SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 21, 2012

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
Scroogle’s Gone? Here’s Who Still Offers Private SearchingYou’ve probably read the news already that S…

How To Find Link Prospects Without Using Google

I’m obsessed with Google+. (I mean, you kind of have to be if you’re in this industry.) But sometimes, you need a break from the hand that feeds. There’s no denying the power of advanced search queries, but you’d be surprised how many other…

Social Media and the Millennial Brain

Social Media has become a double edged sword.  It gives businesses easy access to their customers and aids in communicating with them, but at the same time it gives employees a forum to waste time and possibly to do harm to the brand.  A well tho…

How to (Properly) Use Tumblr to Market Your Brand

According to comScore’s State of the U.S. Social Network Market, Tumblr is one of the most consistently growing social networks out there.
In December 2011 it had 15.9 million U.S. visitors, which is up from November 2010. Most of that growth has…

Yandex Starts To Drink From The Twitter “Firehose”

Yandex is the next in line to gain access to the Twitter “firehose.” The Russian search engine is announcing that it will begin integrating the Twitter feed into its search results.
Twitter reported the deal to us late last week but declined…

Blog Smarter: A Step-by-step Strategy to Boost Your AdSense Earnings

Let’s start with a question: What’s the single most important factor when it comes to making money with Google+ AdSense?
It’s organic traffic (i.e. traffic from Google and other search engines).
Here’s a simple example to illustrate the p…

Monitor Which Social Networks Your Visitors are Logged Into With Google Analytics

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At Distilled’s SearchLove conference in London back in October, Mat Clayton from Mixcloud p…

Broken Link Building Guide: From Noob to Novice

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My name is Anthony and I’m from Fargo, ND. First-time YouMozzer here. After reading this post, I hope you (in?)voluntarily scroll back up to the top to follow me on twitter (@anthonydnelson) and check out my blog Northside SEO.

7 Sharp Writing and Marketing Links

This week on The Lede:
David Ogilvy on writing
A 7-step social media marketing strategy
David Mamet’s legendary “storytelling 101″ memo
What to do when you don’t feel like working
If you want more useful links than the seven we highlight h…