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• Is International Social Media Marketing Just Too Difficult?

  February 9, 2010

  Social media marketing is pretty tricky - but it is too tricky to ever roll out international campaigns? Where do you start from when you're targeting international social networks - success at home or do you need to start all-over?.... ...

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• 30 SEO Bookmarklets to Save You Time

  February 8, 2010

  Posted by randfishWe all work hard at the SEO process - analyzing sites, gathering data, researching potential problems and identifying the solutions. Today's post is on how to work smarter and faster using bookmarklets for SEO. No matter your browser, these plug-and-play links will let you get your job done faster and easier, and look like a pro... ...

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• Twelve bloggers blogging about SES London 2010

  February 8, 2010

  There are a lot more than "12 bloggers blogging" about SES London 2010. If you want to see a comprehensive list, go to the Search Engine Strategies blog.Click to read the rest of this post... ...

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• Justice Department Opposes Revised Google Books Settlement

  February 8, 2010

  Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief expressing concerns over a revised Google book settlement. The current revision was submitted to the court on November 16, 2009. The original settlement experienced antitrust scrutiny from the DOJ as well as criticism from a wide range of groups.When the September 2009 hearing court date... ...

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• AdWords Offers Free Online Training

  February 8, 2010

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• Chrome support for Greasemonkey

  February 8, 2010

  Back in December, I happened to click on a Greasemonkey script in Chrome and was shocked that it just worked. At the time, I wrote a note within Google that saidWhoa. I just clicked on a Greasemonkey script in the latest dev version of Chrome (4.0.266.0 on Linux). Chrome offered to install the GM script, so I said okay. The script ran perfectly... ...

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• Why Brand Building Isn't Enough

  February 8, 2010

  The most linkable sites are remarkable in some way. This has the important benefit of making them stand out with potential customers (and potential linkers), and helps create brand value. ... ...

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• Google Maps Used to Track Down Street View Car

  February 8, 2010

  Do you hate the Google Street View car for its supposed invasion of your privacy? Looks like this is what drove members of the group Free Art & Technology (FAT) when they've attached a GPS device to the Street View car containing Google's camera used for photographing streets in Berlin.So, now with the use of Google Maps, the group were... ...

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• Google Lowers Nexus One's Early Termination Fee to $150

  February 8, 2010

  Well, what do you know? After the FCC formally sent letters to various mobile operators including Google about the high early termination fees that they are charging consumers, Google seemed to be the first to heed FCC's call.  So, if you got you're Nexus One with the T-Mobile contract you can now cancel the deal earlier than the 24-months lock-in... ...

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• SPONSOR MESSAGE: Drive more traffic with Bing

  February 8, 2010

  Want to improve traffic to your site? It's easy! The BingTM Toolbox provides everything you need to get started to optimize your site for increased traffic and an improved user experience. The all-inclusive set of tools makes it easy to get started. Learn more in the Bing Toolbox..... ...

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• Google to Break the Language Barrier With Android Translator

  February 8, 2010

  Google has (possibly) done it again! Word on the street says that Google engineers are working on a translator for the Android smart phone that will translate one language to another- almost completely in real time. Now, there's a few problems in the past that have appeared when trying to do anything involving voice translation. First off, the... ...

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• Google Going Social...Again? Gmail to Add Streaming Updates

  February 8, 2010

  Google is know for being highly innovative and keeping on top of the technology train. Android brought the opening of the Google online store. Gmail has an on-going experiment that goes by the name of "Gmail Labs", which you can find hiding in it's parent, "Google Labs". You can try out various things for size, such as "mail goggles"  (to prevent... ...

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• Ask.com Puts Its NASCAR Sponsorship Back In Garage

  February 8, 2010

  Ask.com has ended its NASCAR sponsorship after one year. That's according to The Sporting News, which reports that the sponsorship was actually fairly successful for Ask.com.Jared Cluff, Ask's senior VP of marketing, says the deal produced some measurable results in 2009:"We saw double-digit increases in usage among NASCAR fans. With the fan... ...

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• Report: Google To Announce A More Social Gmail

  February 8, 2010

  There are several reports today that Google is set to announce a new social feature inside Gmail, allowing users to see (and add to) a stream of status updates from friends and connections. While Twitter is all abuzz over the news, this is something that Yahoo Mail has offered its 300 million users since last .... ...

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• SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 8, 2010

  February 8, 2010

  Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.From Search Engine Land:Google Building Instant Translator CompanionGoogle leaps language barrier with translator phone from The Times Online reports Google is working on a new tool that would bring instant translation to... ...

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• WebmasterRadio.fm Strikepoint Show February 8th

  February 8, 2010

  So tonight myself and Mikkel did another live episode of Strikepoint on Webmasterradio. Apologies for the slight lag in the show, sometimes it's really hard to keep the conversation flowing when there is a time delay but we try to work around it, plus in the last segment I dropped out for a few minutes WebmasterRadio.fm Strikepoint Show... ...

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• Daily Search Forum Recap: February 8, 2010

  February 8, 2010

  Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.... ...

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• Social Media Better than a Super Bowl TV Ad Spot?

  February 8, 2010

  Is social media better than a 60-second ad spot that costs around $3 million. Pepsi thinks so which is why they chose to launch a viral campaign at RefreshEverything.com instead of advertising in the Super Bowl this year. Pepsi plans to give away $20 million in grant money to fund projects in various categories. People can go there now to submit... ...

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• Bing Launches Winter Olympics Search Features

  February 8, 2010

  Instant Answers and Visual Search galleries are given the winter games treatment.Click to read the rest of this post... ...

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• Kick-ass keynotes at SES London 2010

  February 8, 2010

  (This is a long post and the author accepts no responsibility for any damage caused to your scrolling finger.)The largest search marketing show in Europe is heading back to London 15 - 19 February. And it's jam packed with a mixture of classic sessions, new sessions, top rated speakers, and new talent.As a parent, I know it's never fair to... ...

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