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SearchDay: Facebook Is A Major Video Ad Player And Zynga Its Secret Weapon

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Today from the Search Engine Watch Team of Experts

Facebook Is A Major Video Ad Player And Zynga Its Secret Weapon
Posted by Liva Judic  Jun 16, 2010

Facebook is turning out to be a major video destination although it's not what the social site is best known for. Indeed, don't be fooled. Facebook's video ads performance is putting to shame other channels. The secret? Social games' virtual currencies - and yes, inevitably, Zynga. ...
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SEW Expert - Andy Atkins-Krüger Andy
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The Google Killer No One Dares Discuss
More INTERNATIONAL SEARCH INTERNATIONAL SEARCH
The global Google killer will come from the organization which best connects human knowledge together via mobile phones.
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SEW Expert - Kevin Gibbons Kevin
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10 Things You Need to Know to Get Started on Twitter
More SEM BASICS SEM BASICS
Doing social media badly is far worse than failing to do it. Tips on how to get started on Twitter and use it effectively to spread the word about your brand or small business.
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SEW Expert - Simon Heseltine Simon
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Listen to the Search Engines
More SEARCH ENGINE OPTMIZATION SEARCH ENGINE OPTMIZATION
The tools that search engines provide give you more information about what theyreally like, and can help you reach your SEO goals.
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SEW Expert - Kristi Hines Kristi
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Competitor Research - Focusing on Companies, Keywords, and Broken Links
More PROMOTION & LINK BUILDING PROMOTION & LINK BUILDING
Tips on researching keyword competitors, how to convince webmasters to link to your client's site, and some useful tools you can use.
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A Different Perspective from OMMA Video
Posted by Greg Jarboe   Jun 16, 2010

YouTube is a powerful social engine for users, but what are the best ways for marketers to channel that energy for their brands? I was a keynote speaker at OMMA Video yesterday in New York. If you want to watch the 20-minute keynote, it is available on USTREAM. ...
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Zynga To Boost Asian Presence With $147 mln Investment From Softbank
Posted by Liva Judic   Jun 16, 2010

Social gaming platform Zynga is reported to have raised $147 million (13.5 billion yen) from Japanese telecommunication and media group Softbank to fund its expansion in Asia, the region that is widely tapped to be the market with greatest potential in the foreseeable future. "Connecting the world through games," Zynga ...
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Twitter 'Places' Bold Move Towards Paid Search With Foursquare, Gowalla, Localeze, TomTom Ties
Posted by Liva Judic   Jun 16, 2010

Twitter launched its 'Places' feature, pulling together local check-in services Foursquare and Gowalla, and meshing them in with data from local search firm Localeze and global navigation solutions provider TomTom. The move was announced by Twitter's Othman Laraki on the company's blog as part of the company's plans to contextualize ...
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Incisive Media's ClickZ Launches "Connected Marketing Week" in San Francisco, August 16-20, 2010
Posted by Greg Jarboe   Jun 16, 2010

Incisive Media's ClickZ is launching "Connected Marketing Week" on August 16-20, 2010 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The first of its kind, Connected Marketing Week will be the biggest gathering of interactive marketing events aiming to educate marketers on every aspect ...
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Google vs Bing On Maps And User-Content Overlays
Posted by Liva Judic   Jun 16, 2010

Last week, we shared with you a whole batch of news both on the part of Google (Caffeine, Gmail chat and more) and Bing (CashBack, Safari, maps and social results among other novelties) as we reported on their ongoing competition to woo Apple. Both search engines had issued news on ...
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Affiliate software advice  Jun 15, 2010
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Yahoo's ?  Jun 13, 2010
Google's Web Indexing system is known as Caffeine, what about Yahoo's?
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Yahoo Answers ?  Jun 12, 2010
How many of you use Yahoo answers to promote your products?
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News From Around The Web

Google's U.K. Chief Says Mobile Comes First  - ClickZ
And Now, Google Itself Runs Oil Spill Ads  - Search Engine Land
States Discuss Joint Inquiry of Google's Data Collection  - The New York Times
Google eyes Demand Media's way with words  - FT.com
Unpatched Windows XP-related hole exploited in attacks  - CNET News
Memeo Launches "GDrive" with Google's Blessing  - ReadWriteWeb
Firefox 4 sneak peek flaunts Google open video codec  - The Register
Google teams up with estate agents for UK property search  - Telegraph
More phone numbers eligible for click-to-call ads in the U.K.  - Inside AdWords
Launched in Apps Marketplace: 16 new apps available for Google Apps  - Official Google Enterprise Blog
What is Google TV?  - YouTube
Google Earth now available for iPad  - Google LatLong
Let Pegman guide you to user photos  - Google LatLong
Reversing Code Bloat with the JavaScript Knowledge Base  - Google Code Blog
Bing Comes To Opera  - Bing Search Blog
Travelocity Cements Its Position As Default Travel Booking Service On Yahoo  - TechCrunch
HP Partners With Yahoo for Targeted Advertisements  - PCWorld Business Center
Yahoo Study: 2/3rds of All Word-of-Mouth is Positive  - Small Business Search Marketing
The Inside Story: How Yahoo Bought Associated Content  - San Francisco Chronicle
Yahoo enters mobile phone market in Asia  - BBC News
Yahoo Expands TV Widget With Sony  - WebProNews
What's Happening with Twitter?  - Twitter Blog
World Cup: Webmasters Complaining About Less Searches, Traffic & Ad Clicks  - Search Engine Roundtable
More SES Toronto Coverage  - Search Engine Strategies

HOW-TOs/COLUMNS

Engagement Drives Social Media Communities  - ClickZ
Link Building Workshop 2: From "Link Builder" to "Link Strategist"  - Search Marketing Standard
Is your site ranking rank? Do a site review - Part 4 (SEM 101)  - Bing Webmaster Blog
SEM Intermediate Series: Understanding and Optimizing Match Types  - adCenter Blog

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