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Search Engine Watch June 19, 2008 Ron Jones	SEO Educational Standards: the Aftermath Most people agree that there should be some kinds of educational standards for SEO in place for various reasons. But the big questions surround how those standards would be created, implemented, and if or how they would be enforced.
Search Engine Watch January 20, 2009 Mark Jackson	The Better You Rank...the Better You Rank! The more popular your Web site is, the better the likelihood that your Web site will rank. You need to maintain momentum in your SEO and general marketing efforts to keep a steady flow of traffic coming to your Web site.
Search Engine Watch December 30, 2008 Mark Jackson	The Paid Links Debate Rages On Should an ethical SEO recommend paid links to their clients?
Search Engine Watch January 10, 2007 John Tawadros	The Bigger Question of SEO Is search engine optimization (SEO) rocket science? No. But that doesn't mean it's easy. But SEO's complexity, or lack thereof, matters less than the value it delivers.
InternetNews May 13, 2009 Michelle Megna	Interactive Ad Bureau Issues PPC Guidelines The IAB today issued Click Measurement Guidelines with the goal of reconciling what constitutes a click in pay-per-click ad campaigns.
InternetNews June 2, 2009 Michelle Megna	Online Ad Group Helps Track Social Media ROI New tools and metrics emerge to address quandary of tracking social media ad campaign performance.
Search Engine Watch August 31, 2010 Adam Audette	How Do You Find High-quality SEO Services? A few tips and guidelines that will help you in your search for a quality search engine optimization partner. Also, five warning signs of bad SEOs.
Search Engine Watch February 17, 2009 Mark Jackson	Ignorance: The Trouble with People Who Claim SEO is Snake Oil A response to a recent article claiming that SEO doesn't work, and that its practitioners are a bunch of snake oil salesmen.
Search Engine Watch November 22, 2010 Bas van den Beld	Rules You Have to Know Before You Can Become an SEO Client Living by these seven rules will help you become a client that search engine optimizers will accept and respect.
Search Engine Watch August 5, 2008 Mark Jackson	Top SEO Firms Paid for by the Following... The SEO industry needs to mature, become more responsible corporate citizens, and educate the masses, in a non-commercial way. Perhaps, then, we can see more companies putting faith (and budgets) behind SEO efforts.
Search Engine Watch July 31, 2008 Ron Jones	The Future of SEM Education Online advertising continues to grow in both good times and bad. That's good news for search marketers, and highlights the ongoing importance of search education.
Search Engine Watch April 2, 2008 Jessica Bowman	IT Roadblocks? Try Some in-House SEO Training Instead of fighting with your IT to make the website search engine friendly, let them help you solve the problems.
Search Engine Watch January 6, 2009 Mark Jackson	There's No Shortcut to Good SEO...Or Is There? If search engines want all SEOs to operate in an ethical manner, they should show us that they're penalizing the Web sites that abuse their guidelines, and reward those who follow their guidelines.
InternetNews March 8, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Online Ad Dollars Stay Hot Call it another banner year for sponsored links.
Search Engine Watch November 28, 2007 Steve Haar	SEO Expectations and Commitments You need a strategy to educate the decision-makers who will never actually do SEO, but who cut the check or approve the time spent for SEO. They need to know what to expect, and what's expected of them.
Search Engine Watch June 30, 2009 Eric Enge	Selling SEO Projects Against PPC Campaigns Search advertising is familiar and attractive to budget managers, like a trusted old friend. So how are you going to get some of that PPC budget for your SEO proposal?
Search Engine Watch April 14, 2009 Mark Jackson	Are You Giving Away Free SEO Advice? It can be frustrating for an SEO to go to the effort of crafting a customized proposal for a potential client, who then takes that proposal and implements it on their own.
Search Engine Watch November 7, 2003 Chris Sherman	Google's Deskbar A new Google Labs experiment called the Google Deskbar is a search application that lets PC users perform Google searches at any time from any application. Like the HotBot Deskbar, the Google Deskbar is a free software download that appears as a search box in the Windows taskbar.
Search Engine Watch March 17, 2011 Craig Macdonald	Global SEO Programs Decentralize to Regional Governance Model Expect a wave of decentralization to hit enterprise websites in the next 2-3 years. Two things are changing: the need for integration and adaptiveness.
Search Engine Watch July 14, 2005 Chris Sherman	Choosing a Search Engine Optimization Firm Marketing Sherpa has released the 4th edition of its Buyer's Guide to Search Engine Optimization Firms, a comprehensive look at the players in the industry.
Search Engine Watch September 29, 2009 Mark Jackson	SEO Horror Stories Our industry has made so many strides in gaining a more credible reputation. Yet we still suffer from many people and companies who claim to do SEO, but that really don't know anything beyond how to write a title tag.
InternetNews October 5, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Online Ad Revenues Up Despite Consumer Concerns U.S. advertisers continue to increase their spending on the Internet.
