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Official Google Reader Blog: Let your subscriptions' personality come through

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:16:32 +0000

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 by Mihai Parparita Favicons menu screenshot We recently asked you for your ideas (and votes) on how to make Reader better. One of the more popular suggestions was adding favicon support for subscriptions , so today we're introducing just that (thanks to 20%-er Shreyas ...

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LA Times Social Media Guidelines Lead to Much More

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:38:28 +0000

The LA Times has updated their social media guidelines for their journalists and there is the usual ruckus about everyone being too restrictive. Originally written in March of this year the update makes sense since the 8 months or so that have passed since the first take is like a lifetime ...

StepForth Web Marketing Inc. found this 33 minutes ago on marketingpilgrim.com

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How often should you review your SEO strategy?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:08:25 +0000

It doesn’t matter how well your search engine optimisation (SEO) strategy is working for you, it’s always worth taking the time to revaluate and see if it could be doing better. Your returns might be impressive, your strategy masterful, but in these times of tightened budgets, you need to be ...

MediaPost | Online Media News found this 2 hours ago on econsultancy.com

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Website Optimizer

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:53:44 +0000

Website Optimizer benefits marketers, search and display advertisers, publishers, and web designers. Increase sales and conversion rates. Identify the winning content combinations that drive conversions and increase ROI, regardless of site type. Improve landing pages. Reduce the number of ...

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Twitter: Optimise Or Die is using Twitter

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:53:44 +0000

Cimex was that a genuine tweet or were you just plugging oneself eh? Is this an example of Twam?

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Locally based businesses need to be on the Web too

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:02:31 +0000

I've been interviewed twice in the last week for articles in trade magazines - one for restaurants and the other for optical professionals in Canada - about using online marketing and social media for locally based businesses (bricks and mortar stores). I tell them if their ideal ...

dlwakeman posted 2 hours ago from buildabetterblog.com

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Zynga Launches Standalone Game Site, Sheds Light On Virtual Goods Business

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:15:37 +0000

Seemingly unfazed by a looming class-action lawsuit triggered by allegations of misleading ads, social gamer Zynga has launched FarmVille.com , its first standalone game site. Previously, players had to be fully logged in to Facebook or MySpace to play a Zynga game; the new FarmVille.com site uses Facebook Connect to get players logged in, without forcing them actually “be” on the social network. And it could signal the next ...

MediaPost | Online Media News found this 3 hours ago on paidcontent.org

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News Corp. - If You de-Index Will They Still Come?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:15:13 +0000

I don't think you can adequately say any of this without sharing what the traffic is doing once it hits news corp sites. Traffic doesn't always mean audience. Lots of search traffic bounces in under less than a minute and doesn't come back -- without session times, repeat visitors, etc. you ...

Search Engine Watch Blog found this 6 hours ago on weblogs.hitwise.com

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Tynt - Get More Visits

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:21:17 +0000

Tynt Insight monitors copy and paste behavior on billions of page loads per month across hundreds of thousands of web sites . Our data shows that up to 6% of page loads results in a user copying content! On a site that has 20 million page views per month - content leaves that site about a ...

Blogstorm SEO blog found this 36 hours ago on www1.tynt.com

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Home | Mail Online

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:21:17 +0000

The 25-year-old man was attacked by four-year-old bear Finn, who caused severe injuries to the man's head and one of his legs, before a nearby policeman shot the creature - injuring it and forcing it to retreat into a cave. Both the man and Finn are currently being treated for their respective ...

Blogstorm SEO blog found this 36 hours ago on dailymail.co.uk

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Special Searchcowboys show with Webmasters on the Roof

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:45:00 +0000

Tonight at 7 o'clock European time Searchcowboys will be live with a new Searchcowboys show on webmasterradio. This show is very special because its a joined show with Webmasters on the Roof. Roy Huiskes, Marcus Tandler and Bas van den Beld will d......

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Interview with Search Around the World speakers

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:15:00 +0000

The session "Search around the World" at SES Berlin was a roundtrip over the world in 40 minutes. In one of the breaks almost the entire panel was gathered for coffee. We off course asked them some questions :)....

BasvdBeld posted 4 hours ago from searchcowboys.com

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Forget Black Friday, Shop on Cyber Monday

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:17:10 +0000

Just a few more days until Thanksgiving followed quickly by Black Friday, the official beginning of the holiday shopping season. It’s true, there are some amazing deals that can be found on Black Friday but those deals come at a price. Waking up ridiculously early to shop with thousands of ...

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Microsoft Outlook To Become More LinkedIn

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:06:26 +0000

Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who ...

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Site Comparison of linkedin.com (rank #62), forbes.com (#87), wsj.com (#78)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:06:26 +0000

register help login compete.com logo Profiles Site Profile Tag Profile Category Profile Compare Analytics Tools Search Analytics Referral Analytics Ranked Lists Client Solutions Resources Help Blog Contact About Toolbar Methodology My Compete Search: for clear this search vs vs vs login to ...

