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1.24.12
Susan Sisler, Technical Services Manager, is celebrating her 5th anniversary with The Search Guru! Congrats, Susan!

1.18.12
Leslie Carruthers was interviewed by The Daily Northwestern about Google’s Search Plus Your World. She provided context of this new offering inside of social media and Google’s personalized search. One of the nation's most respected college newspapers, The Daily (of Northwestern University) has won dozens of regional and national awards. The Daily received 21 awards at the Illinois College Press Association's awards in February 2011. It has also received the Pacemaker Award, long-regarded as the Pulitzer of college journalism, six times in the past decade - most recently in 2010.

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Looking for how to define Blog, Browser and B2B? Learn the definition of these words and other search marketing terms that start with the letter B.

B2B (Business-to-Business) : target audience of web site is another business.

B2C (Business-to-Consumer) : target audience of web site is a consumer.

Back Links (Incoming or Inbound Links) : hyperlinks placed on other web sites that lead to a page on your web site; quality, relevant inbound links help boost site rankings in the search engine results pages and are an integral part of SEO strategies.

Banned Web Sites : site blocked by search engines from appearing in search engine results pages; may be blocked because of use of black hat SEO.

Black Hat SEO (Spamdexing) : unethical optimization techniques used to boost rankings of a web site in the search engine results pages; some sites using these techniques are banned from a search engine index.

Blog (Web Log) : an interactive web site where a writer (blogger) posts information and often serves as an informational resource on a specific topic; site visitors can leave comments. Optimized blogs are a key component of SEO.

Body Text : core text of a web page where copywriter includes informational and persuasive language and descriptions; does not include images or navigational text.

Browser : software program (e.g., Internet Explorer, Firefox) that allows a user to browse the web and connect to web pages, blogs and more.

Buzz Marketing : philosophy of marketing that relies upon word of mouth for success; often involves creating intriguing articles, videos and more to post on the Internet in the hopes that web site owners and bloggers will place a hyperlink on their sites leading to the buzz marketing content