1. 10+ Tips For A Pubcon VegasNewbie  permalink

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On Tuesday I will be flying out to Las Vegas for my very first Pubcon! Sounds unbelievable right? Mr. Search Engine Journal has yet to attend a Pubcon over the past 10 years or so, but it's true. After cutting my teeth on SES, SMX & IM Spring Break, it's now time for the big show. Vegas baby, VEGAS! My Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search ...

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10+ Tips For A Pubcon VegasNewbie 10+ Tips For a Pubcon Vegas Newbie   —  On Tuesday I will be flying out to Las Vegas for my very first Pubcon! Sounds unbelievable right? Mr. Search Engine Journal has yet to attend a Pubcon over the past 10 years or so, but it’s true.

Dustin / WebConnoisseur
10+ Tips For A Pubcon VegasNewbie Speaking at Pubcon   —  Pubcon is always a great conference and tends to attract more practitioners then some of the other major search conferences, which is something I highly value. I’ll be speaking at Pubcon next week on UGC SEO (optimizing user-generated content to drive large volumes of natural search traffic). Surprisingly, this is my first time speaking at [.

2. Libraries check out the eBook  permalink

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Across the U.S., thousands of libraries are embracing eBooks. No longer the familiar home of tomes and periodicals only, these foundations are now using new technology for more than just computerizing their catalogues. Libraries, like so many other businesses of the book, are eager to attract the digitally savvy new generation. This downloadable ...

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Facts and Figures: A Comprehensive Matrix of eBook Reader Info   —  It’s likely that eBook readers will be a popular item this holiday season. It’s also likely that library users and even our friends will turn to information professionals for help in deciding which one to purchase. We’ve also read about some libraries purchasing eBook Readers. Whatever the case, info pros should become familiar ...

3. SearchBrains  permalink

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Need to reach SEO Professionals? Then SearchBrains can help. With several advertising options you'll find the right campaign to suit your marketing needs.

4. FNC Interviews Fmr Planned Parenthood Director Who Turned Pro-Life  permalink

FNC Interviews Fmr Planned Parenthood Director Who Turned Pro-Life
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5. AP: Obama's Glow From Health Care Triumph Over -- Bill DOA In Senate  permalink

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6. Splurb Surfaces The Most Popular Links Across Social Media Sites  permalink

Splurb Surfaces The Most Popular Links Across Social Media Sites
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Splurb tallies the number of votes from the various sites and number of sources that list links. The more sources that cite a link, the larger the story appears on splurb. To get listed, a link must be popular on at least two social websites.

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Splurb Surfaces The Most Popular Links Across Social Media Sites Who benifits most from Social Media, or, who should not engage with Social Media   —  Interesting post by Luke at OutSocialTimes (who I’ll be meeting shortly at Monitoring Social  Media 09, in 10 days) on why some companies should Not Use Social Media - and it ties into another thought that is seemingly unrelated, but not.

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Splurb Surfaces The Most Popular Links Across Social Media Sites 2009 Utah Social Media Awards recipients announced   —  Utah’s best and brightest social media practitioners gathered Nov. 6 to recognize excellence in new media The world’s first Social Media Club awards event was held in Utah on Nov. 6, 2009. The Social Media Club of Salt Lake City began efforts to present the Utah Social Media Awards earlier this spring. Those efforts culminated in presenting ...

7. Pandia Picks 5 Social Search Tools  permalink

Gwen / Internet News

Top 5 sites for social search, Pandia (Nov 2) Pandia offers a definition of social search that I can live with - "Social search is web search aided in some way by social networks." But you don't have to be...

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Google Magazine Search   —  Google Books gets browse magazine page, Pandia (Nov 8) Now can search Google Books directly for the magazines - Pandia speculates -- "Our guess is that Google is preparing Google Books for an era where they will sell copies...

8. Blackberry Curve To Apple iPhone to Motorola Droid In A Year  permalink

Blackberry Curve To Apple iPhone to Motorola Droid In A Year
Jeremy Schoemaker / Shoemoney

Its been a pretty wild year for me for phones. Last June I switched from my Blackberry Curve to an iPhone. The iPhone was awesome… great browser, love the iPod functions, nice camera/video camera, and awesome applications. Just one major problem. AT&T. Last week at Ad:Tech nobody who had AT&T could use [...] This Post Is From ...

