My post mentioning 8 Reasons Why Google Finance is better than Yahoo Finance was recently featured in a WebProNews video, check it out below (it’s mentioned in the last 30 seconds of the video)

Here’s the link to the mp3 Version

Another week gone by, another great set of posts/articles to check out. Here are this week’s must reads in Search Marketing:

• SE Round table reports 75% of Google’s Blogspot Blogs are Spam (I can tell you that Web Analytics World is not part of that 75%)
• February Share Of Search Numbers Are In – SearchEngineWatch
• Read SEO Space for 37 Things To Keep in Mind When Writing Web Content
• Gord Hotchkiss writes about Google’s personal home page skins, read: Googles Home Page Gets Skinned..and One Change of Note for SEOs
• AdSense add Checkout to Referral Products ProBlogger.net
• Top 10 Reasons why Web Analysts have Ulcers – Gary Angel
• SEO by the Sea – Searching Google on a Phone Without a Browser
• Avinash provides Analytics insight as usual: Excellent Analytics Tip #10: How Thick is Your Head and How Long is Your Tail?
• Ultimate Web Analytics Comparison Resources – Web Analytics World

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The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) has officially announced this year’s board of directors.

Among the planned 2007 SEMPO initiatives are continuing to build the subscription audience for the SEMPO Institute online distance learning classes. The Institute launched its first series of classes earlier this year and response has been very enthusiastic, says Pruitt. The board officers will meet later in March to map out a plan to take the Institute to the next level of performance

Here are the 2007 SEMPO Board of Directors:

• Chairperson: Gord Hotchkiss, President and CEO, Enquiro Search Solutions, Inc
• President: Jeffrey Pruitt, Executive Vice President, iCrossing
• Vice President: Dave Williams, Chief Strategist and Co-Founder, 360i
• Treasurer: Dave Fall, Vice President, Product Management – Search Technology, DoubleClick, Inc.
• Secretary: Chris Boggs, Search Strategist, Avenue A Razorfish

PreFound announced today that they are releasing a new version of their “community-oriented” search engine. New enhancements to PreFound include:

Enhanced Site Personalization
As a part of the new interface changes, PreFound has added an enhanced method for personalizing and more finely narrowing search results. Building on the company’s Social Search Equalizer, PreFound has added the ability for users to quickly adjust specific interest areas that help to deliver the most targeted search results.

More Diverse Search Results
Also included in the new version of the PreFound site is a new search results page that adds to PreFound’s unique user shared search results by including Google search results as well as a Wikipedia reference result for the search topic

Easier Method for Adding Content
The new “bookmarklet” can be easily added to a Web browser’s “favorites” list and allows users to quickly submit the Web page they are on to a PreFound group by simply clicking on the bookmarklet from their favorites menu.

The changes significantly enhance PreFound’s alternative to traditional computer algorithm-based search results that aim to deliver more relevant results that are based on the previous searches that people have done and the sites they have found useful.