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FTC Sends Letter to Search Engines Regarding Paid Ads Versus Natural Search Results

Bill Hartzer

Originally, in 2002, the FTC revised its search engine guidance. After the 2002 Search Engine Letter was issued, search engines embraced the letter’s guidance and distinguished any paid search results or other advertising on their websites. Since then, however, we have observed a decline in compliance with the letter’s guidance.”

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TopSEOs.com Banned In Google

Bill Hartzer

At the Pubcon Conference today in Las Vegas, here’s the TopSEOs.com booth: A search in Google reveals that TopSEOs.com has been banned in Google: TopSEOs has been around or a long time, the domain name originally registered in 2002. Back then, over 10 years ago, it was a “secret” that was not typically disclosed.

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

It started in 2002. I arrived here in 2002, as the debris from the dot com crash was still being cleared away. For writers and artists is it better to have an individual account or let the publisher/gallery/sales site handle it? The answer is @BookMerah. AOL was going strong and the books sold on Amazon were made of paper.

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The Strangest Argument I’ve Ever Had On Social Media

Waxing UnLyrical

Based in Maryland with roots in New York, she’s been crafting effective marketing copy as a writer and polishing many forms of prose as an editor since 2002. You just read The Strangest Argument I’ve Ever Had On Social Media , originally posted on Waxing UnLyrical , published by Shonali Burke.

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How to Check PayPal Balance

BeingOptimist

If you are still stuck and have not created your Paypal account then I would suggest you read our published article about how to create a PayPal account. eBay acquired PayPal in 2002. Setting up your PayPal account is so easy. All you need to do is sign up and verify your credit cards if needed. The customer support is quick.

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Artificial Intelligence For Marketing With Jim Sterne - This Week's Six Pixels Of Separation Podcast

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He sold business computers to first-time owners in the 1980s, consulted and keynoted about online marketing in the 1990s, founded a conference and a professional association around digital analytics in the 2000s, and recently published his twelfth book (yes, twelfth!), Artificial Intelligence for Marketing.

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Why “You Stink” Headlines Always Get The Click

Waxing UnLyrical

Based in Maryland with roots in New York, she’s been crafting effective marketing copy as a writer and polishing many forms of prose as an editor since 2002. You just read Why “You Stink” Headlines Always Get The Click , originally posted on Waxing UnLyrical , published by Shonali Burke.

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