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Avatar Posted By: alanrothstein 52 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.alan-rothstein.com)
Category: Local & Maps
So today, you guessed it, I got a call from a sales rep at YellowPages.com with a message that got cut off before he got to the end of the call and didn't leave a phone number so I could call him back and tell him to stop calling me.

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Avatar Posted By: alanrothstein 59 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.alan-rothstein.com)
Category: Local & Maps
The day after I submitted my "free" listing I get a voice message from a YellowPages.com salesperson. Ok they want to thank me for applying for a free listing (I delete the message and move on). The second day, I get another voice message from a sal read more »
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Avatar Posted By: alanrothstein 101 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.alan-rothstein.com)
Category: News Sites
If you are used to walking into Burger King and having it your way than you are going to like the 2009 trends in news search and content consumption.

Eight years ago MSNBC and many other 24 hour news TV channels got a much needed boost in viewers read more »
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Avatar Posted By: alanrothstein 115 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.alan-rothstein.com)
Category: SEO
I just picked up my Magic 8-Ball and asked, “How many clicks and conversions will I get if I optimize my website for the search engines.” The Magic 8-Ball said, “Ask again later.” If you need to justify your Search Engine Optimization spend to your read more »
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Avatar Posted By: alanrothstein 129 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.alan-rothstein.com)
Category: Google SEO
I just noticed this weekend that my blogs have updated PageRank. The Google PageRank update usually happens every quarter so expect another PageRank update in October. Google PageRank however can fluctuate in real-time, and is only updated so the ge read more »
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Avatar Posted By: alanrothstein 132 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.alan-rothstein.com)
Category: Mobile Search
If a panelist at a conference says something, does it make it the truth? The lowdown on SMX Local & Mobile is that much of the opinion was presented as fact. It is not to say that there wasn’t some golden nuggets of information.

The Local & Mobil read more »
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Avatar Posted By: alanrothstein 134 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://wigixvsebay.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Welcome to the Grudge Match. The battle begins and the blog will have commentary, blow by blow action, round winners, and continue to follow each website (and their competitors) to see who reigns supreme. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: alanrothstein 135 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.alan-rothstein.com)
Category: Google AdWords
By a show of hands, how many people are happy with the current state of the Google content network? The Google content network is a shotgun approach to a one-to-one advertising medium. You get a lot of impressions and a fair amount of click-throughs read more »
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