A good article on the state of SEM that you may have missed -
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3575926
Have a good one.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Monday, January 23, 2006
A couple of good articles from a newsletter we like -
1) http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_82.shtml
on truths in email marketing.
2) Getting some traffic from the media -
http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_79.shtml
1) http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_82.shtml
on truths in email marketing.
2) Getting some traffic from the media -
http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_79.shtml
Friday, January 20, 2006
Looks like Google and Yahoo still number 1 in America -
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3578491
Also seems like search records will be under scrutiny -
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?threadid=9701
Enjoy your weekend :o)
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3578491
Also seems like search records will be under scrutiny -
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?threadid=9701
Enjoy your weekend :o)
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Seems that Google may soon have Google Ads on the radio - if you have a podcast and are looking for ways to make some cash this would be excellent for you (or for anyone that wants to earn some cash from recordings).
Click Here
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Some nice words of wisdom - download - print it and start reading it today.
http://wisdom.marketingsherpa.com/
http://wisdom.marketingsherpa.com/
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
If you've wondered how to create a 301 redirect - what you should use if you change a page on your site. The following link shows you how to create one.
Forum post with comments -
http://www.cre8asiteforums.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=29607
The tutorial itself -
http://ekstreme.com/webmaster/301-redirection.php
Forum post with comments -
http://www.cre8asiteforums.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=29607
The tutorial itself -
http://ekstreme.com/webmaster/301-redirection.php
Friday, January 13, 2006
Hope you have enjoyed your week - and will enjoy the long weekend. We'll be back on Tuesday.
Till then a very in depth post for you to enjoy on SEO - one key point diversify.
Click Here
Till then a very in depth post for you to enjoy on SEO - one key point diversify.
Click Here
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Interesting news bits from yesterday - tomorrow we'll try and add more of the "old" news.
Google increases their lead over Yahoo -
Click Here
How to add a Google map to your pages.
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Keyword prices fall - cost per clicks.
Click
Google increases their lead over Yahoo -
Click Here
How to add a Google map to your pages.
Click
Keyword prices fall - cost per clicks.
Click
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
An excellent article we found yesterday on SEO - it's pretty long so I won't burden you with more.
Click Here
Click Here
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
I found these interesting -
On click fraud -
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050405-073942
Site maps expands -
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051116-155209
Trusted links -
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051111-102522
On click fraud -
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050405-073942
Site maps expands -
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051116-155209
Trusted links -
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051111-102522
Monday, January 09, 2006
Hopefully you enjoyed your weekend. This week we'll continue to review some things we received over the break.
The one thing you need to do today is patch the recent WMF vulnerability
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us
Click on the "Custom" link if you only want this update.
Enjoy your Monday.
The one thing you need to do today is patch the recent WMF vulnerability
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us
Click on the "Custom" link if you only want this update.
Enjoy your Monday.
Friday, January 06, 2006
A nice article on readability -
http://www.timetabler.com/reading.html
and about skimming -
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/helpingvisitors
Both may help you convert browsers to buyers which is always a good thing.
http://www.timetabler.com/reading.html
and about skimming -
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/helpingvisitors
Both may help you convert browsers to buyers which is always a good thing.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Nice article on local search -
Click Here
An excellent article with five tips on selling more online.
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/barrier.cfm?currentID=3149
So how to change (or not) your marketing efforts after the AOL / Google deal.
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3572781
Click Here
An excellent article with five tips on selling more online.
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/barrier.cfm?currentID=3149
So how to change (or not) your marketing efforts after the AOL / Google deal.
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3572781
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Hopefully you enjoyed your weekend / holidays. Happy New Year. This week we'll be posting some news from over the holidays. Enjoy!!
TimeWarner sold 5% of AOL to Google - remember whoever has the most eyeballs wins.
Click here
You'll need to log in.
A nice extension for Fire Fox -
http://quirk.co.za/searchstatus/
A nice explanation to librarians about how Google works.
http://www.google.com/newsletter/librarian/librarian_2005_12/article1.html
Have a good one.
TimeWarner sold 5% of AOL to Google - remember whoever has the most eyeballs wins.
Click here
You'll need to log in.
A nice extension for Fire Fox -
http://quirk.co.za/searchstatus/
A nice explanation to librarians about how Google works.
http://www.google.com/newsletter/librarian/librarian_2005_12/article1.html
Have a good one.
Friday, December 16, 2005
Hope you are warm and toasty - it's pretty chilly here. Below are some things to check out. We hope you enjoy your weekend. My daughter is out of school starting next week for the holidays - actually she is out today because the roads are icy - so we'll be on a limited posting schedule (read that as maybe no posts) till Jan 2nd. During this time try to find some other ways to piggy back your ads. We'll do the same and post our thoughts in January.
We hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and Happy and Prosperous New Year. Thank you for letting us be a small part of your lives.
There seems to be a battle going on between Yahoo and Google over paid links.
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/002955.html
http://battellemedia.com/archives/002123.php
A recap of the recent Chi town Search Engine Conference
http://www.searchengineguide.com/searchbrief/senews/006339.html
Ratings on the search engines - no surprise Google leads - interesting though more people are searching which is good news for everyone.
Click here
Top 99 search terms with 9 letters from A9.... hmmm
http://blog.a9.com/blog/2005/12/14/the-99-top-9/
Tim and Lisa
We hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and Happy and Prosperous New Year. Thank you for letting us be a small part of your lives.
There seems to be a battle going on between Yahoo and Google over paid links.
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/002955.html
http://battellemedia.com/archives/002123.php
A recap of the recent Chi town Search Engine Conference
http://www.searchengineguide.com/searchbrief/senews/006339.html
Ratings on the search engines - no surprise Google leads - interesting though more people are searching which is good news for everyone.
Click here
Top 99 search terms with 9 letters from A9.... hmmm
http://blog.a9.com/blog/2005/12/14/the-99-top-9/
Tim and Lisa
Thursday, December 15, 2005
So did you come up with something you could use -
First an example of some good marketing - If you search for Auto Tape Measure in Google -
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=auto+tape+measure
Who do you see at the top of the list.... Black and Decker - excellent marketing. So what you want to find is someone that isn't doing it.
What do you get if you search for home depot elf... one result. If you had something related to hardware / gifts for me you could plug your ad in there and get some unexpected traffic.
If you search for Bud Light Venus - there are no results in the ad box - so probably for ten cents or so a click you could drive some traffic.
Hopefully this gets some creative juices flowing. The main thing is to think of things for your target market - and it doesn't have to be commercials it can be topics within a show. If it is a show topic you need to try and get the ads setup the day of the show. People have very short memories. Commercials usually run more than once.
Stuff you can use -
Tax time is coming soon - check this article out.
http://www.sbtimes.com/articles/05/12/2.shtml
Speaking of taxes this site gives some good info on mileage deductions.
http://smallbusinesstaxcenter.com/records/mileage1.php
First an example of some good marketing - If you search for Auto Tape Measure in Google -
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=auto+tape+measure
Who do you see at the top of the list.... Black and Decker - excellent marketing. So what you want to find is someone that isn't doing it.
What do you get if you search for home depot elf... one result. If you had something related to hardware / gifts for me you could plug your ad in there and get some unexpected traffic.
If you search for Bud Light Venus - there are no results in the ad box - so probably for ten cents or so a click you could drive some traffic.
Hopefully this gets some creative juices flowing. The main thing is to think of things for your target market - and it doesn't have to be commercials it can be topics within a show. If it is a show topic you need to try and get the ads setup the day of the show. People have very short memories. Commercials usually run more than once.
Stuff you can use -
Tax time is coming soon - check this article out.
http://www.sbtimes.com/articles/05/12/2.shtml
Speaking of taxes this site gives some good info on mileage deductions.
http://smallbusinesstaxcenter.com/records/mileage1.php
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
So the commercials I found were -
Pre Game -
Fed Ex
Ford F 150 BCS
Comcast HDTV
GMC
1st Quarter
Budlight / Venus
King Kong
Energizer
Cardiezem HBP
Home Depot - Elf
--
Nissan Z
Best Buy (Games)
According to Jim
--
Dominos 5 buck deal
Nissan Frontier - shift offroad
Diet Pepsi - Vending Machine
Hope and Faith - Christmas Freak
--
Nissan Frontier - compact trucks
Michelob Ultra
Subway - Chicken Bacon Ranch
Auto Tape - Black and Decker
--
Fedex
Phillips - sense and sensability
In Justice
--
Subway - Chicken and Bacon
Visa Check Card
Snickers
So what do those commercials have to do with anything - these people spend huge amounts of money on their campaigns - I have found though that many don't branch out to the web. Let's face it, many people watch TV and surf. What stops them from searching Google for some keywords they find in ads. Using the commercials above try and find some searches where there are no Adwords - don't worry if it's not your niche - just use if for practice. I'll give you my results tomorrow.
