Wow, SES San Francisco was awesome wasn’t it? Over 6,000 people registered to hear about the latest skills and insights into search marketing. Click to read the rest of this post..

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….

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Back to School Time: A Refresher Course on Writing Great Ads In this month’s column, we’ll take a quick refresher course on what goes into writing great ads and then we’ll evaluate a *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

In this month’s column, we’ll take a quick refresher course on what goes into writing great ads and then we’ll evaluate a few recent ads to see if they make the grade. Well-written ads define your brand, differentiate your products from competitors, give searchers important information about your features and benefits and create long-lasting competitive advantages for your campaigns. *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

Even with all the buzz about social media, many people have questions about how to value social media marketing efforts. It’s not uncommon to hear (very legitimate) questions such as: “How much is it worth for a user to become a fan of ours on Facebook, or to follow us on Twitter?“ “How much revenue is social *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

The Google Mobile blogspot announced new features for iPhone users. The Google Mobile App has added a push notifications from your Google account to your iPhone. With this feature an icon will appear showing when you’ve received new mail in your Gmail account and reminders from your Google Calendar will pop up right on our home screen

Blogs. Almost everyone has one (or in my case, three or four), follows one, or wants to create one

SES San Francisco attracted 6,000 attendees last week — and now the leading search and social marketing event heads to Hong Kong. SES Hong Kong , which will be held September 13-14, will feature Avinash Kaushik, author, blogger, and analytics evangelist at Google.

Shared knowledge, experiences, vocabulary…they’re all part of building an effective internet and search engine marketing team. And Search Marketing Expo – SMX East provides an exceptional opportunity for teams to learn and network. Choose from more than 60 sessions on the SMX East agenda covering topics including SEO, PPC, social media marketing, local/mobile, analytics and *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

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