Blended Search: A Year Later

Believe it or not, it’s been nearly a year since Google launched Universal Search. Given that, how has your marketing changed over the last twelve months? If it hasn’t, it should. Let’s take a look at why. The development of universal search heralded in a new era in search engine marketing. Overnight ...

Apr. 9, 2008 at 5:45pm Eastern by Robert J. Murray

Search Month: January 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 January 2008, then a major story for various search topics along with other ...
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Feb. 7, 2008 at 10:27am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Search Engine Land Correspondents Named

I said earlier that I, Chris Sherman and Barry Schwartz would be writing here on Search Engine Land when it formally launches on December 11. I'm happy to now add that we'll be working with correspondents: Phil Bradley, Bill Slawski, Jennifer Slegg, Brian Smith, and Greg Sterling. We're glad to have ...

Nov. 22, 2006 at 1:15pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Search Engine Land: December 2006 Statistics Review

As promised, here's the first in regular monthly updates on how Search Engine Land is growing. I hope the traffic statistics look will be both interesting to the curious and informative about how various places can turn into traffic generators. For December 2006, we had about 93,000 page views, or ...

Jan. 8, 2007 at 11:00am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

SMX Search Bowl: Nominate Search Marketers To Take On Search Engines In Quiz!

For years, a conference idea banging around has been a trivia quiz involving the search engines. For our SMX West search marketing conference this Feb. 26-28 in California, we've got it happening! SMX Search Bowl will have teams from Ask, Google, and Microsoft competing against each other to test their ...

Jan. 24, 2008 at 8:35am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Looking At Microsoft's Continued Long Game In Search

... San Jose Mercury News revisits a theme from Microsoft that I've reported to readers over the years. That's how Microsoft's failure to beat Google in search -- despite millions in spending -- gets the "it's early days, give us time" defense from Microsoft. The defense is partially true, but ...

Jan. 15, 2007 at 4:48pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Jupiter Finds Increased Demand For Local SEM

Kevin Newcomb at SEW writes up new findings from JupiterResearch's regular search marketing survey. The findings are broad and written up in some detail. But for purposes of this post, I'm focused on the local angle. Similar to earlier SEMPO survey results, released in January, there's increasing marketer ...

Apr. 11, 2007 at 9:35am Eastern by Greg Sterling

iProspect: Blended Search Resulting In More Clicks On News, Images, And Video

Since the advent of "blended" or "universal search" last year across the major engines, there's been ongoing discussion and speculation about its impact on user behavior and search marketing. Gord Hotchkiss last year wrote extensively about how blended search (on Google) has in ...
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Apr. 7, 2008 at 7:09am Eastern by Greg Sterling

Microsoft 'Unlocks' HealthVault Search Site And Personal Records Database

As part of its push into four strategic vertical search segments, Microsoft has unveiled "HealthVault," which aims to be part medical search engine, part repository of personal data and health information that can be selectively disclosed to doctors and other interested parties. Mary Jo Foley ...

Oct. 4, 2007 at 11:58am Eastern by Greg Sterling

SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 8, 2007

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Grayboxx Now National In The U.S. Grayboxx announced today that it now has coverage in 175 cities (large and small) across the U.S. The site uses a proprietary method ...

Oct. 8, 2007 at 3:32pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz