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Is Bing The Best Search Engine?

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Bing keeps trying to convince, by one way or another, that its search results are better than Google’s. This is probably the best idea that Bing could come up — a blind search engine test. However, I do expect Google to retaliate. Google still gets more traffic. Well, there is. It’s called Bing It On.

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Google Places, Google+ Local, And You

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Google, in particular, is well known for changing things. Well, one of the things that has changed about Google in the last year is a strong emphasis on a social media service called Google+. Well, one of the things that has changed about Google in the last year is a strong emphasis on a social media service called Google+.

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New Search Engine For Vets | Small Business Mavericks

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Enter The Age Of Facebook Phone Calls » New Search Engine For Vets If you are a veterinarian or pet doctor, then you now have a new way to market your practice. It’s a search engine for veterinarians powered by Google. There have been search engines launched for specific professions for years.

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5 Google Algorithm Changes You Should Know

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David Amerland has outlined 39 Google algorithm changes that took place in May and what they really mean. The Penguin Update was a broad, sweeping Google algorithm change that re-ordered much of the web. The purpose was to target web spam and send it reeling to the search engine pit. Another addresses Japanese language search.

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It’s Official: Google+ Integrated Into SERPs

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If you’ve wondered when it would happen, here’s the good news : Google+ is now being integrated into search engine results. It means that, more and more, small business owners should think about using Google+ as a social media service. Google is saying it’s a test. But what does that mean for you?

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Google Books Poses New Search Opportunity

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Google has just won a landmark legal battle involving its fair use/copyright dispute with The Authors Guild. The interesting thing about this decision is that the scanned pages in the books creates a new opportunity for business owners with authority to achieve search engine rankings. Sound like a trick? Don’t bet on it.

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Security, SEO, and Google

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Google has announced that they are interested in making the internet a safer place so they are going to start using HTTPS as a ranking signal. Whenever Google says they will be doing something like this, you know that your SEO will be affected eventually. That’s just human nature.

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