Article Marketing Services--To Fast Track Your Article Marketing
You've decided to start writing articles to promote your site. You write some articles and submit them to the directories. However, you realize that this is very time consuming. It can take hours to d...
The Path To Traffic Success.
The term "TRAFFIC" determines the success of any business that is aimed to garner revenue by the means of manipulation proceeded by accumulation.Prior to the invention of the internet,there ex...
How To Avoid Web Traffic Disasters, Part 5
Disaster #5. Stalling We've all done it. You buy the e-book. You watch the videos. You attend the seminar. And then nothing happens... For some mysterious reason (maybe you get overwhelmed or m...
Google spending hundreds of millions on mobile: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in its cell phone project and is courting U.S. and European mobile operators, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. (Read on Source)
ComScore Releases Rankings for Top Japanese Web Properties
London, UK, August 3, 2007 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its first report on Japan’s top Internet properties and top gaining properties for June. The study was based on data collected through the comScore World Metrix audience ratings service and took into account all unique visitors age 15 ... (Read on Source)
Search Headlines & Links:
Want a snapshot of the day's search marketing news ? Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web: Click to read the rest of this post... (Read on Source)
A guaranteed number one listing at Google! I've b...
I've been burning up my keyboard for the past two weeks none stop writing. So I've had little time to read any of the latest news around the various other blogs, forums etc. So, maybe this has been covered in great detail elsewhere. But I had to just quickly break and blog this when I saw it a few minutes ago. I certainly haven't seen this one in ... (Read on Source)
Behavioral/On Site Targeting Factors
Behavioral Targeting is the ability to target users based on their behavior on your website (this is one form known as on-site targeting). The concept of behavioral/on site targeting is exactly how business should be done: offer a customized solution to your end users so that they are truly engaged with your website. (Read on Source)
Daily Quote - August 3rd - Confucius
*Ways to Improve Your Online Presence *Weekly Interviews with Entrepreneurs *Comprehensive Business Strategies *Social Networking Tips & Much More Contact: David, Fred or Christine [at] Create Business Growth [dot] com (Read on Source)
Branding: To Be Or Not To Be?
I'm a 16 successful web developer making a path for my future career online. I like to think outside of the box when it comes to internet marketing and web development and I'm going to share some ways to make you and your website more successful. (Read on Source)
Retail E-Commerce Up 23% in Q2, Reaches $95B in First Half
Retail e-commerce (non-travel) grew 23% in the second quarter, reaching $27.2 billion from $22.2 billion in the second quarter of 2006, while online travel spending increased 14% to $20.3 billion, according to comScore’s report on US e-commerce spending for the second quarter of 2007. (Read on Source)
Flickr SEO in Action: Google Crawling Photo Tags and more
I’ve shared tips and theory on how to market on Flickr plenty of times here on SBS, so how about a concrete example for a change? Here’s an unintended example, but a good example, of an individual Flickr photo ranking for a commercial term — actually, for two commercial terms. (Read on Source)
Server location, cross-linking, and Web 2.0 technology thoughts
Held on June 27th, Searchnomics 2007 gave us (Greg Grothaus and Shashi Thakur) a chance to meet webmasters and answer some of their questions. As we're both engineers focused on improving search quality, the feedback was extremely valuable. Here's our take on the conference and a recap of some of what we talked about there. (Read on Source)
Yahoo and comScore: Online 'Pre-Shoppers' Spend More In-Store
Exposure to online advertising is fundamentally changing the way consumers shop, according to new research from Yahoo and comScore that examined the impact of search and display advertising on in-store sales for five major retailers, MarketingCharts reports. (Read on Source)
Amazon rolls out Flexible Payment Service
You’ve heard of Amazon’s S3 and EC2 services, right? Well tonight Jeff Barr announced that Amazon is shipping a new Flexible Payment Service. I’m reading up on it and will give you my thoughts in a few minutes on my Kyte TV channel. (Read on Source)
SEO Is The New First Job For Teens; Flipping Burgers Is So Last Century
Last weekend in Chicago at the BlogHer conference, my 16-year-old daughter Chloe got to give her very first conference presentation. The topic: professional blogging. Chloe got to share her story of making money while she sleeps through the creation of a blog about the popular virtual pets site Neopets.com. Attending and speaking at BlogHer ... (Read on Source)
SearchBrains
Let me risk beating a point into the ground: in order to find things when you search you have to use the proper vocabulary. And on the Internet, the proper vocabulary is changing constantly, especially in the arenas of tech and popular culture. SiteVolume , at http://sitevolume.com/, is a nifty little tool [...]... (Read on Source)
