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Protect Your Online Privacy: Say NO to Ad Cookies

Ari Herzog

Every time you visit a new website you run the risk of a cookie (a text file with aggregate interest- or activity-based behavioral information, usually sparked by submitting an online form) being secretly placed in your browser. Facebook and Yahoo Mail account holders, for instance, may be exposed to banners or other advertisements.

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Visibility is More About Social Than Search

Proactive Report

Google is severely penalizing sites that are buying links or are invested in private blog networks. Instead of spending time, talent, and treasure on automated systems, advertising, link-buying, and savvy inbound marketing programs, concentrate on generating community engagement. It’s worth it!

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How friendfeed Can Teach You About Your Friends

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Since FriendFeed aggregates numerous social networks, it can give you a lot more information about its users, especially with regards to how and when they engage with online content. FriendFeed isn’t just an aggregator, though. I have my Google reader shared URL, set up as a Yahoo Alert. As it seems, I’m not alone.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The reason is that people didn’t have aggregate power: they were individual voices that a news channel or a company can choose to ignore. The only effective feedback mechanism was the free market: people choose to buy something else, if the option existed. TV media buys are based on people picking what was on TV.

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Interview With a Small Business Owner Crushed by Google

Bill Hartzer

I am working toward doing a much more intensive social media marketing campaign to go along with the marketing done with Google, Bing, Yahoo and other online resources. Those people who are most interested in buying tickets primarily use Google. You shouldn’t have relied solely on Google for your traffic and revenue”.

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The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Do they take the action you want them to like signup for your rss, email subscribe or buy from you? It would be interesting to see ROI and conversion rates for SU traffic specially from people buying SU traffic. Nonetheless, this post was very useful and thanks for taking the time to aggregate the data. Answers Yahoo!

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Content farms will eat themselves

The Way of the Web

There are flaws in traditional display advertising, but you’re not just buying the ‘last click’ – indeed several attempts have been made to quantify the branding and awareness benefit you get from advertising with a big media brand. Finally, there’s a big element missing from content farm advertising.

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