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The Four P’s of (Search) Marketing
Search Marketing isn’t all that different than traditional marketing. And, just like the physical market, you have a plethora of vehicles from which to choose. ...
Testing of Google Maps’ “Sponsored Icons” Comes to the U.S.
Google is in the beta testing stages of what they are calling “sponsored map icons” which will appear on Google Maps. These icons will show...
Search Recipe for Success
I love to cook and I love to eat. Whether it’s on the grill or in the kitchen, I love to make and eat good...
SVG Files and Documents Are Now Indexed by Google
Google has announced that they are now going to be indexing SVG documents and files. SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is an XML-based graphics format specifically...
Introducing Greplin: the Search Engine for Your Personal Online Life
Searching through the entire online world is already something we do, everyday. How about searching through your own personal online world? Y Combinator has just...
Users Still Able to Catch the Google Wave until 2011
Earlier this month Google announced that their real-time communication feature, Wave was no longer going to be developed by them. The communications and collaborations application...
Gmail Launches Email Overload-Fighting Feature
Starting yesterday, Google has begun rolling out its newest feature in Gmail – Priority Inbox. With this handy new tool, users now get a little...
Testing the Water with Link Bait
In the SEM world, “link bait” is a common tactic designed to capture a large audience in the hopes that a given piece of content...
Microsoft Adds Food Cart Finding Layer to Bing Maps
Apparently food carts are a very big deal in Portland, Oregon. So big in fact that Microsoft has developed a new mapping layer that allows...
TweetUp, Now PostUp; Name Change Reflects Expansion into Facebook and LinkedIn
Search engine meets advertising platform start-up, TweetUp, will now be known as PostUp, according to an article by Business Wire. Why, you may ask? Well...
Google Adds Blog-Finding Filter
Instead of just bringing up individual post containing specific keywords used in searches made by Google users, there is now a filter that brings up...
5 Link Building Questions That Make Me Die a Little Inside
If you offer link building as a service, there are a few questions you hear over and over. They are the questions which, like a...
Online Marketing – How Times Have Changed
If you pay attention at all, it’s easy to see how the economic crisis has reached into our everyday lives. Businesses with an online presence...
Watch the 2010 Emmy Awards Online
This Sunday, August 29th the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be airing on NBC at 8pm ET. The insanely popular awards show will be...
Google Fixes Bug That Leaves Some User Blacklisted as Spammers
Over the past few days, ending on Thursday, certain Gmail users were experiencing a problem with their accounts – specifically, having emails resent multiple times...
Google Reports 1 Million Calls Made in First 24 Hours
Google’s new voice client is already a success after just having launched earlier this week. A mere 24 hours after it’s debut, Google reported via...
Google Places Removes Yelp Reviews From Search Results
As of right now, Google has removed all Yelp reviews from its Places feature. Even though the local reviews website’s snippets will no longer be...
Digg 4 is Released, But Are Users “Burying” This New Version?
Digg, the user-powered social news website, has released its new version – Digg 4. If you are not familiar with exactly what Digg is, here’s...
Time for another look at TrustRank concepts
How well do you know your neighbours There is a concept that folks don’t really seem to talk about as much as they once did...
The 4 Hardest Things About Conversion Optimization For Local Search
As I was perusing through some updates on twitter the other day I came across an Alan Bleiweiss article entitled CONVERSION OPTIMIZATION IS THE NEW...
Search Conferences Getting Mobilized
Mobile in recent years has been a sort of side panel at search marketing conferences but here in mid 2010 I feel for the first...
6 Ultimate On-Page Search Engine Optimization Tips
These on-page search engine optimization tips will assist you in setting up your pages with the appropriate title and meta tags, headers, text elements and...
Apple Bringing 99 Cent TV Show Rental Service to Fend Off Competition
Companies like Hulu and Netflix are pretty steep competition for Apple in the online video services arena. As of right now iTunes users must purchase...
Google Voice Marketing Campaign: High-tech and Old School All At Once
This will be my third post about Google’s new VoIP service today, so I guess that means they are doing their jobs over their in...
Google Finance, Now in a More Mobile-Friendly Form
As of Monday, Google launched their new mobile-friendly version of Google Finance for iPhone and Android. While it’s original form wasn’t terrible, this new compact...
Yahoo’s Results Now Officially Come From Bing
Just last week Yahoo announced that it had started transitioning it’s back-end technology in the U.S. and Canada (English) for Yahoo! Search over to the...
The Psychology of SEO
How far can you take a web site using SEO? On the surface, that depends solely on your ability to implement strategies and tactics to...
Chomp Taking a Bite Out of iPhone App Search Competition
I am not an iPhone user but I know the look of app-finding frustration. I have seen it many times on the faces of my...
When to Say Goodbye to a SEO Client
No Internet Marketing company likes losing clients. Most people think that by losing clients, I mean that the client wants to walk away from the...
Making Customer Feedback Worthwhile: Moving Beyond Statistics to Actionable Data Collection
The owner of a small corner store can easily communicate with customers in an actionable fashion. If shoppers are dissatisfied with product selection, they might...