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Loren Baker | Founder | @slobodanmanic

Loren Baker is the founding editor/creator of Search Engine Journal and remains an advisor and Editor In Chief to this publication.

Smartphone Penetration: Japan Users Lead Way When Adapting To Mobile Technologies [INFOGRAPHIC]

While the smartphones market in Japan has only reached a 6% penetration rate compared to 31% in the United States and 30% in the United Kingdom the countries users are far more engaged with the devices they do own. The infographic shown below demonstrates the true impact smartphones have had on Japanese consumers. Among the countries favorite activities is browsing the web (78% of users) and a worldwide leading 59% of users who share video’s...

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Marketing Mayhem in the Hotel Booking Space

If there is any more dynamic and competitive marketing niche online than travel and hospitality, even the casual observer would have a hard time noticing it. If only there was a way to discern just where the many online business are headed. Well, maybe by noting some significant ones, along with their latest news, we can begin at to understand better. Zooming in on the hotel booking segment, since flights and flight search will apparently be...

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Yahoo Selling Alibaba & Yahoo Japan Shares?

According to numerous sources, Yahoo is heavily considering the sale of its interests in Alibaba (the Chinese B2B Search Marketplace conglomerate) and Yahoo Japan (which is led autonomously but still part of Yahoo). Sean Ludwig of VentureBeat says that the sale could result in $17 Billion in revenue for Yahoo as it scrambles to figure out its future in the US market : Yahoo’s board is considering selling its holdings of Alibaba Group and its...

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Chris Brogan Speaking at BlueGlass LA + 24 More Search & Social Experts

Over the next month, BlueGlass will be unveiling a new confirmed speaker for BlueGlass LA daily with a really cool calendar countdown. Traditionally, at BlueGlass we have waited until the last minute to plan our conferences, usually lining up the venue, speakers & sponsors over the course of a month or two -- but this time BlueGlass LA (our second conference in the Los Angeles area) has been planned and coordinated well ahead of...

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BlueGlass LA 2012, Pubcon Vegas & #EpicDinner : SEJ @ Events!

We have a couple of announcements to make here in the conferences department at SEJ that will make for some exciting times this fall and for next spring. First off, today BlueGlass announced that there will be a follow up to the BlueGlass TPA Conference this Spring in Los Angeles, CA -- BlueGlass LA 2012. That's right! BlueGlass is coming BACK to LA :) BlueGlass LA 2012 will be held on April 23rd &...

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Best of the Web : BOTW Constantly Evolving the Web Directory

For years on SEJ we've been a proponent of listing sites web directories as a form of traditional organic link building. And over these years many web directories have come and gone. As linking gets less oriented on brute force anchor text overload and moreso is taking a natural approach, sometimes it can be very easy to overlook the fundamentals. There are three directories that I feel are the building blocks of developing a strong foundation...

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Comparison of the Top Three Search Engines: Bing+Yahoo > Google? [INFOGRAPHIC]

And now, for something completely obvious: Google owns the lion's share of US search traffic. But could the Goliath of Search be eclipsed by the currently David-sized combo of Bing and Yahoo... in as soon as the next 18 months? Experian's Hitwise reports that Bing continues month over month to chip away at Google. Search agency Rosetta shows that Bing + Yahoo (Yahoo uses Bing to power its search) has a respectable 37% of retail search. If...

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Testing Facebook Comments for WordPress

After talking to ShoeMoney at BlueGlass TPA, I've decided to give Facebook Comments for Wordpress a run on SEJ for a couple of weeks to see how it works. The Facebook Comments should eliminate a lot of comment spam issues (this is an 8 year old blog so we get A LOT) and I hear that the virality of the commenting can generate a lot of Facebook traffic. How will this work from an...

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Recipe Finder’s Search Engine Entering the Portal Niche

Recipe-finder.com announced on Friday that it publicly entered the recipe portal niche this month. The recipe portal niche has been fairly competitive over the past few months, with other sites such as Foodily and Supercook. Recipe Finder, however, has features that allow social sharing and menu planning simple and easy. There's over 1 million recipes and over 700,000 delicious images to look through. I’m serious- just take a look at the Bacon images...

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BlueGlass TPA Only 16 Days Away : Last Chance for SEJ Readers

Good morning SEJ Readers! Later on in the month, down in sunny Tampa, FL, we will be holding an intimate and stellar Online marketing event called BlueGlass TPA. Search Engine Journal is an official media partner of BlueGlass TPA, and assisted with the lineup and content for the conference. BlueGlass has held two events in the past (SEJ held them previously) and our upcoming BlueGlass TPA has shaped up to be an incredible mix of speakers...

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