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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 277 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.reuters.com)
Category: Google Other
Yuppers... here we go. You'd best start to sort out your moblie (and personalized search) strategies as the world of Google Mobile just got a high powered boost. I think I am going to go start writing about Mobile SEO asap... between this announceme read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 278 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://mashable.com)
Category: Networking
With all of the recent hub-bub with FaceBook blunders, and the ever lovin penchant for Lists… this one is timely and appropriate. It is actually a very thoughtful break down of the valuations for FB and some thoughts for the future.

Mashable – Wi read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 292 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://mashable.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Mashable - the terrorists are becoming quite the savvy niche marketers.

“One of the most alarming trends we found on the Internet recently is what we call ‘narrowcasting’,” said Weimann. “Terrorists are using the Internet to focus on children, ve read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 292 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Online Marketing
Classic.... that's all I can say. It's a 'finger licking good' story. I gotta get me a chunk o' desert!!

Search Engine Land - The Google Earth Blog has a humorous discussion of the "world's largest KFC logo" in the Nevada desert. KFC stands for K read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 299 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.clickz.com)
Category: SEO
ClickZ: British businesses could be wasting an estimated £3 billion ($6 billion USD) on Web sites that cannot be found through search engines, according to research findings published last week. The report estimates 62 percent of small businesses in read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 299 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Paid Search
Search Engine Land - We're entering the home stretch: Christmas is about six weeks out. For many of our online retail clients, the next month and half of revenue will make or break their year. PPC impressions will soar. CPCs will rise. And SPCs (sal read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 300 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.youtube.com)
Category: Google Other
This is a pretty cool demo of some Android application(s) over on YouTube.... If you haven't been learning SEO for mobile... Get on it! It includes Text Messaging, Web Browsing, Maps and even a Quake demo for the gamers. Oh, and a $10 Million dollar read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 300 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Water Cooler
I just noticed it takes more than 21 Sphinns to go 'Hot'. Is the bar set higher now? What gives? read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 300 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: Google Other
Hot on the heels of a rumoured ‘Google Magazine’ ( http://sphinn.com/story.php?id=13350 ) there is word of Google talking to Simon Fuller about a ‘joint venture that could change the way TV is watched over the internet’. So would YouTube add a onlin read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 301 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.pcworld.com)
Category: SEM Industry
It seems the Washington State's Attorney’s office has a thing in for Bad SEO. All the power to them I say. I am tired of jack-asses that sell ‘guaranteed’ rankings. I wonder what their contracts look like? Do they actually Guarantee Top rankings??? read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 301 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: Blogging
In Blogger news - the folks at PayPerpost, (recently renamed to parent company IZEA,) is said to be launching a new social network - SocialSpark.

TechCrunch - Bloggers and advertisers (the company says they have over 85,000 bloggers and 11,000 a read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 302 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.huomah.com)
Category: Google Other
So tell me. How would you like to go up to a Kiosk, login to your account, select your content and Ads and then print out your own personalized publication?

Well hang in there baby, the gang at Google are looking at just such a system in a new p read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 303 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://piloseo.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Whad up wid dat?? Boooyaka.... funny SEO Rap video over at PiloSEO -- Nuff said..

Word! read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 303 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: Networking
You know you've hit the big time when lawyers start flocking around you door.. damnned vultures...

TechCrunch; According to the NY Times, Facebook’s Social Ad platform may be illegal in New York under a 100 year old privacy law that states that “ read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 303 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.marketingpilgrim.com)
Category: Link Building
A short article about Using Forums for a LinkBait campaign. I have to say I can't justify the tactic UNLESS you or the client is actually part of an ongoing community. Starting fom scratch (building a reputation) could be time consuming for a little read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 303 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: SEO
Sometimes the title does all the work... this my friends.. is one of those times.

Search Engine Land - Here's latest Google Universal Search funny, this time for chewing gum. Three images at the top. You've got your gumballs, your Juicy Fruit and read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 305 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://mashable.com)
Category: Networking
For those of you that don’t follow web activity data, email has always been one of, if not THE, primary activity of web surfers. A trend has emerged in the UK that shows the Top Social Networks outpaced the usage of email recently.

Mashable - So read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 305 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.washingtonpost.com)
Category: Google Other
Where will it ever end? Apparently, the next time you are lost and can’t bring yourself to tell the missus (what? A man ask for directions?) – you simply have stop for gas and check out Google Maps (subtly) right on the pump.

Yeah, you heard me… read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 306 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.webpronews.com)
Category: Search Marketing
It is as old as the struggle between good and evil, which is best? We can stop the struggle right here as we need them BOTH in the Marketing Toolbox.

WebPro News - That established, we decided to ask some of the experts which type of marketing mo read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 306 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org)
Category: SEO
According to this data everybody either had their TBPR stay the same, or it got the Smack down! There were no gains to be had.

SEOmoz | Aggregate Detail on the Numbers from Google's October 2007 Toolbar PageRank Updates

My personal opinion is read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 306 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Water Cooler
Has anyone noticed that the on-site Sphinn buttons are now some freaky weird little green bar? Instead of the usual Blue Star thingy? And come one, a GREEN BAR? After last week, I would think that's the last thing we want..another Little Green Bar.. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 307 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: Google Other
You know you're curious... some chatter and Screen Shots of the new Google OS.


gOS: Where Computers Are Headed? - gOS is billed as “Linux for human beings who shop at Wal-Mart” but how does it really stack up? gOS is available for download so I read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 307 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.reuters.com)
Category: Social Media
It seems this is advertising week in Social Media with both MySPace and FaceBook making announcements today and Tuesday respectively. All conveniently timed around the Ad:Tech marketing and technology conference in New York this week

Reuters - My read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 307 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seobythesea.com)
Category: Google Other
Not one to miss out on a hot topic - Bill Slawski takes a look at the ramifications of OpenSocial with some recent patent filings.

SEO by the SEA - Over the past few months, Google has been publishing a number of patent applications about adding read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 309 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://takyseo.com)
Category: SEO
Ha ha ha ha... sorry, I thought this was fun for a Saturday morning....

(2:28:33 AM) boobie: heya ;O
(2:29:24 AM) NAME OMITTED: how do i become a black hater?
(2:29:31 AM) boobie: pay me money.

(yes that’s my real AIM name)

(2:29:58 AM) N read more »
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