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Google Bomb: Chuck Noris

Marcelo Sant'Iago | 29.1.2008, 12:42 | Google

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Access to video sharing sites grew 216% in Japan

Motoko Hunt | 25.1.2008, 16:50 | Asia | Japan

The number of access to video sharing web sites grew 216% in Japan in 2007 from the previous year. According to Video Research Interactive (VRI), there were more than 24 million accesses to video sharing web sites in 2007.

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Baidu is going abroad --to Japan

The truth is, there is, or at least will be, enough market out there for 2 or 3 really big search engines. The industry, on a global basis is still very nascent. Whether it is geo-based or vertically based, as the industry grows, there will be a number of opportunities for several large players to split the pie.

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Northern Voice Blogging Conference Vancouver (BC) Canada - February 22-23, 2008

Alex Brabant | 16.1.2008, 19:48 | Canada

Mark you calendar! The best local event on blogging and social media is coming back again this year and I am pleased to join the organizing committee to invite you to attend the Northern Voice Blogging Conference in Vancouver (BC) which will be held on February 22-23 2008. Northern Voice is a two-day, non-profit personal blogging and social media conference that’s being held at the Forestry Sciences Centre, 2424 Main Mall, UBC main campus, Vancouver (BC) Canada on February 22-23, 2008. Please visit Northernvoice.ca for more information and how to attend.

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Search Engine Strategies Paris starting today!

Today, January 15, SES lands in Paris, for another exciting gathering of search marketers from all over Europe. And of course we will be blogging about it - stay tuned.

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Does search make us more efficient, or just more independent?

Steve Haar | 13.1.2008, 19:49 | Industry Research | Search Trends | United Kingdom

...the comScore study: 29 days, 12 searches, 22 travel websites and 2.5 visits to the website of the ultimate purchase.

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Yahoo! Mobile Widgets Challenge Google Platform

This week at the consumer electronics show, Yahoo made a direct chellenge to Google’s Android open plantform for developers. I have been a proponent of Yahoo’s strategy to develop content and applications vs. Googles approach to an open platform that relies on developers. It appears that Yahoo is taking a very comprehensive approach. Yahoo has an open platform for the development of mobile widgets that can be load from the mobile Go 3.0 (new release).

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Research and Markets Publishes Canada Online Advertising Report

Alex Brabant | 9.1.2008, 20:35 | Canada

It is no secret to anyone that Canada is one of the most connected country in the world. Canada is also one of the world's most advanced online cultures. Broadband penetration is over 60%, and more than 63% of the population uses the Internet. But online advertising has been slow to take off-until now.

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Google Webmaster Expand Global Support

Google Webmaster support is continuing to expand for the global search community. Today, Google announced web master support for Hebrew, Turkish and Hungarian languages.

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2007 Top Searhed Keywords in Japan

Motoko Hunt | 3.1.2008, 20:26 | Japan

Livedoor, Yahoo Japan and Google Japan have announced their top searched terms in 2007. The lists show that keywords related to Web2.0 were very popular in 2007.

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