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Top Signs Your Site Isn’t Ready for Prime Time, Part 2
We've already looked at three of the common failings of Web sites for "newbies" who are trying to figure out SEO. Now let's look…
Twitter Now In Dictionary
The new edition of the Collins Dictionary will include a listing on Twitter, the UK Telegraph reported. “The entry under noun will read: “a…
Finally, Google Suspends Accounts Running Adword Scam Programs
Google has started suspending Adwords accounts selling Adwords get rich scams, the Google Help forum reported. Thanks to Barry Schwartz for pointing it out.…
Search Engine Land Disses SEM Bid Management Software
I know the editorial statements of guest contributors are not the opinions of Search Engine Land but someone should have read this one first.…
SearchDay | Customer Service in Social Media
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Customer Service in Social Media; Blogs and Blogging 101, Part 2; Is Twitter Killing Other Online Activities?;…
AutoTrader.com Sees Another Record Month While American Cars Top Most-Viewed List
Despite all the problems facing the auto industry in America right now, AutoTrader.com experienced yet another record month of traffic in June 2009, with…
High Shipping Costs Top List of Reasons for Shopping Cart Abandonment
PayPal has released new survey data showing why online consumers leave their shopping carts behind. Survey participants were asked to tell which reasons were…
The Mindless PR Tweets of the Twitterati and the Baseless Response by Michael Arrington
The New York Times has a piece about the “new” style public relations in this day and age of blogs, Facebook and Twitter. They…
Video about NACA’s Save the Dream Tour Wins TELLY Awards
On Friday, I posted a story about the ” Search and Community Track at SES San Jose: NACA’s Save The Dream Tour.” It seems…
8 Google Updates: RSS for Blog Search, Increased Upload Size for YouTube and More
Once again, there are so many Google updates that I’m bunching them together in one big post. Here they are: Google Blog Search now…
Social Media & Video Strategies To Be Held With SES San Jose
The cover story by Mike Grehan in the latest issue of SES Magazine is entitled, “Is there a link between search & social?” Well,…
Forget Google Bombing, Twitter Twombing Is In
Seems a new game is being played on the big Twitter board – bombing the hashmarks and grabbing the top of Twitter Trends. Over…
Joost de Valk Starting WordPress Podcast on Webmaster Radio
Many online marketers love using WordPress as their content management software to create well optimized web sites. Many of the invaluable plugins that help…
More States Forcing Amazon Tax Laws Killing Affiliate Marketing?
Online affiliate marketing used to be a lot easier, Google Adwords had their shot – limiting affiliate listings – and now a growing number…
Search and Community Track at SES San Jose: NACA’s Save The Dream Tour
At SES San Jose 2009, I’ve been asked to make a solo presentation to kick of the Search and Community Track. The title of…
Is Twitter Killing Other Online Activities?
The world may be all a-Twitter, but it seems the inordinate amount of time now spent there is costing other places traffic. Given the…
FriendFeed Launches Real-Time Search; Includes Facebook and Twitter Submissions
Buzz has been building about real-time search. Of course, you can search real-time Tweets on Twitter, Facebook is testing search on its live Feed,…
SearchDay | PageRank Sculpting: Welcome Back to High School Hell
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: PageRank Sculpting: Welcome Back to High School Hell; 7 Marketing Lessons from the Late, Great Pitchman Billy…
PageRank Sculpting: Welcome Back to High School Hell
Google's new rules affecting PageRank sculpting bring us back to high school. Instead of letting us vouch for our cool friends and disavow the…
Trade Groups Outline New Behavioral Advertising Standards
In January, four trade groups announced that they would be developing behavioral advertising standards. The groups are The American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA),…