Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) conducted the SEMPO 2007 State of Market Survey, in which it found that about 80 % of the participating advertisers are more than willing to pay more for Behavioral Targeting. That in itself indicates towards a major shift in the Online Advertisement Spend Trend. The survey included the participation of 867 search engine advertisers and search engine marketing agencies

Here are all the news, launches, updates or any thing that happened in world of Search Engines. All in a nutshell for you to enjoy.

• Microsoft Applies Another Update to Live Product Search- MSN on the Fastrack!..

  Another critical update has been patched into its Live Search Products Service. the users would now be able to perform research and find suitable deals on the products displayed within Live Search. Microsoft's new update also gives the flexibility of refining products depending upon various factors such as user opinions, brand, prices and categories. The users will also be able to sort results by best user, expert ratings and prices.

Here is all the news, launches, updates or any thing that happened in world of Search Engines. All in a nutshell for you all to enjoy.

• Microsoft Raises Bid for Yahoo! after Yahoo's Impressive First Quarterly Results!
  Microsoft has risen its bid for Yahoo! To above $31 per share, hoping to achieve a friendly merger of the two Internet behemoths. After an impressive First Quarter Financial Results for 2008, Yahoo's CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Jerry Yang had announced that Yahoo! was open for any and all deals that would come its way, including Microsoft's bid for Yahoo!.

After an impressive First Quarter Financial Results for 2008, Yahoo's CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Jerry Yang had announced that Yahoo! was open for any and all deals that would come its way, including Microsoft's bid for Yahoo!

All that happened in the world of search engines in the fifth week of February, 2008. Once again, the blogs are all in chronological order. Enjoy!

Matt Cutts: What Should NOINDEX Do?

Matt Cutts speaks on many issues either through his blog or through the videos. The NOINDEX tag has been deliberated upon before by him, and Google even made changes to how the tag was implemented, This latest post from Matt comes as a policy discussion about NOINDEX and how Google should treat the NOINDEX meta tag.

The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) today announced the results of its 2008 Board of Directors election. The board of directors includes:

• Chris Boggs eMergent - Marketing / Brulant, Inc.
• Jessica Bowman - In-House SEO Expert
• Massimo Burgio - Global Search Interactive
• Bruce Clay - Bruce Clay, Inc.
• Dave Fall - DoubleClick, Inc.
• Duane Forrester - Microsoft
• Sara Holoubek - Free Agent Consultant

All that happened in the world of search engines in the fourth week of February, 2008. Once again, the blogs are all in chronological order. Enjoy!

Microsoft To Make Its Indexing Algorithm Less "Strict"!

During the closing months of last year, there were complaints from many webmasters not Live search not indexing their sites.A member at the WebmasterWorld thread, "nickreynolds," reports of receiving a note from a Microsoft representative, suggesting that things are about to change. Find out what exactly is about to change.

All that happened in the world of search engines in the third week of February 2008. All the blogs are in chronological order. Enjoy!

Microsoft's Offer Rejected By Yahoo!

It's been a week full of buzz about Microsoft's bid on Yahoo!. The earlier statement from Yahoo! was that the proposal was being evaluated. Now, with no competitive bids in sight a final verdict from Yahoo! is out and it's a bold NO. Read on to find out what's Yahoo!'s take.

All that happened in the world of search engines in the second week of February 2008. All the blogs are in chronological order. Enjoy!

Microsoft's Bid On Yahoo!: The Buzz Rages On!

The most happening event this week was Microsoft's "Unsolicited" bid on Yahoo!, which this time Yahoo! didn't summarily rejected, rather started pondering over it. In the meanwhile a lot was said, and analysts speculated and made projections. Find out all that happened during the week on the issue.

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