Pre Game -
Fed Ex
Ford F 150 BCS
Comcast HDTV
GMC
1st Quarter
Budlight / Venus
King Kong
Energizer
Cardiezem HBP
Home Depot - Elf
--
Nissan Z
Best Buy (Games)
According to Jim
--
Dominos 5 buck deal
Nissan Frontier - shift offroad
Diet Pepsi - Vending Machine
Hope and Faith - Christmas Freak
--
Nissan Frontier - compact trucks
Michelob Ultra
Subway - Chicken Bacon Ranch
Auto Tape - Black and Decker
--
Fedex
Phillips - sense and sensability
In Justice
--
Subway - Chicken and Bacon
Visa Check Card
Snickers
So what do those commercials have to do with anything - these people spend huge amounts of money on their campaigns - I have found though that many don't branch out to the web. Let's face it, many people watch TV and surf. What stops them from searching Google for some keywords they find in ads. Using the commercials above try and find some searches where there are no Adwords - don't worry if it's not your niche - just use if for practice. I'll give you my results tomorrow.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Did you have a chance to do your homework from last night - if not don't worry I did. We're running behind schedule today and have some obligations later today so we'll talk about it more tomorrow.
I did find an interesting thing this morning - MSN may pay you to search - would you switch if someone did this???
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2649
I did find an interesting thing this morning - MSN may pay you to search - would you switch if someone did this???
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2649
Monday, December 12, 2005
Hope you enjoyed your weekend - we had a pretty good weekend more on that in a bit - first some posts from the weekend.
A nice way to get out of the sandbox from Google -
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=57368
I watched two excellent football games on Sunday and it got me to thinking that I probably hadn't shared with you a good (cheap) way to promote your site and bring more traffic... which in turn brings more sales. It does take some work and some money - so if either of these are in short supply for you then you may not want check out the blog in a week or two.
To help learn about the concept you need to do a little work - tonight watch the first quarter of Monday night football. Even if you don't like football one quarter shouldn't be too much for you to wade through. As you watch the game write down all the commercials that you see - as well as any advertisements you may see. Even if your audience would hate football just bear with me. We'll talk some about those commercials tomorrow.
A nice way to get out of the sandbox from Google -
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=57368
I watched two excellent football games on Sunday and it got me to thinking that I probably hadn't shared with you a good (cheap) way to promote your site and bring more traffic... which in turn brings more sales. It does take some work and some money - so if either of these are in short supply for you then you may not want check out the blog in a week or two.
To help learn about the concept you need to do a little work - tonight watch the first quarter of Monday night football. Even if you don't like football one quarter shouldn't be too much for you to wade through. As you watch the game write down all the commercials that you see - as well as any advertisements you may see. Even if your audience would hate football just bear with me. We'll talk some about those commercials tomorrow.
Friday, December 09, 2005
A Danny Sullivan Q and A from the Chicago conference -
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20051208DannySullivanCuttsUp.html
Enjoy your weekend.
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20051208DannySullivanCuttsUp.html
Enjoy your weekend.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Google's Ten Rules for business -
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051206-114834
Search engine strategies is going on in the big C - here's a place to catch some updates on whats going on.
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051205-141249
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051206-114834
Search engine strategies is going on in the big C - here's a place to catch some updates on whats going on.
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051205-141249
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
The latest issue of our Ezine can be found here -
http://www.blitzpromotions.com/blitz256-DEC05.htm
Enjoy your day.
http://www.blitzpromotions.com/blitz256-DEC05.htm
Enjoy your day.
Monday, December 05, 2005
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Some things that may get your tractor cranking this morning.
Google has now made it possible to seperate content bids and "normal" bids. Instructions can be found here -
http://perrymarshall.com/google/separate.htm
Some excellent info on creating niche sites -
http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18376
Google has now made it possible to seperate content bids and "normal" bids. Instructions can be found here -
http://perrymarshall.com/google/separate.htm
Some excellent info on creating niche sites -
http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18376
Friday, December 02, 2005
Matt Cutts has some good advice in his blog on software -
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-mistakes-software-mistakes/
We hope you enjoy your weekend - hopefully we'll get some Christmas shopping done today.
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-mistakes-software-mistakes/
We hope you enjoy your weekend - hopefully we'll get some Christmas shopping done today.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Can "good" content and grammar help with Google - check this article -
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=1874
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=1874
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
So what might Google be up to with Google Base - this article might help to explain things a bit.
http://www.intuitive.com/blog/next_up_google_shopping.html
http://www.intuitive.com/blog/next_up_google_shopping.html
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
A nice post about holiday sales -
Click Here
A nice article on linking / link networks and the changes from Jagger -
http://www.webguerrilla.com/linking/the-truth-about-reciprocal-link-networks/
Click Here
A nice article on linking / link networks and the changes from Jagger -
http://www.webguerrilla.com/linking/the-truth-about-reciprocal-link-networks/
Monday, November 28, 2005
Hopefully everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
I had a lot of fun with my daughter - we goofed off on World of Warcraft quite a bit. Lisa and I also watched a bunch of sappy holiday movies (think Hallmark). It was a very enjoyable time away from the computer... and if you haven't taken a list a few days away, remember the old saying all work and no play.
