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Search Engine Rankings and Click-Through Rates: Be Not Deceived

by Roger Pimentel October 3, 2011

A new graph has been making its way around the social media circles, part of an excellent white paper about long-tail CTR. While the piece was shared by some very smart people in the industry, and people that I have a lot of respect for, this kind of report makes me cringe because its implications [...]

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Yahoo! Search Direct Competing With Google Instant

by Chris Corak April 12, 2011

Yahoo! recently rolled out its rival to Google Instant, called Yahoo! Search Direct. Similar to Google Instant, Search Direct provides “Answers” to a user’s query as the user types. Yahoo! claims its new feature is faster and produces more relevant results than Google Instant. Yahoo! claims Search Direct supports 15 different categories at this time, [...]

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Qwiki: Is This The Lazy Man’s Search Engine Or Is It Perfect For TV?

by Andrew Bagley November 22, 2010

Is Qwiki the next generation of web-based TV search?

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Google on a Caffeine Binge

by Travis Unwin June 9, 2010

I’m surprised Google didn’t change its logo today, changing out the double-o to bloodshot eyes. Because it’s  been up all night on a huge Caffeine high. Caffeine is the much-touted change to Google’s indexing process. And here it is in a nutshell: Google does everything it used to do, only faster. Will users see results [...]

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Google Steps Up Their Support of Location-Specific Content

by Travis Unwin March 3, 2010

Google knows where you are. Google can find you. And Google is coming to get you! OK, that last part is speculation on my part, and not very good speculation at that. But the first two parts are quite true, and have been for some time. Users have been adding location-specific terms to their queries [...]

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How to Use eBay to Get Local Google Search Listings: Part 1, The Test

by Danny Stansfield November 13, 2009

There’s a relatively unknown marketing advantage to using eBay that, to my knowledge, is underutilized by most businesses – and that advantage is free Google listings. Pay-Per-Click marketing and Search Engine Optimization can be expensive, time consuming, and frustrating, not only for small businesses, but for any business. It can be costly to try to [...]

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