By Kevin Newcomb , August 14, 2008
Today's Top Story:
Ron
Jones
Tips for Making the Most of SES San Jose
SEM.EDU
As a lead-up to SES San Jose, we've got some tips and thoughts to help promote and get you through the event. It's a great opportunity to really dive in and learn about the SEM world.
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Search Engine Watch Experts Columns
News from the Search Engine Watch Blog
Sage
Lewis
And the Link Love Award Winner is...You
LINK LOVE
Entering contests, being a finalist in contests, and especially winning contests is link nirvana. Win or lose, a contest has endless linking potential.
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Eric
Enge
Real-Time Analytics with Woopra
BY THE NUMBERS
Want a souped-up analytics package that allows you to track individual users, and potentially interact with them in real time? Then Woopra may be exactly what you're looking for.
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Kevin
Ryan
Search Ad Tools Help Manage Complexity
SEARCHING FOR MEANING
Search advertising tools have been unhappily married to search providers since they first appeared on the scene. But increasing consolidation and acquisition of search advertising tools by big holding companies is slowly opening a window of opportunity for independent providers.
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Online Olympic Traffic Soars; Mobile Viewing Habits Form
Posted by Nathania Johnson Aug 14, 2008
As people returned to work on Monday after the first weekend of the Beijing Olympic games, many went online to keep track of events as they unfold, according to Nielsen Online. Traffic to NBC's Olympics video site jumped a whopping 85% on the first day of the work week, while ...
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Real Estate Search Engine Zillow Launches Geo-targeted Ads
Posted by Nathania Johnson Aug 14, 2008
Zillow, a vertical search engine aimed at the real estate market, has announced the launch of Showcase Ads, geo-targeted ads for realtors and other real estate advertisers. Within a given zip code, advertisers can buy 25, 50, 75, or 100 percent of the ads, giving them the ability to target ...
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Google AdSense Video Units Add 3 Languages, 4 Countries
Posted by Nathania Johnson Aug 14, 2008
Google AdSense has expanded the availability of its Video Units to include support for 3 more languages and 4 more countries.
The languages are:
French German Spanish
The countries are:
Brazil Germany India Mexico
Previously, video units were available in English and Japanese to users in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, ...
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Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions
AdWords - Content Network Takes Control Aug 13, 2008
I'm seeing more and more of my conversions coming from the Content Network. Anybody else notice this trend?
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Content Match Has Changed Aug 12, 2008
But yahoo wont tell you how it was changed! They do tell you to go and change your bids... hey we warned you...
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Dear Advertiser,
We recently made some enhancements to our Content Match technology *that may help bring you more traffic.* Please review your Content Match bids and budget now ...
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Sub Domains, Link Building & Site Management Aug 12, 2008
Hi,
I'm doing some work on a domain that is in the process of creating a different language version of the site and I'm a bit confused over what is the best way to handle this in terms of SEO/SEM.
I think the way to handle it would be the following:
domain.com/language
Should I ...
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