Today's blog comes courtesy of Geri Rockstein of Writeforthenet.com. With that kind of domain, you have to know Geri is a web content writer. In fact, an esteemed content writer who knows of what she speaks. And on that happy note, over to Geri…
"Content Is King"
'Content is king' seems to [...]

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Wow…
Microsoft buys Aquantive for $6B. Google buys Doubleclick for $3.1B. Yahoo buys right media for $680 Mil. And WPP buys 24/7 for $649 Mil.
The most interesting of those deals is, in my mind, WPP. The multinational advertising conglomerate is not sitting on the sidelines watch thing parade go by.
The other interesting [...]

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Seems like there are others who agree that Universal Search may witness a reversal of fortune for Google. Take for instance Donna Bogatin and "Why Google Search Will NOT Rule The Universe".
What I find conspicuously absent from the Google dialogue is Froogle Google Products.
Is this a failure to monetize? Or is it a [...]

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And under the category of not news, Google announced today that is unveiling Universal Search but for the sake of convenience, let's just call it AGATT. (ALL GOOGLE ALL THE TIME.)
Work with me here. Do a search for red roses on Google, not google images. Theses are the results and my, aren't [...]

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Given the barrage of new link development techniques and spammy approaches that Google et al have had to contend with over the past year, it appears obvious to me that Google needs some divine insight (he says jokingly assuming that their myriad of PhDs haven't already considered this possibility) in their efforts to define and [...]

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My boss and I had an interesting conversation yesterday around — I'm sure this will come as a surprise to everyone — Google.
Specifically around the amount of information Google gathers. I've been down this road before, I think it's too much.
Andrew Goodman had an interesting article at SearchEngineLand.com: Your Paid Search Performance Is Relative [...]

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Today's post has more to do with Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth than it does with search marketing, but then again, maybe not.
In my sojourns to yonder points on the web, I've run across some intriguing homepage content of late.
Take for instance Saffron Rouge an organic cosmetics company. I wasn't so much impressed by [...]

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problogger had a group writing project this week and the following 5 reasons are why we enjoyed it.
1. It made us think – The task was to post a top five list, but the real challenge was to create a top five list we hoped would engage comment and conversation and be pertinent [...]

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1. Online Press Release Distribution – Some cost more than others and some are in fact free but a salient, relevant press release can garner top results within hours of release and make it onto any number of newsfeeds
2. Get Dugg – Although there is nothing guaranteed, the right story at the right time can [...]

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The rankings for the following 5 skills come courtesy of the SearchNewz.com's Reader's Choice Search Marketing Resources.
They are, in order.
1. Copywriting (28%) – While this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, what is suprising is how little value can sometimes be placed on it by both SEO firms, and clients. If you're [...]

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