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Paul Levine Joins Zvents Board of Directors

Photo courtesy TechCrunch. Paul Levine, former GM of Yahoo! Local, has joined Zvents board of directors as Zvents continues to grow both its network and innovative local search platform. His experience with local listings will prove invaluable as the platform continues to support local business as is done offline; by ...

Google Teams Up with Nokia to Offer Google Search on Nokia Mobile Phones

  Google is partnering with Nokia to offer Google search to Nokia mobile phone users worldwide. If you have a Nokia cell phone, you will be able to use Google to find relevant information. The Google search engine will be integrated with the Nokia Search application. This integration will ...

Six Local Media Trends to Watch in 2008

2008 is already off to a great start in the online media world, and local media appears to be getting more ad dollars. Lately, we are seeing a shift in some of the ad dollars going to new media platforms, especially with the increased importance of user-generated content and the ...

Yahoo! Local and R.H. Donnelley Expand Relationship

Yahoo! Local and R.H. Donnelley are expanding their relationship. This new agreement gives local businesses more exposure on the Yahoo! Local and Yahoo! Maps websites. The agreement is a part of R.H. Donnelley's efforts to distribute their local advertiser content across their own network of websites as well ...

Local Business Search Engine Kudzu.com Wins Telly Awards

Kudzu.com, a search engine that's primary emphasis is on local business search, has won two Telly awards for two different tv commercials during the 28th Annual Telly Awards. Kudzu.com is a local business search engine that attempts to connect ready-to-buy consumers with local businesses. Two separate tv commercials, both of which promoted ...

iCrossing Exec Named to Yellow Pages Association’s Local Search Guide Advisory Board

Jeffrey Pruitt, Executive Vice Ppresident of iCrossing and President of the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) has been named to the Yellow Pages Association's (YPA) Local Search Guide Advisory Board. YPA, the trade main organization of the print and digital media industry (valued at about $14 billion in the United ...

Citysearch to Acquire Insider Pages

Citysearch, owned by IAC, has agreed to acquire Insider Pages. Insider pages is a reviews-based local search company. Insider Pages bills themselves as a site that "helps people find the best local businesses through recommendations from their friends, community, and expert reviewers. The site has more than 600,000 merchant reviews on ...

Bill Hartzer is the head search engine marketing, social media marketing, and website marketing expert at Vizion Interactive, Dallas / Fort Worth Texas based interactive marketing firm that offers search engine optimization, pay per click, and other online marketing services. Do you need online marketing services? Let's talk!
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August 30th 2008
Tags: Domain Names 6 Comments

How to Know When You Should Develop a Domain Name

How many domain names do you own? One? Five? Over one hundred? You would probably be surprised about how many domain names I own and how many I have developed. Some are currently parked using a domain parking service. Yet some of the domain names I own redirect to currently ...
August 27th 2008
Tags: Ask.com, Search Engines 3 Comments

Ask.com Re-Launches AskKids.com Search Engine for Kids

Ask.com has re-launched their search engine for kids at www.AskKids.com. School is now back in session (at least it is for the kids here in Texas), so now is great time for kids to start using this new search engine. What's important for me, as a parent of an 8 year ...

6 Ways to Get Nearly Instant Links to your Web Site

It seems as though everyone wants something done quickly, or nearly instantly. We want success quickly. We want to be successful online and we want to get links to our web sites quickly. We want traffic to our web sites quickly. There are many reasons why you would want to get ...
August 13th 2008
Tags: Search Engine Marketing Jobs One Comment

SEMPO and Onward Search Partner to Increase Number of Search Engine Marketing Professionals

SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization, and Onward Search, a nationwide search engine marketing staffing company, has announced what they're calling a "joint partnership" to promote programs that will increase the number of career opportunities in search engine marketing for job seekers seeking to enter the industry. Through this joint ...

Paris Hilton Fires Back at John McCain; Stays At Top of Search Phrases

Paris Hilton fired back at John McCain in response to Presidential Candidate John McCain's recent television ad. John McCain's TV ad compared Senator Barack Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. Paris Hilton stayed atop the Lycos to(TM) Top Search Terms for the week ending August 2nd, 2008. Every week ...

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