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Move is latest in location-based features for the search giant.

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Tell us your favorite search engine for Olympic information.

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Smells like Microsoft spirit.

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12 updates to read over a lazy weekend.

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David Meerman Scott, the author of "The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Blogs, News Releases, Online Video, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly, 2nd Edition" will be giving the opening keynote at SES New York 2010.

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Andrew Girdwood from BigMouthMedia, a global Search Marketing agency borne out of the UK, blogged a merger with LBi via Tumblr today.

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Facebook joins Twitter and MySpace in Google's Social Update Search.

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More cities added to compete with Google's Street View and Bing's Streetside imagery.

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Answers search service expands offering to create more comprehensive experience.

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It's day 3 at the Online Marketing Summit here in Sunny San Diego and SES has joined the mix to put on the mornings keynote session. Here is a quick overview of this session.

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Analytics solution now gives even broader view of total online marketing strategy by including major social network.

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After severing ties with Microsoft on the ad front, the new in-house system appears to be paying off.

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The popular real estate app gets a robust update with improved search and social sharing features.

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Developers take the initiative and launch a Buzz API before Google do. Now you can start building apps based on Google Buzz activity.

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The state of video sharing in Italy is now in jeopardy.

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In my earlier post about the impact of a Twitter wall on SES London, which caused our SES London content to trend on Twitter, i looked at whether infographic data could be useful. In this post, I have a first stab at visualising the data to assess the value of hashtags when blogging an event.

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A recent video of local Germans chasing a Google Street View car taking pictures of their neighborhood was almost like something out of an old monster movie, all they need were the pitchforks and torches.

Has Google become the new cultural imperialist forcing American ideals throughout the world? Seems the attacks on Google from Europe and Asia right now almost echo those against Walt Disney during the last century.

Last year the Germans had kicked back about saving IP addresses - making the act illegal. Now the villagers are revolting against the invasion of their privacy by the photo teams from Google.

At SES London 2010, we launched a grand experiment in which we projected a customised Twitter feed of all the tweets originating directly from the conference onto the wall. Did it have any impact on the conference?

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You'll be able to Tweet directly from the Yahoo! homepage.

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Yesterday, I mentioned that I'm speaking on the morning roundtable at SES San Diego 2010. Later in the afternoon, I'm also speaking at the "YouTube & Video Optimization" session.

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It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Twitter!

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New platform to replace DART for Publishers and Google Ad Manager.

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Mobile release limited to latest version of Android platform.

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Access to hundreds of thousands of motion content clips now available in the search platform.

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The site, founded by ex-Googlers, gets a cosmetic and functional update.

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Online Marketing Summit 2010 gets underway in San Diego this week. And Day 3 of the event features a Search Engine Strategies Forum also known as SES San Diego 2010. Here are some sneak previews.

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Vancouver 2010 has people tuning into the tube and updating their networks at the same time.

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Sponsored features are included with local biz listings.

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At SES London 2010, there was an unconventional session held at the bar of the Hilton London Islington Hotel entitled "Black Hat/White Hat Unconferenced." As you can see from the photo below, more than 200 people crammed into a space that could comfortably accommodate about 20.

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Want to know if Apolo Ohno has a girlfriend? There's a search for that.

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The move encourages federal websites to utilize cloud-based apps.

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The new toolbar aids with viewing data.

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Here are 10 thweet tips on Paid Search (PPC) and some metrics versus SEO from SES London 2010.

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Here are 10 thweet tips on linkbuilding from SES London 2010.

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Use the phone's camera to get product information.

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Jim Sterne, who has written six books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled the complex world of social media metrics in his morning keynote at SES London 2010. Sterne, who is also chairman of the Web Analytics Association and founder of the eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, revealed some findings from his upcoming book, which, coincidentally, is entitled "Social Media Metrics."

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A new day in search: It's so on.

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Job search aggregator now reaches 6 continents and 10 languages.

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Experimental news platform opens to wider audience while Google tests ethical boundaries with Wikimedia donation.

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Burkle will leave after nearly a decade of service.

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Conductor is the next stop in a very experienced career.

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So, what is a New York Yankees fan doing at SES London 2010? Well, if you are a marketing speaker like Bryan Eisenberg, you're sharing "21 Secrets of Top Converting Websites" during your opening keynote.

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The iPhone/iPod Touch application is the latest in a buying spree.

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Developers get access to substantial database of answers and search content.

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Search Engine Strategies London 2010 kicked off this morning -- literally. The opening keynote speaker, Avinash Kaushik, author, blogger and Analytics Evangelist at Google, challenged the 1,500 attendees to "forget everything you know about analytics -- it's a new decade and there are new rules."

