April 27, 2007

From the SEW Blog:

• Microsoft Ad Revenues Up 23%
  Advertising revenue grew by 23 percent, and the company is actually ahead of last year's monetization goals for adCenter.
• Is Zunch Communications' Bankruptcy a Sign of Things to Come?
  Zunch is spinning this bankruptcy as a part of a larger trend coming to the industry, but others say that's not the case.
• Google Adding Print Purchasing to AdWords Interface
  To improve their sales numbers for print media, Google is adding a Print Tab to AdWords accounts.
• Today's Outsourced Column
  Chris Boggs gives An Insider's View of what life is like at Avenue A/Razorfish, and breaks down some common roles within agency teams.
• 6% of Web Sites are Real Estate Related
  A February 2007 Netcraft survey says that of the 108 million sites on the web, academics estimate 6% of these are about real estate.
• Genie's Searching For Gamers
  Gaming has become GenieKnows' lead offering, and is even presented as the default search on their site.
• Active Athletes In The Lead
  Maybe there is a point where verticals can be connected to create critical mass.

Headlines & News from Elsewhere:

• Google Site Operator: an Ode to Thee, Brian White
• The 10 Commandments of Search, SEO Refugee
• Yahoo to Use Query Histories to Improve Search Results?, SEO by the Sea
• Q&A With Google Personalization Gurus Sep Kamvar and Marissa Mayer, Search Engine Land
• The Life Time Value of Links Based on Google Webmaster Central, Search Engine Roundtable
• YouTube Lining Up Summer Ads, Red Herring
• SEMPO SEO Training Levels Up, WebProNews
• Why The Digg Button Gets You Buried, Not Dugg, Pronet Advertising
• Google + Doubleclick = Re-defining Advertising's Currency, ThoughtShapers
• AOL One Step Behind Again: New Home Page Identical To Yahoo, TechCrunch
• FT Looks at GoogleClick - From Another Planet, ClickZ
• Google Website Optimizer, Part 2, ClickZ
• DoubleClick and Google, Part 2: The Reality, ClickZ