If you've heard about Sony's "rootkit" and the hub bub surrounding it then this is interesting.
Click Here.
I had a lot of fun with my daughter - we goofed off on World of Warcraft quite a bit. Lisa and I also watched a bunch of sappy holiday movies (think Hallmark). It was a very enjoyable time away from the computer... and if you haven't taken a list a few days away, remember the old saying all work and no play.
If you've heard about Sony's "rootkit" and the hub bub surrounding it then this is interesting.
Click Here.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Some nice articles to feast on before turkey day -
Are you really targetting your customers ?
http://www.enquiro.com/marketing-monitor/know-your-target-audience.asp
People are still searching for stuff on the web - you can find numbers below.
http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=34827
Some Thanksgiving recipe ideas
http://www.recipelink.com/thanksgiving.html
Are you really targetting your customers ?
http://www.enquiro.com/marketing-monitor/know-your-target-audience.asp
People are still searching for stuff on the web - you can find numbers below.
http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=34827
Some Thanksgiving recipe ideas
http://www.recipelink.com/thanksgiving.html
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
A nice article on Email open and click rates -
http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_66.shtml
Google analytics has halted new accounts for now - apparently they grew too fast....
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/wp-trackback.php?p=36
http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_66.shtml
Google analytics has halted new accounts for now - apparently they grew too fast....
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/wp-trackback.php?p=36
Monday, November 21, 2005
We hope you enjoyed your weekend - we'll be posting things till Thursday this week - then we'll probably snarf down some Turkey - enough to make us hibernate till Monday.
A nice thread on someone that is trying to start things off with zero cash - more info here -
http://www.smallbusinessbrief.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3177
Some comments from the Google pub relations guy at a recent conference.
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=56221
A nice thread on someone that is trying to start things off with zero cash - more info here -
http://www.smallbusinessbrief.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3177
Some comments from the Google pub relations guy at a recent conference.
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=56221
Friday, November 18, 2005
Google has a new tool that helps detect timeouts, errors, unreachable urls etc., when they crawl your site. Want to make sure that Google finds all the good stuff on your site then check it out.
https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login
Have a great weekend.
https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login
Have a great weekend.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Want to know some search stats for your industry - click here.
What exactly is web spam - learn more here.
What exactly is web spam - learn more here.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Pretty cool - Google is now offering free stats for your site -
A nice article on this can be found here -
Click Here
Or you can check it out from Google here -
http://www.google.com/analytics/index.html
I kind of feel sorry for those programs that cost hundreds of bucks a month.
An excellent paper concerning page rank -
Click Here
A nice article on this can be found here -
Click Here
Or you can check it out from Google here -
http://www.google.com/analytics/index.html
I kind of feel sorry for those programs that cost hundreds of bucks a month.
An excellent paper concerning page rank -
Click Here
Monday, November 14, 2005
Hope you enjoyed your long weekend - can you believe that next week is ThanksGiving... I can't either.
Is the Jagger dust settling???
Click Here
Ebay is now offering some pretty awesome marketing research stats - more details can be found here.
A nice article on links - more info
Is the Jagger dust settling???
Click Here
Ebay is now offering some pretty awesome marketing research stats - more details can be found here.
A nice article on links - more info
Thursday, November 10, 2005
A nice interview the Brett Tabke founder of Web Master World.
Click here
We'll be taking a break tomorrow since it's Veterans day - and hey I'm a vet... good excuse anyway for a day off :o).
I served in the 3 ID - in Schweinfurt Germany when there was still an East and West Germany.
Click here
We'll be taking a break tomorrow since it's Veterans day - and hey I'm a vet... good excuse anyway for a day off :o).
I served in the 3 ID - in Schweinfurt Germany when there was still an East and West Germany.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Wal-mart scared of Google ... hmmm maybe. Check out the following story from NY Times (might have to register to view the page)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/technology/06google.html?pagewanted=1
Enjoy your day.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/technology/06google.html?pagewanted=1
Enjoy your day.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
A nice article by someone that makes a lot of money with Ebay -
http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_58.shtml
http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_58.shtml
Monday, November 07, 2005
Lots of tidbits over the weekend.
Google has filed another patent - apparently soon they will be individual results for each searcher....
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?threadid=8547
The "official" patent can be seen here -
Click here for the patent link -
Is Yahoo in the process of a big update?
http://webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=55461
Enjoy your Monday!
Google has filed another patent - apparently soon they will be individual results for each searcher....
