Category Archives: Ask

Point of View: FDA Search Guidelines

Catalyst Point of View (POV)
Aligning to the FDA’s Policy
Pertaining to Search Advertising

By: Timothy Breen, Lee Tuttle
Vice Presidents, Catalyst online

If you (or your regulatory team) have any questions regarding this POV, please contact Tim Breen at Catalyst online at tbreen@CatalystSearchMarketing.com, or at 617.244.6679.

The New Ask.com: Part 3

This is the third and final installment of our assessment of the new Ask.com. As the resident linguist here, I will discuss some of the natural language technologies that have been foregrounded in the new interface. And, as a member of the paid search team, I will discuss the impact of the new [...]

The New Ask.com: Part 2

We’re confident ‘video killed the radio star’ and we have now learned the algorithm killed Jeeves - but where does that leave us with the Ask.com search results? In The New Ask.com: Part 1 Francis discussed the aesthetics of the new interface and SERP pages. In Part 2, I’ve taken a high-level look at couple [...]

The New Ask.com: Part 1

Behold the new and, in our opinion, improved Ask.com. Now more Web 2.0-er! With all the talk about GUS and it’s impact on search, this quiet little launch might have gone unnoticed, except for that fact that SEO’s notice everything. We’re methodical like that. We took a look at the new interface and the results [...]

Search Matters Weekly Search Links 4/18/2007

Google Bombing, Wikipedia vandalism and the future of Google search are making the top headlines this week.

Is Stephen Colbert the Greatest Living American? You decide. (SEOmoz)
Now that Google is an advertising giant, will search get abandoned and/or outsourced? (Gord)
Search for regulated industries? Who knew? (Catalyst Blog)
Want to know how far you walked after dinner last [...]

Report from the Search Engine Strategies Conference in New York City

The search marketing space continues to grow by leaps and bounds, and if this year’s record crowds at Search Engine Strategies in New York are any indication, the search space will not be cooling down anytime soon. For those who could not attend here are some of the highlights from the conference from an organic [...]