1. Google's new Advertising Practices 5 hours ago   permalink

Gwen / Internet News

How Google's New Ad Formats Depart from Google's Old Philosophy , Traffick (Nov 24) Andrew Goodman itemizes the "key differences between New Google Advertising (2009-) and Google Advertising Classic (2001-2008):" One of these is "paid inclusion". Goodman charges that "Google,...

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Philipbradley / Phil Bradley More thoughts on Google Images   —  If you've not read my first blog post on the Michelle Obama image fiasco you might want to start there first. I should also point out that I'm going to be referring to some words that people might find offensive in this post - I've used asterisks and don't really think anyone will be upset, but it's your personal call. Google's concept of images ...

Www.pagetrafficblog.com Do Smart Gifts Search This Shopping Season With Google!   —  If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our Full RSS feed to get a daily digest of news around search engine industry. As Black Friday is round the corner, consumers in the U.S have started looking out for the best deals on electronic products in neighborhood as well as online stores. Google has also prepared the Google Product Search ...

Cartoon Barry Blog Picture of Yourself in Your Company Lobby   —  I had a meeting recently and when I entered the lobby, I noticed a picture of the guy I was going to meet with. I personally found it a bit strange to see a picture of the individual in his own lobby. It is not like this company is a talent agency or something. They do very technical stuff, in a very specialized market. To have a picture of this ... Blogoscoped.com Check the Redesigned Google Yourself   —  When you paste the following into the address bar of your browser and hit return, you should find yourself as new participant of Google's latest and more all-encompassing prototype test – the one with a new logo, buttons, and always-visible left-hand pane in results. Please note I needed to sign out first for this to work. Garett Rogers / Googling Google :    Be a part of Google's latest experiment Www.analyticscookies.com Google Analytics Filter – Filter and Combine Traffic from eMail Sources   —  Purpose: To combine traffic from email’s, specifically email programs like gmail, yahoo, live, msn, aol etc.  A quick look at your Google Analytics reports will show something like the screen shot below if you don’t use filters like these.  By applying this filter, your referral reports will show cleaner data sets without “one ... Nick / Google Analytics Blog :    Episode # 3 - Rapid Fire Web Analytics Q and A with Avinash and Nick Sphinn.com Google Announces New Search Ad Formats   —  Search Engine Land produces SMX, the Search Marketing Expo conference series. SMX events deliver the most comprehensive educational and networking experiences - whether you're just starting in search marketing or you're a seasoned expert. Rustybrick / Search Engine Roundtable :    A Look at Google AdWords Newish Ads Alan Long / Hitwise Intelligence Searches getting longer   —  Last week I spoke at Search Engine Room in Sydney and presented some of the trends we are seeing in how Australian’s interactions with search Engines are changing. There has been a global trend that my international colleagues have been reporting on for some time – the lengthening of search terms. The above chart compares the week ending 14 ... Readwriteweb / ReadWriteWeb Your Favorite Mobile Apps of 2009   —  A year ago we polled you, the ReadWriteWeb community, on your favorite mobile apps . It's become an annual tradition to run this survey, so in this post we're collecting your top 5 lists for 2009. To get you inspired, the ReadWriteWeb team have listed their personal favorites below. We first ran this poll in November 2007 , before Apple's App ... Search Engine Watch Blog Italian Govt. Seeks Jail Time For Google Execs   —  The Associated Press reported that Italian prosecutors are seeking "six-month to a year sentences for four Google executives Wednesday over an Internet video showing the bullying of a teenager with Down's Syndrome." The Italian government believes Google had a responsibility of the published video when it was placed on YouTube, one of their ... Gord Hotchkiss / Out of My Gord Mindless Online Behavior: Web Navigation on Autopilot   —  One of the biggest problems with Rupert Murdoch's view of the world is that he's assuming people are making conscious decisions about where they go to get their news and information. He somehow believes that people are consciously deciding to get their information from Google rather than one of his properties, and Google is encouraging this ... 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As the old one, it's completely unofficial, but (rotation aside) also completely usable. If you check out the HTML s ource of the page, you'll notice the following CSS bit that does the magic: iframe -webkit- ...

2. BW staffers remaining were “ineligible or not selected.” Ugh 17 minutes ago   permalink

Spin Thicket

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Spin Thicket But where is Kelly Bensimon’s Playboy photos?   —  Yep, she looks pretty wasted and nuts. That's what being the child bride/beard of an insane movie icon will do to you.

3. What Tweetsgiving means to me 3 hours ago   permalink

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Almost any author will tell you the same thing. There are parts to their books that become part of them. There are moments we write about, which change the paths we take in life.

4. Dreamforce 2009: Search Engine Marketing Junkies 6 hours ago   permalink

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Rustybrick / Search Engine Roundtable Daily Search Forum Recap:   —  Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

5. The only holiday that really matters 56 minutes ago   permalink

Seth Godin / Seth

No gifts, no guilt. Universal, even if it's not celebrated on the same day everywhere. Whenever I sit down at this keyboard, I feel humbled and quite lucky to have the privilege. Every day is Thanksgiving, because without the people we love and depend on, there'd be nothing. Thanks for being here, for making a difference and for doing work that ...

6. Happy Thanksgiving 2009 3 hours ago   permalink

Incrediblehelp / Search Marketing Blog from Cincinnati

Well another year is coming to an end. Christmas and New Years will soon be here, but before that I must ask all my SEO’s out there… Post from: Jaan Kanellis | Search Marketing BlogHappy Thanksgiving 2009 Share This Great Post: Related posts:Happy Thanksgiving 2008 If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to...2009 New Year, [

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Affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com The Attitude of Gratitude – Happy THANKSgiving from 5 Star   —  It’s easy with the busy online lives we lead to take things for granted – yet by remembering to give thanks for all we have, we can attract even more abundance into our lives. So remember to take time out of all the turkey day festivities this year to give thanks for the many blessings in your life.

