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WebProNews takes a look back at some of the more interesting headlines and stories of the past week. Some topics covered are a few new Google features, lots of Microsoft/Yahoo action as well as a couple of new tools for the savvy SEO crowd. Tags: Aaron Wall, Frank Quattrone, Google, Microsoft, MSN, SEO Book, USA Today, WebProNews, yahoo

Kevin Lee, the Executive Chairman of Did-It, spoke with Mike McDonald about several intriguing topics at SES New York. In addition to his Did-It responsibilities, Lee serves on the board for SEMPO. He discusses a few of the results from SEMPO's annual survey. One interesting finding is that organic search results are gaining favor over paid search results. Check out all the details from Kevin Lee including his thoughts on Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! only on WebProNews. Keep watching WebProNews for more video coverage of SES New York 2008. Tags: , Did-It, Kevin Lee, Microsoft, Mike McDonald, MSN, organic search, paid search, Search, SEMPO, SEO, SES, SES New York 2008, yahoo

During SMX West in Santa Clara, Mike McDonald of WebProNews talked with Matt Van Wagner, the President of Find Me Faster. They discuss the current Microsoft/Yahoo situation form a paid search perspective. Van Wagner also gives 2008 predictions for the search engines and integrating tools. Catch the full interview, only on WebProNews. Tags: Find Me Faster, Matt Van Wagner, Microsoft, Mike McDonald, MSN, paid search, SMX, SMX West 2008, yahoo

Mike McDonald of WebProNews had a nice chat with Danny Sullivan during SMX West 2008, in Santa Clara. Search Engine Land's Editor-in-Chief discusses the show including the first ever search bowl. Universal or blended search were among the hot topics of the show and Sullivan explains how that came about. He even gives his take on the Microsoft-Yahoo situation. Get the inside scoop from Danny Sullivan, only on WebProNews. Tags: Blended Search, Danny Sullivan, Microsoft, Mike McDonald, MSN, Search, Search Engine Land, SEO, SMX, SMX West, Universal Search, yahoo

In the New Year, Google seems to be changing their algorithm and making the search results more time related. The leading search engine has been ranking items from popular sites like Digg higher than factual or historical sites like Wikipedia. Is this a move towards a Web 3.0? In other news, Kara Ratliff [...] Tags: Digg, Google, Google's Algorithm, Kara Ratliff, Steve Souders, Web 3.0, Wikipedia, yahoo

The Internet Watch Foundation recently sponsored an awareness day to make people aware of the problems of child pornography. Bigger companies like Yahoo and MSN supported the day by running advertisements. WebProNews Reporter Kara Ratliff digs deeper into the world of child pornography online; we talked with author of Profiling Violent Crimes, Sex [...] Tags: Child Pornography awareness, Dr. Ronald Holmes, Internet Watch Foundation, Kara Ratliff, MSN, News Update, yahoo

Yahoo has a new social networking site called Mash. Previously, Yahoo tried to break into the social media mania with Yahoo 360, but the effort was unsuccessful. Mash is supposed to be equivalent to the ever popular MySpace and Facebook social networks. Catch the full story right here on WebProNews. If you enjoyed this post, make [...] Tags: Abby Prince, Facebook, MySpace, News Update, Social Media, yahoo, Yahoo Mash

Yahoo President Susan Decker announced a plan to reorganize the company’s leadership. As part of the plan, the company’s global sales executive vice president Gregory Coleman will leave in February. A new division called Global Partner Solutions has also been created as part of the reorganization process. Check out all the details right here on [...] Tags: Abby Prince, Global Partner Solutions, Gregory Coleman, News Update, Susan Decker, yahoo

A copyrighted patent is the topic of a future court date, as Australian based Polaris IP sues six Internet companies. Google, Yahoo, Amazon, A9.com, Borders, and Ask.com are all being sued over the usage of the Automatic Message Interpretation and Routing System. The lawsuit marks the third over the patent from Polaris, all [...] Tags: A9.com, Amazon, Ask.com, Borders, Google, Kara Ratliff, News Update, Patent Suit, Polaris IP, yahoo

In a recent survey taken by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index\, Yahoo barely outscored Google. While Yahoo’s score rose to 79, Google experienced a drop in the score to fall just under Yahoo with a score of 78. This is the first time since the first release of the survey in 2002 that [...] Tags: ACSI, Google, Kara Ratliff, News Update, yahoo