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?threadid=8547
The "official" patent can be seen here -
Click here for the patent link -
Is Yahoo in the process of a big update?
http://webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=55461
Enjoy your Monday!
Friday, November 04, 2005
I don't know about you but I'm glad it's Friday.
Some good info about Jagger Changes -
http://webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=55306
Some good info about Jagger Changes -
http://webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=55306
Thursday, November 03, 2005
How Jagger may affect your holiday season this year.
http://webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=55284
And Jagger part three isn't up just yet -
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/
http://webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=55284
And Jagger part three isn't up just yet -
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Our newest newsletter is out -
http://www.blitzpromotions.com/blitz255-05nov.htm
An excellent article on creating passwords -
http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=271347
(scroll down to post three)
Firefox has an excellent program that lets you check useful SEO stats as you surf.
http://www.pandia.com/sew/105-check-seo-stats-while-you-surf.html
http://www.blitzpromotions.com/blitz255-05nov.htm
An excellent article on creating passwords -
http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=271347
(scroll down to post three)
Firefox has an excellent program that lets you check useful SEO stats as you surf.
http://www.pandia.com/sew/105-check-seo-stats-while-you-surf.html
Monday, October 31, 2005
Friday, October 28, 2005
Well it appears that the second part of the "Jagger" update has begun - some folks are now calling it the "Joker".
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=54970
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/31688-65-10.htm
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=54970
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/31688-65-10.htm
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Google is up to something... besides the update. They are in the process of starting Google Base - you can find more details here -
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2013
and the "new" site can be found here -
http://base.google.com/
although I got a database error - so maybe it's not ready just yet.
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2013
and the "new" site can be found here -
http://base.google.com/
although I got a database error - so maybe it's not ready just yet.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
More Jagger stuff -
How did XML site mapped sites fare -
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=54883
It's not over till its over - make sure to check out Google Guy's post on this page -
http://www.searchengineworld.com/forum912/4-2-20.htm
How did XML site mapped sites fare -
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=54883
It's not over till its over - make sure to check out Google Guy's post on this page -
http://www.searchengineworld.com/forum912/4-2-20.htm
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
More conversations on the "update" - I think Google actually said it wasn't an update.... hmmm.
Part 1 -
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/31509.htm
Part 2-
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/31688.htm
Part 1 -
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/31509.htm
Part 2-
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/31688.htm
Friday, October 21, 2005
Couple of more notes on Jagger -
How to contact Google if new results are full of trash -
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/update-jagger-contacting-google/
An excellent conversation is going on here as well - next week - after some more dust settles we'll give some observations.
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=54379
You'll have to register but it takes about a minute to do that.
How to contact Google if new results are full of trash -
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/update-jagger-contacting-google/
An excellent conversation is going on here as well - next week - after some more dust settles we'll give some observations.
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=54379
You'll have to register but it takes about a minute to do that.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Well looks like Google is definitely doing a big update - details below -
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?threadid=8261
http://www.searchengineworld.com/forum912/1.htm
Just don't PANIC until after the dust settles.
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?threadid=8261
http://www.searchengineworld.com/forum912/1.htm
Just don't PANIC until after the dust settles.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
An excellent article on improving your sites navigation can be found here -
http://www.wilsonweb.com/art/design/menu-builder.htm
If you haven't subscribed to their newsletter yet, you should.
http://www.wilsonweb.com/art/design/menu-builder.htm
If you haven't subscribed to their newsletter yet, you should.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Is there another Google update going on - maybe... maybe not. Details can be found here.
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/002654.html
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/002654.html
Monday, October 17, 2005
Hopefully you enjoyed your weekend. If you are looking for a place to find keywords without having to pay - then you may want to check out Nichebot -
http://www.nichebot.com/
http://www.nichebot.com/
Thursday, October 13, 2005
If you use windows XP and it seems to have slowed down - then these tips may be just what you need. One reminder before you try new things make sure that you BACK UP your files.
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1949
We mentioned before about Google and dupe content - check out this -
http://www.threadwatch.org/node/4091
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1949
We mentioned before about Google and dupe content - check out this -
http://www.threadwatch.org/node/4091
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
hmm it appears that Google is going to get involved as a payment service (like paypal) - what better way to streamline their payments to affiliates etc. More can be found at the link below.
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1940
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1940
Monday, October 10, 2005
The service we use to send our newsletter is offering free leads - you may be interested in that so here's the link -
http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_50.shtml
Enjoy your Columbus Day!
http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_50.shtml
Enjoy your Columbus Day!
