Archive for June, 2009
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
California SEO firm Increase Visibility Sees Continued Growth … - PR Web (press release)
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California SEO firm Increase Visibility Sees Continued Growth …
PR Web (press release) Increase Visibility, a prominent search engine optimization and marketing firm continues to expand its client base, product offerings and its executive and … and more » |
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
topseos.com Releases LIst of Best Search Engine Optimization (SEO … - PR Web (press release)
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topseos.com Releases LIst of Best Search Engine Optimization (SEO …
PR Web (press release) The top 30 SEO firms for July have been announced by topseos. Search engine optimization companies look to improve client rankings on search engines such as … Best and Affordable Search Engine Optimization ServicesPR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) News website says it is using SEOBrafton SEO becoming increasingly important for marketersZero Strategy Internet Marketing News -Brafton -PR Web (press release) all 44 news articles » |
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
SEO Industry Educators Teach SEO Workshop July 20-24 in Orlando, FL - PR Web (press release)
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SEO Industry Educators Teach SEO Workshop July 20-24 in Orlando, FL
PR Web (press release) Leading SEO industry educators Robin Nobles and John Alexander to conduct a workshop for business owners in Orlando, Florida teaching search engine … and more » |
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
SPONSOR MESSAGE: 200 million passionate people. Reach exactly the ones you want.
With Facebook Ads, you can target your ideal audience as precisely as you want- from age and gender to other demographics and interests. Each ad is 100% branded by the advertiser and will be easily viewed in the left-hand Ad Space by users connecting w…
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Flickr Rolls Out Twitter Integration Feature
Flickr has just introduced a new feature that it should have done long ago - Flickr2Twitter. If you use Flickr, this new feature would allow you to post uploaded photos directly from your Flickr to your Twitter account. Flickr2Twitter will create a shortened URL for your photo and post this as Tweet to your Twitter [...]
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Flickr Rolls Out Twitter Integration Feature
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
On Kindergarten & SEO - ClickZ News
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On Kindergarten & SEO
ClickZ News Search engine optimization (SEO) does not escape this enigmatic purview. To Fulghum, SEO would be short for search engine observations more so than … and more » |
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Firefox 3.6 in 2010? Namoroka!
With Google Chrome threatening its dominance in the browser arena, Firefox certainly has got many things to consider to prevent Google’s browser from inching in closer in terms of popularity and user base. At the rate things, it seems like the Firefox folks have done their job as they are releasing Firefox 3.5.
But you’ve probably [...]
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Firefox 3.6 in 2010? Namoroka!
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Want Twitter publicity? Just enough so you won’t go hungry?
If you are searching for a good current “real-time” example of how twitter can help publicize your cause celebre, look no further than the latest being tweeted out today by the likes of such “twitterers” as @wholefoods
@WholeFoods - tomorrow, July 1st, is the monthly Twitter for Food event - it would be great for you to join in again! http://tr.im/m1Pq
And what are your instructions once you click on the link?
Post this message to your twitter account on June 30th and July 1st:
#twitterforfood Skip a meal July 1st and fund local or global hunger relief. http://tr.im/m1Pq
Now imagine that. Skip one meal and donate to any one of the great organizations listed on the landing page featured.
Want a snapshot of how many people have so far been tweeting #twitterforfood?
And this is only page 6 of a Twitter search on #twitterfood.
@WholeFoods grabbed hold of this contest and tweeted it to their nearly 800,000 followers! But the idea for skipping a meal and donating money to an organization which serves the hungry came from Tim Blair.
Tim had this to say to me about using Twitter to promote a cause:
“This is a personal passion of mine, so I am absolutely thrilled with the response. I started it last month and plan to run it once a month until it is no longer getting traction. My plan was that it would grow over the next few months as word got out. Humanitarians and philanthropists are a large demographic on Twitter from my experience.
I run twitter accounts for people and have 6 of my own for different causes. I find that it is easy to connect with locals and with specific demographics if you know what you’re doing. I have accounts in green, religious, personal security, books, social marketing and have been able to connect well with people - especially people at high levels in organizations.
Results for some of the promos I have done have been good. Nothing earth shattering yet, but certainly worth the effort and growing. I am definitely sold on the value of using Twitter for promotions and will continue to refine how it is done.”
It will be interesting to see how much $$$ is indeed donated to food organizations from this Twitter campaign. But no one can deny the immediate impact Twitter can have to promote a cause or campaign.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Facebook adding payment platform?
