May 11, 2007

From the SEW Blog:

• From Online Research to Offline Shopping
  A new report from Accenture reveals that the majority of product research happens online, while the majority of purchases resulting from that research happen offline.
• Exalead Enhancements to Image Search
  The French search provider has been actively rolling out new features as of late.
• News from the Google Shareholder Meeting
  Google held its annual shareholder meeting yesterday at the Googleplex.
• Search-Related Legal Updates
  Santa Clara University law professor Eric Goldman, on his Technology and Marketing Law blog, has updates on several search-related laws or lawsuits this week.

Headlines & News from Elsewhere:

• Amazon’s A9 Site Gets a Makeover, Resource Shelf
• How Local Businesses Can Win with Search, iMedia Connection
• Out-Googled, The Economist
• Google's Annual Meeting: More Entertainment Than News, Business Week Tech Beat
• Yahoo Contest Giving $25k Away in Advertising, Online Marketing Blog
• The New Google Analytics is So Not Cool, Googlified
• Google Image Labeler Is More Exciting, Google Operating System
• The Resurrection: PageRank, Sitewide Links and META Tags are Back!, Tropical SEO
• Reclaim the Link Popularity You Have Already Earned, Stepforth SEO
• Google search by employer not illegal, say judges, Ars Technica
• Microsoft and Yahoo: Match or Misery?, ClickZ
• The Difference Between ROI and Marketing Accountability, ClickZ
• From My Inbox: More Defense Of SEO, Search Engine Land
• Google Gets A Tag Line: "Search, Ads & Apps", Search Engine Land
• 24/7 Real Media Confirms It's For Sale, ClickZ
• Search Insider Summit Wrap Up, Online Marketing Blog
• Court Says No Harm Done in Google Search on Employee, CSO
• How Popular is Your Domain?, Search Engine Roundtable
• Personalization: Google's Defensible Trump Card?, Out of My Gord
• Yahoo’s Clickable Map Advertising with Product Inventory Displays, SEO by the Sea
• Google AdWords Expert - Exclusive Interview, MindValley Labs