August 31, 2007

From the SEW Blog:

• Tighten the Coupling: Text Ads and Videos
  As online videos and their consumption continue ramping up, we should consider this coupling as more than an afterthought.
• "Prom Queen: Summer Heat" – the blinkx interview
  Grant Crowell interviews Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of the video search engine blinkx, on their partnership with media studio Vuguru, their exclusive broadcast of the Emmy-nominated video series "Prom Queen," and the future of video content and search.
• Who Makes Your SEO Dream Team
  Rhea Drysdale blogged her SEO Dream Team including many of the usual suspects. Who would you pick if limited to a team of seven?
• SEW Experts: In-House Vs. Outsourced: What Is the Best Solution?
  Chris Boggs ponders the relationship between in-house and agency search experts, asking the question, "Can't we all just get along?"
• SEW Experts: Crafting a Social Media Strategy Around Travel
  Elisabeth Osmeloski tells travel site providers how to take advantage of social media and traveler reviews.

Headlines & News from Elsewhere:

• Search Marketers Bill Slawski and Li Evans Join KeyRelevance, SEM Clubhouse
• The Official Non-Attendee's Guide to Conferences, Search Marketing Gurus
• Three Interviews, Six Interesting Web Analytics Questions, Occam's Razor
• Don’t Ever Offer Great Service, Great Value or a Great Product, Copywriters Blog
Nielsen Finds High Audience Retention And Overlap For Search Engines, Search Engine Land
• An Insider's View Of Google Universal Search, Search Engine Land
• PeekYou: Spock Has Competition, TechCrunch
• Changes to Google's Top Rank Formula, Part 1, ClickZ
• Conversion Rate Basics, ClickZ
• Expanded Broad Match Goes Loco On Local, Search Insider
• Does Yahoo Have Issues with Blogspot Blogs?, Search Engine Guide
• Social Media’s Direct Influence on Search Engine Ranking, Search Engine Journal
• Reputation Management You May Be Missing, Vanessa Fox
• The Benefits of Outsourcing Your Company's PPC Management, Karl Ribas
• When Does It Cease to Be Link Marketing And Become Link Spam?, The Link Spiel