Chris Crum at WebProNews.com has pieced together some very interesting pieces of information regarding Facebook, a former Googler and a new payment system.
Facebook in May announced that it was testing a new payments system that would deal in real money, rather than virtual currencies that it had been using for any number of applications. This might work fine for Mafia Wars and other light games that Facebook has increasingly added, but if you were to want to move into, say, storefronts or product comparisons, you’d clearly want to be able to deal in real currency.
Enter announcement two: Facebook has hired an ex-Google Checkout director to develop these payment systems. Given Facebook’s immense and growing popularity, its standing as place for sharing opinions and favorites, its open platform and an army of marketers desperate to monetize work on Facebook, it could wind up being an absolute perfect storm.
Imagine classified ads or, bigger yet, entire storefronts integrated directly into a social networking site a la A Small World - except instead of a half million very exclusive members considering five and six-digit purchases in between their social networking activities, it’s 200 million+ people worldwide who could have their friends’ opinions of a product just a click away from being able to purchase it.
Chris has screenshots and more details - worth checking out.
What do you think? Would you purchase or shop on Facebook? Would your customers?
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
SEO content should original, relevant - Brafton
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SEO content should original, relevant
Brafton It's clear that original content is an important part of a good search engine optimization (SEO) strategy, but as more and more information proliferates the … and more » |
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Amazon Cuts Rhode Island, Hawaii Affiliates; Is California Next?
We’ve been tracking the affiliate tax debacle involving Amazon and the state of North Carolina. Now, affiliates in more states are being affected.
Associates in Rhode Island and Hawaii are receiving emails notifying them of the cancellation of their affiliate accounts. Rhode Island passed a bill making affiliates consist of a physical location for web retailers, which forces them to pay sales tax in the state. Hawaii is considering a similar bill.
Blue Nile, a diamond company has also shut down its program to Rhode Island residents.
On the horizon is the state of California, another state considering an affililate tax bill, sometimes referred to as affiliate nexus.
New York was the first state to pass such a bill, which went into effect last summer. 200 affiliate programs were canceled for New York residents as a result.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
OPA Study Reaffirms Display Ads Drive Search
Search and display. One often hears how they work together, but there’s still plenty of skepticism out there, especially in the SEM community, about the value of display advertising. Indeed, during the recession search has prospered (relatively s…
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
SEO Link Pro - About To Drop In July… - Nurido
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SEO Link Pro - About To Drop In July…
Nurido A framework that will grow over time to be the ultimate SEO control panel. They consider it very basic at the moment because they know whats coming next, … and more » |
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Stephen Colbert Does Send-Up Of Twitter & Jeff Goldblum Death Rumor
Last week, we covered how a rumor that Jeff Goldblum was dead spread on Twitter and even Google . This week, Stephen Colbert did a great send-up of the rumor, including a visit by Goldblum himself.
The clip starts out with Colbert saying:
“I was …
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Google move 'a blow' for UK search engine optimisation - Internet Marketing News
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Google move 'a blow' for UK search engine optimisation
Internet Marketing News by ClickThrough | 30 Jun 2009 UK sites could find their search engine optimisation efforts are dealt a blow amid claims that Google is trialling a change to … Content creation is essential part of SEO, online marketingBrafton Search Engine Optimization Journal Re-Designs Website to Enhance …PR Web (press release) SEO India - SEO Services Company India - SEO Company india …PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) Alibaba News Channel -PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) -PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) all 40 news articles » |
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Enter the Search Engine Watch Awards by July 17, 2009
You only have a couple of weeks left to submit an entry to this year’s Search Engine Watch Awards. The deadline is July 17, 2009.
The objective of the SEW Awards is to recognize excellence, as well as inspire innovation and encourage new ideas in search marketing. The SEW Awards will honor 14 outstanding search marketers, search engines and technology providers, as judged by a panel of industry experts and the Search Engine Watch editorial staff.
