Category Archives: Search

First Look at OutLoud – Subscription Based AdWords for Dummies

Posted on November 10, 2009 by JayMeydad

I am a big fan of Outbrain, a content rating and recommendation service, and have been using it on my blog since it just came out. I’ve posted about its usefulness on twitter and on the company’s financing round on … Continue reading →

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Google Suggest’s Hidden Feature – Spell Checker

Posted on July 2, 2009 by JayMeydad

A few months ago Google officially released Google Suggest to be a primary feature on Google’s home page. In a blog post that announced this, the product managers in charge of the feature explained the different improvements including personalized suggestions, … Continue reading →

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Seen In The Wild – Google Ads for Advertisers

Posted on June 2, 2009 by JayMeydad

In the last year I have seen several house ads running on the AdSense network, promoting different Google services such as Chrome, Picasa and Google Analytics. But today while reading TechCrunch, I saw for the first time an ad targeted … Continue reading →

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Know Where Your Ads Show Up

Posted on February 24, 2009 by JayMeydad

Earlier today, while reading Google’s response to the Gmail outage, a little “Sign up for Gmail” text link had caught my eye. I know it is an editorially selected link rather than a target ad, but it reminded me those … Continue reading →

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Is Google running a campaign on Jailbroken iPhones?

Posted on December 21, 2008 by JayMeydad

Interesting. Google is running a campaign on iPhones via AdMob to promote the google voice search app. I saw it on QuickGold which is an app (great one – the Quicksilver version for iPhone) that can be installed only on … Continue reading →

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Google Easter Egg: Search Results Page Holiday Decoration

Posted on December 17, 2008 by JayMeydad

I just came across these holiday icons that appear on SERP pages for holiday related terms. I wonder if that’s a way for Google to boost holiday sales grabbing people’s attention and pointing them to the sponsored results rail on … Continue reading →

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Xoopit – another must have Firefox add-on

Posted on October 21, 2008 by JayMeydad

Do you know these house organizer services you hire to come to your house and organize stuff? Well, one of the best things that often happen when they organize your house & closets are the forgotten photos and other items … Continue reading →

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Meydad.com releases May 2008 Search Engine Ranking

Posted on June 19, 2008 by JayMeydad

ComScore reported yesterday that Google increased their US search market share to 61.8%. Yahoo is at 20.6% and Microsoft only at 8.5%. I took a screenshot of my Google Analytics account and compared the results to ComScore’s report. During the … Continue reading →

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The economics of the iPhone’s Installer application

Posted on May 5, 2008 by JayMeydad

Earlier today I upgraded the version of the Nullriver Installer that is installed on my iPhone. The biggest improvement in the new version, numbered 3.1, is search which makes it easier to find applications. In addition to that, the “Featured” … Continue reading →

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Search Engine Optimization Tip

Posted on November 27, 2007 by JayMeydad

I have noticed that one of the most popular sources of traffic to my blog is actually Google Images. Not surprisingly, users all over the world are searching for a David Beckham photo and they end up looking at my … Continue reading →

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