Week of March 27, 2006 SEO News Archives

March 30, 2006
Google moves forward in making a $1 billion investment in AOL
Last Friday, Google and AOL signed definitive agreements governing a $1 billion investment in AOL and the two companies expect that the investment will close in the second quarter of 2006.

March 29, 2006
Will Ma Bell and Verizon try to compete against SEM companies?
Once Yahoo Search Marketing gets their local targeting act together and MSN adCenter goes full blast, if Verizon can also focus on the reselling of those local search spots, we’ll have a monster on our hands.

March 28, 2006
Google wishes to kick-start the Wi-Fi and wireless sector
"The gap between what Wi-Fi operators charge and what casual mobile users are typically willing to pay is relatively significant," according to the patent applications. "Therefore, Wi-Fi Internet access as an industry has experienced a rather slow start."

March 27, 2006
Vast.com: facilitating connections between car buyers and dealers
Vast.com's listings are "only part of the process" when it comes to selling cars online, he added. Many sites like Cars.com facilitate connections between car buyers and dealers looking for sales leads. Some classifieds publishers simply aren't interested in any extra, possibly un-qualified traffic. Take mediabistro.com's Touby. She believes that by expressing knowledge of mediabistro.com by visiting it, those who frequent the site indicate they are more qualified than people who may stumble upon it randomly through listings on Vast.com and similar sites. "It dilutes the quality of the candidates," she insisted.

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