During the past year-plus of working with scores of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) on testing and then launching online video advertising campaigns, we have compiled a short list of common myths associated with online video advertising, implications for search and what it means to the SMB sector.
Gleaned from our own experiences, as [...]

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Driving traffic - and ultimately sales - from local search is an opportunity for marketers who know the tactics, techniques and players unique to this rapidly growing, specialized internet marketing field. The goal of 1-in-5 searches is to find something locally, according to Yahoo!’s research.
SMX Local & Mobile is the only event 100% dedicated to [...]

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Posted by rebecca
Stories, news, and other notable items from the past week:
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Fox News says that the Internet is making us dumber. Um, I’d argue that Fox News is making us dumber. Them telling us that another medium is making us dumber is like Paris Hilton calling Tila Tequila a slut.

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Apparently John [...]

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Below is what happened in search today, as reported onSearch Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:

Got A Great Organic SEO Tip? Pitch & Go To SMX Advanced!Last week, tickets sold out for our SMX Advanced show happening in Seattle on June 3 & 4. Nada tickets other than for [...]

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In this second part of a five-part article on IP network scanning you will learn about OS fingerprinting using ICMP TCP port scanning and other scanning methods. This article is excerpted from chapter four of em Network Security Assessment Second Edition em written by Chris McNab [...]

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