Social and SEO some things you need to know.
http://searchengineland.com/080425-200623.php

Socializing part 1.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3629247

This is a pretty cool image.
http://searchengineland.com/080429-072106.php

Analyzing keyword prominence.
Click Here.

3 lines of code that could improve things on your site.
Go there.

Enjoy your day.

A checklist for landing pages.
http://www.wilsonweb.com/ebooks/ralph-wilson-landing-page-checklist.htm

Enjoy your day!

Some notes on analyzing things.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3629201

PPC ad tips.
http://www.wdfm.com/marketing-tips/ppc-copy.php

Creating a master keyword list.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3629219

The SEO health of your website.
http://searchengineland.com/080424-085713.php

Have a great Monday!!

More wedding pictures for you to check out if you choose to.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25762078@N05/

A few notes on who you see in the pictures.

Tim is of course me :o)
Lisa my wife
Haley is my daughter

Wanda is my sister.
David her hubby.
Trevor and Morgan their kiddies.

Alex Aaron and Josh - kids in our church youth group.

James is my day, Myrna my Mom

Marilee my sister, Emma is her daughter

Susie is Haley's best bud.

Dawn (my little sister) is the bride, James (the younger one) the groom.

ENjoy.

A good explanation of twitter.

http://www.semportland.com/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/

But I don't have time for social media.
Click Here.

International optimization in pictures.

http://searchengineland.com/080422-132417.php

Pictures and search.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/seo/dunn-image-optimization.htm

Some possible case sensitive changes in results.
Click Here.

Paypal and Firefox ... changes that surprised me.
http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/04/20/pay-pal-says-no-no-to-firefox/

Enjoy your day!

Here are some wedding pictures. It was a beautiful day last Saturday but it was definitely windy (as you can tell from the 'hair blown' looks). Lisa will be working on getting more up this week so you should have some more to look at next week.

<< this is the entire wedding party.









This is me and my dad... I am the one with not so much gray hair.
















And my gorgeous daughter and me.

Hope you are enjoying your Thursday!!

A video on Social Media - Click Here

Benefits of the blog in pictures -
http://searchengineland.com/080415-080402.php

Earning $$$ with social media.
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080406-113814

http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3629084

The future of it all....
Click Here

Enjoy your day.

Selling to Seniors

http://www.wilsonweb.com/design/follansbee-seniors.htm

Forgot to mention yesterday that the wedding went great - Friday we had a tornado warning (the wedding was outside) had to practice in the pouring rain, but on Saturday the wedding itself was beautiful. We're still working on getting the pictures uploaded and we'll make sure there is a link when we get them done.

Some future trends.
http://www.wdfm.com/marketing-tips/12-internet-trends.php

Goood Monday Morning.

Optimizing your content

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3629034

Website Redesign - improving things.

http://ask.enquiro.com/2008/website-redesign-improving-website-usability-and-seo/

The evolution of social networks.

http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3628912

My sister gets married this weekend so our next post will be on Monday and should have some pics of me in my monkey suit :o)

Some good info on blended search.

http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3629051

and another article on universal search.

Click Here

Enjoy your day!

Tips on title tags

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080402-114828

Optimize your pdfs.

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080404-100034

Using video to sell your stuff.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/newmedia/wilson-sitesell-video.htm

One note on videos - we have done some tests for a client we have in the travel industry - it has helped him tremendously.

Enjoy your day.

Lot's of rain here today.

A big loss for Ky Wildcat fans as long time (48 years) equipment manager Mr. Wildcat passed away. I watched his funeral service yesterday and the big things I took away from it was...

Labor - he was there before anyone was at work and he was the last to leave.
Laughter - even at 82 he was always laughing.
Love - he made everyone feel like he was there best friend.
Passion - he did his job to the best of his ability - loved his family, friend, and team.

Think about that. Till Monday stay safe.

When does social media matter?

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628958

Some social media tips.

http://www.wdfm.com/marketing-tips/lee-odden-social-media.php

The evolution of social networks

http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3628912

Enjoy your day.

A guarantee from Microsoft - this is very interesting.

http://searchengineland.com/080401-064948.php

and a late April fools day to you!

