December 2009
What If Your Paid Search Manager Goes Missing?
If your paid search manager suddenly fell off the face of the Earth could you pick up where they left off easily without having to contact anyone for logins? Here is what do do if your paid search manager is missing in action.
Integrated Marketing Summit Comes to St. Louis December 10
The Integrated Marketing Summit is bringing 30 of the United States’ leading experts to St. Louis, Missouri on December 10, 2009. Some of the topics include social media, sales and marketing lead management, search engine optimization, and integrated marketing.
Biggest Search Geek Contest Launched
Considering the fact that there are so many contests available today (like the unusual contest for blowing water out from a teapot), it does not come as a surprise to find out there is a contest to see who is the biggest geek in the world of search engine marketing.
November 2009
New Leapfish Demo Brings Even More Search Engine Power
Just recently, LeapFish unveiled another demo of their product to a select few, and this time around there were many benefits to really make this search engine conglomerate much more appealing the second time around.
Report: Bing Search Engine Losing Users
Bing, one of the newest search engines on the block powered by Microsoft, had a great opening with a strong marketing campaign, but lately has been declining on the number of new users to the search engine.
October 2009
Search Engine Optimization Tip 34: Linking to Ranking Page for Your Keyword
This search engine optimization tip has to do with finding the best page on your web site for your keyword or keyword phrase.
Search Engine Optimization Tip 33: Discover Links
When searching for links to a web site, it is important to go to Yahoo and search there. Google, on purpose, does not show you all the links that they know about to a web site.
Search Engine Optimization Tip 32: Keywords that Convert
Here is to find your best converting keywords that have traffic but are not ranked well. This is where you can focus your search engine optimization efforts and improve your web site bottom line quickly.
Search Engine Optimization Tip 31: Use SEO Friendly URLs
What is an SEO Friendly URL? A URL (which stands for Universal Resource Locator) is considered to be search engine optimization friendly when it does not extra characters in it.
Link Building Strategies for Search Engine Optimization
Promoting your website on other websites is sometimes a daunting task, even when you think you are in a non-competitive industry. Are you a black hat or a white hat? Find out at an event to be held in Dallas on October 14th.
Search Engine Optimization Tip 30: Promote Others
If your web site or company name is mentioned or some other site links to you then you should do your part to help promote those who link to you or mention you.
Quick Tips for Assessing Site Visitor Behavior
If you have done search engine optimization on your website, you need to take the next step and assess your website visitor behavior. Here is how to do that.
Yahoo Thinks a Cell Phone is a Mobile Home
This is exactly why I do not use Yahoo Search anymore. A search for mobile home on Yahoo brings you T Mobile, not Palm Harbor Homes.
September 2009
SEO Horror Story Contest Launches, Looks for SEO Horror Stories
The SEO Horror Story Contest has launched, looking for extreme cases of Search Engine Optimization gone bad.
comScore August 2009 Search Engine Rankings
In August 2009, Americans conducted more than 13.9 billion core searches, with Google accounting for 64.6 percent search market share.
SEO Tip 29: Check 404 Errors On Your Site
Not just for search engine optimization purposes, you need to check the 404 errors on your website. You may be missing out on traffic and links you would receive if you redirected.
July 2009
Evaluating an Expired Domain Name
If you are thinking of buying an expired domain name then take a look at this list. How to evaluate the domain name for search engine optimization value.
comScore Releases Search Engine Rankings for June 2009
This is the first time that the new Bing search engine is included. It is interesting to see how Bing did after one month.
Courseopedia Educational Course Search Engine Launches
Courseopedia is a new search engine that aggregates courses from many different educational institutions.
Yahoo adds Search Pad feature
Called Search Pad, the feature is supposed to solve a problem that many researchers on the Web have -- how to keep track of those bits of information they dig up from multiple websites
June 2009
Can Twitter Rival Google? Even for Michael Jac
Can Twitter Search rival Google Search, even for a search for the phrase Michael Jackson?
comScore May 2009 Search Engine Rankings
comScore has released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the United States search marketplace. In May 2009, Americans conducted 14.3 billion core searches. This data does not include the Bing.com launch.
Google PageRank Sculpting and Effects on SEO
Google has been making updates on how they treat Google PageRank Sculpting and how they treat the NoFollow tag. Here is what you really need to know.
Rushmore Drive Black Search Engine Shutting Down
After one year and two months later there are reports that Rushmore Drive is closing, shutting its doors. Why am I not surprised?
Google VS Bing User Centric Eye Tracking Study
User Centric has released the results of an eye tracking study that compares data between Google and the new Microsoft search engine Bing.
