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Google Won’t Pause New Privacy Policy – Should They Have To?
Google refuses to bend to EU regulators, who have asked the company to hold off on rolling out their new privacy policy. In the U.S., Google responded to a letter and attended a closed-door privacy briefing with members of Congress.
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Google Won’t Pause New Privacy Policy – Should They Have To?
Valentine’s Day 2012 Ideas for Marketers
Valentines Day is less than two weeks away. For marketers looking to take advantage, Google and Microsoft adCenter have provided several ideas based on what users are already searching for. Top searches, products, and optimization tips.
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Valentine’s Day 2012 Ideas for Marketers
How Affiliate Sites Can Best Exploit SEO
Affiliate marketing is now an industry worth billions, although it’s fiercely competitive. Close analysis of relevant keywords can help you discover lucrative niches that may be overlooked in the rush for the big-ticket high traffic keywords.
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How Affiliate Sites Can Best Exploit SEO
Kick-Start Your PPC Campaign in 6 Easy Steps
Now is the perfect time to make changes, giving you a good few months of “normal” search traffic to analyze before major events like Christmas begin to make their presence known. Here are some tips to make your PPC campaign stand out from the crowd.
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Kick-Start Your PPC Campaign in 6 Easy Steps
Trover: Local Search and Discovery Through Images
Trover is a new mobile local discovery app built around geotagged images. Trover’s CEO discusses possible futures for crowdsourced location-based search directories and the potential these new platforms to deliver more relevant, personalized ads.
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Trover: Local Search and Discovery Through Images
Is Video Scribing The Next Big Thing?
From the biggest brands to the smallest businesses on the Web, an increasing number of marketers are recognizing the power of online video to create awareness and sell their products and services. It has become such a popular Internet marketing tool, in fact, that many companies are looking for ways to make their videos stand out above the… [[ This is a content summary only.
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Is Video Scribing The Next Big Thing?
Pot (Microsoft) Calls Kettle (Google) Black on Privacy
Did you know Microsoft truly puts people first? Instead of having horrible, evil products like Gmail, Google’s search engine, Google Docs, or Google Chrome, Microsoft saves us with Hotmail, Bing, Microsoft Office 365, and Internet Explorer 9.
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Pot (Microsoft) Calls Kettle (Google) Black on Privacy
Why the Twitter ‘Who Gives a Tweet’ Researchers are Wrong
A recent study by Carnegie Mellon University, MIT and Georgia Tech researchers found that 25 percent of tweets aren’t even worth reading, according to participants. They believe better filters will help
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Why the Twitter ‘Who Gives a Tweet’ Researchers are Wrong
Google Fined in France Because Google Maps is Free
A Paris court has ordered Google France and parent company Google Inc. to pay €500,000 ($660,000) in damages, after a two year court battle with French mapping company Bottin Cartographes over their unfair competition complaint.
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Google Fined in France Because Google Maps is Free