by Matt McGee Here’s something you probably haven’t seen unless you’re a Microsoft employee: The screenshot above shows a Honda logo icon placed inside a Live Search sponsored search ad. It comes to us from a Search Engine Land reader doing search marketing in the auto industry, who explained how it happened: “I’ve been told [...]

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by Lori Weiman Most affiliate managers and brand owners agree that they are not fond of the practice where affiliate marketers direct link from a search campaign to the advertiser’s web site.   While frowned upon, the practice may be simply a nuisance because you just don’t like it or could become a more serious problem [...]

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SEMPO’s new report, due to be released this week, cuts its forecast for search advertising. The results are based on a survey of almost 900 agencies and search marketers. According to the Wall Street Journal, the report scales back previous growth projections considerably: [SEMPO] says North American search marketing spending will increase only 9% to [...]

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Microsoft this week has done a number of things in the mobile space, in addition to its introduction of the Live Search Cashback program on the desktop (which presumably will extend to mobile search/shopping). Windows Live launched a new homepage for mobile and the company introduced graphical ads and paid search for mobile. Click to [...]

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Below is what happened in search today, as reported onSearch Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: comScore: Google Gets High Again In US Search Share As with recent search stats from Hitwise and Nielsen, comScore’s latest stats for April 2008 search engine share in the United States shows [...]

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