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Stephan Spencer tells WebProNews how developing a long tail marketing strategy can be challenging, but how it is just as important to natural search as a paid search strategy is. The Netconcepts President and Founder suggests increasing the length of the tail and adding more height to the curve by (1) having a set of metrics to measure the long tail performance indicators and (2) knowing where the long tail ends. For more on long tail marketing strategies, check out the WPN interview from SES San Jose.

Money is tight for most everyone due to the poor state of the economy. As a result, many marketing budgets are being cut especially in the area of landing page optimization. To get the most out of your money, Alissa Ruehl of Apogee Search suggests cutting back on bringing in more traffic and instead, using that money to better leverage the traffic you already have. To hear more from Alissa, watch the WebProNews interview from SES San Jose.

With so many media companies, it can be difficult to get your news in the top search engine news searches. Dana Todd of Newsforce tells WebProNews how companies should create a long-term strategy instead of focusing on each press release or news item separately. It also helps to use social media and distribution tactics. Get more on this and the latest SEMPO updates in the Dana Todd interview from SES San Jose.

According to Rebecca Lieb of the ClickZ Network, recent surveys show that video has a greater chance of being clicked if it has a thumbnail or image. These results are evident in the popularity of universal search. Rebecca advises marketers to take these statistics seriously and recommends posting related videos with each new video just as Greg Jarboe suggested. Get more from Rebecca Lieb and her take on SEO with blogs and feeds in the WebProNews interview from SES San Jose.

As you can tell by the title, Google’s Website Optimizer department has been busy. Tom Leung gives WebProNews the scoop on all their new features. First, through experiment pruning, users can disable any page that’s not doing as well as was hoped for. They’ve also enhanced their reports with a new color coded system, made it easier to validate tags on pages, and submitted several new demonstration videos to YouTube. Get the latest on these features in the WPN video from SES San Jose.

Did you ever think of conversions as a blessing and a curse? As Sage Lewis of SageRock.com tells WebProNews, everything is trackable online. In most cases, this is a blessing. But for those marketing efforts which do not convert, it can be a curse. For a further explanation from Sage Lewis, watch the WPN video from SES San Jose.

The .mobi infatuation is losing its case, according to Cindy Krum of Blue Moon Works. Cindy explains to WebProNews how .mobi is not very valuable for SEO. She suggests moving all your mobile content to one site in order to better leverage your rankings and your .com history for mobile search. To hear more from Cindy Krum, tune in to the WPN interview from SES San Jose.

Vanessa Fox has been credited and recognized for creating Google’s Webmaster Central, but that’s only the beginning. As she tells WebProNews, she has been quite a busy lady since she left Google. Aside from speaking, writing, organizing conferences, and blogging, Vanessa has two new projects to add to her resume. She has launched The Jane and Robot Mission to help bring search marketers and Web developers together. She also has a new blog called Nine By Blue in which she plans to write about holistic online marketing and search analytics from a reference standpoint. Get caught up on Vanessa in the WPN video from SES San Jose.

How do you do it? Jason Dorn of Yahoo! recommends beginning with your business and website. Jason tells WebProNews to evaluate performing keywords on your site before buying any new ones. Then move on to keyword selection tools, but be cautious in order to receive a profitable ROI. Find out more about keywords in the WebProNews video from SES San Jose.

Larry Lawfer of YourStorys.com tells WebProNews how storytelling marketing is engaged marketing. To begin a storytelling marketing campaign, Lawfer says you must have exciting, interesting content that informs, engages, and creates a community. He also suggests shaping the content to who or what the subject is. Find out more about storytelling marketing from Larry Lawfer in the WPN video from SES San Jose.