Search local auctions and classified listings (craigslist) and see where they are located on a map view. The site has some very cool features and is uber-web 2.0 - check out the watch list! Too cool.

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We have been trying to access Yelp for over an Hour, and every web page returns the same error page.
Uhhh ohhh….it’s gonna be a case of the Mundays tomorrow.

That news could include significant layoffs or perhaps even the departure of Yahoo Chief Terry Semel, who has come under increased criticism for the company’s disappointing performance, according to the source. Is Dan or Sue leaving ? Who knows…

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This is one of the best overviews and guides to help explain the current Search engine marketing marketplace. The newly released Ad Age “Search Engine Fact Pack” contains over 50 pages of valuable insights about search-engine marketing.

This includes data points on specific engines, keywords, referring sites and numerous case studies.

All of us in the SEM world know it’s value and ability in connecting potential buyers to sellers, but until recently, it has lived a low-profile life in the online media and advertising world.

You can download the Search Marketing Fact Pack - 2006 PDF here for free.

Rob Sanderson, an analyst with American Technology Research, asserted in a research note today that there’s an easy fix for Yahoo (YHOO) if its Panama search platform doesn’t succeed: revert to being a Google (GOOG) affiliate, as it was before the company bought Overture. Throwing in the towel on Panama and becoming a Google affiliate could allow

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In the next few days, we will be making two changes to how AdWords evaluates landing page quality. First, we’ll begin incorporating landing page quality into the Quality Score for your contextually-targeted ads, using the same evaluation process as we do for search.

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Those pesky social bookmarking buttons on blogs are everywhere. Given the Ebola-like spread of them they must be really effective, right? Some disagree, but others see value in their use.

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