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They Want Your Money, That’s Their Job. read more »
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"...a large number of accounts are being automatically opted-in. To be safe I would double check your account either way." read more »
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Here are some design recommendations for creating web content that remains usable by the widest possible audience while helping ensure that the content gets indexed and crawled. read more »
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"I want to highlight two of the points we made during that session."
1) Realistic Expectations of Success
2) Tinkering Verses Fine Tuning read more »
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Hitwise released the latest statistics for search engine share in the United States for March 2008, showing Google at an all-time high while Microsoft and Yahoo hit all-time lows. read more »
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The three major search engines—Google, Yahoo and MSN - react very differently to search engine optimization techniques, according to a new study from Covario Inc. read more »
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Agencies "don't get it" when it comes to social media, per a study from Cymfony, the TNS Media Intelligence unit dedicated to monitoring and studying the social media scene. read more »
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Don't cave in to IT fiefdoms. Trust that nagging little voice in your head. It will pay in the end. read more »
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Google gave a few advertisers and SEMs (whose clients spend big) a Flip Video Ultra Series camcorder with recording time up to 30 min. read more »
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Thousands of malware redirects are showing up in Google search engine results. read more »
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I thought I’d compile a short list of articles/posts, that anybody that desires to learn SEO can read thru to gain a pretty good understanding. read more »
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Reduce your reliance on your Google acct team. read more »
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In this era of the Web’s evolution fueled largely by social media, are there better ways to rank consumer-generated content? read more »
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Do you have any of your own SEO Tongue Twisters? read more »
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The most important Alt tag is on the logo. So, you might be wondering, “How does Google know it’s your logo?” read more »
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Social Media Networks revenue could reach $1 Billion in '07 Projected to more than double this year to as much as $1 billion from $400 million in 2006. read more »
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Advertisers on LexisNexis' lawyers.com and attorneys.com properties will now be featured in Ingenio's Pay-Per-Call ad network (which includes partners like AOL, Marchex, and Local.com). read more »
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Saving energy one search at a time, Blackle is a Google Co-op using a black background versus Google's standard white to conserve your monitor's energy intake. read more »
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Neither Amazon nor Barnes & Noble will divulge the algorithms they use for rankings. What Amazon will say is that sales rankings are updated hourly for millions of items. The sales history counts, but recent sales are weighted more heavily. read more »
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Social networking Web sites such as MySpace.com are increasingly juicy targets for computer hackers, who are demonstrating a pair of vulnerabilities they claim expose sensitive personal information and could be exploited by online criminals. read more »
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Answers.com affected by a decrease in traffic. read more »
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Research study from the University of Texas & Chitika read more »
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Marketers Are Working to Optimize Results, but No One Can Figure Out How to Monetize This Market read more »
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MySpace and other social networks may have more growth ahead, according to data on June 2007 Web usage. read more »
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Short tutorial on how Google calculates Actual CPC. read more »
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