rusty brick at SEO Roundtable seems to have managed the trick that all of us in the Local Business Center have been waiting for.
He reports being able to utlize custom categories! No more relying on the limited, InfoSpace -y, wanna-be-junk!
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Hitwise reports an all-time high of 67.3 for Google.
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The competition’s study is out,and according to them, they’re in like Flint.
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Video optimization has been a challenge for us. This entry makes some sense, and may give an idea of which way to head.
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I often get asked “Which blog’s do you watch?” or rather “Which blogs should I watch in order to keep ahead of you on this stuff?”
Ta da! I’ve finally set up my Blogroll.
Yes, I know it’s a lot, but if you don’t like it, that’s fine, too. I read ‘em so you don’t have to.
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Flickr has added video, and though a limit of :90 isn’t much it should be nice tough and a add a boost to the community.
The video support is only available in Pro accounts.
Likely as a result of the meg-hogging feature, flickr has also increased the size limitations for all accounts: 20MB per photo for Pro [...]
It’s great to see such a thoughtful exploration of what effect the internet is having not only on the newspaper business, but also on the quality of media itself.
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iProspect’s April 2008 study tackles the advent of “blended” or “universal” search results.
One of the important implications of finding to note is their emphasis on optimized news, image, and video assets.
For the numbers crunchers, it is as important for ever to be at, or towards the top:
“…68% of search engine users click a search [...]
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