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Linkedin: Audience

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:06:26 +0000

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LinkedIn Developer Network

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:06:26 +0000

. Loading widget... Open for business. LinkedIn APIs Let your users bring LinkedIn profiles and networks with them to your site or application. You gain better awareness of your users, increase productive engagement, and gain reach through the 52 million professionals on LinkedIn. Get started » ...

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Discover What Google Really Thinks Of Your Pages

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:23:41 +0000

What does Google REALLY think of your site's pages? Think PageRank gives a clue? Perhaps if we were shown true PageRank, we could use it as a somewhat reliable gauge, but unfortunately, we don't have that luxury. But we don't need PageRank. We have a better way to determine the rate of ...

Search Engine People Blog found this 34 hours ago on searchenginepeople.com

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crawl screenshot

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:23:41 +0000

Guest Passes let you share your photos that aren't public. Anyone can see your public photos anytime, whether they're a Flickr member or not. But! If you want to share photos marked as friends, family or private, use a Guest Pass. If you're sharing photos from a set, you can create a Guest Pass ...

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GoogleBot Activity Demo (Screenshots)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:23:41 +0000

The CJ G o o g l e Bot Activity script is included on any of your web pages (works best for database driven or dynamic websites). The included script will execute whenever G o o g l e Bot is on the prowl. When G o o g l e Bot crawls the page it is logged; the date, robot, crawler and page ...

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cacherank bar chart

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:23:41 +0000

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CJ GoogleBot Activity

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:23:41 +0000

The CJ GoogleBot Activity script is included on any of your web pages (works best for database driven or dynamic websites). The included script will execute whenever GoogleBot is on the prowl. When GoogleBot crawls the page it is logged; the date, robot, crawler and page crawled. You can then ...

Search Engine People Blog found this 34 hours ago on cj-design.com

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How To Figure Out What Parts of Your Website Aren’t Being Crawled

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:23:41 +0000

Michael Gray By Michael Gray In SEO When Google took away the supplemental index last year, they killed one of the key diagnostic tools in the SEO’s toolbox, the ability to identify which parts of a site were unimportant (and being infrequently crawled) in a search engines eyes. However with the ...

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google cache rank

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:23:41 +0000

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Cache Date as the New Google PageRank

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:23:41 +0000

Given Google's reliance on core domain authority and displaying outdated PageRank scores, cache date is a much better measure of the authority of a particular page or site than PageRank is. What Google frequently visits (and spends significant resources to keep updated) is what they consider ...

Search Engine People Blog found this 34 hours ago on seobook.com

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Germany says Google Analytics is illegal

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:57:00 +0000

It will probably never be a solid marriage between Google and Germany. Though the search giant is the most used search engine in Germany authorities keep on targeting Google. Either Google Books is illegal or Streetview causes troubles. Now Zeit O......

BasvdBeld posted 5 hours ago from searchcowboys.com

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Video: News Corp. and Microsoft Challenge Google

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:57:34 +0000

Microsoft and News Corp. are taking the search engine battle to another level, with Google potentially being excluded from certain news content.

MediaMan posted 5 hours ago from marketnewslive.blogspot.com

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Stefan Weitz about Bing in Europe

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Stefan Weitz about Bing in Europe Tue 24 November 2009 15:05, Bas van den Beld At SES Berlin I had the chance to sit down for a very nice talk with Stefan Weitz from Bing. The talk was so nice I decided to get my (phone)camera out and let you in on our talk. Stefan talked about his ...

BasvdBeld posted 7 hours ago from searchcowboys.com

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Official Google Blog: Easy holiday shopping with Google Product Search

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:58:30 +0000

This holiday season, whether you're shopping for a new sweater for Fido , a Lego set for young builders, or that fancy camera you've been eyeing all year, Google Product Search can help you find what you're looking for at a great price. You can compare products and prices from merchants across ...

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Happy Thanksgiving To All

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:19:50 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you here in the States. This has been a great year for our family and we have a lot to be thankful for with the success of our business. I hope everyone reading this can defy the bad economy and have a lot to be thankful for in the coming years.

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How does Google handle new owner of previously spammy domain?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:11:11 +0000

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Search around the world: a roundtrip in 40 minutes

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Many search marketers don't look any further than the country they are working in. Then they are sometimes surprised what they see when they look international. But international search is becoming more and more important. Boundries are changing. ......

BasvdBeld posted 8 hours ago from searchcowboys.com

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Official Google Mobile Blog: Happy Thanksgiving Travels: Google Maps Navigation now available for Android 1.6

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:44:22 +0000

A few weeks ago we launched Google Maps Navigation (Beta) as a free feature of Google Maps on Android 2.0 devices. Today we're expanding availability of Google Maps Navigation to devices running Android 1.6 (Donut) and higher, such as the T-Mobile myTouch 3G and the G1. Google Maps ...

