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The Search Agency Highlights Growth In Revenues, Jobs

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Santa Monica-based The Search Agency joins a number of privately held, Southern California firms this week reporting strong growth in 2009.

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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEM is sometimes called “buying your way into search results.” Tracking and performance reporting.

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Startups Stick with Organic vs Paid Search Results

Startup Professionals Musings

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, right hand column, despite low SEO rank). This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Marty Zwilling.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

WordStream – Provides software and services that help businesses manage SEM and SEO campaigns. Ad.ly – (disclosure: I led the funding on Ad.ly) Provides an in-stream advertising platform for any content creator (individual or organization) with an online social presence. .