Coca Cola on Top for First Time in Annual 'Best Brands' Harris Poll
Coca Cola continued to rise in the rankings of the annual Harris Poll of "best brands," for the first time moving into the top position - up from No. 3 last year, reports MarketingCharts. Sony, which had been in the top position for seven straight years, dropped one spot to No. 2, according to the poll. (Read on Source)
Vonage Beta Testing New Ambit VOIP Gateway
Consumer VOIP service Vonage is beta testing a new, self-described “cool and sleek, yet simplistic and approachable” gateway device produced by Ambit. The device, an Ambit VDV21, includes a LCD screen that displays caller ID and voicemail notifications. The hope, Vonage says in an email, is that it will “inspire consumers to ... (Read on Source)
Critics say Republicans don't 'get' Internet
The New York Times has a story on the perception that the Republicans are out of touch with the Internet generation. When the two leading Republican presidential candidates started to squirm last week about attending a Sept. 17 YouTube debate, in which the public would ask them questions via video, they faced a surprising backlash from their ... (Read on Source)
Ka-Ching!
Ever since the first Amazon Web Service was released in mid-2002, we have encouraged developers to use them to create new types of businesses. This encouragement has taken many forms over the years. Let's revisit some of the more interesting moments in the last 5 years of AWS history... (Read on Source)
The Blinkx Story
Over the past few days I received an email asking just who owns and runs blinkx and blinkx.tv. JD also blogged about an email he received last week. Late last week, I had an email exchange with Blinkx CEO, Suranga Chandratillake, where he answerd a few qu estions about company ownership and Blinkx in general.... (Read on Source)
HotSwap: Video Listings For Used Autos
Buying a car is a definitely a pain in the butt, as it takes a lot of time and effort. I have been thinking about it for a few months now but haven't yet rallied enough energy to do it. Wouldn't be nice if buying a car could be done by simply watching an online video? Now you sort of can. (Read on Source)
One Way Link Offer - Jake Lambert Answered A Forum Thread
To recap, I?ve been giving away backlinks. All you have to do is follow my advice in this blog post, Useful Blog Post = Answer A Forum Question. Once you’ve posted your blog entry, leave a comment with your blog entry URL. I’ll link to you if you posted a quality entry. Jake Lambert Jake [...] (Read on Source)
What the hell is up with our kids today?
We talk about tons of stuff. I’m damn impressed. Anytime you think our future is doomed come back and replay this video. He’s one kid I want to buy a new computer for. Anyone want to kick in some bucks? He’s using a really old crappy computer and doing amazing things. (Read on Source)
Late Publishing of Friday Edition
As I am traveling back home from Seattle on the 7:30 AM ferry Friday morning, SiteProNews.com will be publishing a little later than usual. I expect the site to be updated by 1PM pacific time. Thanks, Jim (Read on Source)
My Rankings on Utah Bloggers
I’m getting a kick out of this search engine ranking tool on Shoemoney’s blog. It’s addicting. You type in a keyword phrase and your URL. It tells you where you rank in some search engines. This is where I rank for the term: Utah Bloggers: Google 11 MSN Search 9 Yahoo! 0 AltaVista 48 Fun facts: I’m #15 for Utah internet ... (Read on Source)
Lijit - add search to your blog
Lijit indexes your blog and other content you might have hanging out on flickr, twitter, social networks, etc, making it all searchable. Handy for your readers... and the pay-off for you the blogger is data about what people are searching for on your site and keywords they're using to find you. pretty cool. search results look a bit funky but ... (Read on Source)
Atlas, DoubleClick Have Internet Browser Population Covered - with Ads
Prompted by Google's attempt to acquire DoubleClick and Microsoft's acquisition of aQuantive, Compete's Jeremy Crane takes a look at the some ad-serving stats for DoubleClick and Atlas (aQuantive's... (Read on Source)
How to Use MySpace to Build a Blogging Audience
This Guest post on the topic of Using MySpace to Build a Blogging Audience was submitted by Kevin Palmer from Buzz Networker. The preconceived notions that the blogging community has about MySpace and other social networking sites couldn’t be any more wrong. These social networking sites are valuable resources that allow you to target ... (Read on Source)
SEW Experts: SEM Support Tools for Enterprise-Level Projects
In today's Outsourced column, " SEM Support Tools for Enterprise-Level Projects ," Chris Boggs tells you about the latest SEO tools for enterprise-level projects and diagnostic tools that provide site-specific SEO recommendations. (Read on Source)
Rand Answers His 10 Questions To The SEO?s Of The World
As you know Rand was supposed to come back with the answers to his 10 questions that he proposed to the SEO’s of the world. Here are his answers: Answers to Ten SEO Questions & Some New Questions from Danny Sullivan I answered his questions yesterday here: Rand At SEOmoz Says SEOs Should Be Able to Answer [...] (Read on Source)
Ban from TypePad!!!
