We find this creates such a useful resource that we wanted to share it with you guys, so from now on I will be including you in on our weekly news round up.
Here is the first installment, I hope you find it as useful as we all do!
PPC NEWS
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/017155.html – Is this Yahoo’s excuse for the increase in impressions? There seem to be so many “excuses” – new partners etc.
http://www.ppchero.com/2008/05/16/your-contact-form-might-be-hurting-your-ppc-campaign/ – Are your contact forms hurting your PPC campaigns?
http://searchengineland.com/080521-133000.php – Live Search “cashback”
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/017206.html – Slightly amended ad layout for Yahoo
http://www.netimperative.com/news/2008/may/12/bigmouth-exposes-digital-marketing-2018secrets2019 – Big mouth exposes digital marketing secrets!
SEM INDUSTRY
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3629601 – Debate on whether standards are necessary to train people in SEM
http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2336/google-yahoo-microssoft-dr-080523/ – Latest in Yahoo / Microsoft takeover fun
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/microsofts-google-search-killer-strategy-is-a-rewards-program/6948/#more-6948 – Microsofts latest desperate moves to win war on Google
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080515-185802 – More on Yahoo/Microsoft
More… http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080518-174341
Don’t hire a butcher to do a bakers job part 2 – http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3629553
SEO NEWS
How to rank as the original source for your content – http://www.vanessafoxnude.com/2008/05/14/ranking-as-the-original-source-for-content-you-syndicate/
Yahoo may be interested in offers from Microsoft for a partial acquisition?? – http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080518-210416
The duplicate content myth – http://www.sitepronews.com/2008/05/14/the-duplicate-content-myth/
The tools of the trade – http://www.sitepronews.com/2008/05/14/internet-marketing-tools-of-the-trade/
A post and discussion by a web owner who has just launched a site and achieved success doing white hat SEO, article submissions, videos – http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3655155.htm
Site download speed tools – http://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-checking-your-page-size/6922/
How to use social media for keyword research, tools within social media outlets – http://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-use-social-media-for-keyword-research/6916/