One of my New Year's Wishes for 2008 was that Google would introduce a negative market option, much like negative keywords.
In short, I want all of Ontario, but not Ottawa.
Well, the new Google geo-targeting tool comes close, so I guess it's only a matter of time.

I had the opportunity to use it to day, creating [...]

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…and then progress dictated that all things need to be accessible online, so Microsoft (MSFT) created Office Live – a suite of services for small businesses.

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Now unlike what the name suggests, this is NOT an online version of Microsoft's suite of office software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc, but instead some various [...]

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Tom normally selects a (very) funny cartoon for us. Unfortunately he's struck by either some kind of ninja flu' (Tom's version) or a tiny cold (Tom's wife's version).
Either way, here's me doing the honors for him!
These two Geek and Poke cartoons in the Simply Explained series remind me a lot of Common Craft's Explanations [...]

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In his January video marketing piece, Tom Tsinas reminded us of the importance of incorporating images, audio, and video into our content. He wrote: "As search engine marketers, we all know that content is king and that content is more than just text. Images, video and audio each represent a fantastic opportunity to drive traffic [...]

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Most SEO's will agree that Blogs are an important part of their Toolkit. Blogs offer both on page and off page benefits for our client's sites.
Implementing a Blog is relatively simple to do…the tough part is getting the client to agree to one.
This is the first in a 5 part series looking at [...]

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This post is part of an ongoing series: How Search Really Works. Last week: Recognize this index?
Memory is much faster than looking things up.
In order for a search engine in high demand to serve its users efficiently it should keep things in memory instead of looking it up on [...]

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So it would seem that Yahoo is starting to flail around a little bit while under the waiting and patient gaze of Microsoft, who may actually be able to make their purchase for a  better price than what they originally offered!
Smart!
There's a bunch of shareholder groups all filing suits against Yahoo for not accepting Microsoft's [...]

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It was my intention to blog on something else today until I chanced upon this article from SearchEngineWatch.com: 48 Practical Questions to Qualify Prospective Search Marketing Vendors by Marty Weintraub.
The 48 questions in question are both enlightening and informative.
And frankly, they should be information volunteered, not solicited. Run the questions around your agency/office and [...]

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Did you know that Google played favourites (Canadian spelling eh?) for a long time?
Its true! For the longest time, American companies were not really given a fair shake in the search results. It wasn't intentional, rather was just the byproduct of legacy infrastructure, and competing priorities. And don't get me wrong, this is in no [...]

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Short and sweet.
Start talking about file sizes, page load time, ease of navigation and in the shortest time possible you've just qualified yourself as a goodie-two-shoes geek with admirable yet naive views on making money on the web.
And that, my friend, is your fault.
Instead of using Urkel speak  and freaking geeking everybody out, use words [...]

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