Video Search: New Column From Search Engine Land

Our newest Search Engine Land column, Video Search, launches today. Video Search looks at how search engines index videos, and explores the unique search engine optimization techniques that can make videos visible in search results. Our video search columnists are: Grant Crowell, CEO and Creative Director ...
Related Searches: Video Search | Grant Crowell | Video Optimization

Jan. 31, 2008 at 2:53pm Eastern by Chris Sherman

Google AdWords Video Ads Now Live & In the Wild

A few minutes ago, I posted screen captures of Google's new video ads in the real, live, and wild search results. These were announced back in February but only now appear to have really gone live. Searches that triggered this result for me included cell phone or smart phones or phones. It seems like ...

Mar. 26, 2008 at 8:32am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Search Illustrated: Video Optimization

Compelling video content can potentially open the door to site traffic, targeted visitors, and increased brand awareness. But, are the videos on your site easy for search engines and prospective customers to find? Today's infographic demonstrates some quick and easy steps for optimizing videos: Graphic ...
Related Searches: Video Optimization | Video Search

Nov. 20, 2007 at 1:39pm Eastern by Elliance

YouTube Changes Their Minds On Streaming Video: They Won't Do It

... this year and likely not even next year. A source told Silicon Alley Insider that Google was "never really seriously considered a live video service." The reason Google is against providing live stream was over hardware, software costs, and bandwidth fees. Reportedly, after the founder of ...

Aug. 14, 2008 at 9:25am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Google Video Now Offering "Personalized" Video Recommendations

The Google Video Blog announced the launch of personalized video recommendations based on your search history. To see them, make sure you are logged into Google and visit video.google.com. In the middle of the page, you should see, "Recommended videos." Google uses your past search history ...

Jul. 17, 2008 at 3:10pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 21, 2008

... are testing out a new design for Site Explorer plus offering a variety of new stats about web sites. Small Businesses, Conversion Rates, and Online Video: A Good Mix? Can using online video adverting get your small business to quintuple traditional search engine marketing conversion rates? How about ...

Aug. 21, 2008 at 4:09pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Google Video Morphs Further Into New Video Meta Search Role

Last month in Video Hits Google Universal Search & Google Video Now Live With Meta Search?, we covered how Google Video was morphing into its new role as a meta search engine. Now reports of new video sources have emerged. Google Video Now a Video Search Engine from Google Blogoscoped describes ...
Related Searches: Video Search | Universal Search

Jun. 14, 2007 at 8:47am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

A Small Business Marketing Success Story: K9cuisine.com

Being small is hard enough. But being small and in retail? That's like having two strikes against you before the game even begins. From setting up relationships with banks, to finding trustworthy suppliers, to building a loyal customer base, being a small retailer is a challenge many businesses can ...

Jul. 31, 2008 at 7:05am Eastern by Matt McGee

InfoSpace Introduces Video Search On Dogpile, Blinkx Offers Contextual Ad Targeting For Video

InfoSpace has introduced video search on its Dogpile search engine through a partnership with Blinkx. Search results are identical to those found on Blinkx, which is also providing video search for other engines and portals, most notably Ask but also Lycos and ChaCha. It also provides some video search ...
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Jun. 25, 2007 at 9:35am Eastern by Greg Sterling

Blinkx, Video Search Engine, To Power Ask.com Video Search

Blinkx Strikes Ask.com Video Search-Engine Deal from CNNMoney.com reports that video search engine Blinkx will power Ask.com's video search. This deal will give Ask.com access to Blinkx's 12 million hours of audio and video content. Each time a user searches for Blinkx's content, Ask.com has agreed ...
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Jun. 5, 2007 at 10:35am Eastern by Barry Schwartz