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Local Mobile Searchers Can Access Comprehensive Maps, Directions and Business Listings With One Tap

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As consumers increasingly conduct mobile searches for maps and driving directions, YellowSpaces Inc., a local search engine focused on accurate searches, announced iLPS(TM) today — a new local search application designed for the iPhone and iPod touch. iLPS gives users a hand-held Local Positioning System when they are away from their desktops or laptops.

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Probe into Irish Catholic orphanages, schools finds thousands of children were beaten, raped.

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President says Iran has test-fired a new advanced missile with a range of about 1,200 miles

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This week, OJR is helping present the KDMC News Entrepreneur Boot Camp at USC. We’ve brought 15 aspiring news entrepreneurs to the USC Marshall School of Business, where they are learning the basic of eliciting financial and community support while creating a small news business.

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LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS and VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – May 19, 2009) – ImmersiFind Inc., the leading enabler of multi-platform local search solutions for the independent directory publisher community, announced today that it has signed a multi-year agreement to license its full suite of local search platforms to LocalTel, based in Lawrence, Massachusetts. LocalTel publishes over …

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Beauty products marketer Profound Beauty has increased its conversion rate on organic search by 1.5 percentage points and its average order size from organic search traffic by $6 to $7 since implementing a search optimization program designed by search engine marketing firm MoreVisibility.com, according to Anne Hogan, vice president of marketing at Profound Beauty.

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ImmersiFind Inc., the leading enabler of multi-platform local search solutions for the independent directory publisher community, announced today that it has signed a multi-year agreement to license its full suite of local search platforms to LocalTel, based in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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Analytics firm AdQuants has compiled some very interesting data on the local search market. It’s based on the company’s crawling of the major search engines in “250 US metros with approximately 300 local keywords spanning the spectrum of local service providers and retailers.”

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Omniture, Inc., a leading provider of online business optimization software, today announced that 74 percent of the top 50 online retailers and 48 percent of the top 500 online retailers use Omniture for Web analytics, site search, search engine marketing or other online marketing functions, according to Internet Retailer magazine’s “2008 Internet Retailer Top 500″ ranking of the top retailers …

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CARLSBAD, CA–(Marketwire – May 18, 2009) – “SEO & SEM: The Fast Track to Search Engine Optimization and Marketing,” a course taught by SEO Inc. , a Carlsbad, CA based search engine marketing company , will be back at the University of California, San Diego this week, and the class has seen record breaking enrollment. “I have seen more students enrolling in the course this semester than in any …

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“SEO & SEM: The Fast Track to Search Engine Optimization and Marketing,” a course taught by SEO Inc., a Carlsbad, CA based search engine marketing company, will be back at the University of California, San Diego this week, and the class has seen record breaking enrollment.

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Sri Lankan state television says Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has been killed.

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Many industries do not properly utilize internet marketing and search engine optimization to improve their business efforts online. In order to aid multiple industries with custom tips to quickly improve website rankings, ProspectMX has developed a series of articles with specifically targeted, easy to use internet marketing strategies. The first industry ProspectMX reviewed is manufacturing, …

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Many industries do not properly utilize internet marketing and search engine optimization to improve their business efforts online.

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The debate over marketers paying bloggers covers a number of issues, ranging from search engine marketing practices to ethical concerns. Our experts weigh arguments on both sides.

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U.S. Geological Survey says magnitude-5.0 quake hits Los Angeles area.

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EU budget chief Dalia Grybauskaite declares victory in Lithuanian presidential vote.

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Exit poll: EU budget boss Dalia Grybauskaite wins 1st round of Lithuanian presidential vote.

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Sri Lankan rebels say they are laying down their arms in hopes government will stop offensive.

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The winning numbers drawn Saturday night in Powerball are: 6-7-31-40-56

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Recent bird sightings as reported to the Massachusetts Audubon Society: Reports from Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge included both yellow-billed and black-billed cuckoos, three veerys, four wood thrushes, a brown thrasher, at least 18 species of wood-warblers including a cape may, many blackpolls, a worm-eating warbler, a hooded warbler, and two Canada warblers, several scarlet tanagers, …

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Israel’s defense minister says prime minister will likely endorse Palestinian state on US trip.

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Obama names Utah GOP Gov. Jon Huntsman as US ambassador to China

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Media reports say ruling Congress party alliance has won elections, will form next government.

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AP source: Obama to name Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah as ambassador to China.