Here's a plea to TypePad: The <span> code automatically inserted into the "Compose Post option on TypePad has been driving me crazy for years. Here's the latest example of a snippet of an article I copied from an article into the Compose Post window in my blog: (Read on Source)
I’m a Sucker For a Good Thank You
The small company Marketing Manager can be planning print advertisement and mailings in the morning and discussing blogs and optimization over lunch. The Lonely Marketer discusses these topics and everything in between. Thanks for stopping by! More about the blog (Read on Source)
Agloco Spam Is Out Of Control
Between comments here on my blog and the 20 people a day I ban on Digitalpoint forums for people spamming Agloco affiliate links I am amazed all the IDIOTS who actually think they will get paid from this company. The only people who are going to get paid from agloco are the ones who are at [...] (Read on Source)
Yelp API Released
Local review site Yelp quietly released an API today to allow third parties to access much of the content and features of the service. The API allows a number of input requests. Applications can retrieve business review and rating information for a particular geographic region/location, display reviews and pictures for a business or businesses, ... (Read on Source)
Bump
Bitter1 - member blog: Bitter Tonic - Comedy, Satire, Humor and Other Ways To Dull The Pain created 1 week, 2 days ago (Read on Source)
Ultimate Search For Bourne - Day Fifteen
This is it! The last Bourne Ultimatum mission from Google. Today’s mission just says “Follow this!” So do it. The page you go to has some numbers flashing, and if you click on them, you’ll receive a login box. You need to find the answer to a question about a set of files Pamela [...] (Read on Source)
Listen To Your iTunes Library On The Web With Anywhere.FM
Anywhere.fm has launched a new online music player that looks and feels a lot like a web based version of the iTunes player, sans the music marketplace. Like iTunes, you can load maintain a music library, reorganize your songs into play lists, and veg out to visualizations. Anywhere.fm’s iTunes bulk uploader makes it easy to get up and ... (Read on Source)
Happy 4th of July SEO People!
I just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe 4th of July. Here is a weird looking picture of a tall Uncle Sam that I thought you would enjoy. (Read on Source)
Are You Overlooking Optimization Opportunities?
While there's no denying the power of the long tail when it comes to search traffic, the fact remains that a site can really only be properly optimized for a couple of phrases per page. For a small business with an equally small web site, it can be frustrating to feel the limitations of how many phrases they can realistically target. While an ... (Read on Source)
5 Mistakes That Can Tank Your PR Pitch to Bloggers
Just two days after I wrote a blog post about how NOT to pitch a link or business partnership via email two interesting things happened. The first was that yet another email arrived in my inbox making a significant request of my time and my energy while being addressed while failing to call me by the proper name. The second, was a link I stumbled ... (Read on Source)
Corporates Blocking FaceBook
I just saw an article now on News24 about how Facebook is being blocked in the corporate world. SA companies block Facebook Johannesburg - South African companies are beginning to follow their international counterparts in blocking workers’ access to popular social networking site Facebook. They cite concerns over productivity - but some ... (Read on Source)
Everything You Need to Know about Podcasting and Streaming Video
Online communications are changing. Customers are now sharing their brand and product experiences with each other using podcasts, online video and now live video streaming. With the web evolving to also include these richer media channels, the savvy marketer must learn how to listen, understand and use the same media. (Read on Source)
Hurricane? Gas leak? Toxic Cloud? Find a Place for Your Pet
Since it's hurricane season everybody's keeping an eye on the tropics and -- if you remember Fran or even Hazel -- a couple of containers of fresh water and some nonperishable food. And if the water gets high enough, you're also thinking of an evacuation plan! (Read on Source)
How to Hide Your Affiliate Links
I don?t think I?m going to be sparking any major revelations for you when I say that Google might not be the biggest fan of affiliate marketing. I mean, sure, they make a lot of money off of affiliates who do PPC, but that rarely stops them from harassing the heck out of affiliates. It seems when your site gets tagged as affiliate by the big ... (Read on Source)
What is a community?
