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Warning Spammers: We Only Promote the Ethical Use of This ____ Generator Tool
Many marketers teach spammy marketing techniques only to claim that they are somehow not spammers, even when they promote things they do not believe in.
The SEM blog is retiring
Dear readers: The Search Engine Marketing blog is retiring. I admit to feeling sentimental about it, because this blog was originally created for me by Jason Calacanis, in the early days of Weblogs, Inc, and although I ended up contributing to several blogs in our lineup, this is where it started for me. I’m grateful to Jason, and thankful for the people I met in the SEM and SEO universes, via this blog.
Chris Gilmer, who has been posting here lately, is still with us! You can find Chris writing on Download Squad, our software and online services blog.
Although our editorial priorities have changed over the nearly three years of operation, we do not remove retired blogs. the SEM blog will remain available as an archive (and not a badly optimized one!). Thanks to everyone for reading.
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Matt Cutts Answers some questions on Google Video Google’s Matt Cutts answered some questions recently on Google Video. Check these videos out if you are really into search, Matt has some good thoughts down. Cutts went over the Qualities of a good site, SEO myths, and Optimizing for Search Engines or for Users. The videos were freshly shot this weekend, and are the personal views of Matt, and not necessarily of his famous employers. Excellent Read.
[via Philipp Lenssen]
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Tracking Bogus Google AdWords Conversions
As Google controls an increasing large piece of the online advertiser pie, if you use their analytics, many of those conversions THEY track are falsely tied to their ads. They would have happened even if you were not buying AdWords ads.
Microsoft Live’s new markets
The Microsoft Live team has just launched the Live search service into 34 new markets.
The new markets include:
China - Simplified Chinese
Netherlands - Dutch
Belgium - French
Belgium - Dutch
Brazil - Brazilian Portuguese
Denmark - Danish
India - English
Russia - Russian
Sweden - Swedish
Taiwan - Traditional Chinese
Arabia - English
Argentina - Spanish
Austria - German
Chile - Spanish
Finland - Finnish
Greece - Greek
Hong Kong SAR - Traditional Chinese
Hungary - Hungarian
Indonesia - English
Ireland - English
Malaysia - English
New Zealand - English
Philippines - English
Poland - Polish
Portugal - Brazilian Portuguese
Singapore - English
South Africa - English
Switzerland - German
Switzerland - French
Turkey - Turkish
Czech Republic - Czech
Slovakia - Slovak
Slovenia - Slovenian
Latin America - Spanish
Microsoft is on the run, trying to launch into as many markets as it can in an effort, im sure, to stay side by side with its main competition in the search world, Google.
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Nice Keyword Research Guide
Brian Clark recently launched a great 5 part series on keyword research.
Top Keyword Terms Companies are Buying
Nielson Netrating has done some homework and developed a list on the Top 25 Companies By Sponsored Link Impressions list.
Its a pretty interesting list that shows the top 3 keywords that are bought by some major companies.
Here is a sample of that list:
- eBay - myspace, ebay, maps
- NexTag.com - dell, airlines, ipod
- Vonage - verizon+dsl, at&t, sprint
- Time Warner - mapquest, dictionary, maps
- Amazon.com - books, haunted+lighthouses, log+splitters
- Microsoft - hotmail, mortgage+calculator, movies
I think by far, Amazon.com has the best list.
Clickz has some other charts from the report that show the Advertising Breakdown by Industry, Advertising Breakdown by Ad Unit Types, and Top 25 Companies by Sponsored Link Impressions.
[via ZDnet ]
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Yahoo and Zillow Home Valuation
Yahoo has teamed up with Zillow to create a home valuation search on Yahoo real estate.
The value of homes can easily be searched for free, and users can find an instant home value estimation based on homes in the general area of your search.
When you search for a residence, a map with your area is put together with 10 other comparable properties in the area are drawn out. Yahoo has also integrated a trend graph to show price trends historically for the area in question.
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Quick, Cheap, & Easy Strategies to Dominate Google's Search Results
Search engineers can’t stop everything, but by the time a technique is cheaply and reliably outsourced the value has already been diminished or will soon become worthless.
