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Today's Top Story: Chris Boggs It's Not Too Late for 2009 Holiday-Focused SEO  SEW EXPERTS: SEM CROSSFIRE Search engine optimization tips for marketers looking to push the needle further during the upcoming online holiday season. » Full story » Print version Search Engine Watch Experts Columns Joshua Palau Integrating Search, Part 1  SEW EXPERTS: OUTSOURCED Some simple tips to help your agency and search teams start pursuing better integration. » Full story » Print version Sage Lewis All Links Are Not Created Equal  SEW EXPERTS: PROMOTION & LINK BUILDING As link building evolves and changes over time, we need to look at a variety of factors that determine whether a link is useful. » Full story » Print version $50 in Matched Clicks on LookSmart! LookSmart is one of the largest search advertising networks, processing over 1 billion queries daily. Our award winning AdCenter platform offers tracking and targeting features on par with the major search engines. You can be up and running with optimized campaigns in no time. Start today and get $50 in matched clicks! News from the Search Engine Watch Blog 46% of Local Searchers Visit Businesses In-Store Posted by Nathania Johnson   Oct 23, 2009 46% of local searchers make in-store visits, according to data released to eMarketer by TMP Directional Marketing and comScore. The number is up 12% over last year. Meanwhile, for "general searches," 34% visited stores, but this was only up 1% over last year. Internet yellow pages searchers also came in at ... » Continue reading 7 Google Updates: Custom Search, AdWords API, Maps, Search Appliance and More Posted by Nathania Johnson   Oct 23, 2009 Google had another busy week pushing out updates. That's really no surprise considering Apple released product refreshes and Microsoft released Windows 7. Google hasn't let any major update from any competitor go by without their own news and this week was no different. We've already covered Google getting a deal ... » Continue reading Microsoft Quarterly Earnings: Online Services Loss Increases Posted by Nathania Johnson   Oct 23, 2009 Microsoft reported its first quarter earnings today and the news was dim but also promising. While the software giant suffered revenue losses, they weren't quite as bad as predicted by Wall Street. As a result, stocks were up 7% at the time of this post. The online services division, which contains ... » Continue reading Facebook Starts Rolling Out Homepage Changes Posted by Nathania Johnson   Oct 23, 2009 Earlier this week, word broke that Facebook would be updating its homepage again. Today, Facebook confirmed those changes and began to roll them out, though the names of the features are different than originally planned. The changes involve how users view the status updates and shared items from their Facebook network. ... » Continue reading "The Art of SEO" Isn't a Paint-by-Numbers Kit Posted by Greg Jarboe   Oct 23, 2009 The Art of War by Sun Tzu isn't about Chinese pottery and The Art of SEO by Eric Enge, Stephan Spencer, Rand Fishkin and Jessie Stricchiola isn't a paint-by-numbers kit. The Art of SEO is a comprehensive guide to search engine optimization strategies and tactics written by four SEO experts: -- Eric ... » Continue reading YouTube Lets Marketers Think Global or Act Local at WaWa Hoagiefest Posted by Greg Jarboe   Oct 23, 2009 Last week, I mentioned that Americans watch more YouTube videos than they conduct Google searches. Well, Americans aren't alone. It turns out that 420 million unique visitors every month watch YouTube somewhere around the globe. If YouTube were a nation, it would rank #3 in population -- behind China ... » Continue reading Buy Relevant Links Today! 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Good Luck, » Join the discussion buying & selling links - directories  Oct 15, 2009 I've had a number of parties email me wanting to buy links on my sites. Which I have declined. But I've noticed a great many directories only make postings now if the applicant decides on posting a reciprocal link, even that it's required. I've seen Google guidelines on paid links but ... » Join the discussion Need Traffic Solution  Oct 13, 2009 Hello Dear Members, I am facing some big problems in my traffic. Since Last 3 months i am having bit trouble. My 90% Traffic is coming from the region which i am not targeting. I have checked my keywords ranking and found out there is slight change in some of my Keywords ... » Join the discussion Top Jobs » Client Services Associate New York, United States » Product Marketing Leadfusion San Diego, United States » Sr. Brand Manager Capital One Richmond, United States » Interactive Producer Hollister, Inc. Boston, United States White Papers

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