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Top Jobs Product Manager Marin Software San Francisco, United States Senior Account Executive Confidential (B2B) New York, United States Professional Services On-boarding Specialist Marin Software San Francisco, United States Professional Services On-boarding Manager Marin Software San Francisco, United States Director of Professional Services Marin Software San Francisco, United States Today's Top Story: Tim Ash Emotional Motivators in Landing Page Optimization  SEW EXPERTS: BY THE NUMBERS Visitors will arrive at your Web site with their own needs, perspectives, and emotions. Because you don't know much about them individually, here's how you can influence them with the design of your site. » Full story » Print version Search Engine Watch Experts Columns Mark Jackson Selecting an SEO Firm: The What, How, and Who  SEW EXPERTS: ORGANIC SEO Selecting a search engine optimization company, or finding someone to do SEO in-house, can seem difficult, but it doesn't have to be. Start with the basics: know what you want them to do, understand how they plan on doing it, and look at who is going to be doing the work. » Full story » Print version Ron Jones Link Building Tactics 101, Part 1  SEW EXPERTS: SEM 101 Link building is one of the most important elements to obtaining high rankings in the major search engines. It involves ongoing effort and a long-term strategy to ensure a Web site continues enjoying success in organic search results. » Full story » Print version News from the Search Engine Watch Blog Online Shopping Up By Double Digits Last Weekend Before Santa Comes Posted by Nathania Johnson   Dec 23, 2009 If you want to avoid the malls, find a good deal or are snowed in, then doing a little holiday shopping online is the way to go. And, boy, did you go there last weekend. comScore showed a 13% increase for the last weekend before Rudolph guides the jolly man's sleigh. ... » Continue reading OneRiot Launches Real-Time Ad Network for Web and Mobile App Developers Posted by Nathania Johnson   Dec 23, 2009 Developing applications for Twitter, Facebook, and the iPhone are all the rage right now. These networks and apps have been the driving force behind the real-time web trend. Of course, what's a good web innovation without a little monetization? Real-time search engine OneRiot is attempting to capitalize on social trends by ... » Continue reading Tis the Season to Procrastinate: 38% of Christmas Shopping to Be Done This Week Posted by Nathania Johnson   Dec 23, 2009 The Google Retail blog has been good at passing along juicy little nuggets of data regarding the holidays. The latest does not disappoint. And it explains why you can't find a parking space at the mall. As of this past Sunday, the average shopper had 38% of their shopping left to ... » Continue reading Citysearch Launches Mobile Application for Android Posted by Nathania Johnson   Dec 23, 2009 The app is free and available in the Android Market. It provides access to 15 million local business listings. Here's what you can do with it: Submit reviews on the go Share merchant details, reviews and tips via text, e-mail or Twitter Search and sort your city via auto-identification of your location using GPS Search ... » Continue reading Warner Music to Provide Video Content to Hulu Posted by Nathania Johnson   Dec 23, 2009 Hulu will apparently be expanding their online video search from TV and movies to music-related content with a new partnership with Warner Music. The first Warner artist to be featured is Muse. You can visit their Hulu page at http://www.hulu.com/muse. In the coming weeks, pages will be launched for Jason Mraz ... » Continue reading MapQuest for Enables Use of GPS Geolocation for Android Devices Posted by Nathania Johnson   Dec 23, 2009 Visiting MapQuest.com will now mean automatic location detection for Android users with GPS-enabled devices. As long as GPS hasn't been disabled for m.mapquest.com, users will be prompted to use "Current Location" instead of needing to manually type in an address. The update is for devices using Android 1.1 or higher. There ... » Continue reading Google Voice Competitor Ribbit Gets iPhone App Approval Posted by Nathania Johnson   Dec 23, 2009 After rejecting Google Voice over the summer, Apple has approved an app for the competition. Ribbit's new iPhone app is now available for download in the App Store on iTunes. The app is free, but you'll need a Ribbit account to use the app. Unlike Google Voice, Ribbit's service is not ... » Continue reading A Look Ahead at SES Conference & Expo Series in 2010 Posted by Greg Jarboe   Dec 23, 2009 Image via CrunchBaseI know, I know. I'm getting ready to call it a year. But this is also the time to look ahead at the upcoming Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo series in 2010. It kicks off with SES London, which runs from Feb. 16-19, 2010. The keynote speakers ... » Continue reading Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions Technical question: know any sites with restrictive "robots.txt" files?  Dec 11, 2009 For testing purposes, I'd like the URLs of some sites that disallow crawling of their home page by almost anything, by using very restrictive "robots.txt" files. Unindexed pages, of course, are something you can't search for. (I'm working on the SiteTruth web crawler, and need some real-world test cases. It ... » Join the discussion Real Time Search results impact on SEO?  Dec 11, 2009 Hi Guys, What do you think about this? Do you suggest any change in SEO process to keep your site ranking stable with real time search results. According to me it will mess all? Waiting for your replies, Cheers, » Join the discussion How many organizations are there in SEM  Dec 21, 2009 I have heard of SEMPO but do you guys know about the other organization related to SEM » Join the discussion How to Rank?  Dec 16, 2009 Hey guys I am very much confused with one site. It is of 12000 Page website similar to B2B portal. I want to know how to optimize such website and how to build links to get higher rank?? » Join the discussion White Papers

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