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Facebook Passes Yahoo in Unique Visitors
We’ve all known that Facebook is on the rise; it’s status as the site with the most page views has had it dubbed by some...
3 Awesome Viral Projects Based on Google Suggest
I have always admired people’s ingenuity and creativity. A new tool barely has time to get its foot in the door before hundreds of mashups,...
The Integration Of SEO, Social Media, the Mobile Web, Ecommerce And Our Lives
A decade back, everyone wanted a website in order to get a leg up on the rest in their industry. But with limited bandwidth, dial-up...
Facebook's "New Profile"
Facebook has a strong tendency of making updates to their profile, newsfeed, or other aspects of their site — and a strong history of notably...
2011 SEO and Social Media Checklist
In addition to focusing on increasing last minute holiday sales, now is the time to make sure everything is in place to make 2011 a...
Conquering Your Fears of Social Media
There’s a lot of reasons people and organizations are afraid to engage in social media. And while some of these reasons may be justified, none...
Why Social Media Will Never Replace My Website
A couple of weeks ago, Jon Henshaw and I were interviewed on the WebmasterRadio show State of Search. During our interview, we were both asked...
Newspapers: Go Social or Go Home
Obviously the newspaper industry is struggling. Industry analysts, journalists and online marketers are frantically scrambling to come up with a smart solution to monetize content...
Google Ads Cater to Catering
In the United States, the holidays are often seen as a time for the “three F’s”: fun, family, and food. From our Thanksgiving feasts to...
Can’t Get Those Rankings? Maybe Your Social Circle Can Help!
I started noticing some new natural search terms in my Google Analytics keyword report. Highly competitive terms like SEO, SEO Blog, and SEO Blogger were...
The Power of Listening in Social Media
I’m amazed at how few marketers spend time listening to social networks before deciding whether or not to invest in them. Twitter and Facebook are...
Make the Most of Twitter Lists with Formulists
When Twitter lists were first introduced many people were very skeptic, others (like myself) didn’t have the time to use them properly and to figure...
The Social Assisted Search Conversion – Hard to Track, But Harder to Ignore
First, I’m sure you are wondering where you can find this metric. Let’s start by drilling into Google Analytics to find the report. Access the...
Timing is EVERYTHING in Online Marketing
There are three main factors dealing with time and online marketing and each one is critical to successful online marketing campaigns: Time Management When I...
Top 10 Blogs to Inspire Business Productivity
One of the most important things for any business is productivity. Business owners need to stay productive if they are going to grow their businesses....
Branding Advantage Luxembourg, 80% Tax-Exemption for Income Derived from Intellectual Property
Along with other provisions, and huge tax-exemption in Luxembourg’s system, it is small wonder that the country has not become Europe’s Internet hub.
If You Tweet In A Forest… Blah Blah Blah No One Cares
According to a new study, no one really cares what you’re tweeting.* … #wtvr Of course, it didn’t really take a study of 1.2 billion...
Tapping the Asian E-Commerce Mitochondria: Multiply and Real World E-Commerce
I would have prepared an abstract for this rather lengthy post, well you’ve been warned, but instead I’m inviting you to read on if you’re interested to...
Understanding the User Mind Model
User mind models matter when it comes to keyword research. They matter when you write the copy for Meta Descriptions, PPC Ads, on-site content, link...
Optimize Your Content for Media Attention
Whether you are getting ready to publish a press release or going to launch a new product, you need to optimize your web site for...
How Guest Blogging is Getting Huge
Guest blogging has been around for quite some time: plenty of blogs have been inviting contributions from outside for ages. On the other hand, it...
The Bing-Facebook Partnership – the Continued Socialization of Search
In the wake of the Bing-Facebook press event, major announcements have been made by the companies; some that will be going into effect almost immediately...
How To Market A Social Media Contest: Working Example
Social media contests are a great way to connect with consumers in the ever evolving web. Social networks are natural venues for users to share...
Is Old Dogg the new Digg?
In the wake of Digg’s v.4 switch (and subsequent user revolt), there’s a new player in the social bookmarking space. Old Dogg, and creator Phil...
Twitter’s Search Function, Now Powered by Lucene
Even though they have had their new search out for a few weeks now, Twitter’s new real-time search engine is just now starting to get...
How To Monetize The Twitter/Facebook Bubble Before It Bursts
I had an interesting discussion with Jeremy Koch of Pertnear (the guy responsible for 88,000 fans, in 4 weeks, at half price) to try to...
WhosTalkin: Introducing Facebook’s New API & New Social Media Metric
Our great friend Joe Hall has shared some exciting news about his service WhosTalkin, a social media search engine that searches real-time conversations from around...
Build and Promote Your Online Resume with DoYouBuzz
You should have several well-compiled online resumes even if you are not looking for the job and are not planning to. The main reasons why...
Twitter Adds New Feature to “Promoted” Products – Promoted Accounts
Twitter launched Promoted Tweets in April of this year, to allow businesses to highlight ordinary tweets that they would like to reach a wider audience....
Social Tools, Technology and Social Media: Technology Isn’t a Cuss Word
I’ve known for years that being social is about the people you’re engaging. This is especially true for social tools like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace (although...