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JustilienGaspard |
Don't Overlook These Link Building Opportunities LINK LOVEWith each passing year, link development becomes increasingly difficult. Yet we sometimes tend to overlook good link opportunities that are right under our noses. » Full story » Print version |
Search Engine Watch Experts Columns
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Writing Sales Copy for Conversions BY THE NUMBERS One of the most common components you can test is sales copy. Changing your approach to writing can often lead to a double-digit increase in conversion rates. » Full story » Print version |
KevinRyan |
Forget Tibet; Free the Content SEARCHING FOR MEANING In China, search engines are responsible for the content to which they provide links. This means anytime the Chinese government decides that a certain type of content isn't worthy of its people, they can tell search engines not to list them. » Full story » Print version |
MarkJackson |
There's No Shortcut to Good SEO...Or Is There? AU NATURAL If search engines want all SEOs to operate in an ethical manner, they should show us that they're penalizing the Web sites that abuse their guidelines, and reward those who follow their guidelines. Anything less makes it hard to justify following the rules. » Full story » Print version |
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Three Major Announcements from Microsoft Regarding Live Search Posted by Nathania Johnson Jan 8, 2009 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and President, Entertainment & Devices Division Robbie Bach took to the stage at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to make three major announcements about Live Search. They are: Dell: Beginning February 1, Dell will offer Live Search on the majority of its consumer and small ... » Continue reading |
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Yahoo Gets Into the TV Business (Kinda), While TiVo Gets Into Search (Sorta) Posted by Nathania Johnson Jan 8, 2009 The news coming out of this year's CES is turning out to be a showcase for the way things are changing for the internet, which in turns affect how people use search (for both searching and marketing). First, Microsoft had its major Live Search announcements. Then, we saw a device with ... » Continue reading |
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Google Street View Aids Cops in Finding Missing Child Posted by Nathania Johnson Jan 8, 2009 We often hear about the bad stuff about Google's Street View on its mapping product. People are concerned about privacy and some have been photographed in a less than flattering light. Google's street view vehicles have also been banned from U.S. military bases. But today Street View is getting some good ... » Continue reading |
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Going to Search Engine Strategies? In a New York Minute! Posted by Greg Jarboe Jan 8, 2009 Are you going to Search Engine Strategies New York, which will be held March 23-26, 2009? Of course you are. It takes less than a New York minute to make that decision. SES New York is a not-to-be-missed event in the search industry. Iâ��ve been attending each ... » Continue reading |
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Web Application Delays of 5 Seconds or More Significantly Affect Business Performance Posted by Nathania Johnson Jan 8, 2009 If you have web applications as part of a linking strategy or other online marketing strategy, be sure you don't have delays of 5 seconds or more. That's the moment when business performance really starts being affected, according to new data released by Aberdeen Group. For every second after the 5 ... » Continue reading |
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GiiNii's Movit Mini is like the iPod Touch for Android Posted by Nathania Johnson Jan 8, 2009 Last week, we talked about the idea of putting Google's mobile operating system Android on a netbook. This week at the Consumers Electronic Show (CES), a device akin to the iPod Touch is also running Android. The GiiNii Movit Mini is basically a small tablet running Android. It's Wifi-enabled, has ... » Continue reading |
Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions
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What is the proper use of redirects Jan 8, 2009 If I was to create a domain called GenericHelp.com and then create 2 other domains called SubjectMatter1Help.com and SubjectMatter2Help.com and redirect both the Subject Matter domains to the Generic Help domain would this adversely affect the PR for the Generic site? Note: GenericHelp.com is on a separate IP than the SM ... » Join the discussion |
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Fluctuation in rankings happen after a site crawl, the crawl of the backlinks or both Jan 7, 2009 when we see a change in position in SERP like position 6 to 8 or 6 to 4, are these changes immediately after ur page has been crawled? or is it after your back links have been crawled? or is it after doing both they update the positions? also i would ... » Join the discussion |
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How many hours / week do you work (net time)? Jan 3, 2009 Hi, I've been wondering lately: How many hours do you guys actually spend "working"? And do you have any time, at all during the week to do something such as working out or having a hobby other than SEO?:-) Or is it not really a problem to you because you can ... » Join the discussion |
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Kevin Newcomb is Search Engine Watch's managing editor. Kevin joined Search Engine Watch in December 2006. He has been covering search marketing, among other online marketing topics, since August 2004, and has been reporting on web-based businesses since 2000.
Before the bubble burst, Kevin was a marketing manager for an online computer reseller, handling copywriting, e-mail marketing, search marketing and running the affiliate program.
With a combination of real-world marketing experience and years of business journalism, Kevin brings to Search Engine Watch a unique ability to deliver news and training materials that help search marketers do their jobs better.
Article Archives by Kevin Newcomb
Google Chrome OS: So What? - Jul 8, 2009
Following the Nofollow Kerfuffle - Jun 17, 2009
Putting the M Back in SEM - Jun 11, 2009
Google Changes Course on Nofollow - Jun 3, 2009
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