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Any Google Search Bias Just Won’t Fly Over Europe
The FTC”s Jonathan Leibowitz is taking home what seems a clear message to the USA from his European counterpart, Joaquin Almunia; “Search bias just won’t fly over Europe.” On...
Live from SMX
Live from the Search Marketing Expo (SMX), SEJ brings you the real time SMX Social Media Marketing two-day event. We’ll tweet and report all the key...
Weekly Webinars and Upcoming Events 12/05/2012
There are some excellent webinars coming up and I hope at least one works with a time you have open. I’ve heard very postive feedback...
Kicking the Tires of Mobile Search – Kickvox
A spanking new mobile search app from Toronto-based Kickvox promises smart device users a total departure from the typical desktop experience, and necessarily so. Search technology has...
Yahoo! Acquires OnTheAir to Bolster Mobile Capabilities
Marissa Mayer is keeping busy, and it looks like she is going strong versus Google. In a deal whose details remained undisclosed, Yahoo! acquired video...
Ask.com and You Shall Receive: An App For That
No matter what it is you’re trying to do online, there’s probably an app for it out there somewhere. The only trouble is, discovering exactly...
7 Advanced Link Building Strategies for a Competitive Edge
We all know it’s not worth our time to build sub-par links anymore. It’s time to get innovative with our link building tactics. We previously...
5 Essential Ingredients for Truly Effective Pull Marketing
Pull marketing is the science of attracting leads and sales rather than applying more work-heavy traditional ‘push’ marketing approaches. In an increasingly tough marketplace, pull...
Google Launches Regulation Free and Open Web Campaign
A highly publicized UN conference on the future of the internet kicked off in Dubai yesterday, amidst warnings from organizations led by Google and Microsoft...
November 2012: Best of Search Engine Journal
Like any organization, Search Engine Journal’s value is reflected in the great contributions of the people involved. For all of us here, and for the...
Content Creation a MUST for All Brands
With the endless noise about layoffs and poor economic conditions being passed on by traditional media outlets (Yes, Newsweek is no longer publishing), an area...
Are You Guilty of These 3 Marketing Bad Habits?
As digital marketers, we spend so much time worrying about things like link building techniques and on-site optimization best practices that we seem to forget...
Google Antitrust Fate On the Table This Week
Chief regulators meet in Brussels this week to discuss whether or not Google’s competitive strategies are to be litigated, mitigated, penalized, or ignored. The Chairman of the...
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Big Data: A Blessing and A Curse
“Hi, nice to meet you, my name is ZettaByte!” If you are from the generation familiar with the terms MegaByte, GigaByte, and TerraByte, prepare yourselves...
Top Google Help Elves Revealed Before Christmas
Last week Google announced their Top Contributors to the Google Help Forums. For those of you who have had a need of help, there’s a solid chance...
Trench Warfare: Google Analytics’ Best Updates, Common User Mistakes
We recently had a sit down with Jen Cykman, Web Analyst and Instructor for Cardinal Path, a digital analytics and marketing agency that offers training...
Top 10 SEO Blockbusters on Twitter this November
It’s the last day of the month, and we take a look at the movers and shakers in our industry, bringing you the most popular...
#CyberMonday 2012 Breaks Sales Records
Online sales over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend topped the best sales numbers to date this year. For the holiday season-to-date, $16.4 billion has been spent...
PeopleBrowsr Takes Twitter to Court over Firehose
Twitter’s rocky relationship with third party developers makes headlines again, this time in a case of data access. The microblogging company was sued by PeopleBrowsr,...
Microsoft Surface Pro Prices Revealed
Microsoft has just announced their much anticipated Surface Pro will be released in January, starting at $899 for a 64GB version and $999 for the 128GB version....
Google Webmaster Tools Security [Status Update]
Status Update: Our Bob Jones reported yesterday on a furvor over Google Webmaster Tools having had serious security issues. Having contacted Google myself, the company’s...
Cracking the Code on Facebook Search Marketing Success
Even though Facebook just hit the one billion subscribers milestone, a lot of marketers are still scratching their heads on how to make the most...
Google “Defend Your Net” Campaign in Germany Heats Up
The Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers Association (BDZV) asked the ruling coalition in the country, the CDU, to draft a law that will require...
Pingup Closes $4 Million Funding Round – Opens New Sales Door
Just in: Boston based C2B texting innovators Pingup announced having closed a $4 million dollar Series A funding round led by Boston VC firm, Avalon...
Bing Scroogled Google
It’s on again: the eternal rivals fight dirty. At least one is: Bing. Google’s most powerful search competitor, a Microsoft product, is now populating the...
Weekly Webinars and Upcoming Events 11/28/2012
The busy holiday season is upon us. Between marketing, shopping and eating I hope you find some time to catch some webinars. If you hear...
#Bing Top Searches of 2012
This week Bing has crunched the numbers and aggregated billions of search queries to give us the most searched people and events of 2012. In a report...
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[Update] Google Webmaster Tools Security Breach Confirmed
A justified panic gripped the SEO industry after word got out that Google Webmaster Tools has an extremely serious technical issue – old user accounts...
Mobile App Promotion: Submit to These Review Sites
You have been working for months, putting a ton of time and energy into your project, and it is finally done. You have successfully created...
Google Quality Raters Handbook Emerges Again
Time and time again, rumors of a Google “rater’s manual” take the web by storm. This manual is, in fact, a book of guidelines for...