And what does it take to make one? Is it like-minded people, who share ideals, beliefs or some other common values? Does it take a certain number of people to make a community? If the people around you encourage and support you, even when you’re full of it, are they being a good community? If you [...] (Read on Source)
Online Snooping Gets Creepy
When Nazira Sacasa sent me a press release for a new clothing boutique late last month, she didn't know that I would launch a full-scale web search to learn everything I could about her. But I needed a victim to test out the new breed of people-search services on the web, and a paid publicity seeker seemed like fair game. And so, after just a few ... (Read on Source)
Can Information Technology ever be ‘green’?
As an both an Information Technology professional and an environmental scientist, I have often found one side of myself having to compromise in order to satisfy the other. For years I’ve needed to ignore the growing energy demands of my different employers’ ever-expanding server rooms in order to bow to the needs of users to have ... (Read on Source)
Thinking about facebook and myspace
Social networking has weighed heavily on my mind lately. Trying to understand where things are going is a bit mind-numbing. The amazing growth and emotional fervor these sites enjoy is unprecedented. No question. The question I struggle with is monetization. (Read on Source)
How To Develop A Great Business Reputation
Yesterday I wrote that having a great business reputation leads to more profits. I said today we would talk about practical ways to develop your business reputation. However, I’ll write about that next week. I think I should first lay down two principles before giving practical tips. Great Content I know. You already know [...] (Read on Source)
Minnesota Bridge Collapse
Posted by Jess Lee, Google Maps product manager Yesterday the I-35W Bridge connecting Minneapolis and St. Paul collapsed during rush hour. Here are some user-created maps that we hope are useful to those affected by the tragedy: 35W Bridge - Photos, links to news articles, meeting point locations, contact information for nearby hospitals, and ... (Read on Source)
Apollo Moon Project Photographic Record in New Digital Archive
Arizona State University and NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston have teamed up to make high-res scans of original Apollo flight films available online. The new archive’s available at http://apollo.sese.asu.edu . There is a minimum amount of content available on the Web site at the moment — the project has just started and ... (Read on Source)
Additional report of abuse at Google Maps
This time the culprit is in the “We Buy Houses” refinance industry. Like the previous case, all of the entires use a common street address (500 Main) and 800 number. Unlike the previous reports, these appear to only be listed in major metro markets (Portland, Vancouver, Buffalo) but not in smaller markets (Jamestown, NY or Olean NY). (Read on Source)
Jeremy Wright gives us a closer look at B5 Media
Jeremy Wright answers John Yau’s questions and gives us a nice behind-the-scenes look at the B5 Media blog network. alister cameron, Asides, b5, b5 media, Blogging, darren rowse, jeremy wright, problogger (Read on Source)
Stealing Homer’s Thunder?
