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Gunning for Google
Microsoft’s new MSN Search is poised to take some of Google’s market share. That’s good news for marketers, if you know how to optimize for MSN Search. Happily, it doesn’t appear to be difficult. The tried-and-true optimization tactics appear to work quite well.
Read MorePodcasting, pirate radio for businesses
Ever since I discovered the wonderful ITConversations.com, I have become a real fan of podcasting. Podcasting is a way of delivering audio files to your PC and then to your MP3 player (e.g. your iPod) whenever they are updated — automatically at night while you sleep. Although podcasting is quite new, there are already episodic […]
Read MoreEmail address harvesting and opt-out: Do the crime, do the time
Most email marketers agree that ethically, email address harvesting and sending unsolicited opt-out messages are taboo and should be avoided. I of course agree. It’s always fun to talk ethics, but let’s bring the discussion to a practical level. I contend that harvesting and opt-out are both impractical for legitimate email marketers. Let’s look at […]
Read MoreAn objective approach to choosing an SEO vendor
In the midst of choosing an SEO vendor to advise or implement search engine optimization for you? Don’t base your decision on just a ‘gut feel’. Effectively separating the wheat from the chaff requires that objective rather than subjective criteria be used. These include: PageRank scores Review PageRank scores of your candidate SEO firms’ home […]
Read MoreGoogle bug reveals favored web sites
A couple months ago I shared one of my Google secrets, since that secret no longer worked. 😉 Specifically, it was how to obtain a list of the most important web sites according to Google. Now, surprisingly, this little trick appears to work again (it stopped working in 2003), thanks to a bug introduced into […]
Read MoreInformation As Power
Most companies don’t even realize their competitors are “eating their lunch” online – ranking higher in the search engines, getting more traffic, converting more visitors into buyers and enjoying better returns on their website investment. They simply don’t know how well their website is performing. And they are missing out on valuable e-business opportunities.
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