Different Approaches To Social Media

The impact of social media on SEO cannot be understated. Because search engines frown on links acquired for ranking benefits, approaching link building via the organic process - creating linkbait - has risen to prominence.

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2006’s Most Questionable Search Queries

Lists of popular search terms are so interesting because they provide a window into what's on the collective minds of the collective culture. The most insightful looks into that collective, I think, are the questions the society asks. Our society wants to know about sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

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Online Holiday Sales Could Reach $19 Billion

Online holiday sales keep soaring and breaking records. So far this season online sales have seen a number of milestones. First there was the over hyped Cyber Monday on November 27, 2006 which saw online sales reach $608 million. One week later on Monday December 4, a new record was reached as consumers spent $647 million online. That is $39 million more than was spent…

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YouTube Offers Olive Branch To Japan

The Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers or JASRAC might be pleased with YouTube's latest response to the on going saga of copyright infringement. As reported on December 5 JASRAC had sent a letter to YouTube requesting that they improve their screening of copy written material and post warnings in Japanese about uploading such content. YouTube had until December 15 to respond.

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Jake Baillie Leaving TrueLocal

Internet marketing guru Jake Baillie has announced that he will be leaving TrueLocal to start a new internet fund and small business incubator:

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