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Maui Prince Hotel closing, 380 lose jobs (San Francisco Chronicle)

August 31st, 2009

The operators of the 310-room Maui Prince Hotel _ which is being foreclosed upon _ said the resort and neighboring golf courses will close in two weeks. Prince Resorts Hawaii President Donn Takahashi said Monday 380 employees will lose their jobs when the… Sponsored Topics: Hawaii – Maui – United States – Travel and Tourism – Recreation and Sports

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Maui Prince Hotel closing, 380 lose jobs (San Francisco Chronicle)

August 31st, 2009

The operators of the 310-room Maui Prince Hotel _ which is being foreclosed upon _ said the resort and neighboring golf courses will close in two weeks. Prince Resorts Hawaii President Donn Takahashi said Monday 380 employees will lose their jobs when the… Sponsored Topics: Hawaii – Maui – United States – Travel and Tourism – Recreation and Sports

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Google News Incorporates Search Suggestion Feature

August 31st, 2009

Google Suggest, a query suggestion tool, has been added to Google News. The algorithm for the feature has been tweaked to feature news-related suggestions. The feature has been added to Google News in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.

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Conversation of the Day: Facebook is the New Address Book

August 31st, 2009

When it comes to personal information like email, calendars, to- do’s and notes, I have super systems that keep all the data up-to-date by leveraging the cloud and keeping local copies on my computers and my iPhone. Evernote, for example, is one great tool that I use to stay in sync.

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Interview: His Thoughts On Search, Books … (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

August 31st, 2009

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch : Google CEO Eric Schmidt Interview: His Thoughts On Search, Books, News, Mobile, Competition And More

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Why So Much Conflicting SEO Advice?

August 31st, 2009

An explanation about why some great SEO advice is getting harder to find while misinformation and ignorance pollute the public facing SEO industry.

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Why So Much Conflicting SEO Advice? | Atlanta Internet Marketing

August 31st, 2009

This is why some of the sleaziest SEOs publicly promote SEO outing. They understand that justifying their own business actions helps to legitimize them, even if they are hypocritical scumbags who use their blog to threaten and bully …

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Global Search Market Draws More than 100 Billion Searches per Month (comScore, Inc.)

August 31st, 2009

comScore, Inc. : Global Search Market Draws More than 100 Billion Searches per Month

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A Grand Goal for More U.S. Manufacturing Jobs (BusinessWeek)

August 31st, 2009

GE chief Immelt says the U.S. should aim to have manufacturing jobs make up 20% of total employment. Is that realistic?

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Sony PCs to offer Google Web browser (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

August 31st, 2009

Google Inc is shipping its Chrome browser with Sony Corp PCs, sealing the Internet company’s first such deal since it introduced the Web browser last year to compete with Microsoft.

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Training funds for eco-jobs available (The Press-Enterprise)

August 31st, 2009

Riverside and San Bernardino counties are seeking shares of a $75 million pool that California will use to teach people to perform environmentally friendly jobs.

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Study: Google Pulls Away in Global Search Usage (PC World via Yahoo! News)

August 31st, 2009

The latest worldwide statistics for search engine queries don’t paint a pretty picture for Google competitors.

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Execs & Accounts: Resonate Networks, MediaMath, Rubicon Project

August 31st, 2009

Political ad net Resonate adds ex-WPNI Exec Correa; MediaMath boosts staff; Rubicon steals Google exec to head new Sydney office.

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SEO Hierarchy of Needs

August 31st, 2009

It happens a lot. A company calls Bruce Clay, Inc. to find out what can be done to help them build links / launch a social media campaign / [insert Internet marketing service here]. But after looking at the site it becomes apparent that the SEO foundation is just too weak to support quality search engine rankings, let alone a link building campaign

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Security Issues Holding Back Social Media’s Potential

August 31st, 2009

Social Media’s rise in popularity has created some very real problems for the Internet and its users. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter have seemingly opened the floodgates to security troubles, and over the past few weeks, this has been accentuated by a number of issues and studies. As WebProNews recently reported , based on a study from Russell Herder and Ethos Business Law, time on social networking sites has increased by 73% in the past year. Without even taking security into consideration, 51% of executives surveyed said they fear social media could reduce employee productivity, while 49% said that using social media could damage a company’s reputation. Now consider that social network users are more vulnerable to security risks. This is the theme of another study recently released by AVG and CMO Council. This indicates that most social network users fail to perform the following basic security measures on a regular basis: – Changing passwords (64% infrequently or never) – Adjusting privacy settings (57% infrequently or never) – Informing their social network administrator (90% infrequently or never) Here are some more stats from that one: – 21% accept contact offerings from members they don’t recognize – Over half let acquaintances or roommates access social networks on their machines -

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