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Google Chrome OS Netbook Released for Free in Pilot Program
Yesterday, Google hosted a San Diego based event focused on their Chrome OS and the Chrome notebook. While rumors have been flying about what exactly...
Differences between Google and its Local Competitors
Imagine if you could travel back to the days when Google was still a young upstart in the search engine game, when making your way...
Google Nexus One Receives an OS Update and an Heir
The Nexus One was one of Google’s most prominent contributions to the smartphone market. The impressive specs were present and accounted for, but more important...
How To Filter And Override Your Location Extensions In Google AdWords
If you’re running Google AdWords campaigns, then you have probably heard of (and are hopefully using) ad extensions. If you aren’t familiar with them, you...
Online Marketing in 2011: 4 Things to Do Now to be Prepared
This is the time of year that many of us are thinking about what we didn’t do in 2010 and what we should do for...
Does Your Niche Dictate Your Risk?
Months ago I wrote about why understanding your niche was so crucial for quality link building. Most of this piece dealt with issues such as...
Clickbooth CPC : Can it Compete with Google AdSense?
Clickbooth, a CPA/CPC affiliate network based in Sarasota, FL, has stirred up some news this week with buzz around their CPC offering for publishers who...
Where ‘o Where did my AdWords Reports Go?
It’s finally happened, the reports center is gone in AdWords and we are all reeling in horror right? Oh, Halloween was last weekend. Never mind....
Google Instant Preview: The Visual Aspect of SEO
Earlier this month, Google added a new feature to their Search experience: Google Instant Preview. The feature, explained in detail on the official Google Blog,...
Local Search Tips Whitepaper from Location3 Media
Location3 Media has shared with us their Local Search Tips whitepaper that covers big picture strategies and small hints to maximize local search campaigns. They...
Using Up Your Leftovers: Link Building Edition
Are you tired of turkey yet? By now we should all be just about done with turkey sandwiches and leftover sweet potatoes. But using up...
21 Power User Tips for Web Marketers
Note: This article is intended to bring those who are not from a technical background fully up to speed with some time saving techniques and...
Google wants to know all about YOU
Convenience or Conspiracy? You Decide. What once started as a convenience for users has, over time, started to sound more like some Orwellian nightmare stalking...
A Cornucopia Full of Local Search O-Pack Advice
Yes. Not only did I tie in the word cornucopia into a local search post, but I managed to spell it correctly as well. Now...
Just for SEOs – How to Find and Keep a Great Copywriter
One of the things I enjoy most about SEO is that I get to work with a lot of creative, talented specialists, especially copywriters. For...
SEO SpyGlass Adds Blekko as Additional Backlink Research
Today SEO SpyGlass, the link and and competitor research software we gave a very favorable review earlier, is adding a new exciting feature and data...
Internet Marketing Cornucopia
I have many reasons to be grateful this year on many fronts for many reasons. One area happens to be the fact that I’m blessed...
Google Adwords Cost
One of the theories I wanted to test was about using Google AdWords inbuilt bidding engine focusing on clicks versus focusing on conversions instead of...
10 Things from 2010 that May Shape Your 2011
A compendium of random stats I’ve found interesting from 2010 It’s that time of year again, where people are in full swing of 2011 planning...
The Key To Increasing Inquiries, Leads, Sales…
If you want to increase __________________ <inquiries, opt-ins, leads, sales etc> by ______% <5, 10, 30, 50, even 100%> then you need to pay close...
Increasing SEO Competition and Change: Survival Not Mandatory
Image by Rebekah May It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. – W. Edwards Deming It’s safe to say the way search...
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...
How Many “Dark Patterns” Can You Name?
I have always been amazed by and supportive of simple but genius ideas I keep coming across daily. This time it’s “Dark Patterns” community initiative...
Zero In On Your Problem Areas
Building links is tedious work, whether you enjoy it or not. I’ve done almost every form of SEO at one time or another, and I...
Educating The Client About SEO Is The Best Way To Recover The Reputation Of The SEO Industry
Just the other day I came across a discussion regarding the The SEO Industry’s Reputation Problem on Sphinn.com. After going through the discussion, I strongly...
Lions and Tigers and Emails – Oh My!
What do you think are the most visited sites on the Internet today? If you said Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and YouTube, you would be...
Google Place Search…what about PPC?
What a big couple of months for the Google SERPs. First they add the “instant” feature (which I’m still getting used to) and most recently,...
Don’t be Another Link in the Chain: Quality Content and PR is Key to International SEO
SEO is categorized into two broad categories: off-page and on-page optimization. On-page is more straight-forward, in that full control lies with the optimizer. In the...
Using Reference Sites for Acronyms, Colloquialisms and Internet Slang for Inspiration
With the rise of modern instant forms of mass communication, the languages we use in our daily lives are evolving at a pace never before...
The Lazy Man’s Internet: Why Online Videos Reign Supreme
The internet; never happy with what it’s got and always on the lookout for something bigger, better and more complex. Whether you are new to...