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Top Jobs Associate Brand Manager Incisive Media New York, United States Associate Editor Incisive Media New York, United States Technical Services Analyst - Mountain View Google Inc. Mountain View, United States Technical Services Analyst - New York Google Inc. New York, United States User Acquisition Manager lolapps San Francisco, United States More Jobs White Papers More Research Today's Top Story: Gregg Stewart Bing -- Early Estimations in Local Search  SEW EXPERTS: LOCAL & MOBILE SEARCH It's way too early to say Bing is a success, but initial trials are favorable. Where Bing could shine is in local search, a relatively untapped revenue source and a fragmented marketplace. » Full story » Print version Search Engine Watch Experts Columns Justilien Gaspard Link Marketing Challenges & Solutions  SEW EXPERTS: PROMOTION & LINK BUILDING Two of the biggest obstacles companies face in link marketing are developing linkable content and making people aware of it. The key to success in these areas is to widen the scope of places where you get ideas. » Full story » Print version Tim Ash Applying Probability to Landing Page Optimization  SEW EXPERTS: BY THE NUMBERS In the context of LPO, probability can be viewed as simply taking the best guess given the available information. The more information you have, the more accurate your guess will become. » Full story » Print version Boost site visitor trust with help from Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates available from VeriSign. These certificates turn the address bar green in high security browsers letting customers know that the site they are on is legitimate. News from the Search Engine Watch Blog Ballmer Sees Traditional Media As Dead Men Walking Posted by Frank Watsonhttp://www.kangamurramedia.com  Jun 26, 2009 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sees traditional media as a dying advertising medium and that digital content will be the cause of their demise within 10 years. Speaking at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, Ballmer said the global advertising economy is moving to the digital space and that traditional media that ... » Continue reading Yahoo Redesign, Rebranding As "Your Home On The Web" A Call To The Homeless? Posted by Frank Watsonhttp://www.kangamurramedia.com  Jun 26, 2009 Yahoo plans on shaking things up with a new site redesign and a major rebranding effort. One suggested new tagline/motto is "Your Home On The Web". Guess Carol Bartz - the new CEO - sees us web users as homeless. Okay that may not be a fair shot but it ... » Continue reading Google Execs Italian Trial Postponed Posted by Frank Watsonhttp://www.kangamurramedia.com  Jun 26, 2009 The trial of Google executives charged in Italy over the publication of a video on YouTube where a handicapped child was beaten has been postponed, the BBC News reported. "On trial are Google's senior vice president and chief legal Officer David Drummond, former chief financial officer George Reyes, senior product marketing ... » Continue reading YouTube Gives New Look to Channels, Launches Trailers Page, and Sees Mobile Upload Increases Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jun 26, 2009 There's a bunch of news coming from YouTube in the past couple of days. First up, they're giving channels a makeover. Users can switch their channels over on their own now, but by July 15th all channels will be switched to the new look. The University of Phoenix has already ... » Continue reading 7 Google Updates for the Week Ending June 26, 2009 Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jun 26, 2009 It's been another week of mega Google updates. Several have been noteworthy-enough to get their own post. The leftovers are included below: Google Android has launched 1.5 NDK, Release 1. Meanwhile, Google Android phones are being announced and rumored for multiple carriers. Google Maps now offers a "What's Here?" feature if you right-click ... » Continue reading Amazon Pulls the Plug on NC Associates while Google and Apple Enjoy Sweet State Tax Deals Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jun 26, 2009 This morning, Amazon Associates in North Carolina are awakening to some bitter news. As of today, their accounts are officially closed. This is anticipation - yes, anticipation, not the actual passage - of a state budget that includes a provision requiring companies with affiliate programs to pay an internet sales ... » Continue reading Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions Page Rank Sculpting?  Jun 25, 2009 Hey guys Google has recently made changes in its algorithm which is 'No More Page Rank Sculpting'. Means balancing the page rank of your internal site links using Nofollow is the bad practice Now but I am still not clear with this change in algorithm. Can anyone explain it widely to understand ... » Join the discussion Free Webinar on new AdWords user interface - this Friday, June 26th  Jun 25, 2009 Here it is folks - perhaps the third or forth thread I have ever started here on SEW. ;) As has been mentioned on the Inside AdWords blogs a couple of times recently, the folks behind the new AdWords user interface are holding a series of free Online webinars as a ... » Join the discussion Cannibalization - ePiracy?  Jun 24, 2009 I wanted to know if anyone would like to discuss cannibalization. I am seeing a very large increase in the number of propositions we are receiving to "Increase XXXX". Most of the companies proposing this have the same modus operandi, in that they take existing customers and do something with them. Usually ... » Join the discussion Geo-Targetting in Yahoo  Jun 23, 2009 I have been running the two campaigns, once targetted to california and another to florida. The problem i am facing is, if i get the good conversioins from california, then i get very less conversions come from Florida and VIce Versa. why so? Can anybody answer me » Join the discussion

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