The Simpsons is a pop-cultural paradox. The show retains its irreverence, while its broad commercial appeal should allow Fox marketing executives to leave the franchise on autopilot. Instead, to generate interest in The Simpsons Movie, Fox launched its second proprietary Simpsons site last year, simpsonsmovie.com. Ahead of the movie?s release, ... (Read on Source)
Seth Godin Interview About Squidoo
Back in June, Jill and I were front and center at SES Toronto listening to Seth Godin, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and marketing guru. We were very excited when Seth agreed to an interview for High Rankings Advisor readers. He has graciously answered a few questions about Squidoo, where he is founder and original squid. (skip to "Seth ... (Read on Source)
4 Easy Steps to Outsource Marketing for Your Website or Business
Marketing a website can be rather time consuming for webmasters, bloggers and business owners. There are two solutions to this: You can either choose to personally promote your site, or you can get someone else to do this for you. Time is a scarce resource for most entrepreneurs; learning how to outsource marketing is a skillful [...] (Read on Source)
Content Management Systems
When you design a site, you’ve got lots of choices. We run through some of your options. (Read on Source)
Presidential Candidate Web Site Commentary
Today we wrap up our discussion on the presidential candidate web site. We look at what they are doing and what you can learn from their successes and their failures. (Read on Source)
RollSense: Your Blogroll on Steroids
Bloggers have long used the blogroll as a way of linking to their compatriots and sharing traffic. But a blogroll has always just been just a static list of links, that on some blogs (especially among political bloggers, where they might be most popular) have become so bloated and long there is very little incentive for readers to click on any ... (Read on Source)
Webware's new Web 2.0 reviews ticker
Since no one blog can keep up with all the new Web 2.0 products these days, we've added a new feature to the Webware site: More Web 2.0 Stories. You can see it in the right-hand sidebar, under the Categories box. It's a news stream that pulls headlines and links from other popular Web 2.0 blogs (currently: Center Networks, eHub, Mashable, ... (Read on Source)
Purple Flowers Are Not Pink Despite What Google Might Think
It's important to recognize that there is no such thing as broad match. Let me say that again: There is no such thing as broad match! Broad match is actually expanded match. (skip to "Purple Flowers Are Not Pink Despite What Google Might Think" by Richard Ball) (Read on Source)
Bruce Clay Inc. Sounds Off On Supplemental
From the moment I walked into the office yesterday I knew Google had done something. Maybe it?s because I have a cosmic connection with Matt Cutts and the Goog, maybe it?s because I am unbelievably awesome, or perhaps it was because one of our SEO analysts came busting through my... (Read on Source)
Delete, Delegate, Respond, Defer, or Do: The Inbox Zero Approach to Email.
Merlin Mann's "inbox zero" video is an excellent watch for anyone who has struggled with an overflowing email inbox and tried various things to cope with it. He has a GTD-inspired approach that likely works very well once you get yourself into a habit of following it religiously. While I highly recommend watching the entire hour long video to ... (Read on Source)
ICult alert: iPhone skins are sexy
Lawblogger Denise Howell has the sexiest iPhone around. Where did she get her skins? DecalGirl. They include stickers for the front and back as well as a matching wallpaper. That rocks. (Read on Source)
Greater Baltimore Technology Council Power Network...
My firm is a member of the Greater Baltimore Technology Council. I attended the GBTC Meet the Members Power Networking event yesterday in Columbia, MD. Of the dozen or so search engine advertising accounts I'm currently managing, only one company (Hedwin Corporation) is actually in Maryland. I'd like to do business with more local companies. ... (Read on Source)
Where to from here?
Writing on this blog has been a lot of fun - and I’ve met lots of new friends and business contacts. I haven’t written much lately, mainly due to the fact that I’ve just been extremely busy. One of the things that I try to pride myself on, is writing good stuff that [...] (Read on Source)
Visual Sciences Launches New Version of Keyword Bid Management Solution
Visual Sciences, formerly known as WebSideStory, has launched “Visual Sciences Bid 2.0″, a keyword bid management solution (a pay per click PPC bid management solution). This new version adds new capabilities and functionality in an attempt to streamline campaign management and increase ROI. Visual Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSCN) is a ... (Read on Source)
9 Superpowers You Might Actually Want
When it comes down to it, most of the superpowers you see in comic books, TV, and movies aren’t the sorts of abilities you’d want to have yourself. While on the surface it might seem kick-ass to possess retractable metal claws or brain-shattering psionic abilities, powers like these tend to place a person on government watch lists or ... (Read on Source)
Beanstalk's SEO News Blog
At Beanstalk Search Engine Positioning we know that knowledge is power. That's the reason we started this SEO blog. We know that the better informed our visitors are, the better the decisions they will make for their websites and their online businesses. We hope you enjoy your stay and find the SEO news contained within this blog useful. (Read on Source)
You’re watching my Twitter video
My Twitter video. An inside look. Meet the team. 37 minutes of Twitter brilliance. Watch it. (Read on Source)
Cash and Carry
PayPal option available to publishers It’s a weird concept, money. Money used to take the form of tokens of stored value, usually made of stuff that people prized: rare shells or stones, or metals like gold, silver, copper and even iron. Later, it became more convenient to carry a kind of value voucher—made of clay, papyrus, [...] (Read on Source)
What happened to my Supplemental Results?
