GroupM Search.net

Last night was the first ever SMX Search Bowl. Basically, the Search Engine Land team created fifty questions that were asked to the various teams. The teams consisted of two players from Google , Yahoo , Ask.com, Live Search , …

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Google Takes Top Prize At SMX Search Bowl

They probably will come back once they figured out that Live .com is never going to be a good search engine and Yahoo still loosing business, b/c of their lack of Webanalyticsbook » How much is your No.1 ranking in Google worth Says: ….. I feel that no follow can be a drawback to a website, I think google is aware that by not letting a searcher find a link, you are not helping the buyer/searcher, and this may result in a black mark against you in search engines …

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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land : Yahoo Makes Big.

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 19, 2008

The branded media networks will focus on servicing their accounts, while Outrider will act as a neutral, third-party search operation for handling clients unaffiliated with the WPP shops.

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MediaPost Publications GroupM Search Emerges As Industry's Biggest …

WPP’s GroupM is set to restructure the search practice across Mediaedge:cia, MediaCom and MindShare (and to a lesser extent MAXUS), rolling out branded search divisions at each agency, and integrating 24/7 Real Media’s proprietary bid …

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MediaPost Publications GroupM Restructures Search, Integrates 24/7 …