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Today's Top Story: 125.5 Million Americans Watched 10.3 Billion YouTube Videos in September Posted by Greg Jarboe  Nov 2, 2009 Normally, announcements made on a Friday afternoon are bad news. But yesterday at 4:21 p.m., comScore Video Metrix announced that more than 168 million U.S. Internet users watched nearly 26 billion videos online during September 2009 -- an average of 154 videos per viewer. That's good news, isn't ... » Continue reading Search Engine Watch Experts Columns Erik Qualman Banning Social Media Is Counterproductive  SEW EXPERTS: SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING Just as we now look back on the movie "Footloose" as being rather silly, the same will probably apply to the social media site bans at work and in schools. » Full story » Print version Ron Jones Facebook 101  SEW EXPERTS: SEM 101 The basics to know before joining the popular social media site, including tips on setting up your account, privacy, and helpful applications. » Full story » Print version News from the Search Engine Watch Blog Google Search by Voice Expands to Nokia S60s, Mandarin Chinese Posted by Nathania Johnson   Nov 2, 2009 Google has expanded its Search by Voice to its mobile search app for Nokia S60 series. The series includes devices such as the N95 and the E71. The update is available for Nokia S60 series device users worldwide. But users of such devices who speak Mandarin Chinese are getting an extra ... » Continue reading Bing for Mobile Adds NFL and Flight Instant Answers, Optimized Touchscreen Experience Posted by Nathania Johnson   Nov 2, 2009 Bing has updated their mobile search offering, which can be found at m.bing.com. Included in the update are Instant Answers for NFL players as well as Flight Status. Also included in the update is an optimized experience for certain touchscreen devices used in the United States. Devices include iPhone, ... » Continue reading Google Extends Local News to France Posted by Nathania Johnson   Nov 2, 2009 Google is now offering Local News in its Google News service for France. This allows the French to access local news when they visit Google News instead of just the standard Google News fare. Local News has already been rolled out in the U.S., U.K., Canada, India and Germany. To ... » Continue reading Asian, Arabic and Russian Characters In Domains Soon: What Does It Mean Posted by Frank Watsonhttp://www.kangamurramedia.com   Nov 2, 2009 ICANN announced it will start allowing domains to be registered using non-Latin characters (English etc.) starting Nov. 16. The news was released during a meeting in Seoul on Friday, Reuters reported. The news is important as it will see the registration of thousands if not millions of language specific domains. Previously, ... » Continue reading Google Flu Trends Intense in Canada, High in United States Posted by Greg Jarboe   Nov 2, 2009 Okay, so Google Flu Trends has been around since November of 2008. But Google has found that certain search terms are good indicators of flu activity. Check out the world map below to see how Google Flu Trends uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity. It is ... » Continue reading Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions Non Important Page Stealing PR  Oct 30, 2009 Hi Guys, Ive been working on a client's site and ive noticed that for one of the keyword were going for, we are in the top ten but seem to be hanging around 8th-10th place. I have also noticed that another page in the site is also ranking for the same ... » Join the discussion Language suggestion when setting geo-targeting?  Oct 27, 2009 Maybe this is old news, but has anyone seen a new message under the Locations, Languages, and Demographics section of campaign settings that says: Based on your targeted locations, you may want to target pages that use these interface languages: * English * French * German * Japanese * Spanish I changed geo-targeted from state to metro ... » Join the discussion Google says "Below First Page Bid" even with no competion  Oct 24, 2009 I'm not understanding this. I placed an ad using Google's suggested bid (0.35) - my ad ran for couple hours then disappeared. Back at the control panel Google tells me I need to raise my bid to 0.45 to be on first page. So I do that - and my ad ... » Join the discussion Multiple sites switching IP's?  Oct 26, 2009 At this comapny we have like 30 differente sites. many of them on same IP some of the lesser sites have a PR of 2 i was going to create micro sites and market the main products but since these centent sites have pr of 2, what if i switch them ... » Join the discussion Top Jobs » Director, Audience Development TheStreet.com New York, United States » Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Research And Development Technician Medium Blue Atlanta, United States » Search Engine Marketing Account Manager Search Smart Marketing Westchester County, United States » Assistant Professor of New Media University of Utah - Department of Communication Salt Lake City, United States White Papers

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