Yesterday, Google announced the new “Search plus Your World” update. The change, which is already live for some users, is gradually being rolled out over the next several days.

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Search Plus Your World: Google and Twitter Exchange Blows

Chitika Insights has covered the heavily publicized launch of Google+ amidst a variety of reported statistics, some which stated that Google+ hosted a user base comprised of over 40 Million people, others which described the fledgling social network as nothing more than a ghost town.

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Traffic for Google+ Goes Positive Along with User Count

Watch out for Matt Cutts! or, fake Matt Cutts to be exact. Fake Matt Cutts has been seen popping up lately commenting on blogs on behalf of his real namesake.

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YouTube has 200,000 advertisers per quarter, but with the new original channels beginning in January of next year, they’re looking to attract 6 or 7 million YouTube advertisers as they launch around 100 total in 2012.  According to this Beet.TV interview with Lucas Watson , YouTube’s VP for Global Sales, the ability to advertise around premium brands will be attractive to new advertisers.  YouTube, which reaches 800 million people around the world per month, is preparing for a ubiquitous presence on all devices that are capable of running online video. YouTube Aiming High to Get the Most Out of Their Global Reach What isn’t being said here is that a lot of these advertisers have been skittish about having their brands associated with some of the content on YouTube.  Businesses looking to keep an eye out on their image don’t want to be associated with content that is controversial, and I’m pretty sure this is one of the reasons why YouTube decided to pay a bunch of Hollywood producers to create content for them.  They were probably getting frustrated with so much potential advertising dollars escaping their grasp.  When the original channels arrive, it will generally be populated with trusted entities, something the major networks have with their programs.

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YouTube Looking To Jump From 200,000 To 7 Million YouTube Advertisers

Over the past few days there has been a lot of buzz surrounding the coverage of Google+, particularly focusing on the measured 60% downward trend seen in the site’s traffic as reported by Chitika Insights. In further investigation of this matter, Chitika researched traffic patterns of the social network to determine whether the downward trend witnessed was a short term fluctuation as some proposed, or just the start of a longer term trend. The data revealed that the trend seems to be continuing

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No Quick Fix: Google+ Traffic Continues Downward Trend

What do politicians do best when it comes to running for office?  Well, usually, it’s making the other guy look bad.  They highlight all the failures of their opponent while speaking in vague terms about what they will do if elected to the office they seek.  A lot of “we needs” will be thrown at you in the upcoming year, and Republican candidate Rick Perry, who is considered the frontrunner to take on President Barack Obama, is offering the “We need to get America working again” angle to his political aspirations.  But that’s not all.  Rick Perry is playing an image and word association game using the powerful tool of online video. The Rick Perry Political Ad “Proven Leadership” His recent ad, “Proven Leadership,” is being discussed for the production value and for calling Barack Obama, “President Zero.”  What I’d like to discuss are the other messages that are being relayed in the video.  The unspoken, but clear-as-a-bell messages that are often more powerful than the words.  Image association can be even more powerful than statements and rhetoric.

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Breaking Down The Rick Perry Political Video Ad: An Opening Salvo to President Barack Obama

Film Riot , which plays Mondays and Thursdays on Revision3 , is a virtual film school right here on the web.  It is especially valuable for those who look to get into web video (or any kind of film and video work) and might not have that much money, as host Ryan Connolly and his crew take you step-by-step through some of the tricky aspects of a DIY shoot.  Over the past couple of months, Connolly’s appearances on Revision3 have increased, adding the Monday show in addition to the twice-weekly film review and rumor show Film State .  On top of that, he’s been working on his movie Tell and somehow fitting in an impossible quickie short film Losses , which came out this past week on their YouTube channel .

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An Exclusive Interview With Ryan Connolly, Creator & Host Of Film Riot

Sniffing out most of a website’s basic search-engine-optimization problems can be done in 20 minutes or less if you know what you’re doing.  Here are the essentials for an effective and fast SEO audit. InMotion Web Hosting – A Los Angeles Web Hosting Company I’ll warn you now that reading this guide might take a bit more time than it does to actually perform the SEO audit itself.  But by the time you finish reading, you will be fully prepared to improve a site’s visibility.  Take good notes as you complete the audit; you’ll need them to prioritize optimization tasks. There’s also an easy-to-follow chart you can you or others through the process.

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The 20-Minute (Or Less) SEO Audit w/ INFOGRAPHIC

Video Search optimization If you perform a simple search on video search optimization, you will be bombarded with numerous articles. Video search optimization is a new bug that has bitten the world recently. Though it’s a new technique, still many companies have started using it aggressively to earn high ranking and more business

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Video Search Optimization Guidlines and Tips.

Over a year ago, I wrote a post on blog post graphic resources , with most of my focus set on image generators. Since then, several new tools have been introduced that make it even easier for bloggers to create custom images to enhance their posts.

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Tools to Create Perfect Blog Post Graphics (Without All the Work)