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Advertisers Gear Up For Super Bowl

It’s that time of year again when America unites around the TV, rejoices in capitalism, and stuffs itself silly with food it shouldn’t eat. Ah, the Super Bowl. Preparations are being made, and the Internet is a huge playing a huge part. The Super Bowl’s a marketer’s dream because it’s one of the few times a year people welcome advertisers into their homes—so long as…

Where’s the Music Search Traffic Going?

What is your most frequently visited destination when it comes to music searches? There's a good chance it's Wikipedia. Heather Dougherty of Hitwise put together some interesting data involving the top music destinations online. Based on her research, the largest percentage of traffic (at 24%) went there.

Why eBay Keeps Getting Shoppers

You can hardly talk about eBay without bringing out the disgust in all of the people who feel they have been wronged by the eCommerce giant. This group is comprised mostly of sellers who feel eBay has treated them with anything but respect, particularly since changing feedback policies in early 2008 (of course that's not the only thing they don't like. See my top ten…

How To Get Google To Remove Third-Party Content For You

It’s been generally thought that a webmaster could not request the removal of another webmaster’s content from Google’s search results. A Google representative says that’s not always the case and that Google will remove third-party results under certain conditions. In most cases, Google leaves it between webmasters, and if someone wants site content removed, they should contact the site owner in question and deal with…