Search engines and Blogs
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628914

Some tools to use for forms
http://www.wilsonweb.com/design/wilson-forms.htm

Is the Google Dance back
http://searchengineland.com/080331-084508.php

Hopefully you had an enjoyable weekend.

The fundamentals of link building.
http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/link-building-fundamentals

Advice on PPC during a recession -
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628906


8 things to check on your competition
Click Here

Enjoy your day.

Some good tips on social optimization

http://searchengineland.com/080325-100000.php

A couple of articles on analytics -

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628854

http://www.wilsonweb.com/analytics/wilson-kpi.htm

Hopefully you had a wonderful weekend... it is trying to snow here today, last week we had a tornado warning... I guess that is why they call it Spring.

Jump Starting Keyword demand.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628787

Tips on email optimization
Click Here

Strategies for avoiding burnout
http://searchengineland.com/080320-083128.php

Is it Weds... one thing we'll be taking a little spring break so the postings will be a little sparse till next week.

Some things to keep in mind to make order management easier.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/ecommerce/wilson-order-management.htm

A recap of SES NY

http://searchengineland.com/080318-181433.php

A good Monday to you - hopefully you had an enjoyable weekend. I watched the wildest basketball game every when a tornado hit the Georgia Dome while I was watching the SEC... I can't really imagine what I would have been thinking if I had been sitting in the stands.

Some changes in Google SERP.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628749

A success story -
http://searchengineland.com/080313-073713.php

Keyword suggestion tools.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628708

Sawyer is still growing like a weed - looks like no snow this weekend, only rain. One thing I have definitely been enjoying lately is our high speed internet. If you haven't checked it out yet you may want to check out http://www.hulu.com

They have all kinds of programming, probably the best thing (for me anyway) is that you get to watch tv shows before they are shown on tv. They also have a nice (and growing) selection of tv shows (all episodes of both new and old shows).

This weekend (and for the next few) I'll be enjoying some good hoops action but when the sports slow down I'm sure that I would be able to enjoy several long afternoons of huluing.... ;o)

Eight tips for successful B2B Blogs.

http://searchengineland.com/080312-152806.php

Basketball season is in high gear ;o) - enjoy your day!

The look of a good search ad -

http://searchengineland.com/080311-083316.php

10 tips to improve your paid search -

http://searchengineland.com/080311-072531.php

An excellent article on blended search can be found here - what is it - and some tips on benefiting from it.

http://www.wdfm.com/marketing-tips/grehan-universal-search.php

Enjoy your day.

A good Monday morning to you - hopefully you didn't forget to "Spring" forward and change your smoke detector batteries. We got a bit of snow Friday night / Saturday. Around 4 inches. It is now gone.

Here are 7 types of advertising that can drive sales.

http://www.scottfish.com/online-advertising-strategies/

Today we have to go to the vet to get Sawyer's shots... so wish me luck.

As promised here are some pictures of our puppy. He is a minature schnauzer and he is already the king of the house... his name is Sawyer.

We had a couple of inches of snow and this was him checking it out. We're still coping with the flu here... and we're supposed to get several inches of snow. I don't know about you but I'm ready for Spring. Speaking of spring don't forget about your clocks this weekend.

Hope your week is going well so far. A couple of articles on Link building.

http://searchengineland.com/080304-113110.php

Some 'secrets'

Using social media to build your brand.
http://www.searchengineguide.com/stoney-degeyter/social-media-marketing-is-branding.php

Enjoy your day.

The flu is still better although... not at as bad as it was, I guess anyway.

Optimizing your landing pages.
Click Here

Using keyword insertions in your ppcs.
http://www.wilsonweb.com/paid-search/wilson-dki.htm

Some tips for coordinating Organic and Paid search.

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628597

Enjoy your day!!

Hope you had a great weekend. Most of us had the flu this weekend... achoo.

