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Archive | January, 2008

avoiding a google smackdown in 1/20 of a second

8. January 2008

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We know a couple of things. One, visitors on your site decide whether or not it’s worth it in 1/20 of second. Two, we know Google is tracking the clicks that occur from their search engine to your site (and back again). How does this impact your search rankings? If someone is going to your site [...]

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holiday video outtakes only on facebook, itunes

8. January 2008

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If you enjoyed the Cheezhead holiday video, I invite you to checkout the outtakes, exclusively on: 1. Facebook Fan Site, or 2. iTunes If you’re already plugged-in to one of the above, you’re done. Simply be on the lookout for the video shorts.

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jobfox lands another $20m

8. January 2008

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As reported by PEhub, there are 20 million new reasons for Jobfox to smile today. With this round the company has raised around $40 million to date. Barry Lawrence said the new capital will be used to open six new sales offices, in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Dallas and Houston. Jobfox already has a [...]

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google rankings: bye-bye link popularity …

7. January 2008

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… hello real popularity. From its inception, backlinks have been at the core of how Google ranks Web sites. With such knowledge, SEOs have been finding ways to manipulate rankings in a variety of ways - link farms, reciprocal links, directories, paid links, etc. Each new strategy has been met with a new algorithmic penalty or [...]

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Will Candidates Answer Monster’s Call(ing)?

5. January 2008

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Joel recently showcased the new ad concepts being rolled out by Monster.com. As an ad guy myself, I took great interest in seeing how they would be rebranding themselves. I know this may be the first positive thing said about Monster on Joel’s blog but I have to say at first glance, the [...]

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new monster ads

4. January 2008

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New Monster.com ads from the “Your calling is calling” ad campaign:

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monster acquires affinity labs for $62m

4. January 2008

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Monster has acquired Affinity Labs, which “builds online communities to improve the lives, careers and education of its members.” The deal was for $61 million cash Checkout a sampling of their work at NursingLink.com or TheApple.com. A quick glance reveals a customizable social network solution like Ning with possibly more bells and whistles. It’s likely such [...]

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