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Barry's post from 2005 still rings incredibly true. Let's assemble a thread of proposed ethical standards for this community so it doesn't implode. read more »
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What happens when you do everything right and Google is just broken. read more »
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streko "i hate your seo writes:" "So much debate over blackhat crap again post SMX “give it up” session. I just figured I would help everyone out and make some ways to tell if you should consider yourself a “blackhat seo”. read more »
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Here’s a perfect example of how to shoot yourself in the foot on Digg read more »
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- John McCain's campaign will stop advertising on several Web sites that have vilified Barack Obama as unpatriotic and, in one case, compared the Democratic nominee-in-waiting to Adolf Hitler. read more »
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NYTimes Blog: Google is expected to unveil a new ad-planning tool for agencies and marketers at an industry conference on Tuesday. Word that the Internet search giant has something up its sleeve surfaced when the Advertising Research Foundation, whi read more »
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Finding SEM employees is a challenge. Job sites, blogger job boards, trade organizations & word of mouth are usual recruiting channels. This post offers a list of common & creative recruiting sources from SEMPO & SEMmoz to Miami Ad School & SEM head read more »
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Gab writes: "Here’s just a partial rundown of the awesome folks I had the privilege of meeting and talking to at SMX Advanced!" read more »
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Hey, it's SEL...too fun not to bookmark (Gotta like Greg Sterling's commitment to journalism): "This afternoon Yahoo confirmed that it had entered into a paid search deal with Google. That deal is described by Yahoo in its press release and by Googl read more »
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Lee Odden how-to: “Digital Asset Optimization” refers to the practice of taking inventory of a company’s marketable, digital assets & implementing a process for keyword optimization & promotion to relevant channels. (Easter Egg: Check out Lee's HTML read more »
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[At the risk of being publicly supportive of the folks who bring you Sphinn] A cursory glance at session titles belies the intense depth of SMX Advanced 2008. WHO'S GOING? :) read more »
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Rand Fishkin (SEOmoz) reflects, in an absolutely gorgeous post from the heart, on his life as an industry muse. "Travel brings with it perspective. I like to think each time I leave, I come back a little wiser, a little older, a little closer to bui read more »
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Matt Cutts has now elaborated on Google's role in policing the truth. [Marty note: I bookmarked the SEL story because Barry Schwartz's commentary lends additional perspective to the original which is Sphunn here: http://sphinn.com/story/48361 ] read more »
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Copyblogger serves up an overt bait and switch headline on this motivational post aimed @ the blog's intellectual-sweaty-masses audience: "Oh, those dreaded ‘F’ words. ‘Finish’, along with ‘focus’ and ‘follow through’ are words that make creative ty read more »
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Houston, I think we got us a another discussion! read more »
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Google's in-house analytics "Evangelist" dishes Web Analytics career advice for agencies, a Beginners Guide To Web Analytics, and muses about an email he received: "the Robots Are Out To Get Me!" read more »
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Greg Sterling revisits his Oct 2007 post with today's "SEL-suggestion" for Microsoft. "10/24/07 SEL: A Live Search box & related ad inventory is almost sure to make its appearance on Facebook in the near term," blending true search and social media. read more »
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WSJ Small Business: Concerns mount slowing economy may hurt online-ad market. Silicon-Valley start-ups developing new approaches. Younger demos tend to HATE old-fashioned online, like traditional "banners" to promote brands. read more »
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(Danny Sullivan post) If Microsoft's Yahoo walkaway is a ploy to save $5 billion, CEO Steve Ballmer may have proven himself pennywise & pound foolish. He was prepared to spend billions to make Microsoft a serious Google rival but may have destroyed read more »
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This technique of crawling & scraping sites for content themes and targeting pages through the Google Content Network is nothing short of brilliant. I bought the scraper today myself. This us hyper-targeted stuff. read more »
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It looks like courts/lawyers are finally getting savvier about broad matching. This is some wild stuff and a must read for SEM legal buffs. read more »
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CNN reports that UC Berkeley Grad Student James Karl Buck twittered his way out of an Egyptian jail with single-word text messages after being arrested. read more »
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Do you know of any other police forces in the world who use Facebook for fighting crime? If not, why the hell is Greater Manchester Police the first and only police force doing this? This is a fantastic idea. read more »
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Lee Odden's Web 2.0 Expo coverage discusses "the importance of not jumping into social technologies and applications just because the competition does, but to have specific objectives and measurement with defensible results." read more »
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Today Google was slapped with a an advertising fraud lawsuit that will be fascinating – and important – for AdWords advertisers to watch. read more »
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