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		<title>GOOG-411 &amp; Google Maps- Potential Not To Be Ignored</title>
		<link>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/search-engine-theory-speculation/goog411-google-maps-potential</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Wleklinski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GOOG-411, aka Google Voice Local Search, is a telephone service now provided by Google that puts the power of Google search results into a phone directory service. It allows users to make a business search by simply calling a toll-free telephone number&#8211; just like typical directory assistance. Released by Google Labs in September 2007, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Google Voice</title>
		<link>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/trends-and-news/introducing-google-voice-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JenniferYaniz</dc:creator>
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Search market giant Google has announced this morning that it has launched a new product called Google Voice Google Voice is a free service that is similar to Call Wave that gives you one number for all your phones, voicemail that is easy as email, and many enhanced calling features like call blocking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comparing Keyword Research Tools</title>
		<link>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/marketing-tactics/comparing-keyword-research-tools</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenn Hoyumpa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Tactics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within the last month, Google announced that AdWords is also releasing quantitative data for in their Keywords Tool.  As of January 2008, Google remains as the dominate search engine taking nearly 70% of the market share, up from just over 60% in 2007.    Intuitively, the Google Keyword Tool should seem to be an excellent source [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips For Using Social Networks to Promote your Business</title>
		<link>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/marketing-tactics/tips-social-networks-promote-business</link>
		<comments>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/marketing-tactics/tips-social-networks-promote-business#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JenniferYaniz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Tactics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using social marketing tools such as MySpace, Facebook, Squidoo and LinkedIn among many others offers  businesses a way to reach new groups of people.  An advertiser can also use the search tools on these websites to target by demographic and special interests. This is why social network marketing should be an important part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo Changing Algorithm</title>
		<link>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/trends-and-news/yahoo-changing-algorithm</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Okun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PPC knowledge base]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Yahoo Blog, it seems like Yahoo is going to cause some scrambled rankings&#8230;..we just love when this happens, don&#8217;t we?
Also, according to Neilsen, Yahoo only had an 18.1% market share in March, compared to Google&#8217;s 58.7% share. So, if Goolge were to buy out Yahoo, that would reflect a 76.8 market share&#8230;..something to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo answers Microsoft:  Thanks But No Thanks</title>
		<link>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/trends-and-news/yahoo-answers-microsoft</link>
		<comments>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/trends-and-news/yahoo-answers-microsoft#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trends & News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo has rejected Microsofts offer to take over the search pioneer.  According to the official Yahoo press release the offered $31 a share massively undervalues the organization, cash flow and earnings potential and they believe that other alternatives can be used in order to keep shareholders happy and retain control over their brand.
With Yahoo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google introduces video sitemaps</title>
		<link>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/uncategorized/google-introduces-video-sitemaps</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Okun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Google Webmaster Central Blog, Goole has introduced &#8220;video sitemaps&#8221; which can be added to the Sitemap Protocol. The blog gives an example of the video-specific code, as does the Google Help Center.
I would think that third party contributors will be offering Video Sitemap Generators very soon.
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		<title>Major change to AdWords bidding on the way</title>
		<link>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/announcements/watch-wallet-major-change-adwords-bidding</link>
		<comments>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/announcements/watch-wallet-major-change-adwords-bidding#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Really important heads up here, everybody:
In an article on TheStreet.com about Google&#8217;s heavily anticipated 3rd quarter earnings report which will be released today, October 18th, a few sentences halfway through the piece really jolted me out of my pre-caffeinated haze:
&#8220;Advertisers will now have to pay the highest amount they bid for an ad. Previously, advertisers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google mobile aspirations &amp; open source cellphone politics</title>
		<link>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/trends-and-news/google-mobile-aspirations-jumptap-politics-open-source-cellphone-oses</link>
		<comments>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/trends-and-news/google-mobile-aspirations-jumptap-politics-open-source-cellphone-oses#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trends & News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another well reported article from the NY Times of interest to search engine marketers, this time about Google and cellphones and a 21st century version of the Great Game, with the prize in this case being access to cellphone screens around the world instead of the oil-rich hinterlands of Central Asia.  The plot is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the New Yahoo, Same as the Old Yahoo?</title>
		<link>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/trends-and-news/meet-yahoo-yahoo</link>
		<comments>http://blog.searchwizmarketing.com/trends-and-news/meet-yahoo-yahoo#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trends & News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the NYTimes on Wednesday, here&#8217;s an interesting article on Yahoo&#8217;s latest gambit to compete with Googzilla: Yahoo Upgrades Online Search Engine
Yahoo has been working hard to whip up some buzz about the recent &#8220;enhancements&#8221; to its core search engine, and the article above provides a good, unhyped overview of the non-technical details about the [...]]]></description>
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