Baidu How-to: China's #1 Search Engine

Bill Hunt at Search Engineland has an interesting how-to guide for site owners hoping to get their content listed on Baidu, China's #1 search engine.

Baidu - China's #1 search engine

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The Importance of Online Video

Did you know that some 161 million US Internet users tuned in to watch more than 25 billion videos online last month? According to ComScore, Google led the pack of online video content properties by serving up more than 10 billion video views in the month of August, or about 40% of the total share.

Microsoft came in a distant second with around 500,000 views and the hits drop from there to Viacom, Hulu, Yahoo!, Disney, etc.

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Twitter Allows Advertising

Twitter recently adjusted its terms of service to allow advertising on the free micro-blogging site that rakes in some 45 million visitors each month.

It should come as no surprise that the creators are looking for ways to make money off the site's mind blowing success. Nielsen Online numbers showed this year that Twitter saw a growth of 1,382% year-over-year February 2008 to 2009. Pretty impressive.

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Weekend Wrap-up

What's up online this week? A sprinkling of links to help you round out the last few hours of the work week.

1. 9/11 tributes from Yahoo! and Bing... but no Google doodle? Find out why.

2. The You Lie Guy helps his opponent raise almost $250,000 on Act Blue.

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YouTube Videos in Google Product Search

Google announced yesterday on their blog that Google Product Search will now incorporate YouTube video reviews in the results.

This is great news for those of us that require video proof that the so-called spill-proof gyro food bowl really won't spill before we commit to the purchase.

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Bad Hotels in Top Destinations

USA Today recently reported that many of the nation's most poorly performing hospitals are located in highly trafficked top travel destinations.

According to the article, some two dozen hospitals with the highest death rates in the country are located near popular travel destinations. Among the top 10 worst are two hospitals in Dallas and another in Vegas.

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9/9/09

Happy 9/9/09! We won't see another single digit symmetrical date like this until 1/1/2101. Since most of us won't live to see the next one, here are some ways people are celebrating the anamoly...

1. iTunes switched its Tuesday new music release to Wednesday (today) to celebrate the date.

2. Hotels are offering special 9/9/09 discounted rates.

3. Tim Burton is releasing his latest movie "9" today.

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Google SMS - 466453

Google SMS ad in Nigeria

Did you know that you can Google search without the Internet? Simply text a search to GOOGLE (466453) from any mobile phone and you'll get a text answer in return.

Looking for movie times? Text: movies + zip code

Looking for sports scores?

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