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Top Jobs Online Marketing Manager Modern Postcard Carlsbad, United States Marketing Manager Variety Los Angeles, United States Senior Client Service Manager Marin Software San Francsico, United States Senior Manager, Online Media Vonage Holmdel, United States Account Executive Outside Sales myYearbook.com New York, United States Today's Top Story: Despite Ad Declines, AOL Posts Profit in First Report Since Spin-Off Posted by Nathania Johnson  Feb 3, 2010 Wall Street rewards the unexpected. AOL posted its first quarterly earnings since being spun-off from Time Warner late last year. Total revenue came in at $809.7 million, down from $974.2 million in Q4 2008, a 17% drop. "We have made significant progress in support ... » Continue reading Search Engine Watch Experts Columns Michael Bonfils Top International Search Marketing Failures to Avoid in 2010, Part 2  INTERNATIONAL SEARCH Don't let your international efforts implode. Make sure you understand your audience, understand search positioning, and get help from local search marketing experts and good translators. » Full story » Print version Herndon Hasty Selling Search up the Chain: Money & Traffic  ENTERPRISE SEM Looking to start a search campaign quickly? Make your case by focusing on the money and traffic that can be gained. » Full story » Print version News from the Search Engine Watch Blog Nexus One Updated with Multi-touch Functionality Posted by Nathania Johnson   Feb 3, 2010 Google goes after Apple's iPhone with new Android software update for Nexus One. Google is competing with Apple head on by adding "pinch-to-zoom" functionality to its new Nexus One phone. One of the biggest complaints after launching the device was that it lacked ... » Continue reading Get Valentine's Day Gift Ideas for Your Honey and Save Some Money at Bing Posted by Nathania Johnson   Feb 3, 2010 Bing is helping you stay out of the doghouse on February 14. Valentine's Day is 11 days away and if you're stumped as what to get your sweetie, you might want to check out Bing's new Valentine's Gift Guides. Not only will you ... » Continue reading Third Annual Doodle 4 Google Contest Underway Posted by Nathania Johnson   Feb 3, 2010 Kids show off their artistic chops. Google has unveiled the theme for the third annual Doodle 4 Google contest: "If Could Do Anything, I Would..." The contest invites kids and teens to design a Google logo according to the given theme. Submissions are accepted ... » Continue reading Dallas Cowboys Beat Colts, Saints for Most Searched NFL Team on Bing Posted by Nathania Johnson   Feb 3, 2010 Team Manning and Team Brees, eat your hearts out. It's Team Romo that won the search bowl - at least on Bing. That's right, the Dallas Cowboys were the most searched NFL team on Bing this season. They beat out both teams that will play in the Superbowl this coming Sunday ... » Continue reading Social Media Case Study: Piper Aircraft Launches PiperSport Light Sport Aircraft on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter Posted by Greg Jarboe   Feb 3, 2010 Can you use social media to sell a $140,000 product? Less than two weeks ago, Piper Aircraft launched the PiperSport Light Sport Aircraft, an entry-level airplane offering features and performance normally found in more expensive, high-end aircraft. To support the launch at ... » Continue reading Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions Link building too fast?  Feb 3, 2010 I have a website that has been around for over 12 months, but I have not done any link building. I have developed a strategy that could easily add 100 links in the next few weeks, and I could triple that number by the end of the year. Keep in ... » Join the discussion Measuring Keyword Effectiveness for each ad  Jan 31, 2010 Assume I'm running an ad group and testing two ads: Ad 1: Buy Green Shoes. Ad 2: Buy Blue Shoes. I'm rotating each one 50% of the time. In this ad group I have two keywords [blue shoes] and [green shoes]. I can easily see my CTR of each ... » Join the discussion Can any one recommend a link building company  Jan 29, 2010 Hello, I have a site for a client which I can optimise but have no time nor up to date expertise to work on link building, I am looking for a company to do that for me (the right way), the client has a decent budget and understand that to do ... » Join the discussion Yahoo/Overture PPC Rebates  Jan 28, 2010 Hi, I'm trying to find out the terms and conditions for Yahoo (and Overture as it was) offering rebates for high spending accounts. I understand this to have been changed but previously believe there could be various levels of account holder (platinum etc) based on what the monthly spend may ... » Join the discussion White Papers

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