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It is the year 2010... So get yourself down to Search Engine Strategies for the, all new, Black Hat Vs White Hat Unconferenced & London SEO party.

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Phones are due out by the 2010 holiday season.

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As it turns out, people don't like their info being shared automatically.

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App harnesses crowd-sourcing, a departure from their text-based service.

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It's free to join and affiliates get paid for leads and sales.

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Youtube have adapted their logo for valentine's day.

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The loss comes at the advantage to several smaller players.

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Improved imagery for Haiti and Vancouver included.

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So many Google updates. So little time.

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Marketers have started a petition on Facebook requesting Google AdWords to accept AS3 flash banners.

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The move continues Google's pursuit of social search.

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Semantic results are organized by category.

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comScore has just announced its monthly qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In January 2010, Americans conducted 15.2 billion core searches.

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You can't make this stuff up.

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After failing to acquire Twitter, will Google now compete?

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Action contrasts rhetoric since Google ultimatum.

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Instant Answers and Visual Search galleries are given the winter games treatment.

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Google AdWords has launched a new site where you can get training on their paid search platform. For FREE.

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief expressing concerns over a revised Google book settlement.

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There are a lot more than "12 bloggers blogging" about SES London 2010. If you want to see a comprehensive list, go to the Search Engine Strategies blog.

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Despite loss, they beat the Street.

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Will Google's version give Facebook and Twitter a run for their money?

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Special Atlas pricing to be extended to IPG clients.

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Only 2 out of 300 events will stream live on the Internet.

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New restrictions go into place at the end of the month.

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Most revenues were related to online advertising.

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According to Experian Hitwise data released today, searches on Bing increased 5 percent and search on Ask increased 4 percent in January 2010, while searches on Google decreased 1 percent and searches on Yahoo! decreased 2 percent.

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Move is in line with lobbying for National Broadband Plan.

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Five years ago in February 2005, according to legend, the idea of YouTube was born after Chad Hurley and Steve Chen experienced difficulty sharing videos that had been shot at a dinner party at Chen's apartment in San Francisco.

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It's that time again.

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Cupertino-based company rumored to be launching mobile ad network.

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Nearly 178 million U.S. Internet users watched 33.2 billion online videos during December 2009, according to the latest data from comScore Vedio Metrix.

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Wall Street rewards the unexpected.

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Google goes after Apple's iPhone with new Android software update for Nexus One.

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Bing is helping you stay out of the doghouse on February 14.

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Kids show off their artistic chops.

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Yahoo! sells off job search site and strikes new ad deal.

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The San Diego-based company builds on connection between search and display.

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Would marketers be smarter to take the money they'll spend on Super Bowl 2010 commercials and use it to by YouTube ads instead?

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Local search site Local.com reported their Q4 2009 earnings today. Revenues of $16.4 million an increase of 8% over the Q3 2009 revenue of $15.1 million. Adjusted Net Income was $2.0 million, an increase of 49% over Q3 which came in at $1.3 million.

Traffic for owned and operated sites in Q4 was 45 million uniques per month, up 4% from Q3 2009 and up 59% year-over-year. But revenue per thousand visitors was $257, down 5% from Q3 2009's $270, and down 7% from Q4 2008's $275.

Local.com's stock was down 1.96% at the time of this post.

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to chat with Ask.com U.S. President Doug Leeds about the new "Question of the Day" feature that debuted this week. Leeds championed the new feature internally at Ask.com and is quite passionate about how it reflects the brand's larger search strategy.

Leeds informed me that the Question of the Day feature first launched in the U.K. It did so well there, that they're trying it out stateside.

"Before search, asking questions is the way we got that information," said Leeds. "We changed our behavior. You couldn't just ask a search engine a question."

Ask.com receives queries in the form of a question as a percentage more than any other search engine. Ask.com has been capitalizing on that fact in the last year, sharpening their focus on Q&A.

Last June, Ask.com announced that they had built a database containing 300 million Q&A pairs indexed from various answers sites on the web. By November, that database grew to 400 million and Ask.com launched a new section of their site focusing solely on Q&A.

Featuring a Question of the Day on the Ask.com homepage is just the next step in executing a strategy focused around answers. In some respects, this reflects search behavior that has come full circle.

But as the ten blue links have led to much research, spam and confusion, search engines are increasingly returning to what people really want: Answers. Quick answers.

So does this mean Ask.com is getting out of the general search game and focusing on a niche in search? Leeds sees it the other way around.

"I strongly believe that search is a niche within questions and answers," emphasized Leeds.

