Does Paid Search Engine Placement Affect Site Traffic
Atlas DMT performed a study that researched whether or not paid search placement has an affect on the amount of traffic sites with paid listings receive. This study does not focus solely on paid inclusion. It also takes into account the exploding trend of companies employing SEM.
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Date: 2004-07-14
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The Miami Herald Drops Identity Demand Against Yahoo
A demand issued to Yahoo by the Miami Herald has been dropped. The Herald made the demand after receiving insulting emails originating from Yahoo's email service. The emails were sent to Herald employees and made disparaging remarks about their bosses.
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Date: 2004-07-14
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Yahoo Receives Buy Rating From Wall Street
While Yahoo's stock had a bumpy ride on the market last week, this week, they received a boost of confidence Banc of America Securities analyst John Janedis. Yahoo was awarded a buy rating as well a price target for brokerage forecasts.
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Date: 2004-07-14
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100.com Joins The LookSmart Family
A recently launched search engine called 100.com has joined the ranks of LookSmart. The partnership calls for LookSmart to provide directory listings and bid-for-placement distribution network in its search results.
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Date: 2004-07-13
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Yahoo Partners With Rogers Cable To Offer Broadband Service
One of the most popular portals on the Internet, Yahoo, announced a partnership with Rogers Cable and subsequent launch of Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet service. The companies offer a combination of Yahoo's portal services with Rogers Cable's broadband Internet service.
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Date: 2004-07-13
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Google Prepared To Offer Audio And Video Search
It appears as if Google's search engine is going to be offering a couple of other options for users to employ when they conduct queries. The new features will allow people to search for audio and video clips. However, the Google management team has given no confirmation of these features.
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Date: 2004-07-13
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Google Expects IPO To Be Completed Soon
Google, the most widely used search engine today, is hoping to complete the final testing phase in order to go forward with its highly anticipated IPO. Google announced its intentions to go public on April 29th. The offering is expected to raise $2.7 billion.
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Date: 2004-07-12
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Survey Says: Spam Sells
A study of some 37,000 Yahoo! Mail users in 11 different countries has apparently confirmed what many Internet users have long suspected (and despaired): spam email is working. Despite the fact that spam email is almost universally reviled as a nuisance, there are apparently enough people clicking to justify the industry - or perpetuate the problem, depending on your point of view.
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Date: 2004-07-12
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Google Decides To List With Nasdaq
Google stated in a required SEC filing that it prefers to be listed with Nasdaq . It has been rumored that the New York Stock Exchange has been working feverishly in an attempt to persuade the Worlds largest search engine to list their shares with them.
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Date: 2004-07-12
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Digital Impact Purchasing Search Marketing Firm
Digital Impact, a leading email marketing company, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Marketleap, a San Francisco-based Internet marketing firm specializing in search engine marketing services. Marketleap clients include About.com, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Kaiser Permanente and Salesforce.com.
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Date: 2004-07-12
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How Search Engine Rank Impacts Traffic
Today at AD:TECH Chicago, Atlas DMT released research demonstrating the impact of paid search listings rank on traffic and how marketers can better model and forecast paid search campaigns.
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Date: 2004-07-12
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Microsoft To Continue Legal Strike Against Richter
The Microsoft Corp. is continuing its legal strike against Scott Richter, CEO of direct marketing firm OptInRealBig.com, LLC. who has been dubbed the world's third-largest spammer by ROKSO, the Register of Known Spam Operations, which is listed on http://www.spamhaus.org/, an anti-spam and consumer advocacy organization. Richter recently settled a similar lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.
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Date: 2004-07-09
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Ask Jeeves To Review £3m Media Account
The third largest search engine in the UK, Ask Jeeves, is set to review the £3m media account out of Media Planning Group and Profero. Previously reported in WebProNews back in April, Ask Jeeves discontinued its use of banner ads on the UK search site.
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Date: 2004-07-09
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Acoona Search Engine Launched By China Daily
China Daily Information Company (CDIC), partners with China Communications Corp (CCC), is set to launch a state of the art Business Search Engine that utilizes a new proprietary Artificial Intelligence Technology. They have developed the portal Acoona.com, when launched is supposed to deliver the most accurate Business results from a search engine.
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Date: 2004-07-09
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Bet On Google IPO
Feel like the Google IPO is a safe bet? You could always roll the dice and see if they come up in your favor. Numerous online bookmakers have begun taking bets on what will happen to Google's stock prices once they hit the stock market in August.
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Date: 2004-07-08
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Walla Launches Free 1 Gig Email Service
Following up to a story that appeared on WPN in April, Walla! Communications has launched their new free email service, Walla!Mail, featuring 1 gigabyte of storage. This makes WallaMail the second fully operational email service that offers such a capacity, with Spymac being the first.
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Date: 2004-07-08
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Gmail4Troops Donation Site Launches
A website called Gmail4Troops.com has launched with the intention of collecting Gmail invites by means of donation and rewarding them to military members who sign up. The accounts, while available to all service members, will be prioritized for those serving in combat zones.
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Date: 2004-07-08
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Google In Legal Trouble Over Name Again
First, the family of Professor Edward Kasner sued Google. The family claimed that the name Google was infringing on Kasner's mathematic term, Googol. Now, another group has filed suit against the search engine, claiming Google infringed on their company name. The company filing this suit is called Googles, with an "s".
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Date: 2004-07-07
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Microsoft Gives Facelift To MSN Search
MSN has rolled out a new look for their search engine. MSN Search is now featuring a newly designed home page, as well as redesigned search results pages. Not only equipped with a new look, Microsoft has also altered the method in which they deliver information to the user.
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Date: 2004-07-01
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Google Sued Over Orkut Code
Affinity Engines, a social networking service provider, filed a lawsuit against Google on May 25. The suit claims that Google's social network, Orkut, is using a source code that was stolen by an engineer that was previously employed by Affinity.
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Date: 2004-07-01
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Google Updates Gmail Policies
In what seems to be a response to Gmail invitation auctions, Google has updated their Gmail policy page to reflect these activities. The changes now make it a violation to "sell, trade, resell or otherwise exploit for any unauthorized commercial purpose or transfer any Gmail account."
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Date: 2004-07-01
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