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Welcome to the ineedhits Search Engine Marketing blog, where we share the latest search engine and online marketing news, releases, industry trends and great DIY tips and advice.
When Bing passed Yahoo! to become the 2nd ranked search engine in the U.S last month it seems the company also got the confidence to shed its “decision engine” label and re-launch as an ad platform with a new tagline ‘Bing is for Doing’.
The main aim for this change is the hope that it will get people to give…
Schemer is Google’s latest web service coming soon to everyone and it sounds pretty cool.
Schemer will allow users to get involved in Google recommended activities in their area. It includes a list of new things users discover and do online and are recommended on the basis of the users’ location and interests.
Some examples of Schemer tasks…
A $2.6 billion loss by Bing in the latest fiscal year, running into losses for the second time in a row, should be two good reasons for Microsoft to consider the sale of this online search division, as suggested by some of the industries leading experts.
The operating costs of Microsoft’s online search division were greater than the annual revenue…
Search News
Back in 2009 when Google users wished to receive live news from around the world in a Google search, the company launched ‘Realtime Search’. Most of the results (real time news) was aggregated from social networking channels like Twitter, Facebook and a few other such sites.
However, after failing to reach an agreement with Twitter last month, Google had to…
Search News
In a battle for search engine supremacy, reports have emerged that Bing has been stealing Google’s search results.
Google have announced that they have strong evidence to prove this, however Bing venemently denies any wrongdoing.
Google alleges that Bing has been watching what people search for on Google, the sites they select from Google’s results, then uses that…
The last time we heard any news on the Google situation in China, the report was that the situation was stable and that Google would continue to re-direct users to the Hong Kong search engine. However, this strategy seems to have hit a snag.
Google’s Internet Content Licence in China has expired and without it Google cannot operate…
Search News
It would appear that Facebook is planning to give Google a run for its money through search.
The AllFacebook blog has noted that Facebook has confirmed that an open graph search engine is in the works.
While there was a lot of speculation about Facebook’s search strategy, the company has confirmed with us that “all Open Graph-enabled
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Search News
After launching Buzz last week, Google have continued on the social track by now acquiring social search service Aardvark.
The deal, rumoured to be worth around $50 million, could see Google use the social search engine as an answer to, well, Yahoo! Answers. Through IM, Twitter and e-mail, Aardvark lets you ask full-text questions and then takes your social connections…
I recently read Dennis Yu’s blog article Evolve or Die: 2010 Local Ad Agency Fiscal Models. Having met Dennis (2009 Search Marketing Expo in Sydney Australia), I have great respect for him as an individual and also for what his company does.
Many of the points that Dennis has made, are right on the money. Others, I feel,…
Search News
If you ever wanted to create and launch your own search engine, then Google might now how the power to stop you.
It took the attorney’s 5 years to get it approved, but Google now officially holds a patent for its homepage.
Below is the official patent document from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. You will see in the…
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