Is your copy crystal clear?
http://searchengineland.com/080228-075943.php

Optimizing your content.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628543

Hope your Friday is going well. The dog is doing well... his name is Sawyer ... and he is pretty smart. The drive to get him last Sunday was adventurous. Some of the trip was on a one lane gravel road along the ridge of a mountain, with big, steep, valleys on both sides. The trip was definitely worth it as he is a very welcome addition to our house. He is probably 95% or so potty trained now which is a huge plus. I'll work on getting some pictures and maybe even a video up by next Friday.

I beta tested "Dofus" a game that I think comes originally from Spain. Maybe I've been spoiled, or maybe it gets much better after the first few levels but it is really, really boring to me. You can still check it out though if you're so inclined by going here.

http://www.dofus.com/

I also think we're all in the process of getting the flu here, so please keep us in your thoughts and prayers and have a wonderful weekend.

Hey we finally got a little snow - four inches or so.

Sociagami - you can monitor your Myspace and Facebook in one place.

http://www.sociagami.com/

Content is still king - even for social media.
http://searchengineland.com/080226-122341.php

A good visual representation of social sites
http://searchengineland.com/080226-074010.php

Blogging for SEO
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628519

Thats all for today - enjoy it!!

Some analysis on the pending (or not) merger of Yahoo / Microsoft - is Google the real winner?

http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-32167620080226

Optimizing your paid search ads.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/paid-search/wilson-keyword-matching.htm

Minimum bids are changing in Yahoo paid.

http://searchengineland.com/080226-190001.php

Highlighting terms for SEO

http://searchengineland.com/070222-133032.php

A great way to discover keywords using social marketing

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080216-114837

Enjoy your day!!

The trip to get the new dog (Sawyer) was interesting to say the least... I'll talk more about it on Friday.

A good place to find out head lines that work is Traffic Jam.

Some discussion on three search engines.

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628482

A nice article to check out.
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-brash-seos-antifesto

I don't think we've mentioned yet that we are looking for a new puppy - so please wish us luck and success in our search. We have a possible lead and will be checking on that today.

We had a wonderful miniature Schnauzer for 17 years and he was a whole lot of fun and such a blessing to us. If we can find one that turns out half as well as him we'll be doing good.

You can see a picture of him here.

You Tube New features -

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080214-184339

A huge list of the social sites.

http://3spots.blogspot.com/2006/01/all-social-that-can-bookmark.html

Building a radio show.

http://www.wordtracker.com/academy/building-a-radio-show-audience-one-keyword-at-a-time

Enjoy your Thursday.

Why Customer Reviews Boost Sales
http://www.wilsonweb.com/conversion/wilson-product-reviews.htm

Page Rank Simplified
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3628444

Enjoy your Day!

Good Morning !!

Optimizing your landing pages -

Click Here

Enjoy your day.

Good Monday Morning,

Hope you enjoyed your weekend - I did.

Chicken Soup for the SEO soul -

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628416

If you use Google Ads they're going to be cracking down on the "Display URL"

http://searchengineland.com/080213-084231.php

Using Keywords to find your niches.

http://www.wordtracker.com/academy/identify-and-exploit-niche-markets

What happens if you get blacklisted by Google

http://weblogs.hitwise.com/robin-goad/2008/02/google_blacklists_gocompare.html

Enjoy your day.

The lucky 700th post - and I do mean lucky. Some of you know - but for those of you that don't we live in the boonies. I have no real complaints with living in the middle of no where - since I don't have to drive to work (and really I can work anywhere) it is no big deal. In fact there are some benefits to it. The only draw back (until now) was that the only internet access we could get was dial up... and pretty crappy dial up at that (we're talking 33k here on a good day). Yesterday we got cable internet access. To say that I'm pleased would be like saying that ice cream is yummy. I don't think I've really grasped the full effect yet, but I will be having a whole lot more fun on World of Warcraft and I know that my work will go much faster (because that has already happened) and I need to make this post short :o) - UPS just dropped off my router. I know, I know I'm like a little boy at Christmas.

Happy Thursday -

How to shout on social sites (without shouting)

http://searchengineland.com/080212-080047.php

Social Media Fatigue (a really nice graph / picture)

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/visualizing_social_media_fatigue.php

Enjoy your day.

