Remember the good old days when search was about mastering Boolean expressions so you could find what you want?  You could say you wanted “((bing OR kumo)) AND search) NOT crosby NOT bada” and get exactly the result you were looking for.  Yeah those were the days.  Then we decided the Internet was too large [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

DuckDuckGo.com appears to be a Yahoo powered search engine that has just a few modifiers, such as the addition of FavIcons and a Cutesy UI. Duck Duck Go is clearly looking to capitalize on the Popularity of WolfRam.com in the press. Everyone wants to see Google Fail, and with Search being a Multi-Billion Dollar business [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

You can use someone else’s photos, legally. You just have to make sure it is Creative Commons. If you’d like to punch up your myspace, facebook, or blog with some fantastic photos, Flickr is a great resource.  You can’t just go picking photos willy nilly from amongst anyone’s Flickr profile, however.  You need to figure [...]

Filed under : Digital and Film Photography

Interactive Media Designer, David Carmona is famously known on Twitter as @david_carmona. David Carmoan started his career in interactive development, social media and then Business/Marketing Coordination, Search Engine Optimization, for Revision3. After Business Development and Marketing Coordinator he decided to take on a start-up and start designing and developing as his career 2.0. He was [...]

Filed under : Industry News

In this rapidly evolving world of online marketing it is sometimes hard to remember what all the terms mean, let alone how the strategy works.  As such I have broken down the various services as applied to the bar scene. Brandon walks up to the cute girl at the bar and says “I’m great in [...]

Filed under : Funny

And One Ring to Rule them All!  With Ping.fm, and Onlywire.com and Friend Feed, and Face book, I think I may have more Social Networks than I have friends.  Actually it is pretty close.  I have about 500 “Friends” fewer than that followers, and I have logins for 146 social networks, that is before you [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

A friend looking over my shoulder asked why “my” Google was so much better than hers. I run a Google Custom search which removes a few thousand spam sites from the results, and has some search modifiers so I can quickly change how I search for things. By setting your Search box in IE for [...]

Filed under : Computers, PCs, and Macs

Search Engine Land is talking up a Twitter Search, John Battelle is explaining why Google doesn’t have one. Well I have had a pretty decent Twitter Powered Search Engine for the last 6 months. The thing about twitter is that it only works because people aren’t trying to game it.  Yet.  Google was an Amazing [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Lots of people ask me how I make a living blogging, and when I explain that not all of that money is directly from Google they don’t really understand. Blogging is only partly about Search Engine Optimization, and selling Ads, and convincing your readers to buy things.  Part of what you are selling, is you. [...]

Filed under : Blogging

Mesothelioma is a malignant cancerous disease of the cells lining the patient’s body cavities such as chest, abdominal region or the area surrounding the heart. It is thought to be associated with exposure to asbestos, and this asbestos association has been documented in 70-80% of all mesothelioma cases. Asbestos cancer or mesothelioma is very difficult [...]

Filed under : Random News

Position: Digital/Online Marketing Manager ZillionTV Corporation (www.zilliontv.tv), headquartered in Santa Clara, is developing a next-generation consumer television service which will change TV as you know it.  We are currently seeking experienced talent to be a part of our rapidly growing team. We have an immediate need for a Manager of Digital/Online Marketing, reporting directly to [...]

Filed under : Life Hacks, Site Announcements

PR Web and CNN have sent the search term Greatest Living American to the top of the trends list, once again.  As Colbert was just made Webby Person of the year and the press release claimed him to be Greatest Living American.   Well not so fast my Bear Hating Foe!  I earned that title Fair [...]

Filed under : Site Announcements

www.isayhello.com went live last night.  The front page is ugly, I don’t have as many human edited pages as I would like, but it is day one, and this is the first step.  In the coming days you will start to see better and better results pages, and more “Category” templates. Not all results will [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Site Announcements

Getting found is not only about having the right stuff on your page, but also having the right people to link to you.  So if you want to really boost your own page rank you need to get one of these guys to link to you.  Good luck, with very few exceptions these sites don’t [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Google is just like Elvis… Everyone does their own bad impersonation, and a lot of people claim he’s dead. Yahoo Search is less Google Killer and, More Google Impersonator. I hate to be the purveyor of "you can’t beat Google at search" but Yahoo seems to think the the secret to beating Google is to [...]

Filed under : Industry News

Live.com got a face lift and a backend technology upgrade. Focusing on several core search experiences: Entertainment, Health, Local and Shopping. Theses four areas account for 40% of Live.com queries, and Microsoft has made improvements that are supposed to improve each of these areas. Because of Microsoft’s acquisition of MedStory, Live.com is able to bring [...]

Filed under : Industry News

Facebