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SEW Experts: Link Building for Local Search
In today’s Link Love column, “Link Building for Local Search,” Justilien Gaspard imagines a search engine-free world. Would you still build “links” to increase local traffic? He shares some radical link building strategies for local search. More: continued here sew experts link building for local search
YouTube 101, Just Because
Your first reaction to the news that a college offers a class in YouTube might be to dredge up old "underwater basket-weaving" jokes; learning the school is in California, might be less surprising – after all, Stanford offers a course in Facebook apps. But the guys that made Google came from there so we cut [...]
Google Webmaster Tools Update
The Google Webmaster tools announced new changes to Webmaster Tools. Ths biggest change was the addition of subscriber stats from various Google services, such as: Google Reader, iGoogle, and Orkut. One of the biggest questions in the comments on the post was about a potential integration with Feedburner itself. This would provide great additional value, [...]
NBC To Launch Free Downloads Of TV Shows
NBC announced today the launch of its new service, "NBC Direct," on NBC.com, which will allow users to download and watch TV shows on their PCs for up to one week after broadcast. NBC will begin beta testing NBC Direct in October. Full-length programs that will be available at launch will include "Heroes," "The Office," [...]
Washingtonpost.com Launches FactChecker
The washingtonpost.com has introduced the "FactChecker," an interactive feature that will be part pf the Post’s coverage of the 2008 presidential election on both the washingpost.com and in the newspaper. The "FactChecker" will offer readers a chance to verify facts behind the candidate’s positions and statements. Once a week, the "FactChecker" will post an item [...]
Zillow Lands ex-Googler and Zestimated $30M Follows
Probably sheer coincidence: Zillow has raised another round — $30 million – on the heels of ex-Googler Vanessa Fox’s arrival in June. Fox founded Google’s Webmaster Central after joining Google in 2005. The Wall St. Journal broke the Zillow story early this morning, noting the capital infusion will be used for Local Search. WSJ reports [...]
Is Your Search Integrated Like Chunky Monkey?
Integration in search is like integration of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors. If you’re in the market for a search vendor, you might have something to learn from the boys in Vermont. In today’s SearchDay, “Searching for Options: Integration Spells Sweet Success,” John Tawadros writes that while options abound, successful integration has its rewards. [...]
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