65 degrees yesterday and snowed about half an inch this morning. Not much in the inbox today but here is a good place to bookmark and catch the latest news on the Microsoft / Yahoo stuff.

http://searchengineland.com/lands/microsoft-yahoo-merger.php

Happy Tuesday!!

Couple of articles on the Microhoo possible merger.

After the rejection from Yahoo Microsoft isn't backing down.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/11/technology/yahoo_microsoft/index.htm

Does Yahoo have what it takes to stop a hostile take over.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a8Uktx266dwQ&refer=us

Involving SEO in the design process.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/seo/dunn-seo-webdesign.htm

Hope you had a wonderful weekend - it has been pretty windy here... I guess winter isn't over yet.

Google bashes the Microsoft bid -

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628370

One other thing over the weekend Yahoo rejected the Microsoft bid - guess they want some more cash. And they want to talk to AOL about merging.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080211/wr_nm/yahoo_aol_dc

A good post from the LED Digest is below -

Five Link Bait Methods -

http://searchengineland.com/080205-084849.php

Could people be tiring of the social networks -

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/31/myspace_fb_comscore_drop/

Reputation Management

http://searchengineland.com/080130-084420.php

Five Questions - Getting started with a blog

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628251


Here's the Post ---------

From: Steve Pronger
[email]: http://flow-to.com/email/LED.1202258253l3phwf2su.mth
Subject: Social media

> Personally, I was tired of [social media] > long ago. I still use some social sites for > marketing purposes.
- Nathan Holley, LED 2583
- http://www.led-digest.com/content/view/1998/190/

How do you "use" them Nathan? Do you jump in and say "Hey guys, I'm a marketer, and I'm here to sell you something". If you do, you'll be about as welcome as the telemarketer who rings you in the middle of dinner. Or do you say "Hey guys, thanks for letting me join YOUR community. I'm here to contribute and learn. If you follow my participation in this community - content submission (not just mine), comments, messages, voting etc you'll start to see me as an expert in a particular field. Your go-to guy. And having accepted me as a trusted advisor in this particular field you'll look a bit deeper into my profile and discover that I just happen to sell a product or provide a service which can help you."

I'm no expert on social media. I'm still a rookie and I've made PLENTY of mistakes, as do most "marketers". Even the big name Web marketing "gurus" are getting this wrong. And that's because we approach this as marketers and SEOs. The social communities see us coming a mile off.
But, get it right and the benefits are real. I'm starting to see tangible results. Links, rankings, traffic. It works.

> Will social media sort of die out, at least > a bit, after the hype wears off?

Nope, not a chance. Hype? Rupert Murdoch didn't fork out $580 Million to buy MySpace because of hype. Social media and Web 2.0 is a fundamental change in the way your potential customers spend their time online.
According to the Online Publishers Association (Feb 2007) they spend only 5% of their time using search engines. Download a copy of Rich Schefren's Attention Age Doctrine Vol 2. Makes for interesting reading.

Steve Pronger
http://www.stevepronger.com

Comment: mailto:post@led-digest.com?Subject=Social-media




Steve, thanks for your comments. I sense you don't have much experience using social sites - not meant as derogatory at all - you stated yourself that you're not an expert in the space. I've been using sites like Digg since early 2006, not as long as some but long enough to build up very powerful profiles. And I use them every day.

When I stated that I use social sites for marketing, I meant exactly what I said. I use social media sites for marketing. I don't use them for fun, or to find news, or to make friends. I use them for marketing.
But how, you ask? Good question. I won't tell you, you'll have to figure it out, but here's a summary:

1. Approach social media like you approach a party: attend to join the conversation and add value. Don't look like a drunk loser and don't post your own stuff (until you earn the right).

2. Build your profiles through consistent use of the sites: submitting content, commenting, voting, and sending private messages.

3. Keep a low profile about what you do for a living. I'm an affiliate marketer, I do it for myself professionally, I don't have a firm or even a site that anyone knows about. You can bet I don't advertise my site's on my profile pages - instead I advertise my other profiles. That's key.

4. Learn the ropes. Each site has its own flavour and style. After a time, you'll learn what types of content works where and why.

