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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 126 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.beanstalk-inc.com)
Category: Other Searching
Cuil has a curious habit of selecting random images and applying them against search results. More fun with Cuil as Daryl Quenet performs a vanity search and finds himself to be half of Hall and Oats. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 23, 2008 - 2:10 pm
Posted By: jimhedger 134 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Though he writes that he dislikes writing about this topic, Barry was right to cover it. We have a collective problem of our own making... read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 159 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.metamend.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Last week, WebmasterRadio asked if I would be part of a special series covering tech industry concerns and the coming US election. We are working to create some truly interesting media files while getting a far deeper understanding of the real issue read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 163 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.metamend.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Neither Microsoft or Yahoo! pose any sort of challenge to Google on their own and both corporations are too arrogant and stupid to come to a realistic arrangement. That leaves only one option, we’ll call it yaskMicrohoo or, “Fantasy” for short. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 174 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.metamend.com)
Category: Yahoo Other
Though deader than a doornail, the defunct deal saddled both firms with chains as heavy as those Marley’s ghost carried. Buckets of blood have been spilled on the floor and ill-will stalks the great halls of finance and tech. The fallout is coming a read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 197 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.metamend.com)
Category: Networking
In 1980, Bob Metcalfe figured the value of a telecommunications network is equal to the square of the number of nodes on the network. The addition of a relatively small number of nodes to a network enables that network to serve far more individuals read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 203 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.metamend.com)
Category: Yahoo Other
Carl Icahn's sudden interest in Yahoo! could spell what many would consider the worst outcome for the search marketing community, the break-up of Yahoo! read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 215 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.metamend.com)
Category: Microsoft Other
Today, an awful lot of money and prestige is on the line. Steve Ballmer is going to go hostile or he goes home. Time is of the essence and with Yahoo!’s Annual General Meeting sneaking up quickly, time is getting very tight indeed. Expect action… read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 219 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.metamend.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Fire destroyed several businesses sharing an office complex with Metamend Search Marketing early Sunday morning, April 27, 2008. The search engine marketing firm’s main offices were spared most of the fire damage however the building itself was rend read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 219 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.webpronews.com)
Category: Web Analytics
Every organization requires an analytics specialist or a team of specialists who can act as an information hub and interpreter for various parts of the organization. - So how do you find and foster an analytic evangelist on your team? Chances are, y read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 230 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.webpronews.com)
Category: SEO
Over the past three months, the WebmasterRadio.FM show Webcology and WebProNews have run a joint series of radio shows with corresponding articles on the ten basic steps or stages shared by most effective SEO campaigns. Today, we cover the last sect read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 233 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.metamend.com)
Category: SEO
Somewhere in America the Webmaster Central teams from Google and Microsoft Live will face each other head to head in quasi-athletic competition. The rival search-squads will be squaring off in public against each other in one of the few forums their read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 244 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: SEM
At the Search Engine Strategies conference in New York two weeks ago, Yahoo and Click Forensics made an important announcement. The move sends a definite message to advertisers and to its much larger rival. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 246 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.metamend.com)
Category: Water Cooler
It is April Fools Day and the search media is full of misleading, teasing headlines. This morning, while preparing for an important conference call, I was caught by one.

I want to believe… I want to believe… I want to… awwww shucks, it’s April Fo read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 247 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.metamend.com)
Category: SEO
Search engine optimization is woefully misunderstood, even within parts of the greater online marketing community. As very good SEO firms rarely have to advertise, the general public often has no idea what it is SEOs do. Ironically, misconceptions a read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 266 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.metamend.com)
Category: Blogging
Support today's Online Free Expression Day protest by Reporters Without Borders. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 267 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.enquisite.com)
Category: Ask.com
Enquisite shows an awful decline in Ask's user numbers in its latest Search Market Share stats. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 271 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Not only is this one of the best parties at SES NY, it helps our community help others. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 271 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Google AdWords
PPC Analytics package that monitors, records and reports invalid click activity with automated refund request. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 301 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Yahoo Other
Jerry Yang writes to rally his troops. Somehow (as they all do), the internal letter goes public. Danny thus dishes... read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 313 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://news.stepforth.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Ross Dunn provides a good review of reputation management service QDOS.

"QDOS is a method to monitor and measure your own Internet popularity and, in the longer run, help you secure your online persona from identity theft." read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 314 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://manojjasra.blogspot.com)
Category: Web Analytics
Richard Zwicky shows how search referred traffic drops dramatically if placements are not on the first page of SERPs. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 397 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Other Search Marketing
A nice piece by Loren Baker observing an enormous resource in retirement read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 428 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.traffick.com)
Category: Web Analytics
Andrew Goodman gives a positive review of Enquisite's PPC Assurance product. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jimhedger 433 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.enquisite.com)
Category: Paid Search
A mid-road look at click fraud counting with the suggestion of another method of detecting invalid click activity. read more »
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