- There is an awful lot of chatter about Ask. Regardless if their search alterations are generating better results, the certainly are causing a stir in the blogosphere. Ask is touting their new morph and in-line search functions. SE Round Table asks if the “The Algorithm” campaign is working. Search Insider dissects Ask’s new SERP and gives some very interesting insight.
- Microsoft is making strides with adLab. They already launched a handful of useful tools, and looks like they’ve got more complex tools in store for the future.
- While everyone else is touting the growth of paid search advertising, ClickZ is reporting the steady downfall of ROI (43% under last year!). Grokdotcom argues that it’s time marketers avoided paid search and concentrated on organic strategies. However, for all the reasons listed in that post, I could find ways to apply them to improving paid search ROI as well.
- Several sources reported on Google’s update to the Landing Page Quality Score. PPC Discussions reports no abnormal changes and asks if anyone else saw a change in minimum bids.
- Search Engine Roundtable talks about Google’s new Placement Performance report and discusses repercussions to both advertisers and AdSense publishers.
- Controversy sparks when David Naylor posts a blog about searchmash.com, a new search engine Google is testing.
- Bid Management Tools – Dead or Alive? Only Eric Enge from Search Engine Watch has the answer.
- SEO Moz digs deep into identifying long tail search patterns.
- This is an example of how the new Ask UI yields greater user satisfaction.