5. Build content for the sites. See #4 and then create custom content that's just for the sites you're targeting.

6. Keep it non-commercial. The content you promote needs to be valuable and unique, and non-commercial. Blogs are a popular format, but Digg especially dislikes marketing blogs, anything to do with SEO, or lots of ad supported sites. Stay as .org as you can in terms of presentation.

7. Track progress. Develop a set of metrics you can apply to social media, and track your marketing progress. If you don't, it's all just a big guess.

There, I don't use social sites for fun, because they're all a giant waste of time (except Delicious). And I don't use social sites to make friends. I use them to market - I play the game according to the rules and I benefit from the traffic and backlinks. Don't ask me to give you a digg or a stumble, I won't, and you won't ever know my profile IDs. But you'll see me on the frontpage of Digg all the time - heck I was just there on Monday!!

-Nathan Holley

Comment: mailto:post@led-digest.com?Subject=Social-media

Apologies for the no post yesterday - it was pretty wild here Weds night / early Thurs morning. Lots of wind and trees blown down around our area - but we are all safe and no damage here... It did continue to storm during the morning on Thurs so we stayed off the computer for the am. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those folks that had damage / injuries / and loss of life.

We'll be doing our social update tomorrow - we'll take care of cleaning out the inbox of other stuff today.

Finding ideal price points - Click Here

Rating how the Super Bowl ads did from a SEM stand point.
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3628357

Enjoy your day and hug your family!!

It will be 70 degrees here today... all I can say is wow. We're also supposed to have some big storms tonight and hopefully they won't be too bad.

Balancing looks with your SEO

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628289

An update on the Yahoo / Google / Microsoft battle

http://searchengineland.com/080204-172011.php

Using testimonials to increase your conversions.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/conversion/wilson-testimonials.htm

Enjoy your day.

I hope you enjoyed your weekend.

Here's 5 reasons why rankings may be a poor judge of where you're at in your optimization program.

http://searchengineland.com/080131-071244.php

Hope you are enjoying your Friday. I'm a big snow lover so I'm jealous of you folks north of us.. there is snow all around us except for south and we get nothing.

Today a little off beat with the fun. I've started to try to get in a little better shape (as well as Lisa and Haley). So I got them a "Total Gym" - they have been loving it so far, I haven't really tried it yet as I'm easing into some tread mill walking first. One thing there were a couple of things wrong with it when we got it but the company sent us some replacement parts pretty quick.

Lost is finally back on - I did get the Lost 3rd season DVD but the 'extras' to me anyway weren't that great. It was great to review things... I had planned on watching Season 1 and 2 but time got away from me.

We are also in the process of shopping for a puppy so wish us well that we'll get one half as good as Schotzi.

Enjoy your weekend.

Some good advice to day for Social and Local - one thing to remember many people think that you can 'trick' the Social networks... my advice is don't do it. It does take a whole lot of work, but isn't doesn't it make you feel better when you have to work for something worthwhile.

Some questions to ask yourself before you start a blog.

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628251

Some truths about marketing with social media.

http://searchengineland.com/080129-122519.php

Creating your profiles

http://searchengineland.com/080129-083225.php

Why your local business should be like the jerk.

http://searchengineland.com/080128-070132.php

Digg changes their algo and lots of folks are angry.

http://searchengineland.com/080124-094438.php

Using Social Media to Increase your search visibility

http://searchengineland.com/080124-091032.php

A good image that explains Long Tail SEO

http://searchengineland.com/080129-070419.php

Enjoy your day.

Use SpyFu to spy on your competitors.

http://www.spyfu.com/

Another good article on Spying on your competitors.

http://searchengineland.com/080128-152513.php

Writing effective headlines.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/conversion/wilson-headline1.htm

Enjoy your day.

We hope you had a wonderful weekend.

The Mysterious position six penalty -

http://searchengineland.com/080123-091710.php

Marketing positions for 2008 - part two - make sure that you check out part one.

http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3628216

Flying under Googles radar

http://searchengineland.com/080124-080800.php

Enjoy your day !!

