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Weekly Webinars and Upcoming Events 3/21/12
One thing I’ve learned from this industry is that change can always be expected. To stay on top of current trends, ideas and marketig tactics...
Gmail Spam Filtering Explained: Actionable Advice for Email Marketers
Gmail has an automatic spam detection system that uses a combination of pattern analysis, user analytics, and virus/phishing detection to send suspicious messages directly to...
Can Windows 8 Rescue the Dying PC from Apple’s iPad?
Apple, who recently launched the third generation iPad, has dominated technology news and generated record-breaking sales for their newest tablet. Since the technology giant launched...
The Next Wave Of Google Algorithm Changes
It sounds like Google’s algorithm is going to change again, and while I don’t believe in chasing the algorithm, I do find the impacts on...
Google’s Over SEO Optimization Penalty
If you haven’t already heard, Google’s Matt Cutts and Bing’s Duane Forrester recently did a SXSW session with Danny Sullivan where they addressed questions from...
Algorithm Update: Google Focusing on Semantic Search Technology
According to a recent interview with Amit Singhal, a top executive at Google Search, Google is planning on making drastic algorithmic changes in the near...
Interview with Deven Patel of Cyfe, All-in-One Web Dashboard
With so many new online services popping up every day, it’s becoming harder and harder to monitor all your data scattered across them. The bigger...
Interview with Andy Chu, Director at Bing for Mobile
Next week, SES New York will be taking place (March 19th – 23rd), and in the run-up to the event, I was digging around the...
Yahoo Patent Lawsuit: Unfortunate Pre-IPO Timing for Facebook
With Facebook on the verge of a record-setting technology IPO, Yahoo has filed a patent infringement lawsuit that argues the social network has inappropriately used...
Weekly Webinars and Upcoming Events 3/14/12
SES is quickly approaching this weekend, so if you are not registered now is the time to do it. On the other hand, March 20th...
SEM on Autopilot: 9 Dangers of Unmanaged Paid Search Campaigns
If there’s one thing true about SEM, it moves at light speed. There are continuous updates rolling out across both AdWords and adCenter, campaign performance...
Mashable Acquisition Rumor: CNN to Purchase Social Media News Site for $200 Million
The mainstream news giant CNN, which is owned by Time Warner Inc, is reportedly involved in advanced negotiations to purchase Mashable. According to several recent...
Placement Matters: Placing Online Ads Above the Fold Increases CTR by 36%
Online advertising is one of the fastest growing segments of advertisement. According to emarketer, for the first time in 2012, online advertising will outpace print...
17 More Unconventional Link Building Strategies
There’s nothing I hate more than rehashed, regurgitated content – and unfortunately, the SEO world is full of advice that’s been repeated so often that...
Gowalla Gone: Facebook Shuts Down Recent Acquisition
When Facebook acquired the location sharing app Gowalla, rumors began circulating that the popular service would be shut down in the near future. Now, only...
How to Evaluate Guest Blog Post Prospects in Five Easy Steps
A few days ago, we were asked by one of our clients whether it’s worth his time to write a guest post for a blogger...
President Obama Uses Cyberattack Scenario to Promote New Security Legislation
On Wednesday evening, a group of senators gathered as New York City’s power grid was rendered useless by a cyberattack – thankfully the attack was...
Apple Lawsuit: US Justice Department Alleges Price Collusion
According to recent reports, the U.S. Justice Department is planning to sue Apple Inc. and five U.S. publishing companies for violating antitrust laws related to...
Are You Using the Right Keywords On Your Site? A Simple Three-Rule Test
Keyword research is important to online marketing efforts. But even more important than that is the keywords you select for your SEO and PPC efforts....
How to Find Converting Keywords (And Put Them to Work)
It takes all kinds of keywords to make up a website, from head terms to the long tail, and different types of keywords accomplish different...
RIP: Android Market Renamed Google Play
When Google’s Android Market launched three and a half years ago, it was a standalone app store that did not sell e-books, music, or videos....
Weekly Webinars and Upcoming Events for 3/7/2012
This week is a little slim for new webinars. Most companies have recorded webinars; I’ll include a list of those this week as well. Keep...
Pinterest Phishing Expedition: Scammers Target Unsuspecting Pinterest Users
Pinterest, the popular image-based social network with approximately 13 million users, has recently captured the attention of some unwanted users – cybercriminals. Unfortunately, according to...
About Content, Inter-Linked Data And SEO
The challenge for every website owner is to keep their websites updated with quality content catering to all search options. SEO 2012 is all about...
My Favorite Worst SEO Leads
**Full disclosure, this is meant to be a humorous type post and rant for fellow SEO professional, sorry if I have offended anyone! 🙂 After...
Google Assistant: Android to Launch Siri Alternative in 2012
When the iPhone 4S was released in late 2011, the addition of a virtual assistant helped the new device exceed sales projections and consumer expectations....
Facebook Seeks Higher Credit Limit Ahead of IPO
Although Facebook is expected to raise as much as $10 billion dollars with their upcoming initial public offering (IPO), the popular social network is reportedly...
Interview with Guest Blogger – Ann Smarty
The SEO sphere always talks about modern ways of building quality links that are pointing back to the website. People use multiple techniques that help...
Is SEO Really SEO Anymore? Index Search Down 50%, Apps and Social Search Exploding
Recently, the game-changer to rule them all occurred; as we know, search engines have moved social. For SEO content developers, this means we’ve got to...
Facebook Marketing Conference: More Intrusive Ads Are on the Way
On Wednesday, Facebook hosted the first Facebook Marketing Conference at the Museum of Natural History in New York. The primary purpose of the conference was...