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Q&A with Jason Calacanis, Founder & CEO, Mahalo.com
"Frankly, most SEOs are really smart and hard working; they're just horribly misguided. They focus too much on the tricks to get people in the door and not…
The Role of the Brand in Social Media Marketing
The more your brand can assist people in connecting with others online to create or share something new, the more favorably you…
Yahoo News Reports Microsoft Bid Change
This just in: Yahoo! News (AP on Yahoo News) scooped the world on the most amazing number ever reported for MicroHoo. Since…
Searchable Social Media and Adding to the Global Conversation
Rising Voices, a citizen media outreach initiative of the Global Voices, has just released the first of a series of planned guides,…
Google Pet Video, LOLCats and SES New York Mystery
If you’re a Matt Cutts Gadgets Google and SEO blog reader, you know the feline Amy Cutts, his pet video co-star. To…
Facebook: Not Where To Search For All Lost Buddies
During last night’s 60 Minutes segment on Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg set up Lesley Stahl’s profile — and an old colleague reached…
How Will Wikia Grow The Index?
When Wikia Search was released last night, Jimmy Wales explained they used a “placeholder index” for the search. While this may be…
Wikia Search Requires Your Help
After midnight on the West Coast, Wikia made its alpha search available. Our heightened interest stems from the early pronouncements by Jimmy…
Social Search Engine Face-off: Facebook vs. MySpace
Social search crowd roars for Facebook apps. Plus, iGoogle Profiler: MySpaced out? Orkut on the rocks?
Save the Date! “Meatball Sundae” Webcast with Seth Godin
We know you guys love Seth Godin (who doesn’t?). You nominate his blog for ClickZ’s annual Marketing Excellence Award every year —…
Blog Marketing Takes Commitment
At Search Engine Strategies Chicago last week, top bloggers informed marketers that they'll need to leave their comfort zones to succeed in…
Strumpette testifies in social media press release trial
Yesterday, during the prosecution’s opening remarks, I asked, “Is the Social Media Press Release a Meatball Sundae?” A short time later, the…
Del.icio.us and StumbleUpon: A Social Media Primer
Both sites can send you traffic, and help you build links. However, the most important use of the two sites is to…
Bigger Not Always Better in Social Media
While many social media marketers focus on the big social sites, there can be hidden treasure in smaller "micro communities."
11 Guidelines to Social Media Success
I return today from spending the last 2 days in NY at SMX Social Media. A lot of great speakers were present,…
Nielsen: Search Ads Score Low on Trust
A recent study from the Nielsen Company found that word of mouth was the most trusted form of advertising worldwide, while search…
Viral Recommendations Have Natural Limits
Whether cruising around social networks or shopping online, I do pay attention to friends’ recommendations — ranging from the newest restaurant, to…
Think Small, Win Big: Social Media Marketing
Social media sites have opened membership profiles to the search engines. Has social media arrived? Or is it still middle school for…
Implications of Google Custom Search Blog Deletion
Boy this is frightening. Yesterday Google Blogoscoped reported about the Google Custom Search blog being hacked. After this was discovered, Google sent…
Spock Launches Today
The long awaited public unveiling of Spock, the people search engine, takes place today. According to company representatives, they already have 1.5…
Search Wikia Launches Open Source, Distributed Crawler
Wikia, the commercial site led by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, is taking the next step toward launching its open source, human-assisted Web…
Matt Cutts Seeking Search Bugs
Matt Cutts is asking for anyone that is aware of any search engine bugs to post them in comments on his blog.…
ToDou: China’s YouTube Adds Advertising, Gets Venture Capital
ToDou, the Chinese equivalent to YouTube, announced the launch of an ad serving platform, as well as the acquisition of $19 million…
FAST Acquires Personalization/Recommendation Technology
Norway- and Boston-based search company FAST Search & Transfer has acquired AgentArts, a San Francisco-based technology company with a personalization and recommendation…
Finding Success in Social Media
Profiles on social media sites can be used for reputation management, or the sites themselves can be used for general link-baiting.
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