It's Friday !! Hope you have had a wonderful week. We got a skiff of snow, but like I mentioned earlier. We got a whole lot of fun things for Christmas but like I mentioned earlier it has been a busy time so far.

So we'll talk a bit about television. The writer's strike has hit some of my favorite shows pretty hard, including 24 and Hero's. I have enjoyed quite a bit the new show Terminator, and Prison Break has been pretty good as well. I'm not a huge fan of reality shows which if the strike continues will be all we get to watch.

One of my favorite computer mmorgs World of Warcraft hit Ten Million subscribers - say the average subscribe cost is low at $6 - thats 60 million a month. I am looking forward to the next expansion.

This weekend we're having a skating party for Haley's birthday if the weather fairs up like it is supposed to... and speaking of the weekend we hope you have a very enjoyable one as well.

We finally have the ground covered with some white stuff - and it is supposed to be 60 degrees on Monday... who would have thought that.

A video explaining social bookmarking -

http://www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english

Some power points that you may find of interest.

http://www.slideshare.net/toprank/social-media-marketing-with-social-bookmarking

Longer version -

http://www.slideshare.net/toprank/seo-social-bookmarking

Tips on building your social profile.

http://www.10e20.com/blog/2008/01/22/tips-tricks-strong-social-news-profile/

What drives local search directories.

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628130

Using widgets to help your social campaign.

Anchor text illustrated -

http://searchengineland.com/080122-120943.php

Yahoo's search update -

http://searchengineland.com/080122-100508.php

Enjoy your day.

Focused pages do best -

http://www.wilsonweb.com/conversion/wilson-landing-page-focus.htm

Google has created a quick start guide for their tools -

http://www.google.com/webmasters/edu/quickstartguide/

Some strategy guidance for 2008 - Click Here

Enjoy your day.

Happy Monday - hope you take at least some of the day off to celebrate the holiday.

Google has issued a marketing challenge to some folks.

http://searchengineland.com/080116-103222.php

Some more predictions for 2008
http://www.bruceclay.com/newsletter/volume45/2008predictions.html

Reasons to avoid dates
http://searchengineland.com/080117-083954.php

Some opportunities for publishers.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628141

Boooyahhh - It's Friday!! Hope you have enjoyed your week. It's been a busy week here (but I'm not complaining after all that's what puts food on our table). I kept thinking that every day was Monday ... last week everyday was Friday... hopefully this coming week I'll finally be able to get the days of the week down. I haven't really had much of a chance to play with many of our new toys yet, so we'll work on those reviews as we get time.

Should be some good football this weekend as both of the teams I was rooting for continue with a chance to go to the super bowl (and they aren't playing each other this weekend).

I thought this was pretty neat as well - some pictures of Mercury.

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/mer_flyby1.html

It's supposed to be chilly this weekend in our neck of the woods although no where close to how cold it will be up north. So stay warm and enjoy your weekend.

Welcome to Social Thursday -

Some important Facebook updates.
Click Here

Some ways to spice up things (most Digg related).
http://searchengineland.com/080115-155559.php

We got some snow today but was mostly just slush by 6am - then some sleet, then rain. Bahh ... I would really like to have just one decent snow. Enjoy your day!

This week is zooming by. It has decided again that it is winter and the 60+ temps have been replaced by the 20s and this weekend we may hit zero.

A visual SEO checklist.
http://searchengineland.com/080115-113645.php

Boosting conversion rates -

http://www.wilsonweb.com/conversion/wilson-persona.htm

A good article - there is no guaranteed results.

http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3628035

Understanding Usability part 2

http://searchengineland.com/080110-145013.php

Hope you enjoyed your weekend.

The most fun so far we've had with things we've gotten from the Holidays is our Xbox and particularly the game "Rock Band" - the cool thing about this is that 4 people get to jam. Two guitars, the drums, and a singer. The whole family has enjoyed this quite a bit. It does take some time get the 'feel' of things, and it may sound hard but its really not. One of the coolest features is if someone is not as good as the rest of the band they can be rescued and everyone can set their own individual level... but one note to progress your band you'll have to play things on a higher difficulty than "Easy". So far we have about 20 bands in various stages... the good thing is that it has some good tunes and although we haven't done it yet, you can download additional tunes from the internet.

