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The Big List of 2009 Marketing Predictions 
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Tue, 06 Jan. 2009
If you’ve been thinking about what’s in store for 2009, join the crowd. The start of a new year always brings out the proverbial crystal ball, but perhaps this year more than most, online marketers are trying to figure out what’s around the corner.
To that end, here’s a big list of articles and blog [...]
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Google Timeline Experiment Seen In Main Search Results
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Mon, 05 Jan. 2009
Google’s “timeline view,” which was previously only available as an opt-in experiment in Google Labs, is now being seen on some queries in the main Google.com search results.
Todd Mintz tipped us to the query ["book of revelation"], which shows the timeline results pictured above at the bottom of the first page. The timeline can [...]
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Google Updates Toolbar PageRank For New Years
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Wed, 31 Dec. 2008
Some webmasters are celebrating, others not so much, as Google closes out 2008 with another toolbar PageRank update — the first one since September. Google’s Matt Cutts confirmed the update via Twitter late last night.
There’s lots of Twitter talk today about the update, along with discussion on Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Journal.
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5 (More) Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Mon, 29 Dec. 2008
How would you like to track hot news geographically? Or see where social conversations are happening on a map? Maybe you’d like to find businesses that are open 24 hours a day, or research keywords on a state-by-state basis. If so, read on for a look at five search tools you may not know about, [...]
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7 Traits of a Social Media-Friendly Web Site
Matt McGee via Small Business Search Marketin on Wed, 17 Dec. 2008
We talk a lot about building user-friendly web sites and SEO-friendly web sites, and both of those are things we should be talking about because they’re vital to
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Google AdWords Adds New Mobile Targeting Options
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Mon, 08 Dec. 2008
Google has announced new mobile advertising options to target the iPhone, G1, and other mobile devices with full HTML web browsers.
Advertisers can now create separate campaigns that are targeted specifically toward mobile searchers with smart phones. You can write mobile-specific ads and get...
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Search Biz: Ballmer Talks Yahoo Deal; Google Slows Down In NC & Fires Back At Net Neutrality Critics
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Fri, 05 Dec. 2008
In a fairly lengthy interview this morning, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells the Wall Street Journal that he’s still interested in a deal with Yahoo, but says there are no talks happening right now. Perhaps to get that ball rolling again, though, Ballmer says a deal “would probably be...
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Yahoo Upgrades Flickr Mobile; Google Upgrades Picasa
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Fri, 05 Dec. 2008
Photo search took a couple steps forward today with announcements from both Yahoo and Google. The news from Yahoo is a mobile makeover of its Flickr photo sharing site, while Google announced a variety of improvements to its Picasa photo service.
Here’s a look at the two...
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Keywordfinder: New & Different Keyword Research Tool
Matt McGee via Small Business Search Marketin on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
Keywordfinder is a new keyword research tool that I think belongs in your toolbox. It won’t become your primary keyword research tool, but I think there are some situations when you’ll find it useful. Let’s take a
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SEMPO To Ring NASDAQ’s Bell
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization, has been invited to ring the opening bell at NASDAQ headquarters in Times Square on December 1st.
There doesn’t seem to be a news release about it yet, but SEMPO’s Dave Williams shared all the details on SEMPO’s...
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SearchBiz: Facebook-Twitter Talks Fail; Yahoo Loses On Kelkoo; Google To ‘Take Over TV’ & More
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Here’s our lead story in 140 characters: Facebook buying Twitter=fail. Allthingsd.com says $500m stock offer too low. Twitter unsure about selling. Talks over, but FB may try again.
The longer version for those not active in microblogging: Facebook recently came up short in a serious bid to...
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Google SearchWiki Launches, Lets You Build Your Own Search Results Page
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Thu, 20 Nov. 2008
Google will announce today (Update: official announcement) the launch of SearchWiki, a major addition to its user interface that allows users to edit search results. When using SearchWiki, you can re-order, remove, or add web pages to the search results for any query. You can also add notes to...
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 14, 2008
Matt McGee via SearchCap: Daily Search Engine on Fri, 14 Nov. 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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Google Brings Voice Search To The iPhone
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Fri, 14 Nov. 2008
The New York Times reports in Friday’s newspaper that Google’s iPhone app will be updated with voice search capability. The move should come as no surprise: The launch of Goog411 in 2007 brought immediate speculation that mobile voice search was on the way, and Google tells the Times...
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 13, 2008
Matt McGee via SearchCap: Daily Search Engine on Thu, 13 Nov. 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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Google’s Site Search Gets Faster; Yahoo’s Goes Away
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Thu, 13 Nov. 2008
Google has upgraded its Site Search tool to give users more control over the frequency that Google spiders a site. But, if you think this is something that will help your site’s performance on Google.com search results, it won’t.
Site Search is Google’s on-site tool for individual...
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Google Offers SEO Starter Guide
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Thu, 13 Nov. 2008
Google is getting into the SEO consulting business. Well, not quite. But, Google is now formally offering an “SEO Starter Guide” with practical advice for webmasters about improving search engine visibility and increasing traffic to a web site.
It comes in the form of a 22-page PDF...
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 12, 2008
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Wed, 12 Nov. 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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YouTube Formally Introduces ‘Sponsored Videos’YouTube is formally announcing “sponsored videos.” This is an evolution and expansion of...
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Google Fixes Veterans Day Logo
Matt McGee via Search Engine Land: News About on Wed, 12 Nov. 2008
Google’s special occasion logos are supposed to be lighthearted tributes to some person, event, or thing … but it’s not lighthearted when a Google logo upsets the very people it was supposed to honor.
That’s what happened Tuesday, when Google first posted a Veterans Day logo...
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Planning an SEO Campaign
Matt McGee via Small Business Search Marketin on Wed, 12 Nov. 2008
Did You Know: In 2002, Habitat for Humanity set a world record when it built a 3-bedroom, 2-bath home in Alabama in only 3 hours, 26 minutes, 34 seconds? It’s true. (
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