: Google+ Google Building Blocks: Source:…
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Search Marketing Expo – SMX West, March 11-13 in San Jose, CA. Register Now!
Join the most accomplished internet marketers in the world at SMX West, March 11-13 in San Jose, CA. Check out the agenda featuring three days of tactic-rich sessions, keynotes, invaluable networking opportunities, and more. All Access, Digital Marketing Summit, Workshop & free Expo+ passes…
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No Budget for SMX West? Attend Learn With Google, Sessions, Keynotes & More with a Free Expo+ Pass
Attend sessions on internet and search engine marketing from Google, Covario, Page One Power and Stone Temple Consulting. Meet leading solution providers. Participate in SMX Theater presentations and network with your peers. All for FREE – as long as you pre-register for an SMX West Expo+…
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Will 11th Hour Objections Derail The Google-EU Antitrust Settlement?
When the European Commission recently announced yet another antitrust settlement with Google the matter appeared to be coming to an end. This was the third proposed settlement from Google but indications from EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia suggested that it was essentially final and…
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Microsoft: We Don’t Censor Search Outside China
Bing censors search results in China in accordance with Chinese law. But does it do so in the US and elsewhere around the world for Chinese users? That disturbing proposition was raised yesterday in an article appearing in The Guardian. The article ass…
Google In Trouble Again Over Racist Search Suggestions In UK
Is Google Suggest (autocomplete) simply a mirror held up to society; or is it a product that needs to be censored and regulated to protect us from potentially offensive and objectionable content — even defamation? In the latest row over Google Suggest, the company has removed racist and other…
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Microsoft Testing “Bing Saves” Search Bookmarking Feature
Microsoft appears to be testing a new feature for Bing: Bing Saves. According to a Neowin community member who saw the beta, it’s a way to click and bookmark a search result for later retrieval from your Microsoft account. Below is a screenshot of the feature from Neowin. The utility of such…
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Get Medal-Winning SEO, SEM & Digital Marketing Tactics from World Class Presenters at SMX West
Don’t play games with your marketing success. Attend SMX West for tactics and networking that will put you on the podium. See the agenda, including ski run symbols that guide you to expert, intermediate or beginner level sessions. Here are a few reasons you should join us March 11-13 in San Jose:…
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