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As the New York Times detailed yesterday the Chinese government is activating legislation that may give problems to the possible Microsoft Yahoo purchase. The new Chinese law would "give Chinese regulators authority to examine foreign mergers when they involve acquisitions of Chinese companies or foreign businesses investing in Chinese companies’ operations. Beijing could also consider […]

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American Express has a program called "Open" that provides services, advice and a sense of community to their small business customers.  You have probably seen it advertised on TV.  Now some jerk inside AMEX just sent a communication to all Open members stating,
"Don't Waste Money on a So-Called SEO Specialist"
Now clearly this dolt must have […]

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I  have commeted on both the Positive Aspects of Real Rank along with the Negative Aspects of Real Rank.  If you read my negative post you will recall one of my issues was that for advertisers buying posts via PayPerPost/IZEA they specify RealRank in terms of 1-9.  Where a blogger with a real rank of […]

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OK look I am not an "I told you so kind of guy" in most instances but I feel vindicated here and I just have to say it this time.  I reported back BEFORE ANYONE that some sort of deal was being brokered between Yahoo and Microsoft with MS being the buyer and the big […]

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Check out this ad preview for Pepsi featuring, What is Love  Provided by PlayPhone.com that offers ring tones, wall papers and games. The video is a parody of Saturday Night Live's popular "Night at the Roxbury" skit will keep people awake with a humorous take on the before-and-after effects of drinking Diet Pepsi MAX. There […]

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A lot of people seem to believe that SEO is about nothing more then getting a web page to rank well for high traffic terms on Google and the other major search engines.  Back in the dawn of SEO that was pretty much the case and anyone that could do it consistently was quickly able […]

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I recently checked out a website that helps people find title insurance companies with a search feature that works a lot like sites that search for things like Hotels, Telecommunications Providers, Airlines, etc. There was a lot of title insurance information on the site that was helpful.  For instance I did not know that title […]

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I blogged over a week ago that layoffs were coming for Yahoo and today they have occurred.  In fact the total layoffs have been announced at 1000 people.
What I found interesting is this article from Search Engine Watch that has 4 very positive things for marketers to see in this adjustment.  They are….
1. Search marketers […]

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I have been thinking about this a lot lately as I watch all the new ways to market online come out.  Demographic targeting from Google, mobile search is booming and behavioral targeting is getting more accurate.  More and more main stream marketing professionals are beginning to truly understand the internet.  I firmly believe we are […]

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The beast of Google continues to grow, evolve and dominate.  Last year Google bought Double Click which is honestly just a "legal" spyware provider that tracks user behavior online.  Now according to Search Engine Watch Google is Beta Testing Demographic Targeting for AdWords.  As a marketer I will of course use this feature and I […]

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One of my favorite bloggers is Michael Gray, (aka Graywolf) who is always willing to tell it like it is.  Well he has done it again pointing out a typical hypocritical action taken by Google and showing how sites like MSN and Forbes are given a "free pass" on the issue of duplicate content.
I also […]

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Well, according to the Shoe Money Blog Yahoo is about to let go of about 2 out of ever ten workers.  This is reported as inside information of which I am usually skeptical but when it comes to Jeremy Shoemaker his inside info tends to be spot on.  This is the guy that called the […]

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Everyone is always looking for Stock Tips - TheBuyList.com offers that and a lot more.  In fact TheBuyList.com provides key pieces of information that have never been offered before by any stock research, blog, or commentary website ….

TheBuyList.com shows you which mutual funds bought or sold a given stock and relevant buy/sell percentages from […]

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Any good business that is going to make it must have a revenue model for the owners itself.  Shocking?    Of course not anyone knows that so as I am looking at a new pretty cool get paid to blog site I am also asking how are these guys going to make a buck?    […]

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Originally I was going to do a video course on all of this showing how to do it step by step and sell it for say 19-29 dollars.  I still will if enough people commit in advance to buying it and I think it would help a lot of less technical people get it all […]

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