May 2011
Microsoft Moves Synsup Labs Domain Names
In April 2011 I first reported that Microsoft had acquired 47 domain names related to something (a brand or a company) named Synsup Labs. Those domain names had previously been pointed to the Bing.com search results. Now, the total number of domain names related to Synsup Labs that Microsoft owns is an even 50 domain names, and a name server has be
Google Places Listings in Search Results
If you search at Google for a keyword phrase that includes a city name, most likely Google will show Google Places listings as part of the Google search results. But optimizing for this has become increasingly difficult, since what Google shows and when they show it is so inconsistent. Here is how Google Places is different than the Google web resu
April 2011
High Profile Poker Domain Names Seized
Three high profile Poker domain names were seized today. The FBI has charged the founders of the three largest Internet poker companies doing business in the United States with bank fraud, money laundering, and illegal gambling offenses. Others were charged, as well. The PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker domain names were seized as a
January 2011
Social Validation Critical Part of SEO
Does Your SEO Plan Include a Social Validation Campaign?
Why You Should Check In on Foursquare
There are several reasons why you should make it a habit of checking in on foursquare, the social networking web site, while you go about your daily activities. I personally enjoy connecting with others and finding out who is also at my location and who has checked in. I also enjoy the fact that since I have connected my foursquare account with man
December 2010
Popular Domains Suspended Due to Invalid Whois
When Nikki Craft woke up one morning recently and checked her websites, they were not working. In fact, all 20 of her high-traffic websites were down. These high profile domain names were suspended due to invalid whois data.
How to Brand Your Facebook Profile
On the Standing Dog blog today, Ryan wrote an excellent blog post about how to brand your Facebook profile. Facebook recently released the ability to load pictures to personal profiles that remain static to your viewers. This offers users the ability to showcase a recent trip, event or night on the town. We believe this created a unique way of bran
November 2010
How To Download And Use Your Facebook Information
Facebook has recently been under fire (a lot, I might add) for privacy issues and privacy concerns. I have even written about Facebook email privacy that has gone awry. Many people (not me) are concerned about what they share amongst their friends on Facebook. Some of my family members are concerned about other people (mainly the public) learning a
September 2010
Google’s Updated Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide SEO Tips
Now, we have a new version of the Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. As my buddy Barry factors out, one of many better takeaways from this new model will be the up to date Googlebot. The best a part of the Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Manual is really the 3 main takeaways from this Seo Manual. Lots of the info on this
No SEO for Web Marketing Association Best Web Sites
The Web Marketing Association has called the best Web Sites in 96 various classes. The awards are out today. I took a look at the top award successful web websites and the internet websites of those who created them: and am horrified to determine a lack of fundamental search engine optimization techniques being applied.
August 2010
Survey: Third of Companies Use Interpersonal Advertising to Promote Their Company
According to a new analyze by Career Builder, one-quarter of businesses leverage social media to recruit and research potential employees. Twenty-nine % of companies with 500 or fewer employees are utilizing social networking in some way. And much more than half of leisure and hospitality organizations use social media to help promote their companies.
Survey: Third of Businesses Use Social Media Marketing to Help Promote Their Company
According to a new analyze by Career Builder, one-quarter of companies leverage social networking to recruit and study possible staff. Twenty-nine % of businesses with 500 or fewer employees are utilizing social networking in some way. And more than half of leisure and hospitality organizations use social media to help market their companies.
Is there a Best Time to Make a Blog posting?
I've been asked more than and more than again by many different people. And almost certainly you've most likely been wondering. When may be the greatest time to post a blog post? Is there a certain time of day time and day time of the week when it is perfect to post your write-up or blog post on your weblog? Yes, there definitely is really a much better time than other people. And there even is really a much better day of the week. But, the real answer is this: it is dependent.
Report Shows Explosive Twitter Growth in Brazil, Indonesia a
comScore has just released a report on Twitter’s explosive growth worldwide. The comScore study found that in June 2010, about 93 million Internet users visited Twitter.com. This is an overall increase of 109 percent over last year.
July 2010
Will Your Facebook Store Help with Search Engine Optimization
Ask an Expert is an occasional feature where we ask ecommerce experts questions from online merchants. For this installment, we address a question about the search engine implications from selling on Facebook. The question comes from Brian M. Almashie, vice president of ecommerce for Shopwildplanet.com, a retailer for Wild Planet toys.
The Writer Runs This Show
A very powerful and inspiring blog post by Copyblogger. Brian Clark is founder of Copyblogger and co-founder of Thesis, Scribe, Premise, Third Tribe, Lateral Action and Teaching Sells.
June 2010
How to Develop an iPhone App using Microsoft Visual C
by 1 otherDragonFireSDK is a Microsoft Visual C/C library. Its API consists of C/C functions that call native iPhone Objective C functions enabling iPhone App creation in Windows. Basically, you can develop iphone app games through a windows platform and then be sold through the apps store.
Conductor Launches Searchlight Search Engine Optimization Sy
Conductor, a SEO (Search Engine Optimization) technology company, has launched Conductor Searchlight, a full-featured search engine optimization (SEO) operating system. Conductor spent many months of testing the product with 30 customers and has finally made it available to everyone.
Yahoo Acquires Flicker.com
The whois record for Flicker.com was last updated a few weeks ago and Yahoo now owns the domain. Fickr.com of course is one of Yahoos prime properties and the 31st most visited site on the net according to Alexa.
Facebook Loses Control of User Privacy
Private email addresses of individuals who have Facebook accounts are getting indexed by the search engines, including Google, Yahoo!, and Bing.com. There are certain web pages on Facebook, mainly the Facebook Email Opt Out web page, that are getting indexed by the search engines.
Search Engines Indexing Email Addresses from Facebook
Private email addresses of individuals who have Facebook accounts are getting indexed by the search engines, including Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft’s Bing.com. There are certain web pages on Facebook, mainly the Facebook Email Opt Out web page, that are getting indexed by the search engines. There is a problem because these web pages contain email
May 2010
Local Search Engine Marketing Event Being Held in Dallas
Google cautiously states that twenty percent of all searches have a local intent. And Google goes on to say that they only display a map in about eight percent of the search results. The monthly DFWSEM Meeting about Local Search, is being held on Wednesday, May 19th at 6:30 pm at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson, Texas.
New PubCon South At Dallas Video Interviews Online
During the recently concluded PubCon South at Dallas conference our own Vanessa Zamora, video content producer at WebmasterWorld, conducted many video interviews with some of the people who spoke to PubCon audiences about search, social media and other Internet marketing subjects. These interviews are available now on the PubCon video blog and are
April 2010
Lists Of The Most Important Internet Personalities
Internet Evolution has come up with their first-ever list of the top 100 most innovative and influential people in the Web 2.0 world. In the social networking category, Mark Zuckerberg, the Founder of Facebook, beat out Kevin Rose, the Founder of Digg. In the search category, the heads of Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! were named, but surprisingly J
Top 100 Most Influential People in Web 2.0 World
Internet Evolution has come up with their first-ever list of the top 100 most innovative and influential people in the Web 2.0 world. In the social networking category, Mark Zuckerberg, the Founder of Facebook, beat out Kevin Rose, the Founder of Digg. In the search category, the heads of Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! were named.
