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AOL partners with Google for some of its search results, but it also offers its own unique subject-specific services. Topics here explore the AOL products. To learn more, see also AOL news stories from our sister site, Search Engine Land. Below are topics submitted by Sphinn members:
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Avatar Went Hot: September 28, 2007 - 9:26 am
Posted By: lorenbaker 344 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: AOL
AOL has ignored the Netscape Open Directory Project (DMOZ) for far too long. It is become an outdated harem of rogue & corrupted editors. AOL needs to learn from Wikipedia's success and its own mistakes and transform DMOZ into a 2.0 oriented and upd read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 24, 2007 - 11:48 pm
Posted By: Eavesy 349 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.google.co.uk)
Category: AOL
A search for Dmoz now brings up PhilC's article in the no.1 position. Things have been going down hill since they set up the 301 to the www. Has Google really had enough with directories? Or have Aol seriously messed something up? read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 25, 2007 - 7:18 pm
Posted By: g1smd 347 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.dmoz.org)
Category: AOL
 One of the commitments recently made by AOL to the ODP Editing Community (along with the provision of several additional AOL staff, some hardware upgrades, and various ongoing software changes) was to provide a better way to get more informati read more »
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Avatar Posted By: g1smd 91 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.dmoz.org)
Category: AOL
Love it or hate it, the ODP has been online for Ten years, and has continued to grow for all of that time.


The directory still gets an insane amount of submissions, editor applications and data usage. Its overall reach is unparalleled.


Ten read more »
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Avatar Posted By: DavidWallace 177 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: AOL
AOL has pulled off a major move in acquiring the social network Bebo for $850 million in cash from under the noses of Yahoo and other companies which had been rumored to be after the social community. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AndrewGirdwood 400 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bigmouthmedia.com)
Category: AOL
AOL has signed an agreement with Australian betting company FLUXX to market sports betting on the internet in the UK. Google will ban them from running any PPC ads. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: SportsGuy 404 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theonlinemarketingguy.com)
Category: AOL
Heard this from a source who got it from someone inside AOL - rumor has it AOL is going to be changing it's brand to TMZ.

That's the same hotter than hot entertainment domain which they happen to own. With AOLs brand declining, and TMZ on the ri read more »
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Avatar Posted By: bartimus 326 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: AOL
The once King of the Internet is forced to make deep financial cuts! Oh well, I never liked AOL anyway. Their internet access once rendered my first computer, a "486" useless in less than a week. Forced me to upgrade to a Pentium II. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: tynansanger 204 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: AOL
Citysearch has announced a deal with AOL that provides Citysearch reviews and content (e.g., video) and place local Citysearch advertisers on AOL local properties. The two firms will share revenue from clicks or leads generated from AOL distribution read more »
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Avatar Posted By: gunjanpandya 317 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.marketingpilgrim.com)
Category: AOL
It seems AOL wasn’t too serious about dropping the “AOL” part from their future products. After some beta testing, AOL is today launching MyAOL (a customizable mobile desktop) and a regular mobile portal for those not into the whole tweaking thing. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: 77agency 109 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://lab.77agency.com)
Category: AOL
Recent reports say AOL is branching off to create specialized websites in order to reach a wider audience.
In terms of online advertising, the aftermath could be utterly advantageous. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: seohaus 142 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://seohaus.com)
Category: AOL
AOL's tactics and strategy on how to keep up with the internet giants - Google,Yahoo and MSN. A sure move for them to keep their share of market and hopefully win some more! read more »
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Avatar Posted By: promotionworld 106 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.promotionworld.com)
Category: AOL
AOL seems to have a new branding strategy in mind for the AOL search engine, which would revamp its services and target specific niches. And while many "analysts" claim that it is already a failure before the results are in, it is too soon to tell read more »
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Avatar Posted By: SEOIvan 101 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineoptimizationcompany.ca)
Category: AOL
AOL leaked 2GB worth of keywords! This is a chance for all to analyze and use data for better persuasion and customer conversion. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: Kyle 208 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: AOL
Although this is old news. I thought I give Sphinn a shot using this story.

According to Google, it still considers AOL as a search network partner for Adwords.

http://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6119

Sounds like advert read more »
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