Ask found that prompting homepage visitors with a Question of the Day increased the number of queries written as a question. This was even higher for those who clicked on the Question of the Day.

Searchers who received good answers, which is likely considering the aforementioned database, increased the frequency and attention paid to Ask.com.

"What I'm committed to is getting people an answer to their question," concluded Leeds.

That commitment reflects a maturing Ask.com, coming into their own by returning to their roots.

Which search engine is the best for info on Oscar nominations?

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Can you use social media to sell a $140,000 product?

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Team Manning and Team Brees, eat your hearts out. It's Team Romo that won the search bowl - at least on Bing.

That's right, the Dallas Cowboys were the most searched NFL team on Bing this season. They beat out both teams that will play in the Superbowl this coming Sunday - the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints. If you're wondering why I keep writing Colts before Saints (I know you're not but humor me) - it's because this Sunday I'm a Colts fan. (Hey, the Panthers and the Giants didn't make it, ok?)

But I'll throw you a bone, Saints fans - New Orleans was the 5th most searched NFL team on Bing. The Colts came in a paltry 15th place. Ouch!

By the way, if you want to keep up with the Big Game's stats and scores this Sunday, Bing's Instant Answers will be fired up and ready to keep you informed. Type the key terms 'Super Bowl XLIV' or 'Super Bowl 2010' directly into the Bing search box.

In the meantime, query those terms and get links to pre-game analysis as well as recipes for your Superbowl party.

And be sure to head to Bing/Twitter to catch real-time reaction from the Twittersphere about the game and, of course, those all-important Superbowl ads.

Sohu reported its Q4 2009 earnings this morning and the news is good for the Chinese Internet portal. (Sohu is basically China's Yahoo!) Revenues came in at $135.8 million and were up 12% compared to Q4 2008.

Specifically, brand advertising revenues were up 2%, coming in at $45.9 million. While Sohu tried to paint the picture as being on target with their guidance, Wall Street wasn't thrilled with the numbers. Stocks were down 0.7% at the time of this post. Perhaps their disappointment is due to the fact that Sohu previously has posted huge numbers, including a 600% jump in profit back in the summer of 2008.

Wall Street also may be skittish on Chinese Internet companies as Google's recent ultimatum has raised serious questions on censorship and Internet security issues as it relates to the Chinese government.

Still, Sohu is hoping for great things in 2010. With the Winter Olympics and the World Cup both being held this year, they're hoping for big ad numbers to come in. After all, that aforementioned 600% came the summer of the 2008 Olympics.

It must be partnership announcement day in the search industry. Earlier this morning Jonathan Allen reported on the new deal between Distilled and SEOMoz. Now, we're getting word of a new partnership between Webtrends and Acronym Media. The two have paired up to provide software solutions to aid search marketers in managing and executing their efforts.

"The need for marketers to easily optimize their content from a single platform while integrating with partners like Acronym Media will be a significant priority in the near future. Acronym Media understands the importance of bringing this philosophy together through search marketing and web measurement," said James McDermott, vice president partnerships, Webtrends.

One of the new tools is EKOS (Enterprise Keyword Optimization System), a dashboard reporting platform designed to provide an integration of web analytics data, including conversion funnels, bounce rates and visitor profiles. EKOS is compatible with Ad Director and Webtrends Analytics 9.

"The need for measurable results and revenue-generating strategies has never been as great as it is now, and a tool like EKOS, combined with powerful Webtrends analytics, is uniquely positioned to deliver the customer and campaign intelligence required for world-class marketing," said Anton E. Konikoff, Founder & CEO of Acronym Media.

Acronym Media and Webtrends also have competitive intelligence solutions planned, including Deep Dive Competitor Analysis and Competitive Intelligence Monitoring.

Online job searching can be a daunting task. Keyword queries often return irrelevant results in with desired listings. On the recruiting side, sifting through hundreds or even thousands of candidates is not practical.

But Monster.com is working hard to make job search easier. They've been introducing some new innovations for job search - both on the job seeker side and on the recruiter side. Monster is using patented search technology they've dubbed 6Sense to fuel these new job search technologies.

When you visit Monster.com as a job seeker, notice that you now have two options for search. Standard search, Monster's traditional model, and PowerSearch, the new patented technology which is currently in BETA.

As you can see, in the Standard search, you've got one box for your keywords and another for location. With PowerSearch, you get to a box for searching job titles, another for skills, and one for location.

I tested out the search using terms and skills I used to help my husband search for a job two years ago. He's a software developer specializing in Autocad in Raleigh, NC. Power Search returned zero results - but that's a good thing. Because searching on other job sites - I couldn't find a job that meets that specific skill - but I had to scan hundreds of job listings to learn that. That's because traditional job search will pull up any job mentioning Autocad - including drafting positions.

