Interesting alert today on MarketWatch.com pertaining to the new search product being developed for mobile services by Google. If the masters of monitization can add sponsored links to cell phones, you can be sure that aggressive clients will want to participate.
Check out the article titled “Google Developing Search Product for Mobile Services“.
Danny Sullivan, founder of Search Engine Land, announced the launch of Sphinn, a social site created for Internet marketing professionals. The site is similar to Digg, with user generated articles and comment voting.
Yahoo! recently announced a new search suggestion feature. The Yahoo! search box now offers search suggestions as you type. For more information visit the Yahoo! Search Blog.
This quote was stated today by Sheryl Sandberg, the vice president of global online sales and operations for Google, during a forum with Yahoo!, MSN, and Ask at Fortune’s iMeme tech conference in San Francisco. As CNNMoney.com also reported today, the four giants of search didn’t always play nicely during this presentation.
Check out “Search Leaders Get Defensive” for a little insight into the competitiveness of our space at the very top.
Yesterday evening, the Search Engine Marketing Professionals of Portland (SEMpdx) held our enjoyable Networking/Mini-Education event at Paddy’s Bar & Grill here in Portland. During the event, an executive from a local media agency and I began discussing the significant percentage of media dollars that is being redirected away from traditional media formats to online search marketing. In particular, we both mentioned the impressive fact that more dollars are coming from print, television, radio, etc., and not just from the other interactive media channels (e-mail, banner ads, etc.), as has been the case in the most recent years.
An excellent article written by Todd Mintz, a fellow founding board member of Search Engine Marketing Professionals of Portland, also known as SEMpdx, has been posted today on Danny Sullivan’s Search Engine Land. This article provides real insight into recommended ways for individuals new to the world of online search marketing to acquire search engine marketing skills and knowledge.
I stumbled across an interesting article from Forbes.com this afternoon painting the less-than-rosy picture at the blog search engine Technorati. It appears that top talent at the hipper-than-thou start-up are chopping themselves away from the company, now that Google has stepped into the blog search arena.
As The G-Men continue to demonstrate, if you build a better search trap . . .
Check-out Technorati’s Troubles at Forbes.com
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