Weekly Search & Social News: 03/09/2010

Welcome to another edition of ‘ 7 Days of Search and Social ‘ – so, how are we now? Last week was a pretty busy one out in the trenches, especially considering that SMX was on (generally slows the blogging world).

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Weekly Search & Social News: 03/09/2010

The Top 10 Sites to Search for Movie Trailers Online

Trailers (”previews”) are film advertisements for feature films that will be exhibited in the future.

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Vimeo Launches “PlusStats” Video Analytics for Paid Members

Vimeo decided it was high time there were some super cool ultra-modern video analytics for Vimeo Plus users, so now you have them.

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Vimeo Launches “PlusStats” Video Analytics for Paid Members

Professional Web Video Content up Almost 20% in 2009

AccuStream Research says that there was nearly a 20% jump in “professionally produced, hosted or syndicated online media and entertainment video views”.

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Professional Web Video Content up Almost 20% in 2009

SES New York 2010 – The Year Video Takes Center Stage?

If you haven’t already signed up for SES 2010 New York (that’s “Search Engine Strategies 2010 New York” for the abbreviation-impaired), it’s not too late.  The conference and expo hall start on March 23, with partnered training beginning on the 22nd. As usual, there are several levels at which you can register, with an option for

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Small & Medium Businesses to Embrace Video Email Marketing

So yesterday I wrote this totally awesome article about this.

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Small & Medium Businesses to Embrace Video Email Marketing

Data Drives Dollars in Online Video – New Media Minute

Media agencies and brands are hungry for data — they want better data that they can use to target their potential customers. That’s why this week’s New Media Minute takes a detailed look at a data-driven deal and a new research tool and explains why they matter in the online video

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Anatomy of a Hands-on SEO Audit – Part 2

With SMX West this week, I was going to hold off on the 2nd part of my hands-on SEO Audit series.  Then I remembered that heck – I’m not going to be there so I bet enough other people in our industry won’t either that it will be a great way to give all the non-attendees a leg-up on the competition, as they all run around the conference hoping to grab actionable information.  If you haven’t read part 1 in this series, I encourage you to go read that first since it sets the foundation for what follows here.  Go ahead – I’ll wait. Okay did you actually think I was going to wait for you to read that before I continued writing?  I sure hope not.  Because if you did, you seriously need to work on your gullibility.  If you’re too gullible, you’re going to get toasted in this industry.  Also while you’re at it, another other great resource I highly recommend when it comes time to writing up an SEO audit is Glen Gabe’s  “ SEO Techinical Audits “. Don’t Give Away The Farm In this part of the series, I’d like to focus more on some of the things that should and shouldn’t go into an SEO audit.  This seems to be one of  the biggest areas of confusion for consultants just starting out.  And as I mentioned in part 1: a site Audit isn’t supposed to be an advanced course in SEO.  It’s to point out problems and recommend methods of solution.

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Anatomy of a Hands-on SEO Audit – Part 2

Weekly Search & Social News: 03/02/2010

Welcome to another edition of ‘ 7 Days of Search and Social ‘ – Hey gang… I am going to keep this short and sweet today as it’s me B-day and I am trying to keep a low profile. Of note, it was on my birthday last year when I started this newsletter…So a happy anniversary to all those great writers out there that keep the SEO space vibrant.

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SEO without the SEO

Competition is stiff these days. It’s getting harder and harder to achieve optimal search engine rankings, at least without professional help. So how to compete in a space where it might not be feasible to increase rankings for your most competitive keywords

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SEO without the SEO

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