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We're getting a little frustrated with the product, and the so-called "help" within the platform. » Full story » Print version Liana Evans What Are Your Social Media Goals?  SEW EXPERTS: SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING Most companies are reluctant to enter the social media space because the ROI is a tough nut to crack. Your social media goals will be strikingly different than an SEO or PPC strategy. » Full story » Print version Buy Relevant Links Today! Find links for your niche in the largest publisher network. Text Link Ads will work with you to find you relevant links. Buy traditional links or links within content and see the results! Join now and get $100 off your first order! News from the Search Engine Watch Blog Initial comScore Data Confirms Bing's First Week Success Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jun 10, 2009 Last week, StatCounter was the first to release data showing Bing doing well in its first week. Now, comScore data seems to corroborate that sentiment, albeit not the extreme success in StatCounter's numbers. comScore compared data from Microsoft's search sites the week before Bing's launch to the first 5 days it ... » Continue reading Top Stories from SES Toronto: Day 1 Posted by Greg Jarboe  Jun 10, 2009 It wasn't hard to find the top stories from the first day of SES Toronto. All you had to do was conduct a search in YouTube, Google News, and Google Blog Search. On YouTube, you could find a video interview by Byron Gordon of SEO-PR with the keynote speaker entitled, ... » Continue reading Google Analytics to Include Bing in Default Search Engine List Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jun 10, 2009 Google Analytics is tracking Bing, but it plans further integration of the new search engine soon. While you can currently see Bing as a source of traffic referrals, an upcoming update will include Bing in the default list of search engines. If you want to have the update sooner, you ... » Continue reading Facebook, Games Rank as Top Canadian Search Terms Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jun 10, 2009 Yesterday, we reported on data from Hitwise on the length of keywords in Canadian searches. Today, Hitwise has released information on what Canadians are searching for. Of the top 100 searches, only 13 are generic (In the US, only 9 out of the top 100 are generic). The rest are navigational. ... » Continue reading New Version of Safari Browser Incorporates Coverflow to Search Web History Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jun 10, 2009 Among the many announcements Apple made at the keynote of its World Wide Developer Conference yesterday was a new version of its Safari web browser. The update includes the ability to search your browsing history via Coverflow. Coverflow, if you're not familiar, is something Apple's been using for years on iTunes ... » Continue reading After Selling Off Media Division, MIVA to Rebrands as Vertro Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jun 10, 2009 In March, MIVA sold off its media division to Adknowledge. Now, they're rebranding their newly-focused business as Vertro. "We're excited to announce the planned launch of Vertro. We believe the rebrand is the culmination of a period of significant change for our Company following the sale of MIVA Media in ... » Continue reading Early Google Adviser, Stanford Professor Drowns Posted by Frank Watsonhttp://www.kangamurramedia.com  Jun 10, 2009 Stanford University professor Rajeev Motwani was found drowned in his pool Friday, the Associated Press reported. Friends told the school news service he did not know how to swim. Motwani was an unofficial advisor to Sergey Brin when he was studying at the university and developing Google. 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(i'm UK targetting only if that makes a difference?) i've been testing for a week so far and have noticed very low ctr on generic ads ... » Join the discussion adwords image ads - (UK)  Jun 9, 2009 Hi I've been running adword text ads on search & content for some time and thought i'd try image ads again. whats everyones opinions? pro's cons and general tips very welcome. thanks » Join the discussion Health Related Dofollow Blogs  Jun 9, 2009 I need health related directories and do follow blogs.Please help me. » Join the discussion Ad Preview Tool  Jun 9, 2009 Hey All, i wonder, if yahoo provides us with this kind of a tool. I am stuck, i want to check the listings that i run across the different markets of the world. Is there any website where from i can check this. Yahoo Sucks and it does! » Join the discussion

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