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Businesses and individuals must focus on their strengths, have fun, and use common sense to thrive. » Full story » Print version Ron Jones Usability and SEM 101, Part 2  SEW EXPERTS: SEM 101 More tips on Web usability, SEO, behavioral design, and how Web accessibility factors in. » Full story » Print version Real-Time Web Results & Alerts Webtrends Analytics 9 More >> News from the Search Engine Watch Blog Bing bing! Second round: time to change your search engine or switch your browser? Posted by Jonathan Allen   Dec 14, 2009 Coincidence or not, in the wake of Firefox recommending their users switch to Bing, Google launched a nationwide campaign advertising Chrome in the UK today. This follows a recent TV and print campaign in Italy appealing to trendy 'stilisti' (fashionistas) suggesting users gift wrap Chrome for Christmas. So, is this why ... » Continue reading Biggest Online Shopping Day of 2009 Expected Today as Holiday Spending Uptick Continues Posted by Nathania Johnson   Dec 14, 2009 comScore has released updated data for the 2009 online holiday shopping season. The trending increase in spending has continued, largely along the same numbers we saw last week: Analysts expect "Green Monday," the biggest online shopping day of the year, to occur today, December 14. It's possible that the one day ... » Continue reading 7 deadly sins of landing pages Recap from SES Chicago Posted by Guest Blogger   Dec 14, 2009 Landing page optimization is paramount to a successful enterprise. However, most upper management teams within companies are blind to the fact that their landing pages aren't useful and actually prevent conversion. Is it not obvious that a better converting landing page means more money for the company and isn't that ... » Continue reading Search Analytics Recap from SES Chicago 2009 Posted by Guest Blogger   Dec 14, 2009 "You can't make money in web analytics just by looking at reports." With that, SES Advisor and New York Times bestselling author Bryan Eisenberg set the stage for the state of analysis in search marketing. As budgets flow from offline to online, they're moving disproportionately to search. Search has always ... » Continue reading MapQuest Gets in the Street-Level Imagery Game Posted by Nathania Johnson   Dec 14, 2009 Google's had StreetView for awhile and Bing recently introduced Streetside imaging to their maps. Now, MapQuest is entering the ring with their street-level imaging, which they've dubbed "360 View." 360 View isn't available everywhere, so MapQuest is providing coverage maps, similar to what a wireless communications company might provide to show ... » Continue reading LinkedIn's Search Filters Make Finding Contacts MUCH Easier Posted by Nathania Johnson   Dec 14, 2009 About a year ago, LinkedIn launched a new search platform, which has turned out to be wildly successful. Search activity has doubled since the update. Of course, their membership has almost doubled as well. No word on whether the chicken or the egg came first on that one. Either way, LinkedIn ... » Continue reading $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! Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions drop menus & internal links  Dec 13, 2009 How are drop menu links valued? Greater or less than regular text links? » Join the discussion Pls help me with Adwords SEO  Dec 12, 2009 Hello Friends, I need some quick help regarding Google Adwords/PPC. There was a feature "Click to Call" where you had to enter your phone before visiting website. Pls let me know if this feature is available on Google Adwords. I was checking for this feature but could not found it inside Adwords Account. ... » Join the discussion 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 White Papers

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