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2010 January 5
Internet marketing news from around the web:
Brittany Murphy's death used for peddling rogue security software on Help Net Security – News
| “It didn't take long before cybercriminals seized the opportunity to use the death of actress Brittany Murphy to peddle malware. The most obvious choice was search engine optimization poisoning. Web…” |
| “Is there a growth opportunity for telcos to act as ‘mediators of trust’ in the digital economy? To help consumers manage their ‘digital persona’ in a flexible and secure way, enabling them to benefit from better services while helping merchants and…” |
The Long Tail: What It Means for Your Content on Daily Blog Tips
| “This is a guest post by Mark Pack. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. The least popular posts on my blog are the most important. Sounds like I’ve made a mistake in typing that sentence, doesn’t it? But when it…” |
From Planning to Earning with a Blog on Daily Blog Tips
| “I was browsing across the web last week and I came across a solid blogging guide from the guys at Blogussion. The guide is titled From Planning to Earning, and it covers the three basic stages of setting up a profitable blog: learning the basics,…” |
Happy Holidays from Copyblogger! on Copyblogger
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“Here’s to a safe and joyous holiday season for you and yours. In case you’re actually looking for something to read, here are some Copyblogger gems for your solstice surfing pleasure. Copywriting 101 Content Marketing 101 How to Write…” |
| “It’s been a busy year for open source stack vendor BitNami since we last wrote about them. In addition to adding virtual appliances and cloud templates for existing stack, BitNami has also added some new modules and an interesting tutorial that digs…” |
Weekly Roll-Up: Top Stories, Memes and Moments (19-Dec-2009) on CMSWire.com – All News
| “The twists, turns and tips you need for staying up-to-date by the water cooler. Highlights of the Week WCM Field Notes: The Skinny on JCR, CMIS and OSGi. The web is humming with talk of standards at the moment — due mainly to the fact that the…” |
Happy Holidays from Get Elastic on Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog
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“Get Elastic is taking a Christmas holiday and will return on Monday. Until then, wishing you all the best for a happy holiday and prosperous New Year. You may also like these similar posts:Holiday Marketing 2.007 – Nobody Waits for Black…” |
Are You Flushing Your SEO Down The Drain? on Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog
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“It breaks my heart when I see URLs with session IDs crawled and indexed by search engines and returned in search results. The unwitting searcher reads the page title and gets all excited, clicking it in anticipation on landing on a relevant page…” |
Why the web economy will continue growing rapidly on cdixon.org – chris dixon’s blog
| “Here’s the really good news for the web economy over the next decade. Consumers are spending more and more time online, yet only about 10% of all advertising dollars are spent there. Let’s assume that, over time, ad spending on a…” |
Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 20/12 on WordPress Planet
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“Mons Montis Three column theme perfect for churches and other non-profits. CleanRoar Keeping up with the seasons, cleanRoar takes a facelift and puts on the Christmas skin. It features a functional back-end packed with options. The skins can be…” |
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“By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews At some time during the middle of last week — quite possibly, on the very day that Microsoft announced its settlement with the European Commission — Web analytics firm StatCounter registered more Web site hits…” |
Google AdSense Tests Searching For Targeted Ads in Console on Search Engine Roundtable
| “Last night I received an email from Google about a new feature available in my AdSense account, as a beta. The feature basically allows me to search for ads that are targeted towards my site. Searching for ads makes it…” |
Book Review: In The Long Tail | Essayacademia Tips on Amazon recommendations – Google Blog Search
| “recommendations on Amazon, or even by the recommendations and lists of favorites from other buyers. These reduce the time and cost required to search for and find niche products, and even more importantly, help potential buyers separate …” |
Google Open Source Projects You Probably Don’t Know on Google Blogoscoped
| “The 0×1fff blog published a list of 35 open source projects from Google. Included are Google Glog, Google CRUSH, Google Update aka Ohama Omaha, the Google Feed Server and many more. [Via Reddit.] [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Google Open Source…” |