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New at Google – a ‘Search For Music’ Onebox Service
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New at Google – a ‘Search For Music’ Onebox Service
Yahoo, Microsoft Delay Search Deal Signing
Yahoo filed an extension last night to its self-imposed deadline for signing the pending search deal with Microsoft. When the deal was announced on July 29, the companies expected to complete the deal by October 27, but that didn’t happen. During its analyst day presentations yesterday, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz told financial analysts not to worry about the move, insisting it was just a matter of “running out of time.” “It’s a 10-year agreement, so we’d like to get it right up-front,” Bartz said. She said the delay should not impact the timelines Yahoo and Microsoft expect for regulatory approval. According to the Form 8-K filing: The Letter Agreement specified that the parties would execute Definitive Agreements by October 27, 2009, but given the complex nature of the transaction, there remain some details to be finalized. The parties are working diligently on finalizing the agreements, have made good progress to date, and have agreed to execute the agreements as expeditiously as possible.
SEO as your Career : Really Worth? – Webmaster Forum
I found this very interesting about ” SEO as a career”. Is it really worth with SEO as career that can make money with SEO services. How.
Rand Fishkin on PPC vs. SEO and Blackhat vs. Whitehat – Web …
SES Chicago is a little over a month away and will feature a very well respected online marketing veteran, Rand Fishkin. Rand is the CEO of SEO Moz and is a regular speaker in the international conference circuit. …
Hot Rumor: Google is Launching a New Music Service
According to a blog post by Heather Dougherty, Director of Research at Experian Hitwise , Google is expected to launch their music service today. So, she took a closer look at the tons of data that Hitwise collects to see can be seen. Here are some highlights: — Out of the top 1,000 search terms that took place on Google last week, 6 percent were music-related (which includes bands, music services and content). — Last week, Google sent 1.48 percent of their total visits to the Music category and of those visits, 95 percent of the downstream traffic to Music websites were returning visitors (that had visited Google in the past 30 days). — Google was the top referral website to the Music category accounting for nearly 30 percent of the total traffic to the category last week, 5x more than 2nd ranked Yahoo! Search and 6.3x more than MySpace. — Last week, 15 percent of the clicks from the search term portfolio of Music that includes the names of over 900 band and artist names resulted in a visit to a Google property, especially YouTube, among the Top 10 websites to receive traffic. — Last month, 71% of all searches took place on Google.
China Accuses Google of Censorship (Seriously)
Google wants a book deal. And no, not so it can spill all the secrets of the Internet, but so they can offer electronic versions of books. But their proposed settlement faced so much opposition that they had to drop it , although they’re still pursuing other avenues. Aside from Yahoo and Microsoft , authors also challenged the Google book deal—including Chinese authors. But the Chinese authors’ complaints, when indexed by Google, were listed as potentially harmful in SERPs, The Inquirer reports . Baidu gave no malware warning in its SERPs for the page. After readers reported this, the newspaper of the Communist Party accused the search engine of keeping its users away from the information.
Tweet This: 19 Percent of Internet Users Use Twitter
According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project , 19 percent of Internet users now say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others. This represents a significant increase over previous surveys conducted in December 2008 and April 2009, when 11 percent of internet users said they used Twitter or another micro-blogging service. Three groups of Internet users are responsible for driving the growth of this activity: social networking site users, mobile Internet users, and adults under age 44. In addition, the more devices someone owns, the more likely they are to use Twitter or another service to update their status. Fully 39 percent of Internet users with four or more internet-connected devices (such as a laptop, cell phone, game console, or Kindle) use Twitter, compared to 28 percent of Internet users with three devices, 19 percent of Internet users with two devices, and 10 percent of Internet users with one device. The median age of a Twitter user is 31, which has remained stable over the past year
CME in informal talks to take over CBOE: report
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – CME Group Inc , the world’s largest derivatives exchange, is in talks to take over the Chicago Board Options Exchange in a deal that would value the largest U.S. options market at up to $5 billion, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.
Great news for Search Engine Watch, Clickz and Search Engine Strategies.
When I joined Incisive Media as VP, Global Content Director for Search Engine Watch , ClickZ and Search Engine Strategies in August of this year, it was amid some unfounded speculation about the financial health of the company. It’s so true that, nothing travels faster than rumors of doom and gloom. So-and-so is going bust, x is getting sued, y is getting fired and so it goes. So it was refreshing for me when I joined Incisive Media that, senior management confidentially advised me of exactly how the restructuring of the company would proceed.They were totally up-front and dispelled any and all rumors. Today, Group CEO Tim Weller announced the appointment of Helen Alexander as non executive chairman. Helen has the most fabulous resume ever. Her business career has seen her rise through the ranks of publishers Faber and Faber, The Economist Group where she increased the company’s operating profit by 75 percent and culminated in her being awarded the CBE for services to publishing in 2008.
Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media and Web Events
It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite , the Web’s Event Marketplace.
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