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A new June 2008 survey of 1243 Internet users reveals that consumers expect to reduce their overall spending in 2008. However, the respondents said that they will be decreasing their offline spending and not their online spending. read more »
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Viewzi just launched their new type of search engine, bringing a visually-pleasing experience to the way we search for sites. read more »
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Jipingmi, the leading real estate search engine in China, has launched an English version. The English version of this real estate search engine, located at English.jipingmi.com, collects property listings from several different property listing sou read more »
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Many times a company will use a web design firm to create the site in a ’search engine friendly’ manner, but many of these firms have not taken the time to do a full analysis of the needs of the site to help it rank well in the search engines. read more »
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Last month, Google AdWords made a policy change for display URLs for all AdWords advertising. Google claims this came about in response to advertiser and user feedback. The policy is design to provide more relevant advertising results and a better u read more »
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Sk*rt, the social network geared towards women, has rebranded as Kirtsy. The only problem is that they did not redirect the site properly. read more »
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Eric Schmidt of Google says they are prioritizing revenue generation for YouTube this year. He admits they still haven’t figured out how to make money from Youtube, which Google acquired for $1.65 billion. read more »
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When should you consider advertising your products on sites other than on Google, Yahoo! and MSN? By properly identifying and evaluating various second-tier PPC advertising options, you may uncover a diamond in the rough. read more »
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Jason Calacanis is no stranger to controversy or success. Read about him and his latest project and you can see how well the man has done for himself. read more »
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Interesting list of reasons why you need to start tracking activity on del.icio.us and how to do it. You can even see what people are saying about your site. read more »
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I thought I would point out some of the best Earth Day blog posts as well as the sites that have done something on their site to help promote Earth Day 2008. read more »
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This new networking community is the first on the internet to offer a place where search engine optimizers can meet and share strategies, access other online areas, and get the latest updated material on a regular basis. read more »
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Google Inc. tweaked its online advertising formula and expanded its business outside the United States to produce a first-quarter profit that surpassed analysts' predictions, alleviating some of the economic worries battering its stock this year. read more »
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IAC has launched Rushmore Drive, a search engine that is the first of its kind to attempt to deliver more relevant search results to the black community. read more »
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Unbeknownst to many people, the Google AdWords team has granted exceptions to the policy. Google institutes a policy, warning that there are not exceptions. Then they admit that the do not enforce the policy. read more »
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Did you know that there are three simple alphabet letters that can make or break your social media campaigns? So many times we overlook these three letters and never realize that they can help improve your social media profiles’ success. read more »
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Faced with a lawsuit by a Pittsburgh couple who claims that their privacy was invaded by Google's "Street View" mapping technology, the search giant has removed images of the family's home from its servers. read more »
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Beginning April 1, 2008, Google has officially changed their display URL policy. In short, what that means is that the URL that shows in your ad absolutely must be the URL that visitors get to when they click on your ad. read more »
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The mind of the senior-level SEO/AADD "sufferer" works a lot like a search engine. Search engines work hard every day to become more "human-like." If you're an SEO, do you have Adult ADD? read more »
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Plenty of people are searching for things by typing in words into their address bars, slapping on a .com and figuring they'll get to a relevant site. More and more, domainers are ensuring they don't draw a blank. Domainers purchase popular generic d read more »
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Google said Monday that it was concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft were to succeed by buying Yahoo!. read more »
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Here's a list of 12 search engines that could eventually replace Ask.com. read more »
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For those unaware, one of the perks of being a conference speaker is getting free conference passes. However, the dirty little secret that no one talks about is that for some of the older conferences, if you’ve been around long enough, you also get read more »
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The Top 10 PPC Management Awards are based on the offered services, package diversity, value, customer service, feedback and website popularity of the selected companies. read more »
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An online privacy group is asking a federal court to order the release of all communications between Google Inc. and a former Justice Department official who now works for the Internet search company. read more »
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