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• The Hidden Factors in Accomplishing Your Online Marketing Goals - Whiteboard Friday

  feedproxy.google. com - February 2, 2012

  Posted by randfishIn this week's Whiteboard Friday, we go underneath the surface and bring to light some hidden factors in online marketing. These often overlooked details can have a huge impact in helping us accomplish our goals as online marketers. Please enjoy and don't forget to leave your comments below.Please note that we ...

  
• In Which I Officially Declare RSS Is Truly Alive And Well.

  feedproxy.google. com - February 2, 2012

  I promise, for at least 18 months, to not bring this topic up again. But I do feel the need to report to all you RSS lovin' freaks out there that the combined interactions on my two posts - 680 and still counting - have exceeded the reach of my RSS feed (which clocked in at a miserable664 the day I posted the first missive).And as I said in my ...

  
• Are Your Titles Irresistibly Click Worthy & Viral?!

  feedproxy.google. com - February 2, 2012

  Posted by evolvingSEOThis post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.The 80/20 Value of TitlesRecently, Rand did one of the best Whiteboard Fridays I've seen in ...

  
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 2, 2012

  searchengineland. com - February 2, 2012

  Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.From Search Engine Land:Microsoft adCenter Increases Ad Description, Adds Budget Widget & More Mobile Targeting OptionsMicrosoft announced their January 2012 adCenter release update. The update includes three major additions to ...

  
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 2, 2012

  searchengineland. com - February 2, 2012

  Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Microsoft adCenter Increases Ad Description, Adds Budget Widget & More Mobile Targeting Options Microsoft announced their January 2012 adCenter release...Please visit Search Engine Land for the full ...

  
• Pot (Microsoft) Calls Kettle (Google) Black on Privacy

  searchenginewatch .com - February 2, 2012

  Did you know Microsoft truly puts people first? Instead of having horrible, evil products like Gmail, Google's search engine, Google Docs, or Google Chrome, Microsoft saves us with Hotmail, Bing, Microsoft Office 365, and Internet Explorer 9. ...

  
• Pot (Microsoft) Calls Kettle (Google) Black on Privacy

  searchenginewatch .com - February 2, 2012

  Did you know Microsoft truly puts people first? Instead of having horrible, evil products like Gmail, Google's search engine, Google Docs, or Google Chrome, Microsoft saves us with Hotmail, Bing, Microsoft Office 365, and Internet Explorer 9. ...

  
• Daily Search Forum Recap: February 2, 2012

  seroundtable.com - February 2, 2012

  Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... ...

  
• 84% of Millennials Rely on the Opinions of Others

  marketingpilgrim. com - February 2, 2012

  "By 2017, Millennials - those consumers now in their mid-teens to mid-30s - will have more spending power than any other generation."That quote shouldn't take you by surprise. It's the circle of life. A new crop of young, working, educated men and women who have discretionary income. In other words, the people you need to keep your business ...

  
• Why the Twitter ‘Who Gives a Tweet’ Researchers are Wrong

  searchenginewatch .com - February 2, 2012

  A recent study by Carnegie Mellon University, MIT and Georgia Tech researchers found that 25 percent of tweets aren't even worth reading, according to participants. They believe better filters will help. Actually, they have it all backwards. ...

  
• Why the Twitter ‘Who Gives a Tweet’ Researchers are Wrong

  searchenginewatch .com - February 2, 2012

  A recent study by Carnegie Mellon University, MIT and Georgia Tech researchers found that 25 percent of tweets aren't even worth reading, according to participants. They believe better filters will help. Actually, they have it all backwards. ...

  
• SPONSOR MESSAGE: Check your SEO Score now with Searchmetrics Search Analytics Software

  searchengineland. com - February 2, 2012

  See how your SEO strategies are working and what your competitors are up to. Searchmetrics Essentials consists of the largest, fastest databases available for search and social marketing. Discover for yourself the unique search options and try the Searchmetrics Essentials here today - for...Please visit Search Engine Land for the full ...

  
• Google Fined in France Because Google Maps is Free

  searchenginewatch .com - February 2, 2012

  A Paris court has ordered Google France and parent company Google Inc. to pay €500,000 ($660,000) in damages, after a two year court battle with French mapping company Bottin Cartographes over their unfair competition complaint. ...

  
• Google Fined in France Because Google Maps is Free

  searchenginewatch .com - February 2, 2012

  A Paris court has ordered Google France and parent company Google Inc. to pay €500,000 ($660,000) in damages, after a two year court battle with French mapping company Bottin Cartographes over their unfair competition complaint. ...

  
• What Marketers Can Learn from Proctor and Gamble and Old Spice SEM

  feedproxy.google. com - February 2, 2012

  Proctor and Gamble (NYSE:PG) made headlines with their recent cuts and pending layoffs. The reports have P&G cutting their marketing and 1,600 workers. Per the CEO Robert McDonald, "As we've said historically, the 9% to 11% range [for advertising as a percentage of sales] has been what we have spent... In the digital space, with Follow SEJ ...

  
• The Daily for iPad Proves That People Will Pay for Good Content

  marketingpilgrim. com - February 2, 2012

  A year ago, News Corp set out on a new adventure - the launch of a daily news magazine that could only be found on the iPad.On the content side, it wasn't much of a gamble. News Corp publishes The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, the UK's Daily Telegraph and hundreds of other papers around the globe. They also had some experience with ...

  
• It’s Not Whether Google’s Threatened. It’s Asking Ourselves: What Commons Do We Wish For?

  feedproxy.google. com - February 2, 2012

  If Facebook's IPO filing does anything besides mint a lot of millionaires, it will be to shine a rather unsettling light on a fact most of us would rather not acknowledge: The web as we know it is rather like our polar ice caps: under severe, long-term attack by forces of our own creation.And if we lose the web, well, we lose more than funny cat ...

  
• Video: How Cre8pc.com Got Its Name

  feedproxy.google. com - February 2, 2012

  Mystery solved.Economy blues? Poor conversion rates? Web site lost its spunk? Quotes are always free at Cre8pc. Get the answers you need NOW!Video: How Cre8pc.com Got Its NameSign up for Cre8pc.com's Web Site Usability Course at the Search Engine College ...

  
• How To Get Hired At A Top SEO Agency Part 4: What Not to Do in An Interview

  feedproxy.google. com - February 2, 2012

  See Part 1 and Part 2: What most applicants are lacking and Part 3: Rocking The Interview. The last question I asked our panel of SEO experts was "What is your best interview story Good, bad or funny?" Four of the five SEO experts told experiences of things that you should not do in an Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal ...

  
• Link for People, Not Search Engines

  searchenginewatch .com - February 1, 2012

  Never let a search engine dictate 100 percent of your linking strategy. ...