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Social Networking and Blogs Surpass Email in Popularity
Posted by Nathania Johnson Mar 11, 2009
With 67% of the worldwide internet population visiting, social networks and blogs are now outpacing email in popularity. They’ve become the 4th most popular online category, according to Nielsen Online. “Social networking has become a fundamental part of the global online experience,” says John Burbank, CEO of Nielsen Online. “While two-thirds …
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New Google Analytics Guide Offers Help for Beginners
Posted by Nathania Johnson Mar 11, 2009
Google Analytics has published a guide for beginners who are new to the product. Called the “Getting Started Guide,” it’s a new section of the Help Center for Google Analytics. In it, you’ll find the benefits of using Analytics (perhaps you’ve heard that you should be doing analytics but have no …
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Yahoo! Lowers Minimum Bid on Some Keywords
Posted by Nathania Johnson Mar 11, 2009
Yahoo! has announced that they have lowered the minimum bid on some keywords. They were quite vague about which ones. The reason given for the change was the economy and marketers’ needs to maximize their budgets. Advertisers will want to check in on their Yahoo! campaigns to see if the minimum …
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Matt Cutts Revisits 100 Link Maximum Per Page Recommendation
Posted by Nathania Johnson Mar 11, 2009
Matt Cutts took to his blog to talk about just how many links you can include on one page. The rule of thumb for a long time has been no more than 100 links per page, and Cutts says that recommendation hasn’t changed. But he clarified that it’s not a hard …
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Google AdSense Releases News Widget
Posted by Nathania Johnson Mar 11, 2009
Google AdSense recently released a new widget that allows sites to place news on their site. It looks like your basic AdSense box, but with “powered by Google News” in the tab at the bottom instead. Take a look: Users can select the type of news they wish to appear on …
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Microsoft Adds Maria Klawe to Board of Directors; Announces $0.13 Dividend
Posted by Nathania Johnson Mar 11, 2009
Microsoft has added a new member to their Board of Directors. Maria Klawe, Ph.D., president of Harvey Mudd College since 2006, brings the Board back to 10 members. Klawe was previously dean of engineering and a professor of computer science at Princeton University from 2003 to 2006. “Maria has made significant …
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