Friday, October 07, 2005
What happened today in history - you can find out at the following link -
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/
Enjoy your weekend.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/
Enjoy your weekend.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
I'm not sure if I mentioned this before - a good place to learn about recent changes in the SEO world can be found here -
http://www.seroundtable.com/
http://www.seroundtable.com/
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
A nice article on Indexing and Ranking can be found here -
http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/results/article.php/3552906
Also if you didn't get a chance to check out the October issue of our Newsletter you can find it here.
http://www.blitzpromotions.com/blitz254-05oct.htm
http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/results/article.php/3552906
Also if you didn't get a chance to check out the October issue of our Newsletter you can find it here.
http://www.blitzpromotions.com/blitz254-05oct.htm
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
An excellent article on competition and what it can mean for you -
http://www.businesslyceum.com/compete.html
It seems like that the states want in on income they may be loosing from taxes more details here -
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3552921
Enjoy your day.
http://www.businesslyceum.com/compete.html
It seems like that the states want in on income they may be loosing from taxes more details here -
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3552921
Enjoy your day.
Monday, October 03, 2005
A pretty nice "debate" on some useful things to include with SEO -
http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16848
http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16848
Friday, September 30, 2005
An excellent article on finding the right platform to run your ecommerce site can be found at the link below -
http://ecommerce-guide.com/solutions/building/article.php/3551461
Enjoy your weekend.
http://ecommerce-guide.com/solutions/building/article.php/3551461
Enjoy your weekend.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
The war is over... maybe... you know the one where search engines say they index the "most" content. Details can be found at the following link -
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3551586
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3551586
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
We talked last week I think about being prepared for an emergency - so what if you have pets - this site may help you get them prepared as well.
http://www.hsus.org/hsus_field/hsus_disaster_center/disaster_preparedness_for_pets/
http://www.hsus.org/hsus_field/hsus_disaster_center/disaster_preparedness_for_pets/
Monday, September 26, 2005
Hopefully you enjoyed your weekend - DEMC had an informative ezine over the weekend which included an excellent one on Pay per clicks -
http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_41.shtml
Make sure you check out the other articles as well.
http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_41.shtml
Make sure you check out the other articles as well.
Friday, September 23, 2005
A nice tool to find out if you've been banned from Google -
http://123promotion.co.uk/tools/googlebanned.php
A nice list of video and audio downloads from business leaders - best thing no charge to download.
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/av_speakers.html
Have a great weekend.
http://123promotion.co.uk/tools/googlebanned.php
A nice list of video and audio downloads from business leaders - best thing no charge to download.
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/av_speakers.html
Have a great weekend.
Thursday, September 22, 2005
A nice search engine that will help you find out how you're doing for terms in multiple search engines - find out more here -
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3550681
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3550681
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Fine tune your keyword research from Wordtracker with this free report -
http://www.wordtracker.com/keyword-research-guide.html
How big is Microsoft - pretty big -
http://www.rjdudley.com/blog/TheMassivenessOfMicrosoft.aspx
http://www.wordtracker.com/keyword-research-guide.html
How big is Microsoft - pretty big -
http://www.rjdudley.com/blog/TheMassivenessOfMicrosoft.aspx
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
An interesting article about Blogs and will Google visit your site more often because of one.
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/does_googlebot_visit_more_often_because_of_my_blog.html
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/does_googlebot_visit_more_often_because_of_my_blog.html
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Some good ideas on running your newsletter / email campaigns.
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=3076
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=3076
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Don't forget to send your estimated taxes in tomorrow ... Bah Humbug.
A great resource for disaster planning (for you and your business) can be found at the link below.
http://www.youngandsuccessful.com/newsletter/ys_weekly_090805/
A great resource for disaster planning (for you and your business) can be found at the link below.
http://www.youngandsuccessful.com/newsletter/ys_weekly_090805/
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
We've talked some about usability in the past - you can find some good info at the following link -
http://webreference.com/authoring/design/usability/
Some good stuff there if you dig for it a bit.
http://webreference.com/authoring/design/usability/
Some good stuff there if you dig for it a bit.
Monday, September 12, 2005
If you like to keep on top of the latest trends I would highly recommend the following newsletter.
http://www.trendwatching.com/
A newsletter I look forward to getting.
http://www.trendwatching.com/
A newsletter I look forward to getting.
