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The number of click ads in January was essentially the same as it was in the same month a year earlier, and dipped seven percent from December, a month known for major holiday shopping, according to industry-tracker comScore.

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Discussion of a new tactic webmasters are using to attempt to generate links to their domain. read more »
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One of the things I don't like about Sphinn is that if a post fails to go hot within a couple of days of being submitted, it will NEVER go hot. I'm not arguing that the system isn't fair, I'm just saying I don't like it. A side-effect of this behavi read more »
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A new patent application on near duplicate content from Google explores using a combination of document similarity techniques to keep searchers from finding redundant content in search results. read more »
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Have you ever wondered how many diggs it took to get a particular story to the front page of Digg? Are you the type who refreshes often, checks buries, looks at users, monitors the time it takes to get there, checks… everything? If you are a “diggo read more »
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The envelope please! Google releases excellent overview of top publishers in Content Network. Includes powerhouses: NY Times, Forbes, Popular Mechanics, Glamour, WSJ, etc... read more »
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There's more information than ever on the web, and Google is testing some new ways to visualize it all. Ars Technica evaluates Google's Experimental Search features which feature alternate views for search results and more. read more »
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Everyone has experienced that terrible moment when a site take a sudden dive in the rankings. This guide is designed to make sure you have the best chance at recovering those rankings, and don't make it worse. read more »
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Google once said they managed to defuse Googlebombs*, but here’s one alive and well: a search for dangerous cult leads to the website of Scientology. If I understood Google and their head of webspam Matt Cutts right, then they mostly defused those G read more »
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Site owner shares his experience in a directory where he paid $50 and wants your opinion in his voting poll.

"I do have a website listed on this same directory and I have to admit that I have never been sorry that I invested the $50 even tho at t read more »
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Sam Freedom tells us all what his life has been like in the past 4 months since adding Social Media into it. Plus, he shows us an easy to follow schedule (Just January) to make sure to add a bit of Stumbling, Sphinning, Twittering and EntreCard int read more »
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Google Extra is a Greasemonkey script that adds extra functionality for your Google searches. Let's say you search for the term "monkeys." Not only are you served your usual search results about "monkeys" on the left, but results from an image searc read more »
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I stopped using social bookmarking tools for a big part of 2007 because saving things for my own future reference wasn't enough motivation to invest the time required. In the latter half of the year, though, I've seen what some other people are doin read more »
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Jeremiah Owyang lists the many tools and tactics available for corporate web strategy in 2008. Excellent post! read more »
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"Advertisers buy “votes” to attempt to get their websites or articles to appear on the front page of Digg or StumbleUpon. They can buy as many votes as they like for $1 per vote. In order to fulfill this agreement with the advertiser, Subvert and Pr read more »
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David Szetela writes in SEW: "We really do love your software. And we appreciate the fact that you introduce valuable new features so frequently. But please: slow down a little and spend a bit MORE TIME ON BUG TESTING." read more »
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A Happy New Year to all our readers! May your business ventures be successful and may health and well being your life and that of your loved ones! So why not start making it happen by getting a free .com, .net, .org, .info and/or .us domain? read more »
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A login is required but there has been new updates to the seo book read more »
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If you are still being annoyed by the sorting issue that Google is having with their "top channels" on the reporting overview page, there is a workaround that some publishers may not have thought of. read more »
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Search engines are widely used by prospects as they shop. Search engines are now behaving more like stores, so suppliers may need to pay the search engine fees to get exposure on their "shelves". Organic or natural SEO (Search Engine Optimization) i read more »
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Have you ever considered the reasons why you blog? You may have a few ideas why you do what you do, but have you ever put them down on paper and listed your reasons according to importance? read more »
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AOL will no longer support or develop the browser as of February 1, 2008. The suggest (no surprise) using Firefox and the use a Netscape theme.

What's most interesting is that the one time big name of browsers will soon be no more.

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New Research Paper from Stanford Info Lab.

From the abstract:

Yahoo! Answers represents a new type of community portal that allows users to post questions and/or answer questions asked by other members of the community, already featuring a ver read more »
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This article will help you discover, diagnose and solve lengthy load issues that cause visitors to click away from your Wordpress blog and never come back again. read more »
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The Australian Government has announced that they will be joining China as one of the few countries globally that broadly censor the internet. read more »
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