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The DMOZ/ Shoemoney story continues by banning a well respected DMOZ editor... read more »
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Local advertising networks like Superpages and Citysearch will continue to lose relevance as search engines become the first stop for consumers. To date they have prospered as the "middlemen of paid search" - using advertising networks to drive view read more »
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So when is Google going to stop being the friend that treats me like a complete stranger every time I go to their house, and start welcoming me with open arms, and almost instantly start talking about things that interest me, without me even telling read more »
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As always, you can learn a lot from the way Google markets on the Web.

Check the Google sponsor listing here on Sphinn. The first thing you notice is the branding: Google's basic look, clean white space, and simple logo. No revelations there, bu read more »
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What US-backed Saddam Hussein didn't manage in 8 years of war and Bush Junior won't in the future, I did twice on the weekend: I took the front page of Iranian Digg called Balatarin by storm!

I just won the hearts of the Iranian people. This show read more »
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This Thursday, I'm meeting with the Live Search team and they'd love to hear from the search community at large about bugs, issues, opportunities and ways to better communicate with webmasters. read more »
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Twitter is just the latest site to have drank the nofollow kool-aid. Sebastian covers it, with a bit of a surprise twist at the end. With guest appearances (in discussion at least) by Graywolf, Matt Cutts, and Harith. read more »
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How defensible is your revenue stream when up against losses in search traffic? read more »
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Each year Citysearch spends an estimated $100 million on paid search - as much as 1/3 of its revenues. The company passes this costly burden onto its members in the form of paid-for profile views. Is Citysearch the most profitable search arbitrage s read more »
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Google's Universal Search project has been well documented and for a while now it has been integrating its other properties (i.e. maps, product search etc) into the standard SERP. But whilst searching this week I noticed that once a search is comple read more »
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If you’ve not already figured it out, the corporate website is becoming less relevant, and web marketing (and support) has spread off your domain and Google results. You also know that prospects trust the opinions of existing customers (who are ‘lik read more »
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Some domains go to waste!

Cool.com PARKED
Hot.com Lame log/ 1-pager
Pro.com 403 ERROR!
Cash.com PARKED
Gamble.com PARKED
MY.com - a hosting co?

Read about the rest of them! read more »
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Adam Lasnik of Google is asking for feedback in a WMW thread on the whole PageRank bit.

Nice... read more »
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Does Google sell high PageRank links? Even if not acting as a text link broker Google offers paid links indirectly through various programs. read more »
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Here's a blueprint for creative marketing in 2007.

Short article, and incredibly inspiring for small business owners -- or any business owner, for that matter. read more »
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Barry Schwartz reports thatin the upcoming weeks, Google will be releasing an updated algorithm to determine the ads that are displayed in the top ad spot, above the organic search results. The updated algorithm will continue to use the quality and read more »
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