CometQuery better than Google? Really??
Monday, 18 December 2006
Digg has generated some buzz for new search engine CometQueary citing “CometQuery provides fast results with thumbnails, like as seen on Ask.com. We may have a simple homepage but we also have a lot of power” I say decide for yourself These days, new search engines with better algorithms, faster results, or improved features are
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Search Behavior and a Proxy Site (yes, its a full day!)
Wednesday, 06 December 2006
The holidays sure keep us busy don’t they!? I confess my recent intermittent posts are not a result of the busy season but attention to new research and my support of a couple remarkable blogs. I anxiously await the results of a comprehensive study of online searcher behavior correlated with online activity and time spent,
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New Yahoo! Ambassador certification
Monday, 04 December 2006
Yahoo’s Search Marketing Ambassador training and the test for certification have been updated to reflect the new features and enhancements to Yahoo! Sponsored Search. In order to retain your Ambassador designation beyond January 31st, 2007, you are required to pass the new test. As an added bonus though, if you pass the new test by
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Yahoo! Ambassador update
Monday, 27 November 2006
With a new Yahoo! Sponsored Search platform upon us, I decided to update my accredation with a review of Yahoo’s Ambassador training. The Yahoo! Search Marketing Ambassador Program helps search engine marketers (SEMs) and agencies maintain Sponsored Search and Local Sponsored Search expertise through training with professional certification from Yahoo! Search Marketing. With this status,
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Search For Insights
Friday, 17 November 2006
From time to time I’ve alluded to a little known, little used, concept by which marketers use search activity and trends to study customer behavior and marketing effectiveness. Consider that with the majority of U.S. adults online and studies suggesting 80-90% of those online use search, you have a tremendous, real time focus group of
Sitemap consistency between Yahoo!, Google, and MSN
Friday, 17 November 2006
In case you haven’t heard yet, Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft recently announced that they will recognize the same Sitemap settings and structure.Sitemaps are an easy way for webmasters to inform search engines about the pages on their sites that are available for crawling. Simply put, a Sitemap is an XML file that lists URLs of
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