While Convention and Visitors Bureau websites have a wealth of information on local businesses, they rarely rank well on Google. Instead it's an array of sites that want visitors to either book a hotel, purchase a golf package, or click on AdSense ads. In this post, we look at some of the reasons why... [...more]
In this week's news, Google enters the daily-deals race with Google Offers on the same day that Groupon files its IPO. [...more]
In this week's news, Facebook launches its new coupon service and acquires Daytum, while Microsoft releases its Q3 revenue report. [...more]
In this week's search news, Yahoo reports a significant decline in search revenue, Google tests Instant Ad Previews and Wal-Mart acquires Kosmix. [...more]
Yahoo introduces its new real-time search feature, Google develops new partnerships in the pursuit of NFC payments, and Sina drops Google. [...more]
Microsoft recently announced plans to launch a new adCenter Quality Score for optimizing PPC campaigns on Bing and Yahoo!. The new feature will be available in the Spring and should provide another level of insight for search marketers. [...more]
Google announced a new social search service this week, which incorporate relevant social media activities into SERP. [...more]
Microsoft has announced a significant change to its paid search editorial policy, which will enable marketers to bid on trademark terms across Bing and Yahoo!. [...more]
In this week's search news, Google accuses Microsoft of copying their search results while Yahoo! and Zillow finalize a new marketing agreement. [...more]
This week in search, Google unveiled their new, supercharged book search services, Yahoo shuts down several beloved online services and Twitter gets another $200 million in investments. [...more]
