Blekko, the stealth search engine startup co-founded by Rich Skrenta (of ODP fame), has recently launched a limited private beta. I’ve been able to give it a spin and can confirm, it feels like...
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Danny Sullivan offers a thoughtful piece “celebrating” and reviewing Google’s failed (closed) projects, accompanied by “celebratory” (rationalizing, explaining) quotes from Google. Of course, there can be any number of reasons why pilot projects fail...
Search is in our veins as surely as that morning cup of java is a required kickstart for many of us. Being caffeinated will be the only way to make it through the remainder...
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Say Your Final Prayers, Black Hat SEO’s: Guest Post by Dr. Ken Evoy
[Editorial note: Dr. Ken Evoy is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in our space. Back when a great many small businesses (today’s “savvier more experienced online businesses”) were coming onstream, Evoy’s company, SiteSell.com, was...
Google is rolling out an opt-out browser add-on to allow any web user to block their data from being shared with websites using Google Analytics. This goes beyond the requisite privacy policies and disclosure...
As Search Engine Strategies’ first foray into Canada approached, the buzz was underwhelming. Had one gone by the...
I’ve always been a stats junkie. In the search marketing business, though, it hasn’t been easy to get the data that matter most. You hear conflicting reports about just how strong competing search engines...
It may be awhile before the stock actually trades, but forced disclosure now gives us access to the key numbers for how the company did in 2003. Answer: pretty good. Revenues: $962 million Net income: $106...
When Amazon.com announced that they were going to launch their own search engine called A9, many search engine observers thought they were nuts. I was one of them. When Amazon.com released its beta search engine...
Personalization is one of those hip online topics like weblogs, RSS, and streaming music that no commentator has felt the power to resist over the past couple of years. Following a period that generated...