SMX: Penalty Box Summit
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SMX: Penalty Box Summit

The opening lines of the session is “Had a site hit the search engine penalty box? In this session, search engines share…

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Macmillan CEO Lifts Google Laptops

Richard Charkin is the CEO of Macmillan Publishers, and he recently got into a bit of a tiff with Google.  This didn’t involve angry letters or frivolous lawsuits (entertaining as those are); instead, Charkin stole a pair of Google laptops.  And blogged about it.

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20 Most Misspelled Words on Yahoo

Yahoo recently published the twenty most commonly misspelled words on their search engine. They are: Wallmart (Wal-Mart) Rachel Ray (Rachael Ray) Amtrack (Amtrak) Hillary Duff (Hilary Duff) Katherine McPhee (Katharine McPhee)

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Google Exec Helps Nab Gunman

While fiction has its necessary function in society, you approach it the appropriate cerebral distance – it is all made up, you remind yourself. But when the story is true, it tugs at you in a much different way, and this story is true, as told by Google's Head of Special Initiatives.

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Google Doesn’t Wanna Grow Up

Big retailers aren’t the place to go to for really interesting stuff.  Instead, try visiting some antique stores or small shops, where you might find that sort of thing a piece at a time.  But - stay with me here - if “interesting” stuff is usually found in small places, what chance does a gigantic corporation have of keeping that trait as part of its…

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