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SERPs.com, a dashboard for SEO tools, released a widget at Pubcon to track your (not provided) search referral percentage. Since November 2nd, the average (not provided) token has been 11.52% according to new data provided by SEO dashboard company SERPs.com. The analytics data is from 300+ US focused websites. SERPs.com tracks the daily (not provided) [...]

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As the holiday season approaches, more consumers than ever will be making purchases from their mobile devices, rather than utilizing their personal computers or the more traditional means of making a trip to the store. According to mobile ad network Jumptap and comScore, 31% of mobile device owners have made a purchase with their device. [...]

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Since former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz was fired in early September, there has been wide speculation that Yahoo is a likely takeover target. Potential buyers for the search engine and web portal include: Alibaba Group, Blackstone, Silver Lake Partners, Bain Capital, Providence Equity Partners, Google, and Microsoft. In early November, multiple interested parties refused to [...]

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Getting your voice heard on the internet is never easy. It can be like setting up your soapbox on a crowded street, and waving frantically to get passers-by to pay attention. You might be an expert in your chosen topic, with pearls of wisdom to dispense on X particles or Z-list celebrities, but how do [...]

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‘Tis the season for Turkey, Football and Promotions! StudioPress is offering 25% off their WordPress themes including the Child Themes for the amazing and clean Genesis Framework. You can actually get all the child themes right now with this same coupon code “THANKS” Here’s how to snag this StudioPress discount code: Using the code THANKS [...]

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Almost two months after its public debut, Google Plus has seen both highs and lows. Although there was some controversy surrounding the success of its public launch, Google Plus has launched a number of new features, some of which have been met with great fervor, others with mild displeasure. Google Plus now seems to have [...]

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Wordstream released an infographic called “How Does the AdWords Auction Work?”. If you are new to the AdWords game this information could be very helpful to you. Some things that are explained: What gets entered into each “auction” How Google determines which ads are shown where How Google determines what advertisers pay This may be [...]

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As an SEO that works from home I face many struggles every day. Some of those struggles are from clients, however the majority are caused by my own relaxed work environment. I’m not even going to attempt to tell you how to solve client problems. However, if you work from home, I can help you [...]

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In late September, an Australian technology blogger broke the news that Facebook was collecting data on over 800 million global users — even when the users were logged out of their Facebook accounts. Although Facebook initially denied the unauthorized tracking and made excuses as to why cookies were sending back information on signed out users, [...]

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Embed this on your siteSource: #Twilight Saga and Breaking Dawn Stats [SEJ Infographic]Don’t Ever Underestimate the Power of Teen Fans It can be said that the Twilight demographic is probably the most internet savvy if you look at the number of websites, web art, web videos, web communities manifested by the obsession of  “Twi-Hards”.  One example [...]

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So today I am organizing a PPC account.  This is an account that I took over from another agency.  The account has four different Campaigns with around seven different AdGroups throughout all the four different Campaigns.  In each of the AdGroups there are around 100 different keywords and keyword phrases. What is wrong with this? The fact that [...]

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Yesterday afternoon, the popular local reviews service Yelp filed official paperwork for a 2012 initial public offering (IPO). Although Yelp has not determined the number of shares to be sold or the price per share, the company is hoping to raise $100 million. The IPO, which will be led by Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Jefferies, [...]

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Internet Marketing Internet Marketing for Brick and Mortar Businesses – Level343 SEO Should I Work In-House or at an Agency? [10 For/Against] – Search Engine People SEO for Google+ Profiles and Pages – Search Engine Watch Quantifying the Impact of Google’s Keyword Referral Data Shutdown – SEOmoz New Resource Guide: Competitive SEO Analysis – Raven Tools [...]

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I know many of you are very savvy on the web and don’t need a list of websites and resources, but there are many that don’t have time to track down all the places that will show the best deals on items this holiday season. So for all of you that want to save time, [...]

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Most people assume they know how to get me “geeky” gifts, but I have a pile of stuff I can’t use. If you are looking for a gift for a geek or nerd this list might help you out. Please know that SEJ cannot verify that these items work as advertised. Each picture links to [...]

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Vertical Measures created an infographic called “The Authority Building Machine” that has some detailed information about building authority for your website. There is a pretty good list of things you should be doing. A good one to print and hang on the wall of your Internet marketing departments. Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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This morning Jeff Preston, Disney’s SEO manager, Topher Kohan, the SEO coordinator for CNN, and Alex Bennert, an in-house SEO for the Wall Street Journal, will speak to an audience of several thousand people at PubCon on the topic of enterprise level in-house SEO. Having managed the SEO for some of the world’s most recognizable [...]

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Loren Baker, the VP of marketing at BlueGlass Interactive and founder of Search Engine Journal, spoke on a panel this morning that focused on how to build links that have maximum benefit and minimal risk. His presentation focused specifically on how to build links socially and virally. Early Linking: Baker first started building links in [...]

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Welcome back to #pubcon. It’s been a long night playing blackjack (and an even longer night playing craps after that) but we’re back and semi-conscious enough to jump back into it. Up next is the Convergence of analytics and SEO featuring Alan K’necht, Tom Critchlow, and Mark Knowles. @lisabarone is in here liveblogging this too [...]

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Planning a start-up? You may need to think about SEO and exact match domains before picking a brand name. If you’re about to begin an internet business then you’ll probably be planning an online marketing campaign that involves SEO. After all, most website visits begin with a search engine and exact match domains (EMDs) will [...]

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