9. 15 Second Search Tips  permalink

Gwen / Internet News

There are several 15-second videos with search tips on using Google - these are the shortcuts to weather, stocks, time, calculations etc. Several of these will work in Canada. ...

10. Kosmix for competitive intel  permalink

Gwen / Internet News

Recruiting competitive intel with Kosmix, Altsearchengines (Nov 7) Interesting proposition in this short video: use Kosmix for competitive intelligence and recruiting. This is because Kosmix will pick up blogs, twitter, conversations. The searchers uses a boolean construction - Engineer (stress...

11. Noticings: Geotagging Photo Game Powered by Flickr API  permalink

Noticings: Geotagging Photo Game Powered by Flickr API
Readwriteweb / ReadWriteWeb

We recently told you about the Flickr App garden and gave a list of five interesting apps we found using this new section of the site. One app we didn't find - and one that brilliantly appropriates the Flickr API in a delightful, infectious user experience - is Noticings . Part game, part geotagging app, part photoblog, Noticings asks users to ...

12. Serving Searchers & Surfers  permalink

Serving Searchers & Surfers
Danny Flamberg / Manhattan Marketing Maven

Psychological research conducted by Kevin Wise, Assistant Professor of Strategic Communication at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and published in the Journal of Media Psychology, suggests that how you find information online affects your reaction to that information. The implication for marketers and publishers is that you have ...

13. Neocortex - You At Your Best  permalink

Neocortex - You At Your Best
Www.searchengineguide.com

The neocortex is the newest part of your brain. "The cells in the neocortex are arranged in six layers, within which different regions permit vision, hearing, touch, the sense of balance, movement, emotional responses and every other feat of cognition."

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Neocortex - You At Your Best Medical Dictionary   —  Neocortex: The newer portion of the cerebral cortex that serves as the center of higher mental functions for humans. The neocortex contains some 100 billion cells, each with 1,000 to 10,000 synapses (connections), and has roughly 100 million meters of wiring, all packed into a structure the size and thickness of a formal dinner napkin. The cells ...

14. Amygdala hijacking - Don't let it happen to you.  permalink

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Read by over 18,000 small business people, our free weekly newsletter delivers a digest of articles from the top search engine marketing experts. You will learn about:

15. Happy 5th Birthday Firefox!  permalink

Happy 5th Birthday Firefox!
Craig Buckler / SitePoint

Mozilla's Firefox web browser is 5 today. Has Firefox been the most influential application to emerge in the past half-decade?

16. CrunchGear Week in Review: Imported Treats Edition  permalink

CrunchGear Week in Review: Imported Treats Edition
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17. Cartoon: Flag for Moderation  permalink

Cartoon: Flag for Moderation
Readwriteweb / ReadWriteWeb

Those of us who manage online communities have learned to crowdsource a big chunk of our work: identifying user contributions that deserve a higher profile - and those that deserve to be dropped in a deep, dark hole. But there has to be something more nuanced than just thumbs-up and thumbs-down buttons. And so... Sponsor More Noise to Signal. ...

18. Zynga’s FishVille Swims With The Fishes For Ad Violations  permalink

Zynga’s FishVille Swims With The Fishes For Ad Violations
Www.techcrunch.com

Zynga’s most recent Facebook game, FishVille, has temporarily been taken offline by Facebook for advertising violations. This is a relatively light slap on the wrist since the game only launched two days ago and had a couple of thousand users (Update: Zynga says FishVille had 875,000 users yesterday. wow). Zynga’s other games, ...

19. Hayward libraries to borrow Netflix model  permalink

Hayward libraries to borrow Netflix model
Www.insidebayarea.com

HAYWARD — City libraries soon will offer a new borrowing system that borrows from Netflix, the mail-based, no-late-fee movie rental service. For a monthly fee, library users will be able to check out a limited number of materials for an unlimited amount of time. The optional system will eliminate due dates and overdue fees, asking for money ...

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20. Reputation Management: Super Best siger undskyld, men virker det?  permalink

Reputation Management: Super Best siger undskyld, men virker det?
Www.demib.dk

Supermarkedkæden Super Best (af nogle omdøbt til Super Bæst nu) har ifølge TV-avisen mistet 300 millioner i omsætning siden DR Kontant for 6 uger siden betyndte, at omtale det udprægede madsvineri, der “foregik” (foregår det endnu?) i adskillige af Super Best butikkerne. Der var tale om bl.a. svinekød i det hakkede lam, ...