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Finding Cartoons to Use in Google Knol

2008-07-24T12:02:47Z

Google’s new publishing platform Knol has an interesting feature to offer: authors are allowed to use one cartoon from The New Yorker magazine per article*. The New Yorker started in the mid-1920s and collectively there’s lots of cartoon content. I’m not sure where Google’s partnership with the magazine puts republications of articles using the...

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Google Account Phishing Attempt Using Orkut

2008-07-24T11:10:37Z

Earlier this week, I received a greetings card from someone called Shelia who was using “Orkut Greetings” (supposedly a service offered by Orkut, Google’s social network). Or at least that’s what the sender of this email wanted me to believe: Those extra details are usually hidden by default, but I expanded them to verify that the email...

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Knol

2008-07-24T10:30:25Z

Google Knol gets its debut. It’s about time Wikipedia had a competitor especially one that gives topic specific articles by leading experts. Monetisation looks key to the Knols too allowing authors to run ads with the articles and in addition high levels of prominence to the author. Such highlighting of authors is bound to get people noticed....

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Kevin Johnson Leaving Microsoft

2008-07-24T10:11:44Z

A month or so ago I sat down for a strategy briefing from Kevin Johnson, the then-president of Microsoft responsible for Windows and online services. I never did get around to writing what I thought of that meeting, partially due to a request from Microsoft PR that the session be on background. I enjoyed my time with Kevin, but wondered a bit...

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Sky HD will cause your TV to Blow UP

2008-07-24T08:58:53Z

Did I just hear the sky installer correctly, if I run my SKY HD in 720p it will most probably burn out the box and tv.. great start to the day ! DaveN

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Threats and abuse bloggers have to take

2008-07-24T08:06:16Z

You certainly have to be thick skinned in this industry, every so often I get a torrent of abuse, mostly I just delete it, some I store, some I have had to report to the police, but a recent batch of comments that did not get published was the most interesting to date, a few sentences of the normal stuff I’m going to kick your head in and stamp on...

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Optimizing for Multiple Word Order Search Phrases

2008-07-23T23:27:08Z

Posted by randfish SEOmoz member, Michael Janik wrote to me last week and asked about how to optimize for multiple word order search phrases. I think it's an excellent topic, and one that we haven't covered well in the past. The issue arises from keyword phrases that receive search queries in different formats, for example: Restaurant...

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Get your search fix with two videos

2008-07-24T06:47:48Z

I was going to wait until part 2 was posted, but I’ll point people to part 1 now. The video from the SMX Advanced keynote is now live, so you can watch the first 25 minutes of questions and answers. Read the intro here, or just watch the video: And Juliane Stiller from Google’s German Webmaster blog stopped by the Googleplex for a more fun...

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Tiers of Transparency: The Ethical Brand Ambassador

2008-07-23T20:47:38Z

Posted by aimClear UPDATE from Rand: I've already gotten a large number of emails upset with the content of this post. I'm usually very against editing or removing content from the blog, but we are considering what to do internally. Thanks for all the feedback. Intro from Rebecca: Marty Weintraub from aimClear wrote a guest post for us. Here...

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Small Businesses Need the Internet

2008-07-23T21:28:50Z

by Mike Moran Frank Reed had an interesting post on his Frank Thinking blog, lamenting how small businesses seem to avoid search marketing. They spend their money on Yellow Pages ads and other older forms of marketing that might not bring the best return on their investment. So, with the U.S. economy focusing every small business on making...

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A Fresh Start

2008-07-24T01:45:41Z

Been a while. Yes, I’m alive. I really appreciate the emails and support. When I first started ComparisonEngines, I was just doing a little consulting on the side to pay the bills. Now I’m running SingleFeed, a venture backed start up which is taking off. Over the last 6 months, I’ve had to concentrate on strengthening the foundation of...

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 23, 2008

2008-07-23T22:00:11Z

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web....

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Help Improve My Google SEO Knol & Win a Free 3 Month SEO Training Trail

2008-07-24T01:19:03Z

Google launched their Knol project. I created an SEO Knol and need your feedback on how to make it better.

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eWhisper.net becomes bg Theory.com - And the Big News - Brad Launches a new company to provide Marketing Education to Businesses

2008-07-23T23:13:23Z

There have been many changes over the past few months, hence why eWhisper.net has not been updated. However, it’s time to come out of the closet and announce everything. First off, eWhisper.net blog subscriptions. You should be automatically subscribed to the new blog via some 301 and Feedburner magic; hence why you are able to read this post...

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Daily SearchCast, July 22, 2008: These Google Maps Were Made For Walking & More

2008-07-23T23:24:50Z

Google Maps gets walking directions. Scary -- Google's PageRank patent might not be enforceable. Not scary -- it wouldn't make a difference to Google. Customizing your Google search results; Yahoo's Build Your Own Search Service; Google logos put to video and more. Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at...

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Google Decides to Make its Knol Site a Moderated Wikipedia

2008-07-23T21:29:30Z

After seven months since it was announced, Google finally opens its Wikipedia-like web product KNOL to the public. I could understand why it took Google that long to launch Knol, for one it needs to populate the site first with relevant, enticing and interesting articles from its beta authors to make Knol appealing to the public. And so it did....

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New over at Local Mobile Search

2008-07-23T20:42:10Z

Here are a few recent posts from Local Mobile Search: Yahoo Emphasizes LMS AT&T See Strong Wireless Growth, Has Voice for iPhone Toward a More Useful Twitter DMA Study on Mobile Marketing Presents Mixed Picture Bango: Uniques Most Important Metric CallGenie in Ads Deal with Broadcaster Media Audacious TechCrunch Tablet Project Qik Now in...

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Linky Goodness, July 23

2008-07-23T21:30:48Z

Wednesday comes this time each week. Today I wish it didn’t. It’s been a while, so it’s probably time for this rumor to be resurrected: Google is rumored to be buying Digg for $200M. As always, we’ll believe it when we see it. The Better Business Bureaus Rates Google As “Unsatisfactory.” Ooh, I’m sure they’re shaking in their boots. The...

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Google Knol Launches

2008-07-23T21:25:00Z

You know how déjà vu is? I’m feeling that today, since it’s been seven months since Google Knol was announced, and they’re just now getting around to going live. And what we said at the first announcement still looks to be true: “Google Runs Out of Content to Monetize; Wants You to Build More.” Despite obvious similarities, Google Knol will...

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Local SEO Hero: An Interview With David Mihm

2008-07-23T21:30:36Z

by Todd Mintz David Mihm is more than just an SEMpdx Schwag Ho. He is one of the top experts in the ever-growing specialty of Local Search Optimization and he focuses his consultancy on helping small business clients generate online revenue in their respective marketplaces. His Mihmorandum blog is a "mandatory add" to the feedreader of...

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