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AdWords, Plus Your World – 7 Examples of How SPYW Could Impact SEM
When Google+ first hit the scene this past summer, I couldn’t help but think about how the fledgling social network could eventually be monetized by...
Twitter Censorship: Necessary Evil or War on Freedom of Speech
In a blog post late last week, Twitter announced plans to begin censoring users’ tweets within certain countries. The censorship policy, which the company has...
Google Plus Promotes Network and New Security Features to Young Teens and Parents
On Thursday afternoon, Google+ announced that the rapidly growing social network is now available to teens ages 13 and up. Although minors can sign up...
Optimizing for Search Engines: By Language or By Country?
When it comes to targeting search engines to reach international markets, we’re going to have to do things a little differently. As we expand our...
Google Public Alerts: Innovative System Provides the Public with Emergency Alerts
Yesterday, Google launched its new Public Alerts page, which provides emergency information and warnings related to floods, tornadoes, winter storms, earthquakes, and other natural disasters....
Google Exposed: Federal Government Used Con Man in Google Sting Operation
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article that provides additional details of last year’s sting operation against Google AdWords. The federal investigation, which alleged...
Interview with Ryan Jones: Big Brand SEO, Social Media & More
Can You Tell Us About Your Current Job? I’m the Senior Search Strategist at Team Detroit. We’re a full service agency owned by WPP. I...
CRM Software to Improve Online Marketing
Over the past few months I have been concentrating on improving my time management skills with the introduction of a number of different tools and...
New Google Privacy Policy Update: Your Data Now Combined Across Google Services
Earlier this afternoon, Google announced plans to begin tracking users across e-mail, YouTube, Google+, search, and almost all of the other Google products. The change,...
Feed Your Body Like You Feed Your Brain: SEO Recipe Collection
I know that recipes are totally off-topic and abnormal for SEJ. But I put this post together for 3 reasons: SEO’s and Internet marketers can...
Google Increases Fourth Quarter Lobbying Budget by 300%
With the ongoing battle related to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), antitrust allegations, privacy concerns, and acquisitions and mergers, Google has been steadily increasing...
How To Get Hired At A Top SEO Agency: Part 1
The image from Indeed.com shows how companies have finally figured out that having a well planned SEO strategy is a vital part to their companies...
Important Google News: Recap for Last Week
If you were sick last week or on vacation or in a coma you missed A LOT of Google news. Here is a must read...
Google Plus: Growth by Brute Force
When Google’s new search feature “Search Plus” started favoring Google+ results several weeks ago, the change was immediately resisted by competing social networks like Twitter...
Bye Bye Summify:Twitter Acquires Social News Aggregator
Yesterday, Twitter announced that they are acquiring the Vancouver-based social new aggregator Summify. Summify, which was founded in late 2009 as ReadFu, summarizes the stories...
Google Announces Above-the-Fold Algorithm Change
How many of us have known for how many years that Google cares about user experience (no matter what others might argue the contrary)? Earlier...
Five Common Guest Posting Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
Guest posting is becoming a very popular link building tactic. So much so that I think using an opening sentence along the lines of “guest...
6 Tips for Being A Good Blogger in 2012
Obviously, as the managing editor at SEJ I read a lot of articles. I read tons of blogs, online news sources and I read posts...
SOPA and PIPA Face Uphill Battle Due to Public Outcry
Yesterday, there was a 24-hour Internet blackout and widespread protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) before the House and the Protect IP Act...
Is Screening the Answer to Censorship Internationally?
Censorship is not a new topic; it has been around in many forms for a long, long time and it looks like it is not...
Google Fires Rogue Contractors for Vandalizing Competitor’s Database
In the past week, Google has profited from the sale of illegal and fraudulent Olympic tickets, launched a the new Search Plus feature that resulted...
Wikipedia Blackout: Five Great Alternatives and A Humorous Substitute
In less than ten hours, Wikipedia will begin a blackout to the English-language Wikipedia. The blackout, which begins at 12:00 AM (EST) tomorrow and will...
FTC Investigating Google: Google Launches Ad Campaign to Control Damage
Since Google launched Search Plus last Tuesday, the search giant has been publicly criticized by bloggers and privacy advocates. On the 12th, the Electronic Privacy...
Google PR Nightmare: Search Giant Apologizes for Evildoing
Mocality, a Kenyan company that maintains an online directory and provides services for 170,000 businesses, recently accused Google of using their database in an unethical...
Opinion – Why Gowalla Shut Shop and How Facebook Profits From its Acquisition
Two years ago two location sharing services targeting the mobile platform, emerged on the scene – Gowalla and Foursquare. Both were touted to become the...
Sesame Seeds and SEO
“Why are our hamburgers square? Because we don’t cut corners.” – Dave Thomas A long time ago I did an article on my personal blog...
The EPIC Complaint Against Google’s New Search Plus
Thursday afternoon, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that requested regulators investigate Google’s “Search plus Your...
Search Engine War: Bing Displaces Yahoo
According to data recently released by ComScore, Microsoft Bing has finally surpassed Yahoo as the number two search engine for the first time in history....
Do Stock Images Affect Trust?
We have a running joke in our offices about clip art and stock photo. One in particular image continues to populate sites all across the...
Interview with the Chris Boggs, President of SEMPO
I interviewed the Chris Boggs via telephone and it was a very exciting geek-like conversation. We discussed SEMPO and upcoming conferences where you can see...