Worried search engines aren't finding your small business website? Well, turn to a name you trust: Wal-Mart. Under its Sam's Club brand, Wal-Mart has started to offer search-engine optimization and "pay-for-performance" advertising services. Amazon.com, too, is entering the contextual-ads market. Rumor has it Sam Walton's gift to the world of retail also plans to launch a search engine sometime in 2009. I know: Why make us wait so long? (Photo by The Consumerist)

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