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Search Engine Watch (SEW) is a popular website that shares news and information about search engines. It also covers search engine marketing, which is how people make websites show up higher in search results. Think of it as a helpful guide for understanding how search engines like Google work!

How Search Engine Watch Started

Search Engine Watch was created by a person named Danny Sullivan. He launched the website in 1996. It quickly became a trusted place for news about search engines.

In 1997, Danny Sullivan sold Search Engine Watch to a company called MecklerMedia. This company is now known as Jupitermedia. Later, in 2005, the website and another event called Search Engine Strategies were sold again. This time, they were bought by Incisive Media for a large sum of money.

Danny Sullivan, the founder, left Search Engine Watch on November 30, 2006. The next month, Rebecca Lieb took over as the main editor of the website.

Why Search Engine Watch is Important

Many experts in the world of search engines think Search Engine Watch is a very important resource. For example, Google's Matt Cutts once said that Search Engine Watch is "a must read." This means he thought everyone interested in search engines should read it.

Tim Mayer from Yahoo also praised the website. He said that Search Engine Watch is the "most authoritative source on search." This means it's considered one of the most reliable and trustworthy places to get information about search engines.

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