Archive for February 18th, 2010

WordPress Down: WordPress.com Experiences Outage

As the tweets pour in, Wordpress confirms that the Wordpress.com hosted service is down. [ READ MORE ]

Electronic Arts: ‘Dante’s Inferno’ Facebook App Converted 2% of Leads

Is the social site also a direct marketing platform? EA’s numbers suggest it could be. [ READ MORE ]

Compete Data Shows Facebook Has Raced by Yahoo

Research firm reports burgeoning social site now only trails Google. [ READ MORE ]

Google Launches Powerful Mobile Shopping App for Android

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in SEO News

Google has just rolled out “Google Shopper,” a new mobile application for Android devices that offers a variety of different ways to search for products. [ READ MORE ]

Creative Confidential – Microsoft Advertising’s European Tour

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in PPC News

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pubCenter Beta Users: Microsoft and Yahoo! Search Agreement Cleared

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in SEO News

pubCenter beta participants were sent e-mail today with info about the progress with the Microsoft and Yahoo! Search Alliance. Read Microsoft VP Darren Huston’s Thoughts on the Microsoft and Yahoo! Search Alliance and read the update from Carolyn on the adCenter Blog. Visit the Search Alliance site at www.searchalliance.com for answers to FAQs and additional detail. Thank [ READ MORE ]

Google Buzz: What is it Good For?

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in SEO News

GMAIL USERS: We hope you’ll join the discussion over on Mashable’s Google Buzz account. [ READ MORE ]

Montreal SEO 7 Services Is Featured On Global Talk Radio’s "IN THE NEWS" – MMD Newswire (press release)

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in SEO News

Brisbane Times [ READ MORE ]

Microsoft-Yahoo Search Alliance

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in SEO News

Microsoft and Yahoo! formally announced today that they have received clearance for their search agreement the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission. According to a joint statement, the companies will now turn their attention to beginning the process of implementing the deal which is expected to begin in the coming days and… [[ This [ READ MORE ]

PayPal and Facebook Credits Will Play Nice After All

Long imagined to be a potentially significant threat to PayPal, the Facebook Credits payment platform will actually work with its once theoretical rival, according to a post on Facebook’s blog announcing a strategic partnership between the two companies. [ READ MORE ]

Sony Ericsson Turned Down Opportunity to Build Google’s Nexus One

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in SEO News

It’s common knowledge that HTC is the hardware provider for the Google Nexus One, but new statements by Sony Ericsson’s president indicate that electronics maker Sony Ericsson may have been approached first by Google. [ READ MORE ]

First impressions last longest in SEO, study finds – Brafton

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in SEO News

Sydney Morning Herald [ READ MORE ]

Microsoft, Yahoo! Search Agreement Cleared

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in SEO News

The US Department of Justice and the European Commission have cleared the Microsoft|Yahoo! Search Agreement. This global search agreement is a major initiative between our companies to create a competitive choice in search advertising for advertisers and consumers. Achieving regulatory clearance in these two markets is an important first step towards full implementation of the [ READ MORE ]

SEO India – BSolutions – Website Marketing SEO Experts – PR-inside.com (press release)

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in SEO News

Brisbane Times [ READ MORE ]

Google Buzz surprisingly difficult SEO target – Brafton

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in SEO News

Telegraph.co.uk [ READ MORE ]

Regulators Approve Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in SEO News

The Microsoft-Yahoo deal, which will ultimately see Bing’s search technology power Yahoo’s search results, has been approved by regulators. [ READ MORE ]

Paid Search, Content Networks and Display – Panel Discussion SES London 2010

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in PPC News

SES London has brought together a tantalizing panel of 5 digital media experts, including Julie Warburton, Client Service Director at Microsoft Advertising (UK), to debate the changes in the digital marketing space. Moderator: [ READ MORE ]

AT&T Goes Google, Will Finally Sell First Android Device

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in SEO News

Beginning March 7, AT&T will start selling the Android-powered Motorola BACKFLIP. Although the carrier is slated to sell the Dell Mini 3 exclusively later this year, the Motorola BACKFLIP will be the first Android device sold by AT&T. [ READ MORE ]

Search Advertising Tools – SES London 2010

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in SEO News

There is no denying that the competition is fierce in PPC today. From small in-house accounts to ones with millions of keywords, it’s the new advances in SEM technology that might just make the difference between success and failure. Are there tools you could be using right now to help double your conversions, lower your [ READ MORE ]

Search Advertising Tools – SES London 2010

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in PPC News

There is no denying that the competition is fierce in PPC today. From small in-house accounts to ones with millions of keywords, it’s the new advances in SEM technology that might just make the difference between success and failure. Are there tools you could be using right now to help double your conversions, lower your [ READ MORE ]