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On any given day there are important conversations relating to search marketing happening on online forums. Below are some of the more intersting conversations currently taking place.

Internet Porn Goes Supplemental

On my blog earlier this year I made a half-joking half-serious post about Google “tampering” with porn SERP’s. Valleywag is reporting some of it’s adult content sister sites have dropped from Google index

Google Set To Expand Newspaper Ad Program“They said Google has brought in new advertisers, such as small companies outside their distribution areas looking to build more awareness for their products. But Google’s online ad technology is so new that it remains unclear how much it will help newspapers…”

Yahoo’s Extensive Research in to Non Traditional Areas“Yahoo is also working on a new generation of task-centric search that will not be keyword based…”

DMOZ Founder Rich Skrenta : DMOZ Probably Down for The CountDMoz Founder Rich Skrenta: “…massive AOL layoffs last week, and it’s not clear if there’s even any left over there who cares. Even if some form of the ODP editing system is brought back, the likelihood of continued existence within AOL seems extremely doubtful.”

Running A Successful Contest On Your Site“If you have had a contest on your site, where someone could win something. (not a sweepstakes) What have you learned about contests on your site?”

Microsoft bCentral No Longer Accepting Submissions“As of November 15, 2006 Microsoft will no longer accept new sign-ups for select Microsoft Online Small Business Services.”

first post, great forum, need suggestionsFirst of all, thanks to all of you for providing such valuable insights into the SEO world. I have spent the past hour reading posts and am amazed by …

How do I get a ROI in a Competitive Category?Conceptually I understand how Google works with Exact Match, Phrase Match, Broad Match, adding negatives, a good web site and landing page, but I can …

Domain help pleaseHi, I have already searched the forum for my answer but usually it's all to complicated for me to understand :confused: . Could you please tell me wh …

Google weird image search results in its main index!I am wondered if you guys can explain this link as google is dominant to merge image search results with its main search index.. Well if you all kn …

How Do you get a Sales Page to rankMost SEO seems focused on getting the homepage ranking, yet it's really the sales page that does the job (hence landing pages for ppc…). My question …

Where to publish articlesWe spent the last few weeks developing content for our site. Our strategy is to create guides or lengthy articles (10-30 pages) on different topics th …