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SEM in Canada: Conference Postponed & Insights into the Canadian Search Marketplace

We have notified & refunded our attendees, and chatted with the speakers. Now we can let everyone else know:
The SEM Canada Conference has been postponed until October of next year for the following reasons:
1. We are in final talks with a new corporate sponsor who will enable us to really make the SEM Canada series [...]

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Perfume, SEO, Women and Affiliates

A classic case of wondering what your perfume is worth I suppose..
My favorite is Boucheron, so I Googled it – see the results:

So they have the first organic, and I am going to assume their major market is France, but come on people – they have a great scent (it’s not cheap either) but the [...]

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Search Marketing Trends: Marketing & Investment Insights

This year has already resulted in numerous shifts in the search marketing space as we know it:
Trends From an Investors Perspective

Microsoft bid for Yahoo!, then withdrew the offer and Yahoo!’s shares dropped nearly 20%
Google and Yahoo! are still skirting around a search advertising partnership
Ask withdrew from main stream search to focus on women searchers
Google’s search [...]

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SEM, Economic Recession, & the Facts

The US economy is in a state of flux. The Dow has been up and down the past few weeks, and investors are not sure whether to reinvest or shore up for a time of economic recession. Consumer confidence appears to be in decline, and yet the High Street is gearing up for spenders as [...]

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