Organizations who harness the power of post-click optimization can achieve a significant increase of conversions, resulting in a huge competitive advantage. In this five minute interview with Lance Loveday, CEO of Closed Loop Marketing, Lance shares his perspective on Post…
Google Search Formula Rank Creates Controversy
Google Search Rank Creates Controversy and Critics According to press reports over the weekend, Google search revamp is under fire as unfair says SJ Mercury News. According to the WSJ online, Google Inc., long considered the gold standard of Internet…
Net Tracking- Issues and Positions
Net Tracking- Issues and Positions Compares How those in Favor and Those Opposed Side on this Important Issue FTC backs “do not track” list for Web users Reuters is reporting that U.S. regulators on Wednesday backed the creation of a…
Instant Gratification Spills into Search
Instant Gratification Spills into Search By Jeff MacGurn Google introduced a new capability to its search engine results page this week, a functionality called “Google Instant”. Just in case you haven’t heard the clamor web-wide regarding the new capability, here’s…
Google the 800 lb Guerrilla?
Microsoft CEO: Google merits regulatory scrutiny Recent press reports reflect that CEO Steve Ballmer intends to keep the regulatory heat on Google as his company strives to lessen its rival’s dominance of Internet search stating that Google merits regulatory scrutiny.…
Bing Gains Ground
Bing Searches Increase 7 Percent in October 2009 Google Receives 70 percent of searches for same period Press reports reflect that that Google accounted for 70.60 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending Oct. 31, 2009.…
2009 U.S. Search Engine Rankings
Greetings WOW members and Web professionals everywhere! comScore, Inc. released its monthly Search analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Here’s the 411: In October 2009, Americans conducted 14.3 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.4 percent search market…
Holiday Online Ad Spending Holding Steady/Increasing
The global recession is still upon us but according to recent reports some marketing executive’s say companies are set to booth ad spends. It appears that consumer sales are back in the game. Third quarter sales for online ad spends…
What’s Next for Search::Interview with Rebecca Lieb, VP, North America Econsultancy.com
Today concludes WOW’s media coverage of the Search Strategies event that took place last week in San Jose, CA. To assist us with a better understanding of what’s next for search, I placed a call again to Rebecca Lieb, editor,…
Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Ask and the Future of Search
Toady’s podcast is a continuation of the coverage of the Search Engine Strategies conference that took place last week in San Jose. If you’ve been following along you will recall that I’ve been on a quest to find out whats…