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Hello, I am Serge Thibodeau and I am a search engine optimization expert. My company is Rank for $ales and this is my personal search engine blog. This is where I give my personal comments, some general observations I make about the search industry as a whole, interesting SEO articles and topics that will interest anybody that owns a website and wants it to rank higher in the major search engines. This blog is updated daily and is said to be addictive. Welcome to Serge Thibodeau, Live. |
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267 - May 14, 2004 - 7.52 AM EST Google used more and more in courts A few years ago, judges and lawyers used Yahoo and AltaVista in an effort to get more information on an individual or a specific court case. Since the last two or three years, people working closely in the legal system are now using Google as their favorite search engine. Permanent link to this news story | Posted on Businessblog™ 266 - May 14, 2004 - 00.02 AM EST Overture signs deal with CitySearch CitySearch just signed a deal with Overture to run the latter's paid ads in its local search listings for select cities and categories. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the deal, Overture ads will appear in categories where CitySearch has available ad inventory, such as home services, professional services and medical specialists. Permanent link to this news story | Posted on Businessblog™ 265 - May 13, 2004 - 6.29 PM EST More delays with Microsoft's Longhorn If your'e counting on Longhorn to be the best thing since sliced bread, don't hold your breath. Last month, when Microsoft announced that it's new version of Windows, to be called "Longhorn" would be scaled down and would offer a lot less features than originally intended, it did hint that there could be more delays... As far as enterprise search is concerned, you will have to wait until 2009! The scaled down version of Longhorn is still expected by Microsoft in 2006 it said. This Longhorn news story at Tech Blog confirms what I had suspected for the past couple of months: as far as search engines are concerned, Microsoft is loosing it and, short of acquiring a major company such as Yahoo or Google, it will probably never become a major player in the search field. However, with more than 50 Billion in cash, they sure have the means to do it. Which brings me to the question: What are they waiting for? My two cents. Permanent link to this news story | Posted on Businessblog™ 264 - May 13, 2004 - 3.31 PM EST Google visually engaging customers Google is saying it's new ads will help advertisers visually engage their customers and be more relevant to Web site users. In a key departure from its text-only advertising strategy, search engine leader Google said Wednesday that will it begin to accept the banner-like image ads that are common on other parts of the Internet. Permanent link to this news story | Posted on Businessblog™ 263 - May 13, 2004 - 8.49 AM EST Google's AdSense now to provide banner ads Since yesterday, on Google's Web site, there is a description of it's modified AdSense program, which now allows advertisers to publish image, or banner ads on third-party Web sites that participate in this revenue-sharing program. Google's AdSense program promises to place ads on Web pages that are relevant to a marketer's message, based on an analysis of the page's content. Permanent link to this news story | Posted on Businessblog™ 262 - May 12, 2004 - 1.52 PM EST Ask Jeeves receives Stevie business award Ask Jeeves announced today that the Company received the Stevie award in the Best Business Turnaround category in The 2004 American Business Awards. Ask Jeeves received it's award from among a number of finalists including Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Covad Communications, My Family.com and Aerco International. Past American Business Awards winners include UPS, Spirit Airlines, R.R Donnelly, IBM and Oracle. Permanent link to this news story | Posted on Businessblog™ 261 - May 12, 2004 - 1.09 PM EST AOL buys some of Google's shares With Google going public soon, Time Warner's luck could turn to the better. The company has just exercised its options to buy 7.4 million Google shares, or three per cent of the company, for $22 million. The option to buy Google shares was part of a deal struck two years ago, whereby Google provided search and advertising for the AOL website. When Google finally launches its IPO, the shares will be converted to the Class B shares. Permanent link to this news story | Posted on Businessblog™ 260 - May 12, 2004 - 8.17 AM EST BlogPulse search engine launched by Intelliseek BlogPulse is a new blog search engine and tracking tool that measures and ranks “buzz” about key issues, people, phrases and links that occur daily in more than a million Internet blogs. Permanent link to this news story | Posted on Businessblog™ 259 - May 11, 2004 - 5.01 PM EST Gmail advertisers want lower rates According to survey results released today by Mosaic Media, 57.1 percent of Google AdWords advertisers want their ads to appear contextually in Google’s Gmail. Gmail is Google’s free e-mail service that is currently in beta testing and is expected to go into full release this summer. Permanent link to this news story | Posted on Businessblog™ 258 - May 11, 2004 - 9.23 AM EST Yahoo and Google not counting revenue the same way For guidance, many look at Yahoo, another Internet company with a business similar to Google's and which has been public since 1996. But Yahoo and Google don't count revenue the same way, making it hard to compare many aspects of the two companies' finances. Google uses a more-conservative definition that has the effect of damping its revenue and increasing its profit margins. Permanent link to this news story | Posted on Businessblog™ 257 - May 10, 2004 - 11.48 AM EST Google to release new AdWords tools According to news from Google, the company is to release new search engine marketing tools that could expand its lucrative PPC advertising business and increase growth as it embarks on a long-awaited IPO. Permanent link to this news story | Posted on Businessblog™ 256 - May 10, 2004 - 10.25 AM EST Blogger.com refreshed by Google Google has today unveiled its newly designed Blogger website, the free self-publishing service for web users and online 'diarists'. The relaunch is the first major overhaul of Blogger since Google bought its parent company, San Francisco-based Pyra Labs, in February 2003. Permanent link to this news story | Posted on Businessblog™
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