Search Engine Watch February 23, 2010 Mark Jackson	Focus on the User How do you make sure that your Web site is user friendly? Here are some tips to avoid setting yourself up for search engine optimization disaster.
Search Engine Watch May 25, 2006 Chris Sherman	U.K. Search Marketing Environment Thriving The total market for search marketing in the U.K. grew at a blistering 100% rate in 2005, and further double-digit gains are expected for this year. Four key trends are driving this growth.
Search Engine Watch September 3, 2008 Kevin Ryan	Rehabilitating SEO -- Part 2 SEOs can spend entirely too much time heading in the wrong direction, a fact that is the epitome of counter-productivity.
Search Engine Watch April 20, 2009 Ron Jones	SEO Tools 101, Part 1 Getting started in SEO can be overwhelming, but your job can be made easier with the right tools. Here's an introduction to some of the keyword tools, site-grading tools and linking tools that will give you an edge in your search engine optimization efforts.
Search Engine Watch April 6, 2011 Simon Heseltine	The SEO Industry Needs Some Reputation Management Scammers and spammers have helped turn SEO from a three-letter acronym into a four-letter word. It's time to clear the good name of SEO and convince the public that SEO isn't all dirty schemes cooked up by crooks and liars.
Search Engine Watch July 3, 2008 Ron Jones	SEM Going Legit - Literally EDU Many newcomers are looking for some kind of accredited SEM course. But for a university to offer such course, it must be created in theory, pass through boards and deans, and be completely vetted. That can take anywhere from two to five years.
Search Engine Watch February 16, 2009 William Flaiz	The Best of Outsourced: 10 Greatest Hits The author bids farewell to Search Engine Watch by revisiting some of the hottest topics in search marketing agencies from the past 18 months.
Search Engine Watch December 5, 2002 Danny Sullivan	Google Offers SEO Selection Guidelines At the end of last month, Google rolled out a new page offering advice to those seeking a search engine optimization firm. Since being unveiled, there's been both support and criticism of the tips and recommendations that Google has posted in various SEO forums.
InternetNews February 13, 2004 Janis Mara	IAB Updates Rich Media Guidelines The Big Three publishers give the new Interactive Advertising Bureau standards for in-page rich media the thumbs-up.
Search Engine Watch February 8, 2007 Kevin Newcomb	Search Marketing Shows Strength in 2006 SEMPO's annual look at the State of Search Engine Marketing finds that search continues to grow, reaching $9.4 billion in North America in 2006.
Search Engine Watch September 2, 2008 Mark Jackson	How Much Are You Spending on SEO? SEO deserves its rightful place in every company's marketing budget.
Search Engine Watch October 7, 2008 Mark Jackson	What You Need to Know Before Committing to SEO Rushing into a search engine optimization initiative without properly planning your SEO strategy is setting yourself up for failure. To enjoy the fruits that SEO can provide your site, you need to be well organized and develop a plan.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Where Have All the Advertisers Gone? Online advertising is a booming business in the United States, but investors need to make sure that they're buying companies that really are on the right bandwagon.
Search Engine Watch February 6, 2008 Gregg Stewart	Local Search Tactics for Tough Economic Times What tactics and best practices can we glean to improve our local search campaigns in these challenging times of credit crunching and receding sales opportunities?
InternetNews July 2, 2009 Christopher Saunders	Ad Groups Move to Regulate Web Tracking Key industry groups involved in Internet advertising are adopting a sweeping slate of consumer privacy measures in an effort to forestall legislation surrounding ad-targeting based on tracking online user behavior.
Search Engine Watch August 11, 2010 Simon Heseltine	SEO Talk: Gospel or Hearsay? Listen, learn, and test, test, test. What worked yesterday may not work today, so continually keep an eye on what's being said - and don't take anything as gospel.
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Search Engine Watch January 9, 2006 Chris Sherman	The State of Search Engine Marketing New research from SEMPO sheds light on what's happening in the search marketing industry today, from the size of the industry to key trends that will shape the year ahead.
Search Engine Watch November 21, 2008 Chris Boggs	Selling SEO During an Economic Downturn In a down economy, business development for SEO becomes increasingly important.
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Search Engine Watch June 30, 2009 Herndon Hasty	Share Your Way to Better SEO SEO campaigns often become bottled up in silos and never reach their full potential. SEO covers many different areas of your business, so sharing information and strategies across all possible lines is preferable.
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Search Engine Watch May 5, 2009 Mark Jackson	Selecting an SEO Firm: The What, How, and Who Selecting a search engine optimization company, or finding someone to do SEO in-house, can seem difficult, but it doesn't have to be.
Search Engine Watch July 22, 2008 Mark Jackson	Usability and SEO More and more SEOs are becoming usability experts. Here's why.
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Search Engine Watch September 2, 2003 Danny Sullivan	SEMPO, Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization, Opens To Members SEMPO stands for the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization. The registered, non-profit group aims to raise the profile of search engine marketing, so that potential clients will understand what SEM is and budget money for it.