Maybe it's best not to ask what happened until we understand what it actually means. A supplemental result is one which is not in Google's primary index, but rather a secondary database which contains pages which the search engine have identified as 'less important' - measured by their PageRank algorithm. If you looked closely at the pages of ... (Read on Source)
LookSmart loses its head
FORMER dotcom darling LookSmart has suffered yet another blow following the resignation of its CEO and president, David Hills. Mr Hills was appointed chief executive of LookSmart in October 2004 as the company attempted to chart its way back to profitability following the disastrous loss of key customer Microsoft. (Read on Source)
John Dvorak isn’t just cranky, he’s cranky and wrong
John C. Dvorak, Cranky Geek and long respected old dude, has penned a shallow but multi-part whine about the web 2.0 economy and the likelihood that it's going to collapse at any moment. It's titled Bubble 2.0 Coming Soon and it's crap. This stuff drives me nuts - so I'm going to blog about it. (Read on Source)
Redirect Homepage Wordpress Plugin
The Short Version: If you need to redirect the location of your Wordpress homepage you might find this plug in useful. You can download it here. Slightly Longer Version: I installed Wordpress in a sub directory when I first started blogging ages ago. Then I set up a simple homepage at the root of my domain. The homepage [...] (Read on Source)
Click Fraud Detection vs. Click Fraud Protection
Click fraud detection is one of the hottest topics in the online advertising marketplace today. Online advertisers concern themselves with finding ways to prevent click fraud and many other companies cite click fraud as a principle reason why they don?t advertise online. The truth of the matter is that after-the-fact click fraud detection doesn? (Read on Source)
10 weirdest keyphrases driving traffic to cheezhead
The beginning of each month is a good time to check the good, the bad and the ugly of site analytics. Aside from normal activity, there’s never a shortage of bizarre keyphrases driving traffic to this blog. (Read on Source)
Change or Delete Your Homepage in Page Creator
Google Page Creator, the free tool that lets you build simple web pages without knowing HTML, has received a small update. Until today, the only thing you couldn't delete from a web page was the homepage, but now you can delete it too. To delete an entire site, you can select all the pages and remove them. Unfortunately, you'll have to delete the ... (Read on Source)
SES Chicago: Dec 3-6, 2007
Travel • San Jose • SES @ ILM • SES @ A4U • Chicago • Toronto • Latino • New York • London • Paris • Milan • Munich • China • Training (Read on Source)
Press Release Optimization Refresher
As an editor of a magazine about 'website success' I receive hundreds of press releases each week from companies looking for coverage - not all of which are relevant to our readers. This gives me a unique perspective when it comes to telling people what it takes to get media coverage in addition to the challenges of using Web press releases as a ... (Read on Source)
Milestones: Elsevier’s Compendex Adds 10 Millionth Record
The database milestones continue as Compendex added its 10 millionth record this week. More in this announcement. Fast Facts: + Compendex began in 1969. + In 2006, over 650,000 new records added to database. + Indexes more than 5,600 serials, from more than 55 countries. + Compendex can be found on Engineering Village, Dialog, and other platforms. (Read on Source)
Sports Sponsorships Teeter as Embarrasing Behavior Builds
Some high-profile incidents in the sporting world have spurred some corporate sponsors to do more research before signing an athlete for an endorsement deal, while others have written into their contracts clauses that allow them to remove themselves from the sponsorship if the team or athlete does something to damage the corporate reputation. (Read on Source)
9 Wishes For a Better Yahoo
Editors Note: As part of our continued effort at diversifying contributors to Online Marketing Blog and providing a public communication platform for our merry band of search marketing enthusiasts, here is a post from Blog SEO and Designer, Thomas McMahon: (Read on Source)
Onrec runs naughty banner ad
I don’t really have much commentary on this one. I was just tickled at the following banner ad currently running on UK-based Onrec, which speaks for itself really. (Read on Source)
AMC Unveils New Slate
AMC's original programming slate includes four new development deals. One of these is a one-hour drama based on the book of short stories penned by Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried. O'Brien's book was short listed for the Pulitzer Prize. (Read on Source)
Honey Bunny in critical condition
