- Will the Bing & Yahoo Search Alliance Succeed?
What does a "win" look like for Yahoo and Bing? What risks do both search engines face? And what are the implications for search advertising and mobile? We break it all down. ... - Impact of Legal U.S. Online Gambling on Search and the Web
The search industry may profit from increased PPC advertising cash. However, forum and blog comment spam will no doubt increase and endless new content will hit the web, taxing search engine crawlers. ... - Don't Let Your Web Site Design Become a Nightmare
Avoid losing money, time, customers, and conversions. Why hiring a graphic designer or marketing firm to design your site is a rotten idea. ... - Hiring an In-House Link Marketer? 2 Essential Skills for the Job
When hiring a link marketer, ask these important questions during the hiring process to make sure they have the right stuff to help your company. ... - 7 Golden Rules for Paid Search Copy
Using these seven tips will help get your PPC ads some real attention and get the right kind of clicks. ... - Defining Search Engine Optimization in 2010
Taking the time to identify your market and focusing on how to build relationships with those relevant sites will put you above SEOs who are still focusing on outdated tactics. ... - Localizing Websites: Why it Pays to Target Countries and Not Languages
For your foreign language sites to be effective, they absolutely have to be localized for individual countries. Here's why. ... - Playing Brand DE-FENSE With Search Reputation Management
Search reputation management isn't easy work. Here's how B2B brands and organizations can protect their first impressions in the SERPs. ... - 12 Ways Your SEO Mileage May Vary
If you've spent time analyzing search results for a variety of queries, you've likely seen results you can't easily explain. Here's why this happens. ... - 6 Key Metrics for a Social Media Measurement Dashboard
Creating your own social media dashboard gives you the ability to show the impact of your social media efforts, and it will put you in great position to bide time until a truly robust social media measurement tool is available. ...
- Track your favorite TV shows with Clicker
There are a LOT of places on the Web to find free TV and multimedia, for example, free movie sites and free TV online and Hulu. Sorting through the massive amounts of programming available to you can be a chore, which is where Clicker comes in.Clicker sorts through the noise to find the signal, categorizing by program so you can zoom straight to what you want. For example, the page for House gives you a variety of different sources online where you can find the latest House episode, an episode guide, and related programs. Browse the Categories for a quick look at what Clicker has to offer; Web Originals, Movies, Music, and more. I have to caution you: having all this great programming available (and most of it for free) is extremely addictive and will be prohibitive to pretty much getting ANYTHING done.
More TV on the Web
- 30 Sites to Watch Free TV Online
- Use MeeVee to Find Local TV Listings
- Watch Free TV at FreeTube
- Democracy TV - Free Open Source Internet TV Platform
- Watch Free TV and Movies at SurfTheChannel
Track your favorite TV shows with Clicker originally appeared on About.com Web Search on Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 02:54:07.
- How big is the hidden Web?
The Hidden Web, aka the Deep Web, aka the Invisible Web, is the part of the Web that can't be easily accessed with a simple search engine query. What is the size of the hidden Web?
More on the Deep Web
- What is the Invisible Web?
- Deep Web Search Engines
- How to Mine the Deep Web: The Ultimate Guide
- Deep Web People Search - 16 Resources That Will Help You Use the Deep Web to Find People
How big is the hidden Web? originally appeared on About.com Web Search on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 12:55:25.
- Great sources for public domain music
Public domain music is music that has passed into the public domain, which makes it free and completely legal to download. Here are 12 sources for free public domain music that you can use to download tons of great music onto your computer or digital audio device.
More public domain resources
Great sources for public domain music originally appeared on About.com Web Search on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 01:00:26.
- What is Wikileaks?
The recent release of 90,000 Afghanistan documents on whistleblower site Wikileaks has placed this amazing resource into the spotlight. Learn more about Wikileaks, what is is, and why it's so important.
More about online privacy
- Ten Ways To Keep Your Search History Private
- Anonymous Surfing 101
- Upgrade Your Facebook Privacy Settings
What is Wikileaks? originally appeared on About.com Web Search on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 01:22:30.
- Explore what you're reading with Google Lit Trips
Ever read a book and wish you could see, geographically, what the story is talking about? You can do that with Google Lit Trips, a fascinating site that pairs up with Google Earth to show readers a map of what they're reading.
You'll need to actually have Google Earth on your system in order to download these files (they're all in a .kmz format). Once you do that, you can browse through maps referencing locations in a number of different books, including:
Check it out and tell us what you think!
More books on the Web
- The Best Sites to Read Books Online for Free
- Find a Book with Book Search Engines
- The Best Sites for Free Audio Books
Hat tip to Metafilter for the site!
Explore what you're reading with Google Lit Trips originally appeared on About.com Web Search on Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 00:15:13.
