My Three (3) SEM Wishes For 2008
It was just my birthday, so I get to make a wish. And I'm going to... I'm going to make a wish for Google, a wish for Yahoo and a wish for MSN/Live/Sympatico. My wish for Google for 2008. My [...]
Using offline tactics to generate leads for your online business.
According to Borrell Associates, estimated local advertisers spent $7.5 billion on the Web in 2007, up 31 percent from 2006. This year's outlook is even brighter with a projected increase of 48 percent to $12.6 billion. Local search is the [...]
Darth-Google and the Dark Side of the Force Penalty
Credit: TechRepublic 2008: The Year Of More SERP Massacre? The 950, 30 and more recently the -6. No I'm not talking about the latest Tony Hawk skating manouevre, but rather the ominious penalties Google has smited webmasters with in 2007. [...]
Mourning The Loss of WeBuildPages SEO Tools
It's a sad day. WeBuildPages has decided to remove their awesome tools from public consumption. Granted, you can still get them (plus lots more) with their new Internet Marketing Ninjas program, but the "free" tools are history. (Yes, there's a [...]
How to Improve Your Digg Profile – A Dating Analogy
In the world of search and social media, Digg has become the 900 pound gorilla. Digg can drive tremendous volumes of traffic to a web site if you're so fortunate to have a piece go "hot" and hit the front [...]
Stumbleupon – for Market Research???
I'm a HUGE stumble fan. Both as a user and a marketer. As a user I get treated to new and interesting websites every day - that I would never have found without Stumbleupon. As a marketer, it never ceases [...]
Some Days I Wish This Blog Were Private So I Could Share More
Like the title of the post says, I often wish I could hide this blog from prying eyes so that I could be more open about things. Unfortunately, we are all forced to live with some restraint. I am going [...]
Stumbleupon Vigilantes – Friend or Foe of Stumble?
This is a very rare rant ... I almost never do so, but have been so inspired by the actions of a few narrow minded and misguided individuals who propose to speak for the masses when questions about Stumbleupon are [...]
Top 15 SEM blogs that influenced me!
Today is not only the final day of 2007; it marks the end of my 6th month in SEM. While that’s not a major milestone by any means, today’s symbolic end of the year has made me pause and reflect [...]
10 Ways To Grow as a SEM in 2008
Credit : ObiAkpere The Zen Art of Search Engine Marketing 2007 has been a phenomenal year for the Search Marketing industry complete with PageRank drama, Google penalities, profitable business and the profilic rise of social media. Some have made Sphinn, [...]