The categories are:
* Search Engine with Most Relevant Results
* Most Innovative New Search Engine
* Best Search Engine Ad Platform
* Technology Platform Search Marketers Can’t Live Without
* Best SEM Technology Platform for SMBs
* Best Social Media Platform for Marketers
* Best Web Analytics Platform
* Most Innovative Use of Search Engine Optimization
* Most Innovative Paid Search Campaign
* Best Social Media Marketing Campaign
* Best Business-to-Business Search Marketing Campaign
* Best Use of Local Search
* Best Integration of Search with Other Media
* Most Effective Use of Web Analytics
And who are the judges? They are:
* Chris Boggs, Director, SEO, Rosetta
* Jessica Bowman, SEO Strategist and in-house SEO Expert, SEMinhouse.com
* Eric Enge, President, Stone Temple Consulting
* PJ Fusco, Natural Search Director, Netconcepts
* Bill Hunt, President, Back Azimuth Consulting
* Mark Jackson, SEW Expert & President/CEO, VIZION Interactive
* Ron Jones, President/CEO, Symetri Internet Marketing
* Cindy Krum, Chief Executive Officer, Rank-Mobile, LLC
* Sage Lewis, President, SageRock.com
* Melissa Mackey, Online Marketing Manager, Fluency Media
* John Marshall, SES Advisory Board & CTO, Market Motive
* Lee Odden, SES Advisory Board & CEO, TopRank Online Marketing
* David Szetela, CEO, Clix Marketing
* Brian Ussery, Director of SEO, Search Discovery
* Matt Van Wagner, President, Find Me Faster
By the way, in case you think I’m sucking up to the judges by listing their names, my firm can’t enter because SES is one of our clients. This wasn’t in the rules a year ago, but now that it has, I am free to comment on the process and the outcome.
Entrants may submit nominations for multiple categories, but each submission must focus on the four key areas of consideration:
1. Overall approach and category relevance
2. Innovation in methodology and execution
3. Excellence in tactical execution
4. Achieving success goals
Submissions will be accepted through July 17, 2009. There is an application fee of $145 per entry. Up to four award finalists will be determined for each category. Finalists will be notified by July 27, 2009, and will receive 1-day passes (limit 3) to the SES San Jose sessions and Orion panels on the day the winner in their category is announced. Winners will be announced during Search Engine Strategies San Jose, August 10-14, 2009.
Submitting companies will be recognized at the event, as well as in the SES Magazine and on Search Engine Watch. I also plan to interview as many winners as possible for SESConferenceExpo’s Channel on YouTube.
Oh, there is one other thing you should know about the Search Engine Watch Awards. The winner of the 2000 SEW Award in the “Outstanding Search Service” category was a little known start-up named Google. And Google was also the winner in the “Most Webmaster Friendly” category, as well.
Not bad for a company that had just announced a $25 million round from Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins a year earlier. Where are they now, I wonder?
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
AOL Canada Relaunches Homepage, Makes You Thirsty for Pepsi
AOL Canada has relaunched their homepage and in case you couldn’t tell, Pepsi has bought some advertising (Click on image to enlarge):
The relaunch is based on the update of the AOL.com homepage in the U.S last fall. That relaunch has been good to AOL, with increases of 23% in unique visitors, 34% in total page views and 61% in total minutes consumed year over year, according to comScore’s Media Matrix for May 2009.
“The launch of the new AOL Canada portal follows the tremendous successes we’ve experienced in both the U.S. and the UK, enabling exciting new opportunities for the Canadian market,” said Edward Kwan, Senior Director of AOL Canada. “In terms of advertising, Platform-A Canada will now have the capability to expand its reach across more relevant and media-rich content and channels.”
The new AOL.ca features the ability to check mail from a variety of providers (AOL, GMail, Yahoo, Hotmail) as well as the opportunity to update social networks including Facebook, Twitter, AOL-owned Bebo, and MySpace. AOL’s popular instant messaging client, AIM, is also included.
“With today’s Internet ever-expanding and consumers engaging in multiple social networking platforms, it is essential that their experience on the Web is both personalized and integrated,” said Kwan.
Additional AOL.ca features include:
- Customized backgrounds with multiple new designs from which to choose;
- Ability to add any customized links to the homepage so users can more easily access their most frequently visited sites;
- Users can drag and drop to reorder channel navigation to suit personal preferences;
- Users can add RSS feeds and personalized categories to get content from their preferred external sites.
What do you think of the new AOL.ca? Share your first impressions in the comments below.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Are You Link Building Or Just Keeping Up With The Joneses?
If there’s one link development tactic that has been used to death, it has to be “see who’s linking to your competition and get them to link to you”. There are tools galore to help you do this, software you buy and install on yo…
