So then yet another week. The list of what we have read seems a bit thinner this week (I blame the sun!) however once again I have compiled a list of the things we have read and got us talking in the office.
Social Media
URL shorteners testing waters of social media - bit.ly offer a great URL shortening tool and we use it quite a bit. This post highlights bit.ly branching out to other social media platforms other than Twitter.
Moonfruit Twitter promotion proves a massive success - Great piece on how Moonfruit used Twitter
BBC unveils web buzz tracker - Great tool that will track online conversations on blogs and social media sites about the broadcaster’s programmes.
SEO
Making links work for you - This is a fantastic read if you’re an SEO. A lot of it is perhaps what you already know however it is worth reading to jog your mind and open your eyes.
So how is bing doing? - It’s no secret (if you read our blog…hint hint) that we are really interested in the progress of Bing. This is a great post on how Bing appears to be doing so far.
Five Ways the Moonwalk is Like SEO - The title may seem a bit obscure but it is a very clever post.
PPC
PPC Recession Strategy: 7 Reasons To Keep Bidding On Your Brand Terms - Interesting article on brand bidding which provides useful advice as to why brands should bid on their own brand.
Google Releases AdWords API v2009 (Beta) - Information on the new AdWords API v2009. It’s good to see some the improvements Google are making.
General Search
Bing Adds Twitter Smart Answers - We also covered this in a recent post however it was Search Engine Land that gave us the info. This post shows the progress in the battle to provide real time info from Bing.
Google Blog Search Sees Twitter Trends & Raises With Blog Search ‘Hot Queries’ - Yet more progress in the battle to provide real time info this time from Google.
New Blog Search tools: Feeds, Hot Queries and Latest Posts - This is the above but from the horses mouth
Other
Cool Search Engines That Are Not Google - This is a really cool post and shows us some really good search engines that most of us (me included) haven’t even heard of!
Fun
Funny: “Googling With Bing” Search Engine Land pointed us all in the direction of this Bing advert. Pretty funny.
Enjoy!