Search Happenings- Fourth of July Edition

Posted by JC Longbottom, Associate New Business Manager

From the Engines:

·         SEO tips for Bing.

·         Google Retail Blog: Expanding your brand internationally.

Other Topics of Interest:

·         Congress readying bill to require opt-in to third-party cookies?

·         How the search engines handled the massive traffic spike around Michael Jackson’s death.  Twitter handled 5,000 tweets per minute, AIM crashed.

·         Usability focus group: Bing vs. Google.

·         126 followers, Twitter average.  Twitter imposters annoying big companies.

·         DMNews releases 2009 Essential Guide to Search Marketing.

Some Fun Stuff:

·         Fourth of July biggest beer selling holiday of the year.