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 CarrieHill |
Marketing your SMB with Time & Elbow Grease, Part 1 SEW EXPERTS: LITTLE BIZIt’s pretty obvious everyone is hurting and everyone is tightening their belts where they can. One of the hardest things to grasp as a small business owner is where to tighten that belt, and how tight is too tight. This is the first in a series of articles that will give actionable advice on how to improve your rankings or revenue from search with no dollar investments — aside from the time and effort it takes to research and implement these changes. » Full story » Print version |
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 MarkJackson |
Ignorance: The Trouble with People Who Claim SEO is Snake Oil SEW EXPERTS: AU NATURAL URL structure makes a difference in SEO, but it’s just one of many things! Ignorant columnists making false claims about topics they don’t understand are bogus! From what I can tell, writing an “interesting” and “provocative” column about SEO means facts are optional. » Full story » Print version |
 RonJones |
Social Media Marketing (SMO) 101, Part 1 SEW EXPERTS: SEM 101 Before you begin any kind of social media marketing, I highly recommend setting up an account and jumping into a conversation or community. It’s one thing to talk about social media, and another to experience it firsthand. You’ll be a more effective social media marketer if you’re already a participant. » Full story » Print version |
 WilliamFlaiz |
The Best of Outsourced: 10 Greatest Hits SEW EXPERTS: OUTSOURCED William Flaiz bids farewell to Search Engine Watch by revisiting some of the hottest topics in search marketing agencies from the past 18 months. » Full story » Print version |
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| Adwords Drop. Is anyone else seeing this? Feb 14, 2009 Wow. Over the past few days I’ve seen a sudden drop in bid prices. Meaning, some high paying advertisers must have pulled out of the auction. It’s nice that I can now get great Ad ranking for less, but what’s the bigger picture? Has a downturn in Adwords advertising begun? » Join the discussion |
| Impressions question Feb 16, 2009 Curious question: When someone does a search and they click an organic or paid listing and then hit the back button and proceed to click another listing, does it count as a new impression? In other words, can someone do a single search and manage to create more than one impression? » Join the discussion |
| Adwords Serving Problems – Ongoing!!!! Feb 15, 2009 As you know, I monitor Adsense to see how my Adwords ads are being served on the Content Network. Yesterday Google had major issues with Adsense, but said it related to reporting only and not serving. I monitor several (Blogger) blogs and I’ve been seeing ad serving problems. The ads … » Join the discussion |