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

Bill Hartzer

The FTC has sent a letter to many of the major search engines, including AOL, Ask.com, Bing, Blekko, DuckDuckGo, Google, and Yahoo!, With all of the new ways that consumers can get their search results (desktop search, mobile search, voice search, etc.), 3) both prominent shading and a border.

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10 Content Marketing Metrics to Track (+5 Experts on the Ones that Matter to Them)

Buffer Social

Organic search traffic Organic search traffic refers to how many page views are generated by non-paid search results. Not only is social media a powerful content distribution engine, but it’s also a great way to see if the content you’re creating is resonating.

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The truth in online health communities

Harp Interactive

Like any company with marketing-savvy, they put in place an aggressive, integrated SEO and social media marketing plan in order to saturate the search engines with “their&# side of the story. Customers love to display creative badges and search engines love the links! This type of content is also ideal for going viral!

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5 Helpful Social Media Must Reads

Firebelly

Facebook says that, in addition to special celebrity-oriented videos, the live video channel will also be used for official Facebook announcements, press events, live chats with Facebook engineers and live streaming of its developer conference, f8.

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Will SEO Exist in 2015?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Furthermore, recent developments at Google suggest that the search engine giant has embarked on a strategic campaign to change the nature of, and in many ways devalue, the practice of SEO. My interpretation: these moves lessen the appetite for organic search and increase the appetite for paid search.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & The Future of Google Author Rank

Kikolani

Search Engines / SEO. From the Pros: 7 Advanced PPC Tools – Trada worked with PPC industry pros to collect the most impactful, often underrated tools that will make your job easier by giving you a more informed, effective and profitable paid search marketing program. Find out why and how here! Fetching Friday'

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Social Media Weekly Roundup 1/18-1/22

Firebelly

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « We Interrupt This Lifecast: Syndication Overload (Part 2) | Main | Youtube Tuesday: Lost Generation » January 22, 2010 Social Media Weekly Roundup 1/18-1/22 Theres a lot going on in the social media space and so much can get lost or overlooked in your RSS feed reader.