I wanted to make sure, though that when a search is conducted on Power Search, the results are actually good. Not an easy task in this economy. So, I searched for my husband's new skill - iPhone development - and pretended we were looking for a job for him in New York. There was a nice list of 12 jobs to sift through.

I compared that to HotJobs, which not only made me sign into my Yahoo! account (annoying!), but returned listings for IT jobs, which weren't relevant.

"The 6Sense semantic search technology is an extension of our investment in many technology innovations we've delivered over the past two years," said Darko Dejanovic, executive vice president, Global CIO and head of product for Monster. "We've continued to invest significantly in technology, product and infrastructure to completely revamp the talent and job search experience."

For recruiters, the new Power Resume Search offers an insanely robust search that filters searches from having to scour thousands to sifting through a short list of truly qualified candidtes.

"I hear from our customers that their businesses have jobs that they desperately need to fill and yet don't have the resources to make that a reality. 6Sense technology changes all of this, facilitating the hiring process so that better matches are made more efficiently thereby getting people back to work more quickly," said Sal Iannuzzi, chairman, president, and chief executive officer, Monster.

Last fall, Monster briefed me on the Power Resume Search technology and I must admit, it's very awesome. Recruiters can filter by location, skill, years of experience and many other factors. They can also decide which factors are most important.

Monster is really on to some great tech here. It's the kind of tech that needs to expand to other search verticals and search in general.

"This is an early example of what the online experience will look like in the coming decade, as we move from search as a separate tool to integrated online environments that guide us through an information task. Monster is a very early example in this search revolution," said Susan Feldman, Research Vice President for Search and Discovery Technologies, IDC.

Even if you're not looking for a job right now, go check out their new Power Search. It's what search can be and it's what search is right now for Monster.com.

Over at Ask.com today, there's a "Question of the Day" box over the main search box. Apparently, today's question is "How many women have received the Medal of Honor?" We haven't seen this on Ask.com before, though we have seen hints of it with specific ad campaigns, such as the one for the Night at the Museum sequel last spring.

Click on the question and it takes you to a page, where the answer appears at the top and then organic results and other Ask features such as related searches appear as well:

My initial reaction:

1. Ask is harnessing the power of questions. They get more queries as questions (as a percentage) than any other search engine.
2. Builds on new Q&A feature launched last year. Maximizes Q&A database they've been building over time.
3. Today's question is targeted at women. Ask ran a successful breast cancer awareness campaign last fall and gained female searchers as a result.
4. Reminiscent of "word of the day" for Dictionary.com, which Ask acquired in 2008.
5. Better than Bing's HotSpots - which are only visible when you mouseover specific areas. Plus, this question engages site visitors in specific actions.

Those are just my speculations. We'll report more as details become available. In the meantime, what's your reaction to the new Ask.com homepage? Leave a comment below to let us know.

You can star an email in GMail. And you can star an item in Google Reader. Now, starring has come to Google News.

To use the feature, simply click on the star next to a news item.

When you want to look at all of your starred items, look for the link in the left sidebar:

A page will load with all of your starred items:

Yield Software has launched a new FREE product called SEO Analyzer. To use the tool, simply go directly to YieldSoftware.com and look for SEO Analyzer. Type in the URL you wish to analyze and your email, then click Submit.

First impression? SEO Analyzer tool works fast. Many free tools are slow and you can practically write a thesis while it loads. But this one is super-fast.

SEO Analyzer is also easy to understand. Do you remember getting started in SEO and you had to learn all about HTML tags, links (inbound/outbound/internal etc), domain age, etc? SEO Analyzer is clear as day. A clear day. Sunny skies. No clouds.

Some of the recommendations are subject to debate. Long discussions and arguments have taken place in the SEO community over things like using hyphens to separate words in URLs. If you're new to SEO, welcome to the confusing world of best practices.

SEO Analyzer also serves up suggestions that are good for usability, even though they don't directly involve rankings, per se. For example, meta descriptions, at least in Google's case, do not directly affect rankings. But they are included in the search results and could persuade a searcher to click on a link.

While SEO Analyzer is a helpful product, Yield Software offers a more robust solution if you want to get really in-depth with your SEO. The solution is called Natural Search Optimizer. It's part of Yield's premium search marketing suite, but Yield is now offering Natural Search Optimizer as its own stand-alone product. Pricing starts at $49 per month per domain.

"Yield Software's new stand-alone version of our Natural Search Optimizer works daily to track and tune web pages to drive more qualified traffic to company websites, products and services," said Matt Malden, founder and CEO of Yield Software.

