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5 great jobs and 6 great company startup ideas for people with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) skills

Posted February 7, 2012 - 7:09 pm

There are some technical specialties that not only provide great employment opportunities, but also create the possibility of using them to start your own business. The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of these skill sets.
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Was an IBM stock buyback really more important to you than its first female CEO?

Posted October 26, 2011 - 11:00 am

IBM was the top story on Google's tech news page this morning, but in strange ways. Was a stock buyback really more important before 9 a.m. than the first woman CEO was after 9?
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Accused search hijacker denies all charges except covertly redirecting search

Posted August 10, 2011 - 4:14 pm

Paxfire disputes that it 'hijacks' search requests from ISP customers, gathers personal information and uses it covertly. BAH! It fixes and redirects searches, stores data to improve future searches and gives results enhanced with information from its partners. So there.
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Unholy union of SEO trickeration clears antitrust scrutiny

Posted March 1, 2011 - 5:50 pm

Just when Google thought it was getting a handle on ridding its searches of low-quality content created by content farms, aggregators and SEO-riggers, the marriage of two masters of those dark arts was approved by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
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Google content farm crackdown hurts cheaters, helps users

Posted February 25, 2011 - 6:37 pm

Google is retuning its search algorithms to weed out content farms that waste readers' time with keyword-stuffed Web sites that waste time in a bad way.
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New Google algorithm takes aim at content farms

Posted February 25, 2011 - 11:58 am

If what Google says is true, users will notice a bit less crappy content clogging up their search results, starting almost immediately.
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J.C. Penney caught gaming Google

Posted February 14, 2011 - 6:50 pm

If you're into search engine optimization intrigue, check out this article in Saturday's New York Times about how retailer J.C. Penney for months used "black hat" SEO techniques to rig Google search results in hits favor -- and how it got caught.
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'AOL Way' revealed: Screw quality, grind down staff

Posted February 1, 2011 - 5:44 pm

The trouble with most journalists and writers is that they don't realize their true potential. AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong knows this and wants to help by requiring them to hack out five to 10 stories a day.
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Demand Media climbs 33% in Wall Street debut

Posted January 26, 2011 - 5:59 pm

Internet content farm Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) finished its first day of trading on Wall Street at $22.65, up 33.2 percent from the offer price of $17 per share.
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Five SEO Secrets to Make Your Site More Visible

Posted January 5, 2010 - 9:25 am

Optimize your Website to improve your search ranking and get more business.
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Koobface behind the scenes

Posted September 4, 2009 - 7:33 am

Security researchers are looking into not just how Koobface infects users’ PCs, but how its creators manage to spread the worm across popular social networking sites to maximize its effectiveness.
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Law firms are newest victim of SEO, marketing

Posted August 5, 2009 - 9:17 pm

Look out Dewey Cheatem & Howe, the search engine marketers have their sites set on you. Or at least they would if they could find you.
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