Friday, September 09, 2005
Unfortunately when you have a disaster scammers come out of the wood work. The link below may help keep you safe (from scammers).
http://www.scambusters.org/hurricanekatrinascams.html
Have a wonderful weekend.
http://www.scambusters.org/hurricanekatrinascams.html
Have a wonderful weekend.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Couple of good links today -
1. Protect your computer - 8 good hints about keeping your computer safe.
http://channels.lockergnome.com/windows/archives/20050907_eight_steps_to_system_security_2005.phtml
2. 20 things you can do to make sure your website is accessible.
http://devwebpro.com/devwebpro-39-20050825TheTop20ThingsYouCanDotoMakeYourWebsiteAccessible.html
1. Protect your computer - 8 good hints about keeping your computer safe.
http://channels.lockergnome.com/windows/archives/20050907_eight_steps_to_system_security_2005.phtml
2. 20 things you can do to make sure your website is accessible.
http://devwebpro.com/devwebpro-39-20050825TheTop20ThingsYouCanDotoMakeYourWebsiteAccessible.html
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
It seems that Google did a PR / backlink update over the weekend - guess they didn't take the holiday off - some details on that can be found in the following forums.
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?t=7673
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/31072.htm
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?t=7673
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/31072.htm
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
The Sept. issue of our newsletter can be found at the following link -
Building business relationships, interesting newsletter stats and more.
We hope that you and your family had a wonderful holiday weekend.
Building business relationships, interesting newsletter stats and more.
We hope that you and your family had a wonderful holiday weekend.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
A few good tidbits today - note we won't be posting tomorrow or Monday so enjoy your holiday - hug your family and have a bit of fun.
Are alt tags worth it -
http://www.searchengineguide.com/aws/2005/0830_aws1.html
An excellent guide to wordtracker - click save as since it is a pdf file.
http://tanny.com/keywords/keyword-research/Wordtracker-Guide.pdf
Earlier we said that Yahoo was going to be creating a service similar to AdSense - you get paid for your traffic. Their beta is open and details can be found here -
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/nl/aug05tu.php
Again enjoy your weekend.
Are alt tags worth it -
http://www.searchengineguide.com/aws/2005/0830_aws1.html
An excellent guide to wordtracker - click save as since it is a pdf file.
http://tanny.com/keywords/keyword-research/Wordtracker-Guide.pdf
Earlier we said that Yahoo was going to be creating a service similar to AdSense - you get paid for your traffic. Their beta is open and details can be found here -
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/nl/aug05tu.php
Again enjoy your weekend.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Unless you've been living under a rock you've seen the devastation of Katrina - we have some clients down south that we haven't heard from yet. Please continue to keep them in your thoughts and prayers and if you want donate something as well.
http://www.redcross.org/
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
http://www.redcross.org/
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
SE Conference Review -
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?t=7257
Earning money with Adsense and others -
Tidbits -
There are more folks that pay publishers than Google.
Yahoo is in beta with something that will compete with Google.
A note from About on mixing up your ads.
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?t=7257
Earning money with Adsense and others -
Tidbits -
There are more folks that pay publishers than Google.
Yahoo is in beta with something that will compete with Google.
A note from About on mixing up your ads.
Monday, August 29, 2005
Friday, August 26, 2005
Since the kiddies are back in school - it won't be long till they have to do research and reports. Google has a new search engine that may help them.
http://scholar.google.com/
http://scholar.google.com/
Thursday, August 25, 2005
So why do you think Google has made these changes... these are just some of my thoughts.
1) They are moving toward a "portal".
2) The more real estate they have - on your desk, when you search, your home page - the more "eyes" they have, the more advertising opportunities exist - although for now they say they won't. Recently they eexpanded the number of ads at the top of listings from two to three - there is only so much more they can do there .... unless they choose to fill up the whole page with paid ads. Don't ever forget ... they're in this to make money.
Have a good one.
1) They are moving toward a "portal".
2) The more real estate they have - on your desk, when you search, your home page - the more "eyes" they have, the more advertising opportunities exist - although for now they say they won't. Recently they eexpanded the number of ads at the top of listings from two to three - there is only so much more they can do there .... unless they choose to fill up the whole page with paid ads
Have a good one.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Google has had a couple of big announcements recently:
1) They've revamped their desktop product -
Click Here
2) They have a new IM Product -
http://www.google.com/talk/
More details about it can be found here -
http://www.google.com/talk/about.html
So.... why do you think Google launched these products. I'll let you think about it for a bit and I'll give you my thoughts about it tomorrow.
1) They've revamped their desktop product -
Click Here
2) They have a new IM Product -
http://www.google.com/talk/
More details about it can be found here -
http://www.google.com/talk/about.html
So.... why do you think Google launched these products. I'll let you think about it for a bit and I'll give you my thoughts about it tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
We'll talk some this week about things gleaned from the last SES Conference.
First thing is about "mobile search". If you've not thought about it - now is the time to do it. Why because everyone has a cell phone - soon they will all be able to surf the web. Some details about research etc. can be found at the following link.
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?t=7254
First thing is about "mobile search". If you've not thought about it - now is the time to do it. Why because everyone has a cell phone - soon they will all be able to surf the web. Some details about research etc. can be found at the following link.
