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Post-run yardwork with some visitors. Not sure what they, but they're huge. Maybe city-hawks/vultures/chickens/turkeys. :) I bet they'd be good with gravy! (at West Knoxville, Tennessee)

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Google Releases The Full Version Of Their Search Quality Rating Guidelines

For the first time, Google has released the full version of its Search Quality Raters guidelines and handbook. It is 160 pages of wonderful SEO knowledge.

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Google's Subscription Ad-Blocking Service Arrives In Beta

Google Contributor invites began arriving in email inboxes this week. The company's paid subscription service reduces the number of ads an individual sees on a Web page when visiting participating publisher sites.

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Interesting read and points to consider along with addressing "mobilegeddon" SEO efforts.

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Facebook announces new "product ads"

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Yahoo Directory Closes, Five Days Early

Twenty years after it started (really started Yahoo!), the Directory is gone.

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Why Ruffles moved its entire ad budget to digital

In an attempt to better reach Millennial males, Ruffles has shirked TV in favor of digital video and social.

Ruffles’s bravery has, at least in the short term, been rewarded; its U.S. sales in terms of dollars spent for the past 52 weeks was 8.19 percent higher than in the same period a year ago, according to market research firm IRI.

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Remember when your financial institution would pay you instead of the other way around? Those days are still alive at a few select places, MONEY’s annual survey found.

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