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Internet Marketing Series Sponsored by SMARTY Covers Important Online Tools and Strategies for Search Engine Marketing, Social Media Marketing and Online PR on May 31, June 28 and July 12, 2009

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Several Members of the Online Marketing Agency Team, Including the CEO, Biked to Their Carlsbad, Calif. Office on May 15 for Bike to Work Day

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eVisibility, a leading provider of Internet marketing services for businesses of all sizes, took part in National Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 15. CEO Danny DeMichele, Social Media Specialist & Consultant Erin Cartaya, and Senior Project Manager Fumi Matsubara all rode their bikes to work.

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Twitter search brings structure to all the noise with an index of real time conversations. but is the excitement around Twitter causing us to force unnatural mashups, as with local search? …

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Workshop will empower marketers, advertisers and publishers to secure competitive advantage in struggling economy (PRWeb May 15, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2426504.htm

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AP source: US has released to France a detainee from Guantanamo Bay prison.

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Workshop will empower marketers, advertisers and publishers to secure competitive advantage in struggling economy

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For many years, “organic” or “natural” search engine optimization (SEO) has been typically defined as designing, writing, coding and programming a website to maximize the chance that its pages will appear at the top of spider-based search engine results for targeted keywords.

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Afghan official says 22 Taliban, including 3 commanders, killed in southern Afghanistan.

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AP sources: Obama will restart military tribunals for some Guantanamo detainees.

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New Hampshire gov will sign gay marriage bill, but only if lawmakers make further changes.

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John Menzies Digital, a digital magazine service for UK publishers and retailers, has appointed search engine marketing specialist DBD Media following a competitive pitch.

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DeRisk IT begins SEO testing for clients – With everyone trying to gain as much business as possible in these tough economic times, DeRisk IT has broadened the testing horizons to now include SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to enable the clients to get the most traffic possible directed to the websites. With a proper SEO campaign the client can have more traffic on the site, more markets can be …

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ATLANTA, GA – May 13, 2009 – Leading Atlanta, Georgia based search engine optimization company Medium Blue Search Engine Marketing is proud to announce its partnership with Afterburner, Inc., which has enlisted the SEO firm for comprehensive search engine optimization services as well as pay-per-click management, website conversion, and online public relations.

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NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – May 13, 2009) – Conductor, Inc., a leading provider of search engine optimization technology and services, today formally announced the hiring of Keith Nealon as Vice President, Worldwide Sales. Nealon will lead worldwide sales and alliance operations for all of Conductor’s enterprise SEO measurement and optimization solution products. Nealon joins a management team …

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Conductor, Inc., a leading provider of search engine optimization technology and services, today formally announced the hiring of Keith Nealon as Vice President, Worldwide Sales. Nealon will lead worldwide sales and alliance operations for all of Conductor’s enterprise SEO measurement and optimization solution products. Nealon joins a management team of former executives from ContextWeb, Apple, …

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You have probably heard multiple pitches from advertising agencies and SEM firms looking to take over the search engine marketing campaign for your company. When was the last time one of these firms offered to pay for all of the ads up-front and be paid only for the sales and leads generated?

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Charlottesville, VA (PRWEB) May 12, 2009 –Catherine Potts and Janet Driscoll Miller of the search engine marketing firm Search Mojo will headline a teleseminar hosted by BizSummits on Thursday, May 14 at 1:30 p.m. ET entitled “Inbound Linking for SEO: Best Practices and Advanced Techniques”.

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Charlottesville, VA (PRWEB) May 12, 2009 –Catherine Potts and Janet Driscoll Miller of the search engine marketing firm Search Mojo will headline a teleseminar hosted by BizSummits on Thursday, May 14 at 1:30 p.m. ET entitled “Inbound Linking for SEO: Best Practices and Advanced Techniques”.

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SearchFit, an Ecommerce Platform, Has Earned the Top Ranking in the New “Best SEO Shopping Cart Software” Category From topseos.com, a Site Dedicated to Rating Search Engine Optimization and Online Marketing Companies and Tools

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Topseos.com, a site developed by e-ventures LLC, is a trusted source of information on search engine optimization and online marketing providers and products. The site’s launch of this new category demonstrates how critical the choice of a shopping cart software platform is — to SEO and, ultimately, to success in the intensely competitive ecommerce landscape. “The software an ecommerce site …

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CHICAGO—-Performics , the performance marketing expert inside Publicis Groupe’s VivaKi Nerve Center, has been selected to manage and centralize search marketing campaigns for Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC .

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US military charges sergeant with 5 counts murder, 1 aggravated assault in soldier killings.

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