Google Penalizing Paid Links Buyers & Sellers
Dave Naylor, SEO extraordinaire, has been witnessing the after effects of the call to report and penalize paid links by Google. According to Naylor, over...
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Yahoo & Google’s Mission Statements : Do They Connect?
Yahoo has undergone a good amount of restructuring over the past years, in part due to internal roadblocks and financial reasons, but also due to...
AOL Acquires Mobile Ad Network Third Screen Media
AOL has acquired Third Screen Media, the mobile advertising network, mobile ad-serving and management platform provider, and now Third Screen Media will operate as a...
Google’s Sexist Search Results
Ok, Google is so high profile that everything they do wrong is scrutinied under the spotlight, but pointing out their flaws is sometimes fun. Seems...
Google URL Parameter Blocks Adwords in Google Search
Amit Agarwal has found an interesting URL variable which when added to the Google Search URL string blocks AdWords ads from showing. If you append...
Yahoo & the Future of MyBlogLog?
Yahoo acquired the blogging analytics program and social network MyBlogLog in January which was a smart and exciting move on their behalf. But what are...
Matt Cutts Updates Paid Links with Webmaster Q&A
Matt Cutts of Google has updated his How to report paid links post on his blog with some answers to general webmaster questions which popped...
Sex Sells, Especially on Digg!
The old saying “Sex Sells” never gets old, even in the world of social media marketing and Digg.com. Recently I’ve been noticing a trend on...
Yahoo Search Marketing’s Ultimate Connection Contest
Yahoo Search Marketing’s Yahoo! Ultimate Connection Contest is being held to help small business owners connect with new customers through online advertising, and with some...
Googling Employee Names is Not Illegal
Yesterday three US federal judges upheld a decision which said that a federal employee’s reputation was not harmed by a search on Google for his...
QuickSprout : Neil Patel’s Blog on Personal Branding
If there is anyone in the search marketing world who has mastered the art of branding yourself over the past year, it is Social Media...
Remove your Home Phone Number from Google Search
Did you know that if you search on Google by typing a residential phone number into the Google Search box that Google will deliver a...
LookSmart AdCenter Launches Private Label Contextual Advertising Service for Publishers
LookSmart today launched their new contextual ad serving and optimization product as part of their LookSmart’s AdCenter service. With the addition of AdCenter contextual advertising,...
Goodbye Yahoo Auctions
As part of the ongoing restructuring of Yahoo which is focused on cutting off the products which are not working and pumping revenue and manpower...
New York Times Spamming Google Results
The New York Times has worked to ensure that its site and search results are incredibly Google friendly, so Google friendly in fact that a...
Local.com Launches Local Verfied : Local Search Advertising
Local.com today has launched Local Verified, a new advertising program that offers businesses preferred placement in Local.com search results. Using Local Verified, businesses can secure...
Top 10 Reasons to Attend Elite Retreat : Orlando
Elite Retreat is coming to Orlando, Florida on Friday June 8th and Saturday June 9th. If a $500 off coupon is not reason enough for...
Yahoo Search Marketing Puts The Brakes on Keyword Inventory Tool
Andy Beal says that Yahoo Search Marketing is still not planning on supporting the old Overture Inventory tool, since the older tool is not accurately...
Link Building & The Importance of Keyword Reflective Domains
Today I was chatting with my friend Derrick Daye of the Blake Project, a branding strategy group. We were discussing the ranking of his company’s...
Volkswagon Spamming Search with invisibleContent Tag
Volkswagon’s web site, vw.com, was recently showcased by Google for using Google Enterprise Search to power the new VW site. Today, Barry Schwartz & Danny...
Microsoft Yahoo Merger Could Be a Reality
Today the search and stock market news channels are buzzing with talk of a possible merger between Microsoft and Yahoo, which would see the two...
Yahoo Photos Closing, Flickr Growing
Michael Arrington has the scoop on Yahoo closing down its Yahoo Photos service, and integrating its users and photos into Flickr. The service will be...
Yahoo Launches Online Poker in UK
Yahoo has been involved with online gambling before, but not in the fashion of the controversial industry of online poker. Yesterday Yahoo UK & Ireland,...
Yahoo oneSearch Mobile Search Expands to Europe & Canada
Yahoo’s oneSearch beta, their user friendly mobile search offering which has changed the way that I search via my mobile phone, is expanding into Canada,...
ReviewMe Launches Advertiser Marketplace, Minimum $10 per Review
Paid blog review broker ReviewMe has launched a new advertiser marketplace where advertisers can create campaign offers which bloggers can review, then decide to accept...
PodZinger Video & Audio Search Names New CEO
PodZinger, the audio and video search engine & advertising network, has named Tom Wilde as their new CEO. Under Wilde’s leadership, PodZinger hopes to expand...
Feedburner FeedCount : Valued RSS Circulation Metric
In a world of crazy and unstable web audience metrics (think Alexa) there are not many tools which publicly and honestly reflect the popularity and...
Wikipedia Giving Link Juice to Wikia Search, No Following Other Sites
Wikipedia has become notorious for using the No Follow attribute to link to all outgoing links from Wikipedia entries. TechCrunch, however, has learned that Wikipedia...
Mobile Users Want to Search, and Search Locally
iCrossing recently released a study on the behavior of mobile Internet users. Surprisingly, according to the study only 30 percent of mobile users access the...
Instant WordPress Theme Generator
File this in the coolness category! Yvo Schaap has created a real time instant WordPress Theme Generator for those of us who do not have...
4 E-Commerce Digital Marketing Strategies For 2022
Forbes
January 11, 2022
If you manage e-commerce digital marketing campaigns, these strategies can save you time and help grow your traffic, sales and your bottom line. See More
Eight Ways Businesses Are Adopting Innovative Streaming During Social Distancing
Forbes
May 20, 2020
Streaming video technology is more important than ever. See More