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Today's Top Story: Liana Evans The Link Between Search and Social  SEW EXPERTS: SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING Search isn't limited to just a search engine anymore. In search and on social sites, the goal is the same: being found. People are increasingly turning to social sites for searches, and trusting the information they find there. » Full story » Print version Search Engine Watch Experts Columns Ron Jones Mobile Search 101, Part 1  SEW EXPERTS: SEM 101 With more mobile applications coming into the market, users are finding more uses for these tools. What do you need to know to consider an advertising strategy to tap into these people on the go? » Full story » Print version Chris Boggs When to Run Away from an SEO Company  SEW EXPERTS: SEM CROSSFIRE There are some tactics that should raise a red flag if your SEO company tries to sell them to you. Others are so outdated and worthless, that they should send you packing out the door. » Full story » Print version What is the Value of Social Media? How National Geographic Sold 2,500 Subscriptions in One Day This complimentary webinar and guide covers: - MarketingSherpa- Which social media tactics are most effective? - National Geographic- 7 social media best practices - Omniture- Twitter and Facebook measurement strategies Download the Complementary Guide and Webinar Now News from the Search Engine Watch Blog Bing Launches Visual Search Into Beta Posted by Nathania Johnson   Sep 14, 2009 Today, Bing is introducing a new beta feature: Visual Search. This will not replace text-based results. Instead, you can choose to use it or not from the Bing home page or from results. It's rolling out to US users initially. Visual Search is only being launched for select categories at first. ... » Continue reading Ask.com Unveils 'Search for the Cure' to Raise Money for Breast Cancer Research Posted by Nathania Johnson   Sep 14, 2009 Ask.com is launching "Search for the Cure," which involves a $1 million contribution to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The investment will occur over the next year, through December 2010. The contribution begins with the Ask.com audience. In order to contribute, simply complete tasks such as adding the Komen theme ... » Continue reading Regulators Request More Info about Microsoft-Yahoo! Search Deal Posted by Nathania Johnson   Sep 14, 2009 Antitrust regulators in Washington have requested more information from Microsoft and Yahoo! regarding their recently announced search deal. Announced in July, the deal would have Bing powering search on Yahoo!'s web properties, including Yahoo!'s main search. In turn, Yahoo! would run advertising, though adCenter would still be used as the ... » Continue reading Twitter Updates TOS, Paving the Way for Advertising Posted by Nathania Johnson   Sep 14, 2009 Twitter has updated their Terms of Service and one of the most significant updates is in regards to revenue that the social network hopes to generate. The new TOS paves the way for Twitter to introduce advertising into the network, something that's been anticipated for a long time. Social media sites ... » Continue reading White Knight SEO Checks Google Cash Scam Artists Posted by Greg Jarboe   Sep 14, 2009 Back on September 2, 2009, I posted a story entitled, "Google Cash Scam Artists vs. White Knight SEO Campaign." On September 3, Matt McGee of Search Engine Land posted "Google Cash Scams Targeted By 'White Knight' SEOs" and Chris Crum of WebProNews posted "'White Knights' Take on Fraudulent Results." And on ... » Continue reading Trade Show Exhibtors at SES San Jose 2009 Have Good Stories to Tell Posted by Greg Jarboe   Sep 14, 2009 A month has passed since SES San Jose 2009 -- and you might think that all the good stories to tell have already been told. But most of the press and blog coverage focused on the conference side of the Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo. And the trade show ... » Continue reading Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions Google Sandboxing - does it still exist?  Sep 13, 2009 I read an interesting article about Google Sandboxing From what I understand, if you have a complete new website which *suddenly* gets loads of links, then your website will be sandboxed!! Google will think you're trying to fool them and will place you on probation - or something like that! The article went ... » Join the discussion PR checkers - getting server redirects  Sep 11, 2009 More and more lately I've been getting when checking pr: ---Quote--- "the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete." ---End Quote--- On the last one, I did backlink checks of sites on the page which are coming up under Yahoo/Explorer. So how can I (a) determine ... » Join the discussion Some popular Google "searches" may really be links.  Sep 10, 2009 I've been looking at "Google Trends" data, and there are some unexpected results. Some of the top searches in Google are very specific long phrases. For example, two current hot searches is "big brother 11 final hoh part 2" and "joe wilson is your pre existing condition". Are people really ... » Join the discussion Top Jobs » Web Analytics Manager Capstrat, Inc. Raleigh, United States » Director, Digital Advocacy and Outreach Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 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