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  1. Many AdWords features come with fabulous advantages that help improve account performance or ease campaign management. But beware: some of these also have pitfalls and tricks that throw PPC managers off course. Never fear, solutions are here. Source: Search Engine Watch

  2. Trust has been a factor in the human economy forever. On the web, trust is at a premium. Smart businesses will focus substantial effort on creating trust for themselves via search engines, social media, and online reviews. Source: Search Engine Watch

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  3. Tweeting from real-world events is a great brand building strategy for conference attendees. Learn how to balance promotion with helpful information when tweeting organically or using Promoted Tweets around an event hashtag. Source: Search Engine Watch

  4. Ooooo this is good news. Quote: Twitter on Thursday gave privacy advocated a big win by announced a new “Do Not Track” setting that allows users to opt out of being tracked by Twitters platform. The plan was unveiled at an Internet Week panel in New York Thursday morning by chief technology officer for the Federal Trade Commission, Ed Felten. Twitter also revealed the new Do Not Track button, tweeting: “The Federal Trade Commission’s CTO, Ed Felten, just mentioned Twitter now supports Do Not Track. We applaud the FTC’s leadership on DNT.” Users can take advantage of the Do Not Track option using any browser that already support the option…

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  5. Twitter cards are one social media marketing tool you can't afford to ignore. By going beyond basic tweets to include videos, pictures, and other information, your business can integarate a transactional message into the conversation. Source: Search Engine Watch

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  6. Twitter today is celebrating its eighth birthday. With 500 million tweets sent per day and 240 million active global users, Twitter is marking the occasion by giving everyone the opportunity to look back at the first tweets for any user. Source: Search Engine Watch

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  7. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan is attempting to "eradicate" Twitter from Turkey in response to leaks and criticism of the government. But it didn't take long for users to find workarounds to continue accessing Twitter. Source: Search Engine Watch

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  8. Twitter has posted a set of guidelines designed to help users understand how it handles copyright takedown requests. The company said that the page will provide clear insight into the company's handling of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Source: Search Engine Watch

  9. Twitter users will be able to download every tweet they've ever sent by the year's end, according to Twitter CEO Dick Costolo. It has taken so long for Twitter to offer users their archives because the site isn't suited for archive distribution. Source: Search Engine Watch

  10. Twitter conducted a study of more than 2 million tweets to find out which elements in a tweet actually garnered more engagement. The data was then broken into segments like news, TV, sports, music and government to show what worked in each sector. Source: Search Engine Watch

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  11. This thread houses social media site BBCodes to let you easily link to anyone's profile. Right now we have the twitter one 100% ready to go for you to upload to your forums bbCode Manager (admin -> look & feel -> bbCodes) We'll have a MySpace and Facebook bbCode for you to enjoy as well shortly

  12. Twitter has stepped-up a gear in its efforts to draw revenue from its growing user base Asia, by securing an exclusive deal with its first advertising partner, Komli Media, to sell its promoted products in the region. Source: Search Engine Watch

  13. Twitter's updated mobile app for iOS and Android aims to improve search and discovery. It brings improved search features to the app and web, and shows photo and video results at the top of search results, including new tailored ranking. Source: Search Engine Watch

  14. Social Media · Started by Feed,

    Why twitter has PR 10 but facebook and google has PR 9?

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  15. President Obama had the most popular tweet of the year, while Pope Benedict XVI, Neil Young and Ringo Starr are just getting started in social. Find out which events, people and topics generated the most interest in Twitter this year. Source: Search Engine Watch

  16. Twitter is clamping down on graphic sexual activities and provocative nudity that people post on quick clip video app Vine, making it clear that explicit sexual content is unwanted. Source: Search Engine Watch

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  17. In his latest Webmaster Help video, Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts discusses what happens to the flow of PageRank when Google crawls a page and finds two links on a page pointing to the same target, but each uses unique anchor text. Source: Search Engine Watch

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  18. The FTC is cracking down on brands that aren’t following the rules and regulations for influencer marketing. Where they are and aren’t enforcing these rules, though, has left many confused. To help with your influencer marketing planning, we’ve outlined what you need to do in order to keep your brand compliant with the FTC Guidelines. Include disclosures The important point is for the influencer to get the message across to his/her audience that the brand is compensating him/her for the post. Surprisingly, there is no single correct way to do this. In the FTC guide, the organization outlines these two options for statements as a way of properly alerting audience…

  19. SEO News · Started by Newsie,

    A good analytical organic search tactician should do their homework in year-over-year by month analysis and not simply in month-over month ongoing review. It is only over a long run of time (yearly) that we can assess for true success. Source: Search Engine Watch

  20. In the movie Her, Joaquin Pheonix plays a lonely and heartbroken man who develops strong romantic feelings for his mobile operating system. “Samantha,” as he calls it, speaks to him, listens to him, and ultimately becomes a major part of his life. As technology stands right now, we may not be at the point of making real “human” connections with our mobile devices, but we do talk to them. We talk to them a lot. Mobile technology is progressing quickly, and soon, speech recognition software will become even more advanced and far more prevalent than it is now. Ultimately, improved speech recognition software will have a significant impact on how the public uses sear…