December 29, 2004
Sponsored-Link-Only Search at Google
Now you can search only Google’s sponsored links. Here’s a great way to see who’s bidding on which keywords.
It doesn’t take too many searches to see why Google’s contemplating changes in policies around affiliate marketers.
For example, out of 20 sponsored links on a search for “Sean John”, 8 are affiliates promoting ebay. [...]
December 29, 2004
Search Agencies Ripe for Picking
iProspect last week, more to come for sure…
ClickZ reports:
Search Agencies Ripe for Picking
Last week’s acquisition of search engine marketing (SEM) firm iProspect by the UK-based Aegis Group may jump-start a trend of larger agencies investing in SEM. It’s a reflection of search marketing’s increasing power and importance, industry watchers say.
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December 19, 2004
Google Update December 2004
As reported by a number of webmasters in various message boards, Google appears to be going through a major update (major by many people’s definition). While some people are reporing no change at all, others are reporting from 50-100% loss of placement in Google.
As of the writing of this article, some are [...]
November 10, 2004
WSJ.com - Microsoft Is Set to Unveil Its Internet Search Service
Well it’s about time…
Microsoft Is Set to Unveil Its Internet Search Service
It says in the article that this is a “long awaited” launch. I don’t know how long, but having watched the developments over a few sneak peeks at their “tech previews”, this should be very interesting.
The image of a lamb stumbling into wolfville [...]