by Sage Lewis

As you think about your web marketing and what you want to accomplish, remember your American DNA. Your goals for the rest of the year can be achieved but you have to be tenacious and optimistic.
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by Jennifer Laycock
A round up of what Jennifer read and found interesting today on the web. From how Google ranks sites to writing effective blog posts to Twitter Zombie attacks, check out half a dozen posts Jen thought you need to read.

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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:

adCenter Launches Quality-Based Ranking Algorithm In UK & CanadaOver a year ago, Microsoft adCenter launched a quality ranking component to their search ads. That rollout was available […]

by Todd Mintz
I met Adam at Pubcon 2007 when I randomly sat at the same lunch table as him. I had absolutely no idea who he was but his nametag said he was from Bend, Oregon (I’m from Beaverton) and he seemed like a nice guy, so we exchanged cards. I got to know him […]

by Mike Moran
I took my daughter and two of her friends to Dorney Park in Allentown PA on Sunday, about two hours from our house. It’s an amusement park and a water park with roller coasters and lots of other exciting rides.
But, you see, I have neck and back problems. So while the three girls […]

Over a year ago, Microsoft adCenter launched a quality ranking component to their search ads. That rollout was available to US advertisers, that is, until now.
The adCenter blog announced that the UK and Canadian ads will now be based of this quality-based ranking system. So now, for your ads to show […]

Over a year ago, Microsoft adCenter launched a quality ranking component to their search ads. That rollout was available to US advertisers, that is, until now.
The adCenter blog announced that the UK and Canadian ads will now be based of this quality-based ranking system. So now, for your ads to show […]

Google has historically been criticized for being a black box. But for the past couple of years the company has been trying to be more transparent in key areas (Matt Cutts in particular has been very helpful here). As the latest in a series of such posts, Amit Singhal, who runs the Google “ranking” team […]

Nobody in social media is making the money they think they should be. That would include YouTube if you put the site into the social media bucket. But if you see YouTube instead as the dominant video site online instead then its revenues, reportedly to reach about $200 million this year, are arguably really lagging. […]