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1. Small Business Hiring Up (2010-09-03)
Small business employment grew slightly in August, but at a declining rate compared to solid gains made in January through April, according to a new report by Intuit. While job growth slowed, hours worked and compensation per employees remained steady. The monthly report found that small business employment grew by 0.1 percent in August, equating to ...

2. New Small Business Printer from Epson (2010-09-03)
Once upon a time, printing anything was a significant hassle.  You’d have to let the printer warm up, tolerate sluggish print speeds, endure loud noises, and finally tear off the paper’s perforated edges.  Now, Epson wants small business owners to enjoy a totally different experience with a new generation of WorkForce ink jet machines. To get ...

3. Google Puts Logos on Google Maps in U.S. (2010-09-03)
Google announced a new feature for businesses in Google Maps in the U.S. today. The feature lets businesses include sponsored map icons that appear on the maps themselves. The feature actually began in a pilot program earlier this year in Australia. “Now, when you zoom in to areas of interest on Google Maps, you’ll more easily ...

4. Get Stats for Your Blogger Blog (2010-09-01)
Google has launched Stats for Blogger, a Blogger feature that was previously available in the experimental version of Blogger, Blogger in Draft. The feaure is fairly self-explanatory in that it provides Blogger users with stats about their blogs. More specifically, Stats for Blogger provides stats like real-time tracking of each time your blog is viewed, and ...

5. Yahoo/adCenter Transition Begins (2010-09-01)
Yahoo and Microsoft announced today that Yahoo advertisers can begin their transition to Microsoft’s adCenter. “Last week, we completed the transition of the back-end technology for English-language Yahoo! organic search results in the U.S. and Canada,” says Yahoo. “This week, advertisers can start transitioning their paid Yahoo! Search Marketing account, in anticipation o

6. Facebook May Face Google-Like Marketing Issues (2010-09-01)
Facebook may be going through some of the growing pains that Google went through earlier in its life. Google has always had to deal with link farms and link buying, polluting its search results, and has gotten better and better at keeping this under control over the years. Now that Facebook “liking” is taking the place ...

7. Zecco Talks About Promoted Tweet Effectiveness (2010-08-31)
Many businesses have probably been wondering just how much Twitter’s Promoted Tweets could help them if they were given the chance to participate. Promoted Tweets is still in beta, and is still limited to a set of partners. One of those partners, Zecco, has been talking about the success it has had with the program. Zecco CEO ...

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