Archive for August, 2010

International SEM Goes Beyond Simple Translation: Q&A With Latin3’s Matias Perel

2010/08/27

Because only a fraction of the world’s population resides here in the United States, the idea of global reach is a tempting one.

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Why Bing+Yahoo Means 5% Less Organic Traffic

2010/08/27

Bing is now powering Yahoo’s organic results, and retailers wonder how this algorithmic shift will impact their organic traffic with holiday season just around the corner.

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Google Middle Aligning Search Results?

2010/08/27

Google Operating System reports some users are seeing Google search results center or middle aligned. For some reason, Google may be testing padding white space on the right and left of the search results. I personally cannot replicate it but Google Operating System posted a screen shot, which I will share here *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

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Affiliate Fraud: Who is at Risk and What are the Solutions?

2010/08/27

In the world of affilate marketing, it can be a little overwhelming deciding which software to choose as there are so many options. Affiliate marketing, if you are not familiar with the term, is the act of using one website to drive traffic through to another.

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Google Reports 1 Million Calls Made in First 24 Hours

2010/08/27

Google’s new voice client is already a success after just having launched earlier this week. A mere 24 hours after it’s debut, Google reported via Twitter that over 1 million calls have already been placed by Gmail users in the U.S.

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Survey: Older Americans Flocking To Social Media

2010/08/27

Teenagers have been grappling with a tough question lately: What do I do when mom tries to friend me on Facebook? Well, you ain’t seen nothing yet, whippersnappers. There’s a new dilemma you better start thinking about: What do you do when grandma sends a friend request

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Does Adding NoIndex To Some Pages Impact Pages Without NoIndex?

2010/08/27

Sometimes I love these threads and sometimes I hate them. A WebmasterWorld thread asks if he will negatively be impacted by adding the noindex meta tag to 3,500 pages on his site.

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Bing Music Results Play On Zune

2010/08/27

Microsoft not only has their own search engine, but they also have their own iPod named the Zune.

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Google Maps Compass Navigator Doesn’t Change Using Click To Navigate

2010/08/27

You know when you use Google Street Views and there is a little compass at the top left of the page? I have a picture of it on the top right of this page. The compass lets you click on..

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New Awesome Ways to Search within Current Site (Using Google)

2010/08/27

I am sure you are familiar with (and using regularly) Google’s most useful search operator SITE: – that restricts search results to the domain you specify. I for one have covered multiple tips on: How to diagnose your site using Google’s operators (SITE: being the main one); How to tell a penalty from non-penalty (also using SITE: operator); etc Obviously, the SITE: operator also turns really useful if you want to quickly find anything within the current domain (but you don’t want to figure how to find the site’s built-in search option). Google’s SITE: search operator makes you smarter, more productive and better equipped for search.

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