Learn SEO Directly from the Search Engines
I had the chance to give presentations on Seach Engine Optimization today to a couple of classes at the University of Delaware. The class, BUAD477: Information Technology Applications in Marketing (pdf) is one of the more advanced internet marketing classes I’ve seen offered on the University level, based upon the syllabus and the quality of … Read more
When Google Base first came out, it didn’t have the friendliest looking interface, and its use and purpose wasn’t very clear. A couple of new patent applications provide some more information about the ideas behind Google Base. The name, Google Base, is a play off the phrase “data base.” At the simplest level, it’s a … Read more
What role does Google envision for telephone calls in Web based ads? A recent Google patent application explores some of the topics involved. It doesn’t discuss Google’s search by phone system, but it does explain how Google may attempt to avoid some of the issues and limitations of Pay-Per-Call (PPC) and Click-to-Call (CTC) ads. Why … Read more
If a large percentage of people searching for “NY travel” in a search engine choose a result titled “Airfare to New York City”, should the search engine start defining “NY” and “New York” to be synonyms? Can a search engine learn from results that it provides to searchers? Can it make inferences about the relationships … Read more
Last Week, Chris Sherman noted that Google News results are going to start appearing during search results integrated with other results, rather than above the organic Web results in Google To Integrate News With Web Search Results. It appears that News might not be the only area that Google is experimenting with. My friend Keri … Read more