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SES Berlin: Google and Microsoft looking for user intend

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:07:00 +0000

The keynote at SES Berlin this morning had the two major search engines speaking and then discussing the state of the search market. With Mike Grehan moderating the Q & A and two short presentations by the search engines we got a nice insight ......

BasvdBeld posted 9 hours ago from searchcowboys.com

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Our Daily Search Pic(k): Why Bing you ask?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Like this Pic? Twitter it! Have any suggestions for our Daily Search Pic(k)? E-mail us or DM or message us on Twitter!...

BasvdBeld posted 10 hours ago from searchcowboys.com

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Where the Hell WAS Matt? (video)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Here's the original. Made in 2003 and 2004. Posted in 2005.

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HubSpot and Customer Featured on NECN's Business Day

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000

If you happened to tune into Business Day on NECN last night, you probably caught an interview with our VP of inbound marketing, Mike Volpe in the HubSpot office. (What do you think of our bright orange walls?)

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Hospital Gets Down In "Pink Glove Dance" For Breast Cancer Awareness

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000

There are lots of ways people decide to promote awareness of breast cancer: by wearing little ribbon pins, buying sponsored pink products, doing a run/walk with friends. But this one is new to us -- The entire staff of the Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore. donned pink ...

HubSpot's Inbound Internet Marketing Blog found this 4 days ago on huffingtonpost.com

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Clock- Simplicity vs. Complexity

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:33:34 +0000

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The Associated Press: Yahoo CEO pledges to boost profit margins

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:14:00 +0000

Nov 10, 2009 SINGAPORE Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Carol Bartz promised Tuesday to turn around the struggling Internet company after this year's "terrible" performance. Bartz reiterated her goal to boost operating profit margin to between 15 percent and 20 percent within the next two or three ...

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Search Engine de-Optimization ..and the bogus celebration of yet another Google organic search lottery winner

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:14:00 +0000

f0403 I have been very focused on the nirvana of e-commerce actions, the sale, but I am sure you agree with me that there are many steps and many actions before getting to this point. You can track any number of steps and any number of activities with Yahoo! Web Analytics. The tool has a few ...

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Yahoo! Web Analytics Book

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:14:00 +0000

Detailed data collection advice, including how to use data collection groupings and track almost everything, from simple page views to custom-created fields How to best implement campaign tracking, including paid search setup, multiple campaign categories, and merchandising tracking and ...

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Q&A: Dennis Mortensen on Yahoo Analytics

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:36:31 +0000

Dennis Mortensen has worked in the analytics, optimization and online marketing industry since 1996. He is an Associate Web Analytics Instructor at the University of British Columbia, the Author of data driven insights with Yahoo! Web Analytics , and a frequent speaker on the subject of ...

Online Marketing Connect found this 25 hours ago on econsultancy.com

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Paul Scrivens Takes Over as Splashpress Media Publisher

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:25:15 +0000

An organization–including a new media network–is mostly driven by the efforts of all its members. But as with any team, individual members are diverse, each with his (or her) own expertise, personality and quirks. For any organization to reach it’s goals, it needs a capable leader. Sometimes, a ...

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Microsoft Store employees perform dance of the cringe (video) -

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:51:00 +0000

Why is it that whenever Microsoft tries to have a little "fun" it comes across as creepy or overly controlled ? This time it's Microsoft's Mission Viejo Store employees engaged in a fit of awkward boogie that some would call the Electric Slide. Oh boy, corporate fun... it's a bit like corporate ...

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Staples Email

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:32:45 +0000

Questions? Call 1-800-3STAPLE or email us . Staples.com is a registered trademark of Staples the Office Superstore, LLC. This email advertisement was sent by Staples Contract & Commercial, Inc., 500 Staples Drive, Framingham, MA 01702. Offers valid in the U.S. only. Products and services ...

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Web Page Test - Official Website

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:45:14 +0000

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Why Google's Acquisition of AdMob Isn't Just About Advertising.

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:10:59 +0000

Why Google's Acquisition of AdMob Isn't Just About Advertising.

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Site Speed May Soon Affect Google Page Ranking

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:32:33 +0000

In a recent interview with Google Engineer Matt Cutts, Web Pro News is reporting that Matt may have hinted on the future of how Google may rank websites. And guess what? It has something to do with how fast a website actually loads. During the interview Matt told Web Pro News: “I ...

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Internet users expect websites to load twice as fast now as in 2006

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:40:37 +0000

People are getting used to broadband connections, more powerful web browsers, and a speedier web experience in general. A new study shows how the expectations of Internet users have changed significantly over the last couple of years. We expect websites to be a lot faster. The survey was ...

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