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  1. Pinterest users are pinning links to newspaper articles by the thousands, even without Pin buttons on publisher websites. A new study explores why traditional media sites should start taking advantage of the Pinterest traffic opportunity. Source: Search Engine Watch

  2. SEO News · Started by Newsie,

    User reviews are an incredibly powerful tool to use to your advantage, but collecting them simply isn�t enough. If you�re looking to lift the conversion rates on your product pages, try out some of these eight new formats in your reviews. Source: Search Engine Watch

  3. More than 100,000 retailers have stuck around to play in Google�s new product-based CPC advertising channel. If you�re one of these retailers, then the following tips and best practices for Product Listing Ads campaigns heading into Q4 are for you. Source: Search Engine Watch

  4. Massive account confusion, implementation roadblocks, and budget changes are key challenges agencies, in-house experts, and consultants managing enterprise SEM campaigns must overcome. Learn how to do so with these tips and potential solutions. Source: Search Engine Watch

  5. Using Google�s new �Google Experiments� for A/B testing confirmed a hypothesis that a landing page with a preview image will have a higher conversion rate than a landing page without the preview image. Here�s how you can conduct your own test. Source: Search Engine Watch

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    Google�s most recent numbers show that CPC costs are decreasing, and, at the same time, ROI is growing for online marketers via that particular channel. Where are the cheapest clicks? They�re in AdMob, and they�re ripe for the picking. Source: Search Engine Watch

  7. �The Joy of Painting� TV show host Bob Ross is celebrated on Google�s homepage today with a Doodle paying tribute to the artist known for teaching PBS viewers to paint landscapes, including mountains surrounded by happy little clouds and trees. Source: Search Engine Watch

  8. Establishing benchmarks and creating realistic goals for your paid search campaigns can help refine your strategy, align your PPC campaign with wider-scope business objectives, improve performance, and serve as a source of motivation. Source: Search Engine Watch

  9. The SEW Weekly search and social marketing radio show kicks off Thursday, November 1st at 1pm EST on WebmasterRadio.fm. Tune in for search news and an in-house SEO panel with special guests Simon Heseltine from AOL and Covario�s Dave Rohrer. Source: Search Engine Watch

  10. Type in almost any horror movie title and you will see bats hanging from Google's Knowledge Graph 'card' results. Almost any, because the SEW team tried a bunch of different results and not every known horror film triggered results. Source: Search Engine Watch

  11. Google is celebrating Halloween 2012 with an interactive haunted house logo, complete with jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, scary creatures, and a black cat. Clicking on various features causes the image to come to life, complete with a spooky soundtrack. Source: Search Engine Watch

  12. 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

  13. Many third parties will create email campaigns, distribute them to lists of prospective customers, and measure successful deliveries and click-throughs to your call to action. You need to go further: tag your inbound links with tracking parameters. Source: Search Engine Watch

  14. SEO News · Started by Newsie,

    As an advertiser, your challenge and opportunity is to claim a piece of territory in the search results page fray. Once you�ve identified your ideal customer, here�s how you can use the principles of choice architecture to get the clicks you want. Source: Search Engine Watch

  15. Content curation is about finding the most relevant content about a topic online and listing all the relevant links found on that topic after a thorough research on the web. Here are the benefits of content curation and tips on how to do it well. Source: Search Engine Watch

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    When you launch a new site or enter the SEO game for the first time, one of the first steps is spending some quality time working on on-page optimization. But once you�ve finished your work, then what? How often do you optimize, or re-optimize? Source: Search Engine Watch

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    Every government agency should understand, monitor, and seek to shape its digital presence around SEO fundamentals to ensure their services, activities, and positions are issues are front and center in the everyday lives of the public via search. Source: Search Engine Watch

  18. Rankings change significantly based on the locations where searches originate. SES Chicago 2012 attendees will learn how to effectively target their audience using this data and show companies whether they are getting the most from their SEO agency. Source: Search Engine Watch

  19. Are you struggling with link building? Freaked out by Penguins and unnatural link messages? A lot of SEO folks are and seem to be putting a ton of stock into outreach and guest posting. But is it going to work? We dig in to see where things stand. Source: Search Engine Watch

  20. Learn cutting edge tips, tools, and actionable strategies on how to build your brand, increase relevant and fruitful engagement with customers and potential customers, improve your bottom line, and get better disciplined socially at SES Chicago. Source: Search Engine Watch