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Fri Nov 6, 2009

by Jeff Howard As the growth of local search continues, companies who serve large regions by remote service, warehouses, or otherwise should not feel disadvantaged from an obscure physical address. These companies can naturally optimize across a...

Fri Nov 6, 2009

by Sage Lewis Now you get 20 of them! This is yet another great improvement for a great tool. Check out our small business news site. Read Original Post Here ...

Thu Nov 5, 2009

by Stoney deGeyter Many people think that SEO is a set-it and forget it endeavor. The theory is that once you optimize the site then there really isn't much more to do after that. This is something that many penny pinchers like to espouse so they...

Thu Nov 5, 2009

The Free Dictionary definition for optimize: op·ti·mize:  To make as perfect or effective as possible. My long-standing definition of Search Engine Optimization (SEO): “Making your site the best it can be for users and search engines.” SEO is both...

Thu Nov 5, 2009

Google has apparently removed phone numbers from the so-called 7 Pack of organic local results. The numbers were present as recently as 24-36 hours ago. Immediately below is an example of a recent search result for “dentist, San Francisco”...

Thu Nov 5, 2009

Microsoft is retiring its MSNBot1.1 and introducing its next bot: 2.0B. According to the Bing Community blog: As MSNBot 2.0b enters full-scale production, the time has come to retire our previous generation bot, MSNBot 1.1. By the end of the first week...

Thu Nov 5, 2009

There’s a report from Reuters this morning that Microsoft and Yahoo are considering expanding the scope of their search deal “outside the United States”:  Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the company could...

Thu Nov 5, 2009

by Mike Moran Image via Wikipedia Most people are familiar with the term "division of labor," which describes the specialization that companies adopt to promote efficiency. The assembly line is one of the best examples of the efficiency gains...

Thu Nov 5, 2009

Google News has made it easier to customize its home page with the creation of a Custom Sections Directory that includes material created both by Google and by Google News users. The directory includes sections such as “Mobile Technology,”...

Thu Nov 5, 2009

Pros and cons of building links through blog comments. ... Read Original Post Here ...

Thu Nov 5, 2009

by Manoj Jasra In this video yours truly (Manoj Jasra) discusses how it's important to incorporate analytics into your marketing and website strategy from the very beginning and how you can use the stats from your websites to drive decisions which...

Thu Nov 5, 2009

Google has just announced a new enterprise search service called Commerce Search. The name might remind you of Froogle, but this is not that kind of commerce/product search. With Commerce Search, Google has created what is essentially a shopping cart...

Thu Nov 5, 2009

Google has launched a new privacy dashboard — technically just called Google Dashboard — that gives users quicker access to, and more control over, the personal information stored in Google’s databases. The dashboard is a one-stop shop...

Thu Nov 5, 2009

Now that Bing is officially a major player, it’s time to ask some important questions. Are Bing video search results delivering a winning performance? Does Bing match searcher queries with relevant results? For advertisers, what is needed from an...

Wed Nov 4, 2009

To say that 2009 has been a challenging year for B2B marketers would be an understatement at best. Over the past twelve months, we have seen conversion rates drop as searchers do more and more research, but aren’t quite ready to do business. While...