Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'search ads'

Amazon announced starting May 1st, they will no longer pay affiliates for sales sent to them via paid search. That means any leads through search ads on Google AdWords, Yahoo Search Marketing, Microsoft adCenter and other search ad programs. The...

Posted on April 7, 2009 7:47 AM

Last week at Search Engine Land, I covered an Eric Goldman story on Utah trying to pass a bill for the third time, on regulating search ads. In short, the bill finally passed in the Utah House (still needs to...

Posted on March 10, 2009 9:06 AM

A HighRankings Forum thread has discussion around a topic I have never seen before. Should you ever consider using abbreviations in a title or description of your search ads? Here is the question from the advertiser: I'm writing a PPC...

Posted on February 12, 2009 9:23 AM

If you want to read my thoughts on Ask.com's relaunch, see what I wrote at Search Engine Land named Ask.com Goes Back To 1996 With New Release. Today, I want to take you through some interesting observations from a WebmasterWorld...

Posted on October 7, 2008 7:28 AM

To continue our coverage of Google ads on Yahoo Search, where advertisers are both happy and sad about this deal... The SEC has been sitting on reviewing the deal and requested more time. Google CEO said that with or without...

Posted on September 19, 2008 8:11 AM

Back in February, I spotted how Ask.com was showing up to five Google search ads above the organic search results. It only happened when using Internet Explorer on a PC, because (I guess here) the Ask.com team didn't want to...

Posted on September 4, 2008 8:05 AM

A Search Engine Watch Forums thread is discussing if some companies are taking vanity search ads too far. Typically, the vanity search ads companies should own are for their own name and domain name. But some are going further. Some...

Posted on January 23, 2008 7:01 AM

Tamar reported yesterday here that MSN Prepopulates their UK Search Box with "The Apprentice BBC". But it does not appear to just be prepopulated with "The Apprentice BBC". Last night they began showing "Euro 2008 results" in the search box,...

Posted on March 29, 2007 7:22 AM

Yesterday at Search Engine Land I reported Search Engines Do Not Have To Display All Ads Says Court based on Eric Goldman's post named Search Engines Defeat "Must-Carry" Lawsuit--Langdon v. Google. In short, a court ruled that Google and other...

Posted on February 28, 2007 7:45 AM