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If it's not Google, Twitter, or Facebook, no one cares

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Image by smemon87 via Flickr. by Frank Reed. In case you didn't know it already, I am the managing editor for the Marketing Pilgrim Internet Marketing blog. Every day part of my job is to find stories that would be of interest to Internet marketers of a variety of levels of experience. Most of our readers, however, are quite seasoned in the industry.

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Taking 50 million as seriously as one WSJ reporter

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Image by Gauravonomics via Flickr. by Chris Abraham. I must admit right away that I am a disciple of the seminal book on the Internet revolution and what it means for business, The Cluetrain Manifesto. The main premise of the manifesto is that markets are conversations and that no matter how ardent and impassioned the man at the lectern may be, the audience now has the power, through the Internet, to compare notes real-time, to heckle and critique without being shushed.

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The future is social. And it's not.

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Drinking the Kool-Aid much? Image by McKillaboy via Flickr. by Aaron Kim. In the saturated jargon cacophony surrounding us all, the social side of business has been touted by many as a game changer, with "social business" replacing or complementing other buzzwords such as enterprise 2.0, social media and corporate social networking. However, is social THE recipe for success?

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What Watson and Jeopardy Teach Us about Computers and Language

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Image by charliecurve via Flickr. Like millions of others, I have watched the past two nights as a computer has taken on Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, Jeopardy's two greatest champions. IBM's Watson has dominated the competition thus far, held at the IBM Yorktown Research building where I spent so much my time while working for IBM. Watson got to wear the big hat last night with an easy win, but I will be glued to the set tonight when the last night of the match is played to see what happens nex

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Are you keeping up with paid search trademark policies?

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Image via Wikipedia. Are you afraid to bid on a competitor's trademarked name? Depending on the search engine you are bidding with, and the country in which you are doing it, you might have every reason to be concerned. But on the other hand, in many countries, Google has no problem with you doing it. If that comes as a surprise to you, you're not alone.