Paid search — advertisers flood online Worldwide

Bloomberg says that Google’s third quarter profit climbed 25 per cent as businesses used paid search to improve sales.
Bloomberg.com:
Worldwide reports:
“Advertisers are shifting budgets away from TV and print media toward ads that run alongside search listings, targeting online shoppers. The Internet will [...]

Give people what they want

The Google Blog offers a great post on Google’s technology.
Official Google Blog: Technologies behind Google rankingreports:
“Search in the last decade has moved from give me what I said to give me what I want. User expectations from search have rightly increased. We work hard to fulfill the expectations of each and every user, [...]

Essential keywords: do your own digging

MarketingSherpa: Special Report: Online Keyword Research Guide: 5 Tips & 9 Useful Tools notes that:
“A solid keyword list is the foundation of a successful search-marketing strategy. Marketers must continually work to find relevant search terms and understand the volume of traffic they provide — as well as the number of competitors using the same [...]