Ruud Questions: Barry Welford
Barry Welford is one of those people I had a hard time placing at first. I came across him at Cre8asite Forums where we both moderate. His distinguished looks gave him, to me, the air of someone who just yesterday [...]
The Illusion Of Transparency In Social Media
Disclosure: Brian is a cofounder of the pay per tweet twitter marketing service, TweetROI. The concept of transparency seems to have universal support in Social Media. What Is Transparency? Transparency... when used in a social context, implies openness, communication, and [...]
Barry Welford: Search Blogger of the Day
Meet Barry Welford, the Search Blogger of the Day. Today I'd like to highlight a post titled, Why Google Loves Videos. I would have subtitled this one, "And Why You Should Too". It's the "why you should too" part of this post that I think everyone should remember.
Can pro-sports clubs effectively manage their Brand in this instantaneous world?
It's amazing how quick a story can travel these days. The beat jumps within hours across the globe to millions of people and the given authorities have not even had an opportunity to verify it's accuracy. It takes a life [...]
Dvorak Has Nerve To Bash SEO As If He Had A Clue
Don't you just hate it when someone bashes your industry - and calls you names - based on faulty information, inadequate testing and no education? In other words, John Dvorak just called SEOs snake oil salesmen when he knows absolutely [...]
How to Disagree With Style
Pick a topic, any topic. No matter how small or insignificant, somewhere on the internet there are two people right at this moment threatening each others' lives, mothers, and sexual orientation over it. Our own community, which should spend enough [...]
Ruud Questions: Dave Harry aka the Gypsy
I think I know Dave via Sphinn, somewhere... start of 2008? One of those people you see often. Amidst a sea of corporate logo's, manga-style generated avatars and headshots, his avatar/profile pic stood out in the professional SEO community: sort [...]
Link Bartering
Gaining backlinks can certainly be one of the most frustrating aspects of any search marketing campaign. In the old days, when Googlebot was a mere child, incapable of rational thought, it was easy to obtain backlinks. Everyone just threw up [...]
Ruud Questions: Jill Whalen
After I had taken some basic SEO advice to heart and noticed an improvement in ranking and traffic (wow, actual traffic!!) to our family site, I decided to pursue this SEO "thing" further. Jill Whalen's High Rankings SEO forum was [...]
Internet Matchmaking is ready for Partnership
Usage in the online dating category might be down, but revenues are up. Why? Because most of the prominent sites are subscription based with members paying up to $30 a month to use their service. With advertising revenues dropping over [...]
