Searchnomics and the WebGuild Search Engine Award
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
The WebGuild is a wonderful resource for search professionals with two blogs available to help you align search marketing considerations with user experience. They host Searchnomics where you’ll find me at the end of the month in Santa Clara, CA. Zvents is up for their Search Engine Website Award to recognize leadership, outstanding achievement, and
- Published in Conferences / Events, Fun, Search
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Google’s Website Quality Guidelines
Monday, 11 June 2007
At the inaugural SMX Advanced conference in Seattle last week, Matt Cutts discussed Google’s webmaster guidelines but failed to address heavily sought detail on site quality considerations and violations that can result in your being punished by Google (whether your intentions are honorable or otherwise). He did though commit to deliver more insight and Google
- Published in Google, Natural Search / SEO
Modeling Search and User Behavior to Measure Campaign Performance
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
The concept of using behavior, namely search behavior, to understand user intent and awareness is difficult to grasp. In an industry in which focus groups and panels are the norm, the most alien of insights is that of the searcher but, consider, the ability to track the behavior of an immense audience actively seeking, evaluating,
- Published in Advertising, Insights / Research, Search
Google’s Top 100 Validates Search as a Gold Mine of Insight
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Anyone still question that search behavior and trends are your greatest source of insight to customer awareness, interest, and demand? Google doesn’t. Tuesday, Trends released a feature displaying the most recent, dynamic 100 searches (excluding porn, weather, and popular websites & celebrities), replacing Google Zeitgeist and giving us insight to why Dancing with the Stars
- Published in Analytics, Insights / Research, Search
The Implications of Universal Search
Friday, 18 May 2007
I’m not going to spend much time on the news as any search marketer worth their salt should already be aware of Google’s Universal Search initiative. The goal, of course, is to aggregate results to one SERP presenting web results, videos, news, images, and other content in the same experience. Yesterday, Google took a step
- Published in Google, Natural Search / SEO, Search, Vertical Search
Trademark terms in Paid Search
Monday, 07 May 2007
This point of view has been a few days coming as the implications of a U.S. District Court in NY ruling in April have yet to be realized. I hope you are paying attention. A couple weeks ago, Judge Thomas J. McAvoy ruled for John Hamzik, who holds a trademark on “The Dating Ring,” against
- Published in Brand Marketing, Insights / Research, Paid Search, Search
