Microsoft Live Search Cashback Program Stumbles
Microsoft’s Live Search cashback program is brilliant insofar as it recognizes that compensation makes the world go ’round; a little money helps people do things they don’t like or change old habits. Only it appears that not everyone who’s participating the cashback program is receiving the key ingredient.
OVGuide Founder Answers Video Search Questions
January marked the first operational month for video search engine OVGuide as a profit-making entity. Now it has received $5 million in funding from Baroda Ventures.
Canonical Tag Announced: Google’s Matt Cutts Interviewed
More Murdok Videos Eric Schmidt once famously (or infamously, depending on how you look at it) called the Internet a cesspool. Now Google along with search rivals Yahoo and Microsoft are working together to clean up that cesspool to some extent. Much of this “cesspool” comes from duplicate content, and a tag has now been […]
New Sharing Options About to Be Rolled Out to 80,000 Sites
ShareThis, creator of the ShareThis widget that allows for the easy sharing of content via your favorite social networks, has announced a new version of the widget with some added features. I just chatted with CEO Tim Schigel about it.
Google’s Cutts Apologizes For Paid Post Snafu
Jaws dropped last week upon the news Google penalized its own Japanese site in Google search results after discovering Google Japan participated in a pay-per-post blogging scheme. Murdok Video caught up with Google’s anti-spam-team captain, Matt Cutts, who offers his apologies.
Yahoo Celebrates Five Years Of In-House Search
Google became Yahoo’s default search results provider on June 26th, 2000. On February 18th, 2004, Yahoo ended the deal. Now, the Sunnyvale-based company is celebrating the five-year anniversary of its decision to tackle search technology on its own.
eBay, eTrade, Priceline Bottom Of Customer Satisfaction Heap
For the first time in three years, overall customer satisfaction with e-commerce has fallen, ending steady growth over the same period, according ForeSee Results’ annual American Customer Satisfaction Index. At the bottom of the customer satisfaction barrel: eTrade, eBay, and Priceline.
Improving Bounce Rates: Tips from a Google Analytics Expert
Google Analytics expert shares insights on understanding and improving bounce rates to enhance user experience on your website.
Searchers Pick Gokey, Grace As American Idol Finalists
It’s that time of year again when we watch a band of histrionic hopefuls vie for America’s new sweetheart on American Idol. If search behavior is any indication (and it often is, except when involving political candidates), we’ll see Danny Gokey, Alexis Grace, and either Ricky Braddy, Tatiana Del Toro, or Ann Marie Boskovitch slide through to the final twelve.
Street View Lawsuit Dismissed
Privacy advocates who oppose Google Street View have suffered a rather significant defeat. Yesterday, a United States Magistrate Judge thoroughly dismissed a lawsuit brought against Google by Aaron and Christine Boring.