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Keeping competitive analysis healthy - 3 hours ago
Sunday, September 2, 2012, 15:24:51 GMT by Jennifer Van Iderstyne

Whether you're launching a new vertical or trying to dominate a small niche, analyzing your competitors is crucial. Healthy competitive analysis provides ideas for ways to improve keyword targeting, content quality, link building tactics, and more.

author: Jennifer Van Iderstyne
publisher: Search Engine Watch Blog

Test post - 1 day and 18 hours ago
Saturday, September 1, 2012, 00:26:17 GMT by David Kline - MSFT

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author: David Kline - MSFT
publisher: Microsoft Advertising Community

Coming soon: enhancements to the adcenter ad preview tool | #ppc #sem - 1 day and 21 hours ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 21:00:15 GMT by Ping Jen - MSFT

Where is my ad? is one of the most popular questions we get. With that in mind, soon we will offer an updated Ad Preview Tool, to help our advertisers verify whether or not their ads are showing to the general audience or a targeted audience. The tool will also offer targeting and a diagnostics feedback function. This enhancement will be complete within the next few releases,

author: Ping Jen - MSFT
publisher: Microsoft Advertising Community

Potus iama stats - 1 day and 22 hours ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 19:49:49 GMT by the reddit admins

Without any fanfare ahead of time, The President of the United States spent 30 minutes answering questions from anonymous users with no mediation on a website run by 20 people, and in a forum that was organically created by volunteers. Tens of thousands of people actively participated by voting and/or commenting and millions watched,

author: the reddit admins
publisher: reddit

New ad land cartoon: big shop versus little shop - 1 day and 22 hours ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 19:44:45 GMT by Yahoo! Advertising

When it comes to ad agencies, size matters-at least with office supplies Is the grass always greener at the other agency? If you work in a mega-firm, do you daydream of toiling at a humble but pure little shop, making it solely on your own grit and genius? If you work in a shrimpy shop, .

author: Yahoo! Advertising
publisher: Yahoo! Advertising

Almost half of all smartphone users have purchased digital entertainment products - 1 day and 23 hours ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 19:19:39 GMT by Cynthia Boris

American's have a bad case of Johnny-Five syndrome. So named for the robot in the movie "Short Circuit," the disorder's one and only symptom is the intense craving for more digital input. Movies, TV shows, podcasts, webseries, music, ebooks " they can't get enough. According to the new Mobile Intel Series report from Millennial Media,

author: Cynthia Boris
publisher: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim

Online marketing news: google+ integration, price of not tweeting, bing facebook photo search, take advantage of linkedin - 1 day and 23 hours ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 19:09:34 GMT by Ashley Zeckman

Restaurant Social Media Top 10 Have yu ever wondered how the largest restaurants in American stack up on social networks? This recent infographic from QSRweb.com shares a glimpse into how your favorite fast food spots are fairing. While the infographic provides insight into likes, fans, and followers, it would be great to see what sort of engagement strategy these companies have,

author: Ashley Zeckman
publisher: Online Marketing Blog

File under: not sure about this, bing adds facebook photo search - 2 days ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 18:19:14 GMT by Cynthia Boris

"Looking for that epic shot from last winter's ski trip? Or the I-could-die-laughing photo of your roommate's cat dancing?" No? Too bad, Bing is going to help you do it anyway with their brand, spanking, new Facebook Friends' Photo Feature . (Say that three times fast!) The widget, which resides on Bing's website,

author: Cynthia Boris
publisher: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim

Most popular sej articles for july 2012 - 2 days ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 18:19:14 GMT by Melissa Fach

1). How to Deal with Creativity Block by David Wallace | @DavidWallace David provided an infographic that can help you with that blank page staring back at you. For those of us that are constantly blogging and creating different forms of content, this IG can be super helpful. 2). Facebook Ads: What Are You Really Paying .

author: Melissa Fach
publisher: Search Engine Journal

How to verify that bingbot is bingbot - 2 days ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 17:33:59 GMT by Vincent Wehren

Since we posted about this topic a long, long time ago (especially if were counting in Internet years), its time for a refresher on how to verify that a bot visiting your site claiming to be a Bing crawler is really coming from Bing. If you see what appears to be Bingbot traffic in your server logs based on a user agent string, for example Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.

