Blog - May/2008

Posted on 29/05/2008 by Sarah
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Jeremy Spiller, Managing Director of White Hat Mediai, gives a series of radio lectures, providing a complete introduction to Search Engine Optimisationi, Googlei Analyticsi and Keyword Researchi. SEOi Podcasts, part of the NoBull SEO series with Andy White. Search Engine Optimisation: [audio:Search Engine Optimisation.mp3] Analytics: [audio:Analytics.mp3] Keywordi Research: [audio:Keyword Research.mp3]
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Posted on 23/05/2008 by Sarah
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To start with here is a quick update on the Microsoft/Yahoo takeover front - It never happened in the end! Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed Microsoft’s position on the acquisition of Yahoo in one simple and direct phrase– we are no longer interested. Instead Microsoft is seeking some form of partnership with the search engine company, but no further news on that front yet. What I want to know is what happened to Microsoft’s treats of a hostile takeover bid? Looks like they have lost their bite, as their threats were empty ones. Someone surely will have to take the full brunt of that embarrassing show of force. I guess after wiping the egg off his face, Steve Ballmer is wondering...
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Posted on 02/05/2008 by Sarah
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Well as I sat there sipping a cold coke in Cyprus on a sun bed over looking the Mediterranean I contemplated all the big news that was occurring in the field of search engine marketing in my absence. With Microsoft’s deadline of the April 26 2008 for the purchase of Yahoo already passed I wondered whether the deal had gone ahead or whether Microsoft had acted on their hostile takeover threat. Either way I was assured something big would have happened in the search engine marketing arena. So I was a little disappointed when I powered on my laptop to find out the deadline had passed without any action at all on Microsoft’s part. So what is going on, were Microsoft's treats empty ones to the...
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