Omgili Forum Search - Find out what people are saying
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How-To: Search the Social Web - Ultimate Toolkit
Great list of search tools for all kinds of social media.
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Keyword Research Tips
Here's a great list of tools and suggestions for optimizing keyword selection.
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10 SEO myths debunked
If you follow the search world closely, you'll probably know most of these tips, but there are some hidden gems in there, particularly about the importance of quality content and useful inbound links.
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Taxes Less Scary Than Search Campaigns
73% of small business owners said they would rather take a stab at filing their taxes than set up a search marketing plan. Big fears: complexity and click fraud.
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HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Google Maps
A great page about how to use Google Maps and the multitude of plug-ins that work with the service.
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Google empowers users to edit search results
"Hoping to give its search engine a more personal touch, Google now lets users reshuffle results so their favorite Web sites get top billing and disliked destinations get discarded the next time they enter the same request."
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Google Aims To Predict Flu Outbreaks
Privacy advocates may blanch, but I think this is a totally cool way to mine patterns from search behavior that contributes to the common good. What an innovative idea!
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People Search Engines Gain Sophistication
Emerging services serve as a nexis point for information about individuals. New services scrape content from around the Web and increasingly mine public databases to enhance profiles.
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FT.com / Companies / Media & internet - Google still struggling to conquer outposts
Google may rule the roost in the US, but not overseas. For example, Yandex, which handles 46 per cent of search queries in Russia, has been preparing since the spring for a listing on the US stock market. Seznam, which controls 63 per cent of Czech searches, has been the subject of a number of buy-out approaches. Google is trying to build its online reputation, but the task is difficult against entrenched rivals.
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Gap Widens in Online Advertising
Online advertising continues to grow at a 20% annual clip but search is pulling away as the vehicle of choice. Search ads are forecast to represent 42% of overall U.S. online ad spending in 2008, according to eMarketer, up from 40% in 2007.
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The worst SEO mistake you can make
Brandt Dainow has some interesting insight on why search engines don't like dynamic content management systems (CMS). He says SEO consultants need to be brought in before a site is launched. Repairing the wreckage wrought by a bad CMS can be nearly impossible, he says.
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Summize Conversational Search
in list: Twitter
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Practical Search Engine Optimization Advice
An SEO pro looks at three business websites and offers practical advice to improve their search performance. There is good meat-and-potatoes wisdom in this article. Any company could benefit from these tips.
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Web start-up unveils semantic Wikipedia search tool
Powerset searches Wikipedia using conversational phrasing instead of keywords. It's one of a new breed of search engines that tries to get at the underlying questions that Web searchers are trying to answer.
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17 SEO Experts Debate the Details
The author polled 17 search engine optimization experts about the factors that count most in search rankings. The experts discuss 39 issues ranging from anchor text to page relevance to the age of inbound links. While they disagree in a lot of areas, some clear consensus does come through. The author has done a nice job of representing this consensus visually. His English isn't great, but you can make out what he's saying. This long document is a must-read if you're interested in SEO.
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Multiple Keyword research services wrapped in one for ultimate search engine placement and website traffic
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Travel Blogs - Mahalo
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