Hey there my friends… welcome to this week’s edition;’ 7 Days of Search and Social ‘ . Well, the summer is definately drawing to a close here

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Weekly Search & Social News: 08/31/2010

As I was perusing through some updates on twitter the other day I came across an Alan Bleiweiss article entitled CONVERSION OPTIMIZATION IS THE NEW BLACK .  Now, not only did the article have an extremely catchy and trend-a-rific title, but Alan really hit the nail on head by explaining (and I paraphrase and twist) that in the early days of SEO it was all rankings, click-through’s, and bounce rates

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The 4 Hardest Things About Conversion Optimization For Local Search

Over the weekend Mashable reported on Google’s latest purchase , which led to the acquisition of a visual search compenent – something Google’s been beefing up.

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Google Acquires Visual Shopping Search Engine Like.com

Hello ladies and gentleman, geeks and phreaks alike, it’s time for another edition of ‘ 7 Days of Search and Social ‘ ? It was a damned busy week out in the trenches last week and it was again tough to decide what to include and what not too. But hey, that’s always a good thing as far as I am concerned

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Weekly Search & Social News: 07/27/2010

Hello ladies and gentleman, geeks and phreaks alike, it’s time for another edition of ‘ 7 Days of Search and Social ‘ ?

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Weekly Search & Social News: 07/27/2010

Video is still riding an incredible wave of popularity.  Users have an insatiable appetite for it, and businesses are discovering new ways every day to use video to help them grow their brand and customer base.  What’s more… video seems to be increasing conversions for many online retailers.  That means that video can move past

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Yelp & TurnHere Parter To Bring Local Video to Small Business