Wednesday, June 20, 2007

12 Things you can measure on your site -

http://www.wdfm.com/measure-things.php


Some good info on using Microsoft AdCenter

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3626169

How to test / improve your conversion rates -

http://searchengineland.com/070619-093736.php

That's got us caught up a bit - one note we'll be on another Summer adventure soon and we should be back in the early part of July. Till then we hope you are enjoying yourself as well.

Monday, June 18, 2007

Some good info while we've been playing on the beach - we'll be trying to catch up over the next few days and then we're off on another adventure.

What happens when there are some beginning PPC folks in your niche.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3626078

This is from the June issue of the BizWeb newsletter so if its not at this link it will be in the archives - here are ten things to do.
http://www.bizweb2000.com/

Some good info on Universal search and SEO
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3626114

And Google changes the quality score yet again.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3626140

Enjoy your day.

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

During most of the month of June we'll have some irregular postings as we go on vacation etc.

Ask has a new look - details are here.
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3626058

Some SEO myths and misconceptions.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3626036

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Some new social blogging sites are below - one note since the Summer is ramping up around here with vacations and trips - we'll work on bringing back the Social Thursday blog in August.

These are from the March 2007 Issue of Business 2.0.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/

One use for that would be to download the toolbar and then "Stumble Upon" your own site(s).

http://www.slide.com/

http://www.bebo.com/
Similar to MySpace.

http://wwwl.meebo.com/
A way to sign into all of your IMs.

http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia
If your area of expertise doesn't have a Wiki then why not build one.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend. We worked a couple of days, but no worries because we are getting ready for a vacation...

Need to spruce up your submit buttons - check out this tutorial.

http://particletree.com/features/rediscovering-the-button-element/

Here's a list of the top 300 search engines.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Everyone has heard of Web 2.0 - a good definition of it is here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

The big deal is the social network (from my point of view anyway).

So how does it affect SEO - this article may help.

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3625943

Next week we'll talk about some new / up and coming network sites.

Till then - no blogs till Tuesday and we hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Google has a new "trend" page that is updated several times / day. You can also research things by changing dates.

http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?sa=X

An excellent discussion (with graphics) on optimizing landing pages.
http://www.marketingexperiments.com/improving-website-conversion/landing-page-confusion.html

Enjoy your day.

Monday, May 21, 2007

Hope you enjoyed your weekend - we had a birthday party and a graduation so was a full weekend.

Google Analytics has changed things a bit.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3625859

SEO 2.0 is here - some discussion below.
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?t=17794

Paid links Risk / Reward
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3625901

A review of Crazy Egg - Analytics software -
http://www.wilsonweb.com/design/wilson-crazyegg.htm

Enjoy your day!!

Friday, May 18, 2007

Fun Friday is here - if you want to waste some time then check out this site.

http://www.quickcomic.com/

It lets you make comics.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

What happens when Google gives your site a bump -

http://searchengineland.com/070514-114416.php


More on paid links from Cutts of Google -

http://searchengineland.com/070514-092646.php

More info on Google's supplemental index
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3625842

Tomorrow we'll be helping at our daughter's field day - we hope you have a great day as well.

Monday, May 14, 2007

Hope you did something nice for your Mom yesterday - don't forget the price of stamps go up.

Part for of an Analysis series we've been following.

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3625796

And the "Science" of local search

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3625813

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Some good info for your social marketing -

1) 25 Article sites you can submit your articles to:

http://www.wilsonweb.com/linking/wilson-article-marketing-1.htm

2) Some tips for getting the most out of Wikipedia.

http://searchengineland.com/070503-065513.php


3) Useful help for jump starting your campaign.

http://searchengineland.com/070424-105925.php

No posts tomorrow as we'll be on an adventure with our daughter ( wish us luck :o))

Monday, May 07, 2007

Hope you enjoyed your weekend - our thoughts and prayers go out to those in Kansas.

Some thoughts on Google and the Online Economy -
http://www.seobook.com/archives/002113.shtml

Could Yahoo and Google Merge -
http://searchengineland.com/070504-082851.php

Evaluating your Business goals -
http://www.marketingforsuccess.com/pub/goals.html

Reputation Monitoring -
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3625731

Friday, May 04, 2007

I enjoy traveling and hopefully you do as well - hopefully the links below will help you in your adventures - which I found in Inc Magazine.

Find out where your seat is and much more.
http://www.seatguru.com/

Get an A-pass on Southwest -
http://www.boardfirst.com

Get more from your frequent flyer miles.
http://www.webflyer.com/

Flight Stats and more
http://www.flightstats.com/go/Home/home.do

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Monday, April 30, 2007

Hopefully you had a great weekend.... can you feel it - Summer Time is just around the corner.

Some good information with links about page rank.

http://searchengineland.com/070426-011828.php

Some commentary on the Doubleclick / Google buy.
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3625692