Month: March, 2009
How SMBs Can Optimize their Social Networking Time, Part 1
Many small business owners know that there’s benefit to be had from social networking; the challenge is not spending all of your time Twittering away when you have other work that needs to be done. So how do you keep a social networking plan on track without derailing all of your other responsibilities? … Read […]
IAB: PPC And Search Gain In Q4, FY08 Online Ad Revs At $23B
According to data released yesterday by the IAB/PwC on Q4 and full year 2008 online advertising revenues, PPC advertising and search gained while other segments declined slightly (”classifieds”) or were flat. Overall, online advertising grew 10.6% in 2008 to reach $23.4 billion. US online ad revenue in Q4 was $6.1 billion, up from $5.8 billion […]
Schibsted to close down Sesam search site
The Norwegian media company Schibsted has decided to close down its Sesam search site.
Sesam was launched in 2005 as a Nordic competitor to Google, with both Norwegian and Swedish sites.
It was originally a regular web search engine powered by Fast.
Last year, however, Schibsted realized that there was no way they could compete with […]
The Big, Bad List of Pre-SEO Questions You Need to Answer, Part VII
by Stoney deGeyter
In the first six parts of this series we asked questions related to in-sourcing your search marketing efforts. Specific areas addressed were for those considering doing SEO themselves, subbing out SEO to another person, and hiring an in-house SEO with and without SEO experience. In Part V we addressed issues of outsourcing your […]
Microsoft Kills Encyclopedia Encarta
paidContent.org reports that Microsoft has decided to discontinue their encyclopedia software, Encarta. Both the MSN Encarta reference Web sites as well as its Encarta software will be shut down. Microsoft said:
On October 31, 2009, MSN® Encarta® Web sites worldwide will be discontinued, with the exception of Encarta Japan, which will be discontinued on […]
Twitter: Incredibly Valuable Or Utterly Useless As A Link Building Tool?
I’ve read so many articles lately about Twitter, from mainstream press to the sports world to the SEO world, that all seem to focus on the “phenomena” aspect of it. After the Twittles (Twitter+Skittles) thing happened, it was like a dam bursting. Everyone wanted to know who was doing what with Twitter, how to use […]
Beware These Comment Saboteurs In Social Media
When using social news sites for search marketing, you are inevitably going to run into annoying people. Some, in fact, may be actively trying to undermine your credibility, to further their own agenda. You need to watch out for these troglodytes, and respond appropriately to maintain your own credibility. Here are the 10 worst kinds […]