- Web search news July 18-23: Google buys Metaweb, Facebook the most popular site online, Flipboard
Lots of interesting Web search news this week, thank goodness, because I need a good excuse to get out of that yard work calling my name!
- Google Launches New Image Search (taragana.com)
- AOL Searches for Head of Music Business, Retains Spencer Stuart (businessweek.com)
- Search More Effectively In Outlook (lockergnome.com)
- Google buys Metaweb to boost semantic search (eWeek)
Read more...Web search news July 18-23: Google buys Metaweb, Facebook the most popular site online, Flipboard originally appeared on About.com Web Search on Saturday, July 24th, 2010 at 01:15:36.
- Ten alternatives to Google
Looking for a new search engine? There are literally hundreds of really great niche search engines on the Internet that focus on specific topics: images, jobs, blogs, etc. You can find all sorts of great stuff using these alternative search engines that you might not be able to find on the more well-known search engines; plus, many of these niche search engines have really interesting features that are fun to play with. Here are my picks for the top ten alternative search engines out there on the Web.
And even more Google alternatives!
- Deep Web Search Engines
- Twitter Search Engines
- 9 Russian Search Engines
- Underground Search Engines
- Ten Things You Can Do With Wolfram Alpha
Ten alternatives to Google originally appeared on About.com Web Search on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 01:48:41.
- Where to find free store coupons on the Web
I do quite a bit of my shopping online, and I'm always on the hunt for even better deals. That's where the following sites come in. All of these consistently offer up some pretty sweet deals for both online and brick and mortar stores; check 'em out and see if you don't agree with me.
RetailMeNot is the first place I go for great free coupons. Lots of Amazon coupons here.
SlickDeals is a super resource for free coupons, but they also highlight some pretty impressive savings that you can take advantage of all over the Web - anything from dishes to hard drives.
CurrentCodes offers you three different ways to browse through hundreds of free coupons: alphabetically, by store, or by category.
Fat Wallet gets all its tips from the Fat Wallet community - nearly a million strong. Plus, if you shop with Fat Wallet's free coupons, you can actually earn cash back; not a bad deal.
Dealighted is a composite of several deal-finding forums and message boards, all rolled up into one convenient site.These sites should get you started! What are your favorite free coupon sites?
More free coupons
Amazon Coupons: You can find exceptional bargains via Amazon coupons that can add up to some pretty significant savings.
The Top Ten Sites for Online Grocery Shopping: Online grocery shopping is a great way to deal with a necessary chore: it's convenient, it's a time saver, and you can take advantage of sales online that you would not be able to otherwise.
15 Ways to Save Money on the Web: No matter what your financial situation may be, it's always a good idea to learn new ways to save money. Find out how you can utilize the power of the Web to save money, find good deals, and improve your financial status.
Where to find free store coupons on the Web originally appeared on About.com Web Search on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 00:33:00.
- Find public records with DirtSearch
DirtSearch is a new(ish) search engine that focuses only on public records that are freely available online, much like Zabasearch or Spokeo. Simply type the name of the person you're looking for into the DirtSearch search field, and within a few minutes (it seriously does take a few minutes, so be patient!), you'll see a list of links to public records.
DirtSearch doesn't do anything special to obtain this information; it's just collating it all in one convenient location from many different points on the Web: public records databases, state records, phone directories, etc. In other words, DirtSearch simply serves as a search engine by locating publicly available records and does not actually create, store, or do anything illegal to present searchers with this information. Give it a try and let us know what you think.
Don't like your information out there? There are a number of ways you can prevent your information from being publicly accessible via the Web, including hiding your online identity, anonymous surfing, and keeping your searches private.
More ways to track down free public records on the Web
- Fifteen Specific People Search Engines Google People Search Use the Web to do a Free Background Check
Find public records with DirtSearch originally appeared on About.com Web Search on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 at 00:53:39.
- Read primary documents with DocsTeach
The National Archives has a fantastic resource called DocsTeach, a comprehensive database of more than 2500 primary documents selected from the National Archives and placed into collections according to subject, i.e., Civil War and Reconstruction, The Emergence of Modern America, The Great Depression and World War II, and more.
Click on any of these special collections, and you'll see results sorted by archival number and/or title. Each result has a thumbnail image so you can get a preview. Click on "details" for any thumbnail, say, The TVA at Work, and you'll see the full-size image, a video (if applicable), and you'll be able to print out the document right in your own home. It's really an amazing way to view primary sources and relive history!
More government resources
- Essential US Government Web Sites
- USA.gov, the U.S. Government's Official Search Engine
- Learn More About the Library of Congress
Read primary documents with DocsTeach originally appeared on About.com Web Search on Monday, July 19th, 2010 at 01:47:40.
