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Google Launching an MP3 Store, Say Label Execs
Google's Cloud-based music service may soon give users both the option to buy music and have the highest quality version of their song played…
Integrating SEO & PPC: 3 Areas to Explore
We're headed toward a more "organic" paid search experience. It’s in the best financial interests of Google to move click share towards the paid…
The NFL & Fantasy Football: A Match Made in Search Heaven
The relationship between the NFL and fantasy football is obvious, but search marketers must understand the subtle but important differences in search patterns and…
Social Signals & SEO: Focus on Authority
When evaluating your social strategy from an SEO perspective, you need to focus on your own authority and relationships with other social authorities. Here's…
Facebook Timeline Profiles May Arrive Soon; But You Could Just Get it Now
Facebook's Timeline Profile design are rumored to be made public on the 19th of October. But if you cannot wait until then, why not…
Linden Lab Must Stop Tinkering With Our Income
People make real money in Second Life by selling virtual goods. Whilst the days of being a millionaire on virtual cash are gone, money…
IRS Audits Google’s Off-Shore Tax Strategies
Google's profit reporting for and the distribution of "intangibles" to foreign divisions is under review by the IRS, which is reviewing for illegal tax…
New Facebook Feed Lowers Post Impressions, Increases Likes & Comments [Study]
An early-stage study from EdgeRank shows the Facebook's new "hybrid feed" is decreasing the exposure of posts while increasing post interaction. Companies on Facebook…
Google+ Adds Real-Time Searching and Hashtag Support
Google+ is rolling out real-time search results, allowing users to click either the "Most recent" or "X more recent posts" to see the current…
9 Characteristics of an In-House SEO
A good in-house SEO is also expected to possess certain characteristics in their roles as thought leaders, salesmen, collaborators, educators, and synthesizers. In-house SEOs…
How B2B Search Engine Marketers Can Better Impact the B2B Buying Process
For B2B search marketers, the right details and explanation of features and value added resources should be identified. In turn, this creates even more…
The Fed Plans to Monitor Google, Twitter, Facebook
The U.S. Federal Reserve is asking bidders to send a proposal for a sentiment analysis solution that gathers location information and data from various…
Google Offers Tests More Targeted Daily Deals
Google is testing a segmentation feature that allows people signing up for Offers to obtain more personalized deals. People can select subcategories within five…
September 2011 Search Engine Market Share from comScore, Hitwise
Google’s U.S. search engine market share is back above 65 percent, while Yahoo declined after two months of growth, comScore reported. Meanwhile, Hitwise shows…
Google Reports Q3 2011 Earnings, Record $9.72 Billion Revenue
Google, which for the first time topped $9 billion in revenue in Q2, once again set another company record as it delivered a strong…
Google Engineer Publishes, Then Deletes Opinionated Google+ Rant
Google engineer Steve Yegge posted an epic rant about the shortcomings of the Google+ social media platform on Google+. Though he deleted the post…
Q3 Paid Search Spend Data Bodes Well for Google; Bing Continues to Slide
Paid search spend is up 23 percent in the U.S. and even more globally; predictions are rosy as clicks rise and the CPC inflation…
The End of Business as Usual: #AdaptorDie to Connected Marketing
“Running a rigid business, business as usual, will open the doors to digital Darwinism where companies that fail to adapt will become victims of…
A Lesson in Testing From a Few Stray Dogs
Testing for better results is hardwired in it seems. When you stop and think about it, we all do it every day. But what…
Google+ Posts Now Tracked and Searchable on Topsy
Topsy, the "real-time search for the social web," has launched a Google+ post search. Users will now be able to search through posts that…