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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 40 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.tldmanagers.com)
Category: Domaining
ICANN has posted four documents making up a group called the New gTLD Program Explanatory Memorandums. These documents are to help explain a number of issues with the new gTLD application guidebook that ICANN plans to release shortly before their No read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 67 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.tldmanagers.com)
Category: Domaining
With a lot going to be happening in the world of domaining TLD Managers has launched a monthly newsletter that will help to bring information and insight to forefront about the upcoming registration of new gTLDs. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 80 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://news.wired.com)
Category: Yahoo
Yahoo Inc. is preparing to tweak several popular sections of its Web site, including its home page, during the next few months to accommodate more material from rival services as the Internet company tries to polish its tarnished franchise.... read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 95 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.forbes.com)
Category: Microsoft Searching
Forget about that $44 billion takeover bid for Yahoo. Microsoft's latest assault on Google is slier.
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"We didn't design this with Google in mind," insists Internet Explorer head Dean Hachamovitch. He adds: "It's not clear what the consequences read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 108 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.websitemagazine.com)
Category: Domaining
A great tip on purchasing a domain either at auction or from a 3rd party for new domainers who keep a close eye on their budget. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 125 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.matthewsdiehl.com)
Category: Web Analytics
The difficulties you may have with your Cuil search data in Google Analytics until the two start sharing the correct information. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 126 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: Google
File encoding can cause problems with Google. So make sure you are using UTF-8 (as confirmed by JohnMu). read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 136 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.searchenginewatch.com)
Category: Domaining
The first sales of the .Me domain through GoDaddy did not go as smooth as originally hoped. Many users registered domains only to find out they were already taken!

The comments make the post great. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 137 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.searchenginewatch.com)
Category: Domaining
GoDaddy will begin selling vanity domain names for people looking to own a piece of [YourNameHere].me on July 17th.

Additionally, they intend to begin selling the .pro gTLD to licensed professionals on July 21st under a "re-launch" of this gTLD t read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 139 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://adage.com)
Category: Search Marketing
Rob Norman (CEO of Group M Interaction Worldwide) shares his opinions on the Google-Yahoo! pay-per-click marketing deal. His main concern being that it will contribute to the continued increase in keyword prices as well as lead to a monopoly situati read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 144 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: Web Analytics
5 issues centered around ownership and the prioritization of web analytics that continue to be seen in organizations tracking a variety of online marketing efforts. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 145 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.matthewsdiehl.com)
Category: Google AdWords
I could not wait for Google to update the "Other Campaign Types" in Adwords so I did it myself. See what two new/newer Google projects will be coming soon to an Adwords Campaign Summary page near you. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 147 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.matthewsdiehl.com)
Category: Google AdWords
I could not help myself but click this ad when it showed up in my Gmail account. However, it raises a number of questions on how it even got there... read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 157 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.matthewsdiehl.com)
Category: Domaining
It was only a matter of time before we saw one of the first TLD Management services get launched but who would have thought in less than 24 hours? read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 158 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.matthewsdiehl.com)
Category: Web Analytics
So far in 2008, Venture Capitalists have shown there interest in Web Analytics software by securing $78.2 million for 4 separate companies. Found out which four have grabbed their attention and why... read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 158 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.webpronews.com)
Category: Google
In recent years Online advertising has show major growth potential in Russia. Internet advertising hit the $200 Million mark in 2007 with only 2.5% of all Russian companies participating. With such a small fraction currently advertising Google is an read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 160 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://news.zdnet.com)
Category: Social Media
New figures from metrics firm comScore show that, in May, the battle of the social-networking sites may have gained a new front-runner: Facebook appears to have surpassed long-time rival MySpace in worldwide unique visitors for the first time. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 160 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://news.wired.com)
Category: Social Media
Facebook Inc.'s quest to lure more advertisers to its popular online hangout is getting an assist from Visa Inc.'s marketing machine. As part of a small-business network Visa designed for Facebook, the world's largest credit and debit card processor read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 160 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Google
Google plans to launch another free tool today. This one will allow online advertisers to see Internet traffic stats and pin-point websites that offer the highest value for their marketing dollars. This tool is aimed at taking market share away from read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 164 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.marketingpilgrim.com)
Category: Google
Google's new Trends for Websites can help you create a lengthy list of relevant sites for link building effortlessly as well as a wealth of useful competitive information. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 165 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.matthewsdiehl.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Help to shed light on this question by casting you vote: Have we as an industry been able to continually attract new talent to the field in recent years or is the industry run by a large group of “veteran” marketers? read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 168 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.matthewsdiehl.com)
Category: Google
Google is synonymous with Internet search and the advent of the phrase "Google it" solidified that. Now, they are hitting the big screen with a nice product placement in the latest trailer for "Wanted" an Angelina Jolie/Morgan Freeman super assassin read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 170 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.matthewsdiehl.com)
Category: Yahoo Searching
Black Hats are leveraging Google Notebook for linkage to parked landing page spam (this is not new news). What I have noticed is that Yahoo is indexing these spam pages, ranking them and ranking them high! read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 171 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.matthewsdiehl.com)
Category: Tips & Tools
There are still clients who request to know where they rank in the search results and you have to give them an answer. So, when WebPosition stopped communicating with Yahoo at the end of May I took this as an opportunity to try out some other option read more »
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Avatar Posted By: matthewdiehl 172 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.matthewsdiehl.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
I am relatively new to Sphinn and I find it to be a great industry site that has helped me out so far. I find it frustrating to see spam in the posts so take the time to report posts as spam and desphunn industry parties that are abusing the site. read more »
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