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Today, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the newest version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill. The bill, which was introduced in late October, would enable the U.S. government and copyright holders to obtain court orders to shut down websites that are associated with infringing, pirating, or counterfeiting intellectual property. [...]

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To date, I think I have filled out the request to contact form on Twitter’s adverting page at least 10 times. DAVID ANGOTTI wrote a post on SEJ about Twitter’s self-serve ad platform. He goes on to mention that about 20 advertisers are using the Beta. I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait [...]

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With the rise of Google and the power of Search, online reputation management (ORM) has become an extremely hot topic.  Let’s face it, after hearing about a person, brand, company, or product, most people Google it.  As a result, and as many of you know already, the number people (and companies) needing help with online [...]

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Although it is common knowledge that Facebook has over 800 million users and is the most popular social network in the world, the company is typically quiet regarding its financials. However, a “well-placed mole” recently provided news sources with access to Facebook’s classified financial information. The leaked financial data revealed that Facebook has total assets [...]

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Search Engine Journal appreciates all of the writers that contribute to our site and we want to thank them for all of their hard work. We also appreciate all of our readers. We know how hard it is to keep up with so many articles around the web and we want to help you keep [...]

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Here are 5 interesting infographics we found this week on Twitter, perfect websites, taming mobile video, gamification and data centers in 2011. This is a long page to scroll through, but it has a lot of interesting data. Some of the infographics can be enlarged by clicking. The Year in Names 2011 – WhitePages.com ____________________________________________ R.O.I [...]

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If you are being outranked by a spammy site I suggest you watch the following video by Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz. The tips and suggestions in this video are extremely valuable! So, whether you are being outranked or not, if you are an SEO you need to watch this video. // < ![CDATA[ if(!navigator.mimeTypes['application/x-shockwave-flash'] || [...]

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It is the weekend and that means you might have 45 minutes to be entertained and get great tips from the fabulous Matt Cutts. This video is a recording of a live Q&A on September 21, 2011. If you haven’t seen it you may want to sit back, relax and maybe take some notes. Follow [...]

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Twitter says, “It’s now easier and faster to see the information that matters most to you“. Some of the new features: There is a new profile layout You can Tweet from anywhere with in Twitter (not just your home page) #discover is all about trending, notable stories and videos that are customized to you. @connect [...]

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Flowtown released an infographic called Who’s Using Google+ . For me the amount of inactive users is very interesting because I can relate to it. I find Google+ very tedious. It is not fast and simple for me. I am a Twitter addict and I have that down to a science with apps on computers [...]

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Each month Distilled is going to be releasing one of their SEO videos for free. To receive these videos you need to sign up for their email list. Current subscribers can go to their preferences page and make sure they will receive the videos. New subscribers get an extra bonus offer of 3 initial free videos [...]

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There’s been a lot of fearmongering talk lately about Google’s human quality raters and just exactly what they’re used for and how their ratings are used internally at Google. Discussion was running rampant at Pubcon where I witnessed several SEOs grill Matt Cutts about the subject, and seems to have spread like wildfire across the [...]

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Click to expand the size Teens’ Cruel World of Social Networking by ZoneAlarm.com The social brand value of the world’s leading brands by Sociagility.com How Social Media Changed The Ad Game by MDGAdvertising.com Social Commerce Psychology by TabJuice.com Facebook Facts 2011 – by Woorkup.com a href=”http://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Facebook-Facts-2011.jpg” rel=”lightbox”> Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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OK, we have discussed great techy gifts for adults and girly girl geek gifts, but we could not leave out the kids. So here are some cool gift ideas for “Geeky” and “Tech” kids (or if you are trying to raise a geek these might be good). We will go from young children to older [...]

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Ever wonder how Google’s “trust” works? Well Google’s Matt Cutts gives you some insight. This is not the whole story, but it does give you some great information you should keep in mind. Also, see related videos below. Some videos that are related: They don’t want us obsessed??? Really? Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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Aaron Wall, an accomplished SEO and the founder of SEOBook, posted an informative and somewhat controversial blog post yesterday regarding the display of ads and Google properties within the search results. The blog post contained the following image of a Google search engine results page for the query “HD Monitor”: Even though Aaron said he [...]

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The shutdown of Yahoo Site Explorer brought us QBL, the 10-second-car for Backlink Analysis It’s been a while since our last review of the Link Research Tools back in March and I want to thank you guys again for the massive feedback. Since then, a lot has happened in SEO, most recently the shutdown of the [...]

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Aaron Wall, an SEO consultant, book author, blogger, and the founder/owner of SEO Book, joins us today to discuss the future of SEO. Search Engine Journal: As long as I can remember, I have heard people saying this is the end of SEO. Do you truly feel that if SEOs do not stand up for [...]

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Early this morning, Adobe announced that it has entered an agreement to purchase Efficient Frontier, which will become part of Adobe’s Digital Marketing Suite. Efficient Frontier is a leader in social, search, and display marketing that utilizes multi-channel optimization to help clients maximize advertising budgets. The multi-channel optimization process utilized by Efficient Frontier leverages extensive [...]

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In the last five years, link bait has grown up. It’s gone from a guerilla tactic to a full-blown sophisticated SEO science. That means a list of “must-have” resources or the “best of” just won’t cut it anymore…you need long posts, stellar design and a high-quality network. Here are the 8 great ways to create [...]

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