Enjoy your weekend.

Happy Social Thursday,

It still thinks it is spring here (and a good day for ducks), although this weekend we're supposed to get some snow.

10 steps to help your social media campaign.

http://searchengineland.com/080108-134105.php

Make your blog posts viral - click here.

Expanding your blogs reach.

http://www.doshdosh.com/expand-your-blog-reach-in-2008/

Enjoy your day.

Here is a good tutorial on tracking ad results using Google Analytics.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/analytics/henson-ad-tracking-google-analytics.htm

Enjoy your day.

A collection of Google Tools

http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2006/04/the-big-google-search-tools-collection/

A list of marketing techniques.

http://www.webreference.com/promotion/email_marketing2/

Enjoy your day.

Happy Monday.

It is summer here now - or seems like it.

Google's Algo rewarding new pages?

http://searchengineland.com/080102-082903.php

Enjoy your day.

One of my New Years Resolutions is to try and post every Friday. I've been kind of lax about that lately but we hope to change that. We'll start here next week with some things we got (and gave to the kids) for Christmas presents. I got something today thought that really made me think... the New Year should include some review of what happened last year and some planning for what you want to happen this year.

Reflections for the New Year includes reflections on the past and some goals for the future.

http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/01/03/reflections-for-the-new-year/

Do something fun this weekend. I will be enjoying the NFL playoffs.

Hope you are having a great day - we got our first snow in a while ( more than just a skiff) and it's cold... in the mid teens. By Monday it is supposed to be 60 - go figure.

Below are some social posts for Thursday.

The 2008 outlook for local search -
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3628002

Not just for your social marketing but a great place to help remind you to post on your blog and otherwise promote your site.

http://www.joesgoals.com/

Is Google the stealth social network?
http://searchengineland.com/071230-104658.php

A link building case study.

http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3627929

Enjoy your day.

We hope you had a great New Years celebration and got a few days off with friends and family.

The most popular stories -

http://searchengineland.com/071231-142906.php

2 Search budgets for one business.

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3627985

Most influential blog posts in the past year.

http://www.capecodseo.com/top-10-most-influential-blog-posts-for-2007/

It's snowing here today and bitterly cold... so stay warm and have a wonderful day.

As you get ready to enjoy the holidays we want to wish you a safe and wonderful time with your friends and family!!

This will be our last post till after Christmas. We want to wish you and your family a warm, safe, joyful holiday this year. We'll post what good stuff we got after the holidays.

Now for your social stuff for the day.

How Newsletters and Blogs compare
http://www.wilsonweb.com/newmedia/wilson-newsletter-blog.htm

Emails and your reputation
http://www.wilsonweb.com/email/wilson-email-reputation.htm

Using local search to snag your customers.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3627778

Enjoy your week.

Some articles on Links -

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3627885

http://searchengineland.com/071217-070659.php

Marketing intuition and how it fits.

Click Here

Some hidden gems in the Google Webmaster toolbox, make sure you check out part one as well.

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3627838

Some things to review now that we're getting to the end of the holiday season.

http://searchengineland.com/071212-082100.php

Some good things to check at the end of the year.

http://searchengineland.com/071213-070342.php

Hope you had a great weekend.

A survey of links / linking.
http://searchengineland.com/071210-084449.php

Coverage of the SES conference in Chicago.
http://blog.searchenginestrategies.com/07/12/04-13327.html

Links Illustrated
http://searchengineland.com/071211-100113.php

Have a wonderful day.

The concert was a whole lot of fun - much more fun than I expected. It was pretty wild (imagine 15,000 tweens screaming their heads off). The music was good and all the dancing / fireworks / stage stuff / lighting was enjoyable as well. Was it work what we paid for the tickets... I would say yes. We'll work on getting some pictures up soon. ENJOY your weekend.

Haven't been posting too much of late - it's the holidays with plays, dinners, etc., we'll try to do better :o)

We did end up getting concert tickets for Hannah Montana and we did have fun, we'll give a full review tomorrow.

