Archive for June, 2010

Discovering Web User Types & Habits Via Search Queries

2010/06/18

Not long ago I asked my twenty year old daughter where she goes to get information. Without hesitation she replied, “Google.” I thought this made sense. Her generation grew up with Google

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Google Prepping A Payment System For Newspapers: Report

2010/06/17

Via paidContent comes news that Google might launch a micropayment system for newspapers by the end of the year.

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SPONSOR MESSAGE: Get More Traffic, Transactions with VeriSign Trust™ Seal

2010/06/17

The world’s most popular online trust mark, the VeriSign seal has helped web sites increase transactions an average of 24%. Daily malware scans help keep your site off search engine blacklists. The trust seal displays next to your search result in leading search engines to maximize incoming traffic.

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Whiteboard Friday – What’s Working for You? with Richard Baxter

2010/06/17

Posted by great scott! The avalanche-like flow of special guest Whiteboard Fridays continues this week with another installment featuring our beloved London SEO expert, Richard Baxter (anchor text, y’all). Last week Richard helped us all learn how to get our fresh content indexed licketty-split, and this week he’s back to help us learn how to identify which areas of our sites are working hardest for us.

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Google Announces Commerce Search 2.0

2010/06/17

Just in time for summer when most students are probably going to shop for hot summer items and to help retail sites prepare their stores for the summer shopping season, Google has just launched Google Commerce Search 2.0 . Available now for U.S

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Stay.com Lets You Create Your Dream Getaway – Easily

2010/06/17

There are travel guides and tips online, travel books like Fodors or the Rough Guide, even newsstand nested travel magazines with grandiose pictures of dream destinations. But, so far, no one has created the perfect online travel tool … and man do I love to travel! A new startup I tested the other day, Stay.com , provides the opportunity to browse the travel guides of others, collaborate on travel plans, and lets you create valuable travel plans refined to your needs

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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 17, 2010

2010/06/17

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web….

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 17, 2010

2010/06/17

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing To Rollout Red Carpet In Hollywood Along With New Features What’s the hottest trend in Hollywood right now

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Boston Globe Adopts Open-Source Neighborhood News Mapping Platform OpenBlock

2010/06/17

The Boston globe is among the early adopters of OpenBlock, an open-source platform that offers news organizations the possibility to display local news data on clickable neighborhood maps. The newspaper’s move is part of a wider initiative worth a total $450K launched by the Knight Foundation, announced at the MIT earlier today.

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Bing To Rollout Red Carpet In Hollywood Along With New Features

2010/06/17

What’s the hottest trend in Hollywood right now? Ding, ding, it’s Bing

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