author: Vincent Wehren
publisher: Live Search Webmaster Center

Ad of the week: warner home entertainment's double brand wrap on yahoo! tv - 2 days ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 17:33:57 GMT by Yahoo! Advertising

A brand new rich media display format makes a star-studded debut on Yahoo! TV. And that's a wrap! The third week of August saw the world premiere of the double brand wrap on the Y! TV homepage. As the country gets primetimed for the start of a new TV season next month, Warner Home Entertainment .

author: Yahoo! Advertising
publisher: Yahoo! Advertising

The 2012 london summer paralympics live on youtube - 2 days ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 17:08:48 GMT by Jacques Hebert

Missing the thrill of fierce global competitions and awesome displays of athletic prowess? Well, lucky for you, these things live on through the 2012 Summer Paralympics Games in London. The Paralympics just kicked off this Wednesday (check out the Opening Ceremony !) and will run through September 9th. This year, the Paralympics are more accessible and global than ever through YouTube.

author: Jacques Hebert
publisher: YouTube

Social fridays: create a google+ page to connect with users - 2 days ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 16:38:36 GMT by Inside AdSense Team

Welcome back to our Social Fridays series, where we're providing tips for getting set up optimally on Google+ each week. Last week, we shared best practices around placing +1 buttons on your site and tracking their performance. Today, we'll move on to creating a Google+ page for your site. A Google+ page is the hub of your site's identity on Google,

author: Inside AdSense Team
publisher: Inside AdSense

Friday humor: fun is coming at king's landing - 2 days ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 16:13:26 GMT by Melissa Fach

Today's Friday Humor is for all the Game of Thrones fans who are anxiously waiting for Season 3 and the sixth book, which is still being written. This is a part 2 of the GoT Friday Humor we did months ago. We hope you enjoy them. Have a happy Friday and Game of Throne fans, .

author: Melissa Fach
publisher: Search Engine Journal

Bing adds facebook photo search - 2 days ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:48:19 GMT by Thom Craver

Remember that cool photo your friend shared on Facebook last week? Can't find all his pictures from last week's party? It's no longer a problem. Bing has now added the ability to search for photos shared by all your Facebook friends.

author: Thom Craver
publisher: Search Engine Watch Blog

Amazing back-to-school gadgets, websites and apps - 2 days ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:08:01 GMT by Melissa Fach

I saw Punky Brewster / Soleil Moon Frye breaking down some very cool techy gadgets, websites and apps that our kids can use and love. So I thought I would share them with you. If you have any questions about the gadgets you can contact Soleil on Twitter @moonfry. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world .

author: Melissa Fach
publisher: Search Engine Journal

Emarketer reduces 2012 facebook revenue estimate by 15% - 2 days ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 14:17:44 GMT by Frank Reed

Facebook has gone from social media monster to social media punching bag (at least on the business side) all in the matter of a few short months. This whole public thing isn't as easy as it looks is it, Mark? Well, to possibly add insult to injury, eMarketer has released that it is revising its estimates for Facebook's revenue in 2012 by 15%. In an article they state In February,

author: Frank Reed
publisher: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim

How buzzman rewrote the rules of fiction to create relevant video content - 2 days ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 14:12:42 GMT by Jonathan Allen

Buzzman, an interactive agency from Paris, talked candidly with Search Engine Watch about the secrets of their success in promoting Tipp-Ex, a brand of correction fluid on YouTube. Apply these principles to your video content development!

author: Jonathan Allen
publisher: Search Engine Watch Blog

How old should your social media manager be? - 2 days ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 14:02:35 GMT by Dan Wilkerson

There's been an onslaught of articles lately proclaiming why you should or should not specifically hire a 23-year old to manage your social media presence. I've tried to avoid commenting, but after a recent Inc.com article about why you should never dream of hiring a younger person to manage your social media accounts, my hand is forced. There is a perfect age for your social media manager.

author: Dan Wilkerson
publisher: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim

Maria montessori google doodle: how montessori education 'programmed' google's founders - 2 days ago
Friday, August 31, 2012, 13:27:20 GMT by Danny Goodwin

Maria Montessori, the Italian educator best known for creating an educational model that essentially allows children freedom to learn and create independently, is the subject of today's Google Doodle. She was born on this date 142 years ago.

author: Danny Goodwin
publisher: Search Engine Watch Blog