I try not to write too many things on my blog which aren’t related in some way to internet retail (with the occasional exception of a BlogDesk accident), but a lot of people have been asking what’s wrong with our bunny so I thought I would share. Our bunny hasn’t been eating and we finally realized [...] (Read on Source)
Reddit and StumbleUpon Traffic Results
Here’s a quick note on what type of traffic Reddit and StumbleUpon can drive to your site. My post did not make it to the front page either time but nonetheless you can see the spike in traffic: (Read on Source)
Video marketing on youtube | SearchMarketingStandard.com
I just did a new post over at Searchmarketingstandard.com. The post was about using youtube for your video marketing and included a couple cool tricks on how to use youtube as a catalyst. Our new issue is coming out soon so be sure to subscribe asap. (Read on Source)
Manufacturing 101
The IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies is IndustryWeek's report on the 50 best publicly held U.S. manufacturing companies based on revenue. To identify the top performing manufacturers, the IW formula factored in revenue growth and profit margin over the past three years, with 2006 results weighted most heavily. We also considered three-year ... (Read on Source)
The Strength Of Weak Ties and Search
Mark Granovetter wrote a ground-breaking study in 1973 called the "The Strength of Weak Ties." It later became one of the foundations for Gladwell's "The Tipping Point." I ran across Granovetter's work and a later follow up study by Jonathan Frenzen and Kent Nakamoto (Frenzen, Nakamoto: "Structure, Cooperation and the Flow of Market Information," ... (Read on Source)
When BlogDesk drives me crazy…
I really do like BlogDesk, don’t get me wrong - I think it’s one of the greatest blogging tools available, especially if you want to upload pictures to your post. My irrelevant post on this site yesterday, however, about a local Utah company reminds me that I do need to be more careful with BlogDesk, however. By [...] (Read on Source)
DFWSEM networking event on August 20 at the Renaissance in Richardson
The next DFWSEM Association meeting will be held on Monday, August 20, at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson, Texas. There are no featured speakers, and this will be an informal discussion about all things search related. Open to all levels of interest. No admission charged for the networking event. Time: 6:30 - 8:00 PM. Google Maps: http://maps. ... (Read on Source)
How to Improve Your Quality Score…like now! Part three
For this third installment of ‘How to Improve Your Quality Score’ I am going to cover a small but very significant element; the adoption of Sponsored Links on your websites and landing pages. adwords, Google, google slap, guidelines, Pay Per Click, quality score, sponsored links (Read on Source)
If they sing a song, will you sing along?
I often get music artist recommendations from friends. It's one of the quickest, easiest ways to hear about new bands that I might like. But when it comes to deciding if I actually like the music, I subscribe to the Ronald Reagan school of "Trust, but verify." I prefer to get a taste of the artist before handing down my verdict, so it's useful ... (Read on Source)
Have What it Takes to be a Top 2% Super Affiliate?
Why do a large majority of affiliates quit after 1 month with 0 income? Mainly because there are so many crappy ebooks saying it's so fast and easy to make money online. And partly because we live in an instant gratification society. Affiliate Marketing is a business and you need to work it like one to succeed. (Read on Source)
Ann Handley: On HuffPo: 'Learning to Shut Up and Listen'
Afrer a brief respite, I write today on the Huffington Post about marketing in the Age of Conversation, as well as about, well... " The Age of Conversation ." Bottom line: It's time to let consumers dig your brand -- or not -- on their own terms. Wander on over and leave a comment, if you feel so inspired. Read the post here: Learning to Shut Up ... (Read on Source)
JayCut and More Online Video Editing Tools
Video is booming and online video editing services are getting a lot of attention. Case in point, new Flash-based online video editor JayCut . JayCut allows users to upload their media (from cameras, mobile phones, webcams - in over a hundred different file formats) and cut their own video or slideshows. The JayCut mixer allows users to make ... (Read on Source)
Cost of Being an Observant Jew
The whole doctor being poor post got me thinking a bit about costs. Specifically, what it costs to be what is called a "Modern Orthodox Jew" in the New York Tri-State area. Now, I do not have a family yet, so I don't have these costs. I also do not know exactly how much each item costs, but I took educated guesses in my numbers. The biggest item ... (Read on Source)
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