Mahalo Adds The Social Graph To Search

Everyone's been talking about how the social graph is the next evolution of search. Search 4.0. The next step forward after Search 3.0's blended and personalized search. Today, Mahalo is taking that next step and adding a social layer to their search results. Jason Calacanis, Mahalo founder, says that ...
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Dec. 12, 2007 at 6:00am Eastern by Vanessa Fox

Google's Marissa Mayer On Social Search / Search 4.0

VentureBeat has a nice Q&A with Google's Marissa Mayer on how the search engine is considering using social data to improve its search results -- what I've described as "Search 4.0" as a generational jump in my Search 3.0 article from earlier this year. Some highlights below: Social search ...
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Jan. 31, 2008 at 12:13pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Search 4.0: Putting Humans Back In Search

Previously I've covered what I dubbed Search 3.0, how search engines have evolved toward blending vertical or specialized results into "regular" web listings. Today, the step beyond that: Search 4.0, how personal, social and human-edited data can be used to refine search results. The Search ...
Related Searches: Social Search | Wikia

May. 28, 2008 at 1:18pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Search 3.0: The Blended & Vertical Search Revolution

This has been a remarkable year. After years of no real dramatic evolution in search, the third generation finally arrived. Google calls it Universal Search, and I've been tending to say "blended search" as a generic name for the change that's now hit all the major search engines. But in ...
Related Searches: Blended Search | Universal Search | Search Trend

Nov. 27, 2007 at 9:11am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Ask.com Helps IAC Earn 40% Increase In Q3 2007 Media Revenue

... a 4.2% decline in net income year over year. Here is IAC's press release for the third-quarter numbers this year. But if you pull out Ask.com, IAC's search engine, which is part of IAC's Media & Advertising group, you will see that sector saw an increase of 40% in revenue and a positive net this ...

Oct. 31, 2007 at 9:50am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Meta Keywords Tag 101: How To "Legally" Hide Words On Your Pages For Search Engines

... meta keywords issue. If Yahoo uses it, and there's a possibility that Google does in some ways, or even if only Yahoo does, and maybe some lesser search engines, then for the lousy few moments it takes to fill the field, why wouldn't I take that time? Sure, it's not on my top five SEO list. But neither ...
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Sep. 5, 2007 at 7:42pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Think Beyond The Click: How To Build Landing Pages That Convert

... used targeted landing pages had almost double the conversion rate, with 12 percent of their visitors converting. Landing pages can also improve your search engine optimization because they are filled with keywords about your business or product. Search engines want to provide the most relevant results ...
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Dec. 14, 2007 at 12:41pm Eastern by Julie Mason

SMX West Day One Coverage

The sessions for the first day of Search Marketing Expo West is now complete. I am about to head into the Search Bowl Tailgating and SMX Search Bowl but I'll post that coverage tomorrow, if any. Here are the blog posts and news items I found throughout the web for today's conference: SMX Bash Kickoff ...

Feb. 26, 2008 at 9:00pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Search Year 2007: Search News, In Review

Each month, I compile Search Month -- a recap of all the stories that have happened relating to search, categorized by topic. I thought it would be fun to take all the Search Months over the past year and produce this edition of Search Year 2007. It was far more work than I imagined, but I hope you ...
Related Searches: Chart Search Engine | Seo Tips | Search Engine Statistics | Top Search

Jan. 1, 2008 at 2:29pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Search Month: May 2008 Search News, In Review

Search Month is a monthly newsletter that recaps stories covered on Search Engine Land over the past month. It's also available by feed here. Below, news about Search Engine Land itself, then our 10 most popular stories from May 2008, then a major story for various search topics along with other stories ...
Related Searches: Paid Search Trends | Google Market Share | Search Share | Statistics

Jun. 1, 2008 at 10:19am Eastern by Danny Sullivan