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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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Avoid Black-Hat Like The Black Plague: Ask Questions

by Travis Unwin February 18, 2011

By now, you’ve heard the story about how retailing giant JC Penny got caught up in the perils of “link building.” Google is applying little “negative feedback” (my term) which will likely prove more costly than the fees they paid to the black-hat-wearing SEO firm that did the deed. Several SEO pundits, including Search Engine [...]

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Announcing Baby Jesus with Social Media

by Andrew Bagley December 21, 2010

As I anxiously await the birth of my first son (my wife is due on Christmas day… and no, we are not going to name him Baby Jesus) I’m preemptively marveling at the role social media will likely play in his arrival.  There will not be a new star announcing his birth (can’t afford it [...]

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Forget Local, the Mobile Future is Personal

by Sean Bartlett December 1, 2010

Location-based services and local deal sites are all the rage these days but the staying power of “local” as a stand-alone service or feature is going to be short lived, especially for mobile users. Much has been made of the stats from Bing and Google that tie local intent to mobile searches, but I contend [...]

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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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Integrated Digital Campaign Success Metrics Are Evolving

by Katie McNally November 17, 2010

With the increase of QR codes, SMS and other interactive calls-to-action we’re seeing increased expectations put on traditional media to perform to digital media standards. Not only are traditional budgets shifting more to digital, but those remaining dollars are starting to be measured in digital terms. Moreover, within the digital space itself, we’re seeing an [...]

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