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?t=7254
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Just a link to check out today - hopefully by next week I'll be feeling up to par.
It's about "good" writing and Google.
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=1874
It's about "good" writing and Google.
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=1874
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
I'm in the process of getting a cold.... achoo... wasn't going to post today but saw this in my inbox and got me to thinking.
http://photo.stamps.com
You can now put pictures on a stamp - they are a bit expensive but if you mail a lot of things for your business (advertising / etc.), it could make the difference of someone opening it and not. How much of a difference the only way you would find out would be to test it.
Just make sure that the only change on the envelope is the stamp.
Have a good one.
http://photo.stamps.com
You can now put pictures on a stamp - they are a bit expensive but if you mail a lot of things for your business (advertising / etc.), it could make the difference of someone opening it and not. How much of a difference the only way you would find out would be to test it.
Just make sure that the only change on the envelope is the stamp.
Have a good one.
Monday, August 15, 2005
The latest SES conference has wrapped up - today we're going to give you some links to review - we'll talk a bit about each one this week as well as things for you to do... so for today just read them.
The links to the summaries are here -
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?threadid=7186
The links to the summaries are here -
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?threadid=7186
Friday, August 12, 2005
Whew... first week of school is over. I think we're all getting back in the swing of things. If you've been keeping up with things you should pat yourself on the back :o) Remember we're working on tweaks a little at a time - one tweak won't make much of a difference but together they amount to quite a bit.
Continue working on the project from yesterday - here's some info you may (or may not) be interested in.
Trump has a blog - hopefully my blog is not as boring.
http://donaldtrump.trumpuniversity.com/
Lots and lots of cool stuff on "how things work".
http://science.howstuffworks.com/
Have a great weekend.
Continue working on the project from yesterday - here's some info you may (or may not) be interested in.
Trump has a blog - hopefully my blog is not as boring.
http://donaldtrump.trumpuniversity.com/
Lots and lots of cool stuff on "how things work".
http://science.howstuffworks.com/
Have a great weekend.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
This project will probably take a couple of days -
1) Find your niche in this directory -
http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Directories/
Say my niche is paintball -
I would click sports -
Then paintball -
2) Visit each of the sites in that list
3) Request a link from each of those sites / add your site to their listings.
1) Find your niche in this directory -
http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Directories/
Say my niche is paintball -
I would click sports -
Then paintball -
2) Visit each of the sites in that list
3) Request a link from each of those sites / add your site to their listings.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Today's optimization tweak is pretty easy - make sure that domains that you are promoting / marketing are renewed for at least 2 or 3 years. Why? When we spoke about Google's patent, one thing it does is allows them to check on things regarding your sites domain status - so domains with longer expiration dates will likely not be spam sites - will it help? It's hard to say. Will it hurt? No... so do it.
Monday, August 08, 2005
Hope you enjoyed your weekend - I can't believe that school is getting ready to start. Since the next couple of days we'll be dealing with that - can't believe my daughter will be in the third grade - we'll resume posting on Weds.
Tell then enjoy 30 things you can do on the internet - some things I didn't even know about.
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,120784,00.asp
Tell then enjoy 30 things you can do on the internet - some things I didn't even know about.
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,120784,00.asp
Friday, August 05, 2005
Got this in my inbox today - some interesting stuff on increasing your sales as people leave your site.
http://www.bizweb2000.com/gazette/
http://www.bizweb2000.com/gazette/
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Some articles that you may find of use while you work on testing the pages in your site.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3524751
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3524751
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
While you are working on testing your pages - this article was pretty interesting about Divurging results.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3524411
Have a great day.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3524411
Have a great day.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Remember a while back I asked you to create an account for Google Ad Sense - divide your site into 4 or 5 sections - If you have 20 pages on your site - then it would be four pages to work on each day.
Now take the snippet of code and add them to your site - does the content for the ad reflect what you're optimizing the pages for. If not then ....
1) Tweak the title tag.
2) Add content to the page.
3) Tweak the product descriptions / names on the page.
4) Tweak the other meta tags.
Upload the page changes.
Refresh the page - does it reflect what you want now in the ads - if not tweak some more. If so delete the ads and go to the next page. Work on every page of your site. This will be your project for this week.
Now take the snippet of code and add them to your site - does the content for the ad reflect what you're optimizing the pages for. If not then ....
1) Tweak the title tag.
2) Add content to the page.
3) Tweak the product descriptions / names on the page.
4) Tweak the other meta tags.
Upload the page changes.
Refresh the page - does it reflect what you want now in the ads - if not tweak some more. If so delete the ads and go to the next page. Work on every page of your site. This will be your project for this week.
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