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Top Jobs More Jobs White Papers More Research Today's Top Story: Tim Ash What Is the Desired Conversion Action?  SEW EXPERTS: BY THE NUMBERS Understanding your conversion actions is the key to landing page optimization success. Knowing what to measure for different situations can help you optimize your site for the right goals. » Full story » Print version Search Engine Watch Experts Columns Mark Jackson Are PPC Ads Now Counting in Google Organic Backlinks?  SEW EXPERTS: ORGANIC SEO In the past, I've said there's no direct correlation between editorial rankings and paid advertisements. Well, it seems I was wrong. Paid search really can affect organic search. » Full story » Print version Carrie Hill Dear Google Analytics...  SEW EXPERTS: LITTLE BIZ I'm writing an open letter to the Google Analytics folks on behalf of my small business friends around the Web. We're getting a little frustrated with the product, and the so-called "help" within the platform. » 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 StumbleUpon's New URL Shortening Service to Allow Simultaneous Posts to SU, Twitter, and Facebook Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jun 10, 2009 It's a conundrum many of us have faced. We have a Twitter account and a Facebook account. We don't always have the same followers and friends on each. But sometimes we want to share the same content with both. It used to be that you could Tweet something and the ... » Continue reading Facebook to Give Out User Names at Midnight EST Friday Night Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jun 10, 2009 You might need to get home early from the clubs on Friday night. At midnight, Facebook begins giving out user names and you'll want to act fast if you want a popular one or just one that's related to your name. With 200 million members across the globe, it's quite ... » Continue reading CitySquares Offers All Businesses Couponing Opportunity Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jun 10, 2009 Local search site CitySquares is now offering all businesses the opportunity to extend coupons to their customers. To take advantage of the opportunity: Go to CitySquares.com Find your business listing Look for the Edit Listing option in a blue box on the right. (If you're new, you'll need to register) Edit your business information ... » Continue reading 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 PPC Campaigns Feeling Flat? Expand Your Reach on Our Quality Network LookSmart is one of the largest independent text advertising distribution networks with over 500 million queries daily. Our dedication to giving advertisers the best targeting and reporting features has resulted in the award-winning platform that helps you target ROI on our quality network. Start Today and Get $100 in Matched Clicks Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions Does microsoft provide any tool to view the listings across different markets?  Jun 10, 2009 HI, Can anyone tell me if there is some tool to check the listings across the world. My listings are targetted to the different geographical locations, and i want to check if listings are showing up. Does Microsoft provide such kind of tool(like Google's Ad Preview tool) thanks » Join the discussion Googlebot and geolocation scripts  Jun 9, 2009 Hi guys, I need some help. Frankly im stumped. I have a client who is using the geobytes Geodirection tool. For those who do not know what this is internet geolocation - showing different content to different geographical locations. For instance, different countries. My question is how does this effect Googlebot. if somebody ... » Join the discussion facebook cpc  Jun 9, 2009 Very basic questions really - but what's everyone's impression of advertising cpc on Facebook now it's been around for a while for people to experiment with? (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

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