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Thu Dec 27, 2007

Customers who, by all means, appear to be ready to make a purchase are often found abandoning their shopping carts before they complete their online transaction. In many cases this is part of the normal online shopping experience as the shopping cart is...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Found in the search marketing forums: Google Project Knol; Site Created Using All Images; Multiple Hyphens in Root Domain = Spam? and more. Read Original Post Here ...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Earlier this week I summarized my Hide and Speak article series with a wrap-up post outlining four key lessons on social media marketing. The post tried to get companies to realize social media marketing was an ongoing process that requires time,...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

I've spent the better part of my adult life (I know, I know, that still isn't that many years) working with small businesses to help them leverage the Internet in creative ways so they could compete with much larger competitors. One of the points I try to...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Last week, link building experts Justilien Gaspard  and  Roger Monti each wrote a piece on why it's a good idea to build links in-house.Scott Boyd of FusedNation countered with an interesting and colorful point of view on why...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Recently, I visited my son's school for an awards ceremony. As we walked through the halls to the auditorium, I saw poster after poster on the walls advising the kids not to put up with bullying, and not to become bullies themselves. From what I hear in...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

A special two year anniversary offer from the Search Marketing Standard. Pandia has found the Search Engine Marketing Standard to be an excellent resource for search engine marketing feature articles with advice suited to beginners as well as SEO/SEM...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Web 2.0 is still a hotly debated subject. I have long since decided to let other, more patient, souls carry on the discussion of whether this quickly growing jungle of web tools and services deserve their own numeral or not. Either way, you can’t...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Quintura wins AltSearchEngine’s Alternative Search Engine of the Year award. As reported in our article Alternative search engine of the year Charles Knight at AltSearchEngines had nominated 10 search engines for the award. Among our favorites were...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Christmas is a time for giving, and not just to friends and family. The spirit of Christmas inspires us to give a little extra, especially to those who need it most. This is a spirit, of course, that is not limited to the Christian celebration. Let us...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Online advertising company Clicksor has launched a new online discussion forum for advertisers, webmasters and consumers called 900b.com. The main focus of 900b is on online advertising, affiliate programs, online marketing and website promotion, although...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Web 2.0 search engine Sproose adds a German language version. This summer we reported on Sproose, the video search engine with a human touch. In short Sproose is a search engine with a Web 2.0 social networking community on top. Search engine results...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Eurexter’s free custom search engines — the swickis — are out of beta. Swickis are social search technology: As visitors search, vote and click, your swicki generates more relevant results and turns into a valuable asset for you and your...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Pandia has tested a new search technology that clusters Google search results. It is called Google Hack: Search Explorer and is currently under development. A working version is online for anyone that feels that Google could be doing a better job...

Thu Dec 27, 2007

Ask.com has launched the AskEraser, a tool that deletes all future search queries and associated cookie information from Ask.com servers, including IP address, User ID, Session ID, and the complete text of their queries. You will find the AskEraser link...