With the new offering comes new features. Upgrades include inbound link tracking, traffic monitoring and page rank trend analysis for keywords across the Google, Yahoo, and Bing. The upgrades are included in both the stand-alone version and for the module included with the Yield Software suite.

Google Analytics is now available in six additional languages. They are: Bulgarian, Catalan, Greek, Lithuanian, Slovak and Vietnamese. The total number of languages available in Google Analytics is now 31.

If you wish to switch languages in Google Analytics, simply look for the language menu in the top right corner of the login page.

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But, upon reflection, I should have said it's "courses for horses," because each of the three tracks of the leading search marketing conference in Europe is designed for a different member of your team.

There are tracks for those going to Search Engine Strategies for the first time. And there are other tracks for those going to SES London for the Nth time. There are even tracks for those in the public relations industry who should go to Search Engine Strategies to learn about social media, real-time SEO, Twitter and YouTube.

In other words, there are different courses for different horses in your company's stable.

And, yes, SES still offers special group discounts. In you want more information, check the rates and registation details.

You might also want to come early and stay late. There's Online Marketing Summit Day at SES London on Monday, 15 February. And there's SES Search Engine Marketing (SEM/SEO) Training of Friday, 19 February.

In between, there's an number of special events, including an SES London Meet and Greet, theatre presentations, sponsored sessions, "Black Hat/White Hat Unconferenced," and an SES London 2010 LondonSEO Party.

By the way, I'm not touting the event because the UK economy has just exited recession and you need to get ready for the recovery. No, you need to attend Search Engine Strategies in good times as well, because you need to keep up-to-date on trends and issues.

Oh, and I'm not touting the event because it needs more attendees. Christian Georgeou, Marketing Manager at Incisive Media, says, "I'm happy to report that currently registration is up over last year more than 10% for SES London now less than a month out form the show."

No, I'm urging you to get your horses on those courses because Google had a strong fourth quarter, with 17% year over year revenue growth. Given that the global economy is still in the early days of recovery, this was an extraordinary end to the year. And according to Business Week, Apple reportedly is in talks with Microsoft to make Bing the default search engine on the iPhone's Safari Web browser.

So, don't expect the pace of change in the search industry to slow down anytime soon. If fact, it's much more likely to speed up.

Ensuring that SES London 2010 reflects the latest changes is no small task. At SES Chicago 2009, I interviewed Mike Grehan, the VP and Global Content Director for Search Engine Watch, ClickZ, and Search Engine Strategies.

Grehan reflected on past SES shows, the evolution of SES, and the upcoming conferences in 2010, including SES London. He discussed the advent of real-time search and warned search marketers to be aware that the industry is constantly changing and evolving. He discussed the power panels and state of the industry panels that are being brought back for London.

SES London and New York 2010 preview with Mike Grehan, VP, Global Content Director, Incisive

I should disclose that Search Engine Strategies is a client of my agency. But trust me on the pace of change.

Distilled, a U.K. based SEO and digital marketing firm, has struck a partnership with SEOmoz in which Distilled will take over the SEO consulting practice. Striking up a formal partnership with SEOmoz, worth an anticipated $1m in the first year, Distilled will be joining SEOmoz in Seattle in its first US based office. Distilled claimed the new office will enable it to expand its client base and operate the custom SEO consulting practice formerly run by SEOmoz, whilst SEOmoz said it can now focus all its energy on developing tools and resources for the search engine optimization community.

This partnership is an extension of collaboration between the two companies since 2007 and whilst many of the day to day operations of SEOmoz website remain unchanged, it is a move that both companies are extremely excited by. Will Critchlow of Distilled says the "the US is a big opportunity for us" and he expects to double their UK business over the next two years.

"Distilled's partnership with SEOmoz has worked perfectly because of our shared vision of SEO in clients' boardrooms," comments Will Critchlow, Co-founder of Distilled. "The opportunity to take over their consulting business as their subscription platform takes off presents us with a fantastic opportunity to expand in the US and we look forward to rapid growth in 2010."

SEOmoz currently makes 85% of its revenue from the SaaS based SEO tools subscription products it offers. SEOmoz have been seeking second round funding from investors and this latest partnership could boost its valuation as a pure play SEO tools company.

"At SEOmoz, we like to have our cake and eat it, too. We're thrilled to have Distilled taking over our consulting business and growing its operations here in the US. The partnership with Distilled lets us focus on what we do best--build great SEO software and tools--while continuing to gain the experience and insight that comes from an experienced consulting team working across diverse projects," said Rand Fishkin, CEO and Co-founder of SEOmoz.