Today some more good Social marketing info.

125 Social sites you can look into.
Click Here

Blog Marketing takes commitment.
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3627864

Using local search to snag shoppers.
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3627864

Making money from Blogging
http://www.webreference.com/promotion/blogging/

Managing your Blogging Schedule -

http://searchengineland.com/071129-072623.php


A Conversation about 'presence' networks here.

Using video in your email.

http://www.demc.com/artman/publish/article_221.shtml

Enjoy your day.

It's cold and windy here, but no snow yet.

Google answers some questions about paid links.

http://searchengineland.com/071203-085226.php

I hope you enjoyed your weekend... if you're a fan of football hopefully you watched some of the amazing college games that were on.

Find some hidden gems in Google's Webmaster Tools part uno.
http://www.clickz.com/3627696

Social marketing tips today.

Check out the Participator -

http://www.theparticipator.com/

Video Marketing part 2

http://www.wilsonweb.com/newmedia/wilson-video-hosting.htm

Podcast optimization

http://searchengineland.com/071113-125726.php

Enjoy your day.

Build Widgets to expand your site -

http://www.wilsonweb.com/newmedia/watlington-widgets.htm

15 ways to use autoresponders -
http://www.webreference.com/promotion/15_autoresp_tips/

Have a good one.

Yeaaa... My Christmas shopping is done. I really don't like to shop much unless we're on vacation or a trip, so we have an annual trip to Wal-mart with a big list and usually two buggies. This trip we made record time because we had done much of the shopping online and from the shopping networks on TV. I'm sure there is probably a few items we forgot that Lisa will have to pick up but the majority of it is done.

Some tools for checking out your competition.

http://www.clickz.com/3627672

Increasing your conversion rate -

Click Here

On page / Off page SEO

http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3627642


Enjoy your day.

This weeks listings will be a little sparse as we enjoy the fun stuff with our family and friends. We hope you also have a wonderful time with your friends and family.

and.... are you ready for black Friday.
http://www.clickz.com/3627612

Social news for the week - one note next week we will be skipping so that we can stuff our selfs with turkey.

A new site to check out -
http://theparticipator.com/

A primer for a couple of sites -
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3627485

Increasing traffic to your blog -
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/blog_tips/

Social Media - the new SEO?
http://searchengineland.com/071025-080232.php

Have a good one.

It's Weds.... Google has changed the definition of a click -

http://searchengineland.com/071113-093053.php

A good article on cross-selling and up-selling -

http://www.wilsonweb.com/ecommerce/wilson-cross-selling.htm

Some SEO design best practices -

http://www.clickz.com/3627559

Enjoy your day.

Hopefully you had a great weekend.

Landing page optimization -
Click Here

Things you shouldn't worry about regarding SEO
http://searchengineland.com/071108-085100.php

A new form of outdoor advertising -
http://www.springwise.com/weekly/2007-11-07.htm#adair

Enjoy your Monday.

Some good Social and Local stuff today -

5 Mobile Marketing resources -
http://ask.enquiro.com/2007/what-are-5-great-mobile-marketing-resources/

What's on the horizon for local search -
http://www.clickz.com/3627255

11 Guidelines for social success -
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/071018-085826

How to shout on Digg ... without getting in trouble.
http://searchengineland.com/071023-085816.php

Bigger is not always better -
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3627411

Enjoy your day!

We all know about the Google update where they gave a penalty to those who sold links - in an interesting twist - some folks are making more.

Click Here

Don't forget to vote if you're in the U.S.

I like this article for the title as well as the information.

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/071030-155735

Hope you had an enjoyable weekend.

Are Recip links dead?
Click Here

How to get your site to rise above the clutter.
http://www.wilsonweb.com/art/ads/wilson-clutter-promote.htm

Keyword research in pictures.
http://searchengineland.com/071030-044834.php

The trouble in forecasting results.
http://www.clickz.com/3627443

The big news for the social networks this week is Google's Social network platform. Details can be found at the links below.

Click Here

More info here -
http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/005832.html

Enjoy your day.