Are Big Brands Stealing (Buying) the SERPS?

For a long time, search engine marketers wondered why the big brands were so slow to adopt, why they seemed to be ignoring Google. They may be wishing for the old days, when smaller players with smaller budgets had a better shot at the SERPs.

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Resist the Dark Side of Social Media

Thanks to Chinwag and everyone who showed up at their event - The Dark Side of Social Media - last night where I was on an excellently diverse panel discussing the issues that arise as people splurge their life stories onto a web which never forgets. 

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Yahoo Go Gets Improvements

Yahoo Go is on the move - a beta version of the mobile service is set to be introduced in 13 new countries, and Go 2.0 will be launch in the US on Friday.  According to Yahoo, “[t]he Internet on the mobile phone will take another big step forward” thanks to these developments.

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Yahoo oneSearch May Reach 100 Million New Eyes

The first line of a fresh Yahoo press release describes the corporation as “a leading global Internet company,” and I have to wonder: isn’t that pretty old news?  Yet, following a deal with six mobile operators throughout Asia, the phrase may bear repeating.

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