Kim Krause Berg / Cre8tive Flow Happy Thanksgiving   —  From Cre8asiteforums.  We wish you all a global day of peace, thanks, family, friends and, beer.

7. Who Said That? 5 hours ago   permalink

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8. Wholesale TV Bracket 2 hours ago   permalink

DaveN / Dave Naylor a leading UK SEO

So someone called “Wholesale TV Bracket” decide last night to leave last night to leave a few comments on my blog actually they get my : Dick from above for hitting so many of my blog posts that no way could they been “under the radar” while spamming me : Dave

9. Feeds 2 hours ago   permalink

Www.addedbytes.com

If you are using a news aggregator, please feel free to make use of the feeds from AddedBytes.com. They have been updated as of October 2004, and there are now several available, the common ones listed below.

10. The new BioMedSearch 5 hours ago   permalink

Gwen / Internet News

Biomedical search engine BioMedSearch, Altsearchengines (Nov 24) "BioMedSearch is an enhanced version of the NIH PubMed search that combines MedLine/PubMed data with data from other sources to make the most comprehensive biomedical literature search available. BioMedSearch also provides advanced account...

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Gwen / Internet News Finding Flights   —  Travel search engine Cheapflightsfinder relaunches, Altsearchengines (Nov 24) "Cheapflightsfinder officially relaunched its website today with a new search tool that compares 16 flight comparison sites with one single user query performing what it claims is the world’s first meta-meta search...

11. Tips and Troubleshooting for Google Analytics 5 hours ago   permalink

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In the the continuation of this Rapid Fire Q&A series Avinash Kaushik & Nick Mihailovski answer about Analytics and other Google tools. Topics covered include:

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12. Black Friday Sales Ads Drive Traffic To OnlineRetailers 6 hours ago   permalink

Www.searchbrains.com

Online stores are probably raving right now with the current traffic spikes that their sites are getting this Thanksgiving week. According to Hitwise, online traffic for Black Friday sales websites increased by 4% as compared to the same week in 2008. Thi s stat was due to the online traffic directed by Black Friday advertising websites which saw ...

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Www.crunchgear.com The 5 Rules of Black Friday   —  Black Friday is almost here. It’s a great time to score some deals, but don’t go at it willy-nilly. Follow these 5 simple Black Friday rules to avoid the scams and wasting time.1. Doorbusters are stripped-down crap

Www.webanalyticsworld.net Black Friday Traffic Up 87 Percent with 1 Week to Go   —  Hitwise announced that online traffic to a custom category of Black Friday advertising Websites increased 87 percent for the week ending Nov. 21, 2009.

13. Now, Say Something Positive 6 hours ago   permalink

Www.searchbrains.com

Can you believe GMail is 5.59 years old? Google AdWords (Select), by contrast, is only a bit older at 7.76 years old. I'm sitting here looking at one email thread in GMail that has 41 messages in it over the past 15 days. Like a mini-Basecamp masquerading as an ordinary inbox. GMail has its quirks, but I don't let them derail me. As I am highly ...

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14. Contract Negotiation 101 6 hours ago   permalink

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It's the one thing every freelancer faces, but few get right. Georgina explains the basics of contract negotiation for ordinary human beings. Related posts: Negotiation Toolbox: 5 Must-Use Tips for Negotiating with Clients Negotiating with potential clients can be stressful and intimidating. Alyssa... Kill Fees and Six Other Clauses to Consider ...

15. SearchBrains 6 hours ago   permalink

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Need to reach SEO Professionals? Then SearchBrains can help. With several advertising options you'll find the right campaign to suit your marketing needs.

16. Happy Tweetsgiving! 7 hours ago   permalink

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17. Investimonials Wants To Be Your Guide To Quality Financial Products 7 hours ago   permalink

Www.techcrunch.com

If you’ve ever tried searching the web for financial advice, you probably know just how much junk there is out there. Sure, there may be a few diamonds in the rough, but oftentimes the best results go to the finance ‘experts’ who are good at SEO – not the ones who know what they’re talking about. Investimonials is a ...

18. Hard facts about comment spam 8 hours ago   permalink

Maile Ohye / Google Webmaster Central Blog

Webmaster Level: Beginner It has probably happened to you: you're reading articles or watching videos on the web, and you come across some unrelated, gibberish comments. You may wonder what this is all about. Some webmasters abuse other sites by exploiting their comment fields, posting tons of links that point back to the poster's site in an ...

19. Aviary’s Chrome Extension Proves That These Add-Ons Are Going To Be Awesome 8 hours ago   permalink

Www.techcrunch.com

I have something to admit: I’ve never been a big extension guy. When I was still using Firefox, I liked them, but the downside, browser bloat, turned me away. But now that we’re starting to see the first steps of true extension support in Chrome, I think I could be swayed.

20. Yahoo Loses The Brains Behind Boss 14 hours ago   permalink

Www.techcrunch.com

The brains behind Yahoo Boss, a young engineer named Vik Singh, is leaving Yahoo to become an entrepreneur-in-residence at Sutter Hill Ventures. Earlier this year, Singh was named to Technology Review’s 35 Under 35 list at the age of 24. Singh is exactly the kind of talent Yahoo should be trying to hold onto, but that is hard to do now that ...

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