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Google\'s new Code Search engine allows webmasters, programmers and script kiddies to dig up helpfully commented source code. But are there a few surprises in the Code Search results?

Google Code Search offers a powerful tool that the search engine\'s main interface does not allow. In Google Code Search you can search using regular expressions. For those who aren\'t familiar with the term, regular expressions (often referred to as \'regex\') are pattern matching techniques used to determine whether a string contains a sub-string or predicted pattern.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bulldog Reporter's PR University has invited news search engine optimization specialist Jamie O'Donnell to explain why Google News, Yahoo! News, and AOL News put the “public” back into public relations. O'Donnell, the co-founder of SEO-PR, will discuss “Boosting Visibility with SEO” on Nov. 10 in San Francisco at Advanced PR Technology in Practice, an intensive one-day update on blogs, SEO, social media and online measurement tools.

“When people conduct a news search, they often find recent and relevant press releases along with articles in the results,” says O'Donnell. A recent report from Outsell found that “press releases have leapfrogged over trade publications” to become the top news sources of knowledge workers. Bennett & Company's 15th annual media survey also found that online research remains the number one source for journalists to obtain additional story information. In fact, 75% of journalists search the Internet for previous stories on their subject.

Over the past year I've interviewed for a half dozen SEO jobs at substantial companies where they've decided to stop out-sourcing and bring the SEO position in-house.

While I have not yet decided to take any of those jobs, I have noticed some things that may prove enlightening to anyone considering making the move to corporate SEO.

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Over the past year I've interviewed for a half dozen SEO jobs at substantial companies where they've decided to stop out-sourcing and bring the SEO position in-house.

Trust is always a tricky issue, and one that is emotionally charged based on our individual experiences with others as we navigate through the maze we call life. In search marketing, trust issues are further magnified by the fact that the industry is still in its infancy and there are no set rules or regulations. Let's face it, you'd be hard pressed to get a handful of SEO consultants to agree on a definition of SEO. Even amongst SEOs wearing the same hat color, there is often a giant chasm that divides us

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Fortune Interactive LLC (www.FortuneInteractive.com), a full-service search engine marketing firm specializing in organic search engine optimization (SEO), announced the launch of its SEMLogicTM Competitive Intelligence Solution for corporate search engine marketers.

Brian Smith, an independent analyst for the shopping comparison engine industry known for his work at Comparison Engines, has just launched a new service for businesses wishing to simplify the product submittals to shopping search engines.

SingleFeed (currently in Beta) simplifies the data feed management and data feed submission process by allowing merchants to create a single feed which covers all the requirements and most important optional fields for Google Base, Shopzilla, Shopping.com, Yahoo! Shopping, PriceGrabber, NexTag, Become, and Smarter.com. SingleFeed checks the feed for errors, walks the merchant through how to fix any errors, manually categorizes the products in the feed, and then submits and automatically re-submits the data feed to the selected shopping comparison engines.

NeboWeb, an Atlanta-based interactive marketing agency, announced the opening of their Charlotte, North Carolina office today.

The Charlotte location will headquarter NeboWeb’s Search Engine Optimization services. In addition to serving as the SEO delivery hub for the firm, the Charlotte location will also be used as a vehicle to aggressively target the growing North Carolina business community.

“We’re excited about the opportunities that exist in the Charlotte area, but also believe the state of North Carolina has a lot of potential overall. The Charlotte office will help us connect on a local level with this market as well as centralize our search engine optimization efforts. Many of us have North Carolina roots so this expansion makes sense from both a business and personal standpoint,” says Brian Easter, CEO of NeboWeb.

Internet marketing is vastly becoming the most important avenue for companies trying to make it in today’s world. SmokeDog.net specializes in search engine placement through specialized SEO programs designed to improve rank, visibility, and brandability.
In today’s market it is essential to have an edge over the competition online. Whether a website sells products or services, they need targeted traffic to stay healthy and on top of the search engines. SmokeDog is new, up-and-coming company taking a hands-on approach to reveal keywords that turn traffic from search engines into sales for businesses, using a proprietary set of tools and programs. SmokeDog also offers marketing elements to increase a company’s overall promotion efforts. Combining qualities of branding and Search Engine Optimization are what separates SmokeDog from the competition.

eBay Announcements
Brian Burke, eBay's Senior Marketplace Policy Manager for Feedback, announced that restrictions will be placed on sellers who decide to keep their feedback profile private. As of Oct. 26, 2006, members who have private feedback profiles will no longer be allowed to list items.

According to Burke, members who use private feedback are able to hide comments which could impact another buyer's decision to purchase from that seller. eBay's goal is to ensure buyers have all the information available about their prospective sellers' past trading histories. Sellers currently using private feedback can change to public showing in their account options.