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User-Generated URLs: SEO CMS Lessons Learned from Kate Middleton’s Jelly Bean

Avoid a PR nightmare by protecting your website before someone maliciously decides to put a campaign together that generates links to an incorrect form…

By Simon Heseltine · 04 May 2011

Industry

Facebook Serves 31% Of All Display Ads In Q1 2011

Facebook now dominates display advertising, serving 31.2% of all ads delivered in the first quarter of 2011, VatorNews reported. To fully appreciate the number,…

By Frank Watson · 04 May 2011

Industry

5 Ways Google Could Break into Social

We've seen some spectacular social failures from Google. Here are five elevator pitches to help Google to get social right.

By Greg Habermann · 04 May 2011

SEO

PBS Transcribes Thousands Of Hours Of Video To Improve Search Rankings

Despite the changes Google has made over the years to reading various forms of information, video and audio still do not get as much…

By Frank Watson · 04 May 2011

Industry

Should Google Escape the Death Spiral in China by ‘Losing Face’?

Weighing which of four paths Google should take when it comes to China: promote within China but remain in Hong Kong; do something completely…

By Andy Atkins Kruger · 04 May 2011

Industry

Search News & Headlines Around the Web – May 3, 2011

Here’s a roundup of today’s other search news and headlines from around the web. Search Industry News Viacom Takes A Final Shot At YouTube…

By Danny Goodwin · 03 May 2011

Industry

BlackBerry Goes Bing; Microsoft and RIM Form Alliance

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was on hand and on stage at RIM’s annual Blackberry World event. Microsoft’s main man announced what Bing called a…

By Thom Craver · 03 May 2011

Social

Bin Laden’s Death Shatters Super Bowl Record on Twitter

Twitter has reported a new record for the highest sustained rate of tweets between 10:45 p.m. Sunday and 2:20 a.m. Monday. The news of…

By Danny Goodwin · 03 May 2011

SEO

How to Use Blog Commenting to Get Valuable Backlinks and Traffic

Blog commenting can help you build relationships and authority in your industry. This will ultimately lead to organic links and new traffic.

By Kristi Hines · 03 May 2011

Industry

Google South Korea Offices Raided by Police

Google has had their share of problems with authorities in Europe regarding data collection practices. Now South Korea has targeted Google for allegedly collecting…

By Thom Craver · 03 May 2011

PPC

Understanding AdWords Average Position: Optimize Your PPC Performance

A key piece to your bottom line performance is understanding how average position works and impacts your campaigns. Test and optimize this data in…

By Jason Tabeling · 03 May 2011

Industry

Geronimo, Osama bin Laden Dead & More Searches Dominating Google, Yahoo, Bing

Less than 48 hours after news of the killing of Osama bin Laden, related searches are still trending on Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Details…

By Danny Goodwin · 03 May 2011

Social

5 Tips on Building Brand Loyalty via Twitter

Twitter has immense value, even if it's hard to measure. It's superb for building brand loyalty, as long as you approach it in the…

By Kevin Gibbons · 03 May 2011

PPC

Bidder Beware: What You Need to Know When Updating Google AdWords Bid Types

Max CPC, Enhanced CPC, Automatic Bidding, Conversion Optimizer -- each AdWords bidding option carries a distinct set of pros and cons. Here's what you…

By John Lee · 02 May 2011

Industry

Search News & Headlines Around the Web – May 2, 2011

Here’s a roundup of today’s other search news and headlines from around the web. Search Industry News Google Probe Said to Be Focus of…

By Danny Goodwin · 02 May 2011

Mobile

6 Keys to Mobile Search Marketing Success

Your paid mobile strategy requires separate targeting. Avoid costly mistakes by not lumping desktop and mobile search together without taking the time to analyze…

By Eli Goodman · 02 May 2011

Mobile

Top Google Spot is Less Valuable on iPads [Study]

Search-based online advertising network Chitika has put out an interesting study showing that the top spot in Google receives 20 percent of clicks among…

By Brent Rangen · 02 May 2011

Video

Top YouTube Videos of Canada Election 2011

The General Election in Canada on Monday, May 2, 2001, could turn out to be a real nail biter, but Canadians who tweet or…

By Greg Jarboe · 02 May 2011

Industry

World’s Fair Google Doodle Conceals Treasures of Modern Life

Today Google is honoring the 160th Anniversary of the World’s First Fair. The event took place in Hyde Park in 1851 and was called…

By Jonathan Allen · 01 May 2011

SEO

The Role of On-Page SEO Content: Relevance, Not Rankings

From an SEO perspective, on-page content is solely about helping establish what search queries your page might be relevant to. Visualizing how the major…

By Eric Enge · 01 May 2011