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Top Jobs Search Marketing Coordinator Zappos.com Henderson, United States Staff Writer Incisive Media New York, United States 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 More Jobs White Papers More Research Today's Top Story: Mark Jackson Top Signs Your Site Isn't Ready for Prime Time, Part 2  SEW EXPERTS: ORGANIC SEO We've already looked at three of the common failings of Web sites for "newbies" who are trying to figure out SEO. Now let's look the title tag, domain age, and link building to see if your Web site is ready for prime time. » Full story » Print version Search Engine Watch Experts Columns Liana Evans Customer Service in Social Media  SEW EXPERTS: SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING By participating the right way in social media, you can set yourself up for some great rewards. Being in the right place, at the right time, and having a plan for dealing with negative issues can be a great way to use social media channels for your business. » Full story » Print version Ron Jones Blogs and Blogging 101, Part 2  SEW EXPERTS: SEM 101 One of the best ways to approach your blog posts is to put yourself in the shoes of your followers and identify a question they might have. Your assignment is to answer that question with a post. » Full story » Print version Why Can't You Improve Your Conversion Rate? Conversion Optimization Assesment & Best Practices Join David Hallerman of eMarketer and Liz Nakamoto of StubHub as they share recent research on the state of online advertising. Together they will show you how to increase conversion through improved Relevance and automation. Download Now News from the Search Engine Watch Blog Yahoo! Launches Search Pad, a Personal Research Tool Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jul 7, 2009 Yahoo! has launched a new note-taking research tool called Search Pad. The tool is designed to automatically detect research intent among people using Yahoo! search. Once the intent is detected, searchers are prompted with an invitation to use Search Pad. The tool uses drag and drop but includes the ability to ... » Continue reading SES Webcast with Charlene Li, Co-Author, Groundswell, Tomorrow Posted by Greg Jarboe  Jul 7, 2009 Interested in finding out how to integrate social media into your business strategy? Sign up for the SES Webcast with Charlene Li, the co-author of the best-selling business book "Groundswell" and founder of the Altimeter Group. The Webcast will be held Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at 1:00 ... » Continue reading Google Finally Rips the Beta Bandaid Off of Apps, Including GMail Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jul 7, 2009 You probably don't even notice it anymore. You know, the little Beta tags that Google attaches to its Apps like GMail and Google Talk. But it's been there, faithfully reminding anyone who's really cared that the products weren't technically ready for prime time. Now, Google has finally come to the place ... » Continue reading Finally, Google Suspends Accounts Running Adword Scam Programs Posted by Frank Watsonhttp://www.kangamurramedia.com  Jul 7, 2009 Google has started suspending Adwords accounts selling Adwords get rich scams, the Google Help forum reported. Thanks to Barry Schwartz for pointing it out. Aaron Wall had called them out on this a few weeks ago. The Google Money scams had been running in Adwords during various searches, baiting people with ... » Continue reading The Mindless PR Tweets of the Twitterati and the Baseless Response by Michael Arrington Posted by Nathania Johnson  Jul 7, 2009 The New York Times has a piece about the "new" style public relations in this day and age of blogs, Facebook and Twitter. They follow a publicist Brooke Hammerling as she develops a strategy for new startup Wordnik. An investor wants to avoid tech blogs such as TechCrunch due to ... » Continue reading Twitter Now In Dictionary Posted by Frank Watsonhttp://www.kangamurramedia.com  Jul 7, 2009 The new edition of the Collins Dictionary will include a listing on Twitter, the UK Telegraph reported. "The entry under noun will read: "a website where people can post short messages about their current activities" and under verb it will read: "to write short messages on the Twitter website," the online ... » Continue reading 2009 Search Engine Watch Awards at SES San Jose The Search Engine Watch Awards give recognition to excellence, as well as inspire innovation and encourage new ideas in search marketing. We're seeking companies that have made a positive impact in the search industry, advancing the industry with shining examples of what can be accomplished. Be among the best of the best in the industry. Submit your nomination today. Entry deadline is July 17. http://searchenginewatch.com/sew-awards Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions No follow and "link juice" etc  Jul 7, 2009 Can someone explain about the significance of whether a link is a dofollow or nofollow etc As I understand it, no follow means that PR will not be passed, but does it also mean that Google will disregard the backlink completely and give no value whatsoever? Or will it still count as ... » Join the discussion Facebook dicussions getting indexed in Google  Jul 7, 2009 HI, Have you seen your Facebook dicussions getting indexed in Google and can be seen in SERPs? Do you think it will be good from users perspective? » Join the discussion Social bookmarking everything....  Jul 7, 2009 Is there any benefit to social bookmarking everything that mentions your website e.g. I just completed a profile in a business directory, and there are "bookmark this" buttons for Stumble, Delicious etc etc Is there a benefit to doing this on every company profile you create? Thanks » Join the discussion

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