March 5, 2007

From the SEW Blog:

• Global Strategies International Acquired by Ogilvy
  Search marketing firm Global Strategies International, led by frequent search event speaker and author Bill Hunt, has been acquired by Neo@Ogilvy.
• Microsoft Chatting For Charity
  In an attempt to increase use of Messenger, Microsoft has launched a charity drive that gives donations when you chat.
• Googler Criticizes Alexa Data
  Peter Norvig, director of research at Google, has published some stats showing that usage by online marketers is skewing Alexa data.
• Justin Osmer Interviewed about Live QnA
  Osmer tells Eric Enge that Microsoft has taken a very interesting approach to the QnA product, treating it as an enhancement to search, rather than a destination site.
• Google to Index Subscription Based Content
  Adam Lasnik posted a comment in the Webmaster Help Google Group indicating Google is working on technology to allow crawling of pages that require a login.

Headlines & News from Elsewhere:

• Is Search Marketing Too Much Work for Publishers?, Biznology
• Search Sucks, Vol. 386: "Get Off Your Lazy Butt" Edition, Traffick
• YADAC: Yet Another Debate About Cloaking Happens Again, Search Engine Land
• Basic SEO & Advanced SEO, SEO Hotline
• Yahoo Panama - Pros and Cons, 15 Digital Marketing
• SEM, Measure for Measure, ClickZ
• Keane Keen on CBS Interactive, paidContent
• Octopart: Search Engine For Gadget Parts, TechCrunch
• Microsoft Deal Gives It Shot At Thriving Health Search Vertical, MediaPost
• Local Search Update: Yelp up 91%, Insider Pages up 34% in Past Six Months, Hitwise
• Google's 30 US Subsidiaries & International Companies, Search Engine Journal
• More Subsidiary Lists: Amazon.com (A9), IAC/Interactive (Ask.com), Microsoft, Time Warner (AOL) & Yahoo, Resource Shelf
• Keyword burnout? Not me., Content Done Better
• Google's Click Fraud Spin, Marketing Shift
• Why Google won't index USAToday's New Long Tail, Click Influence
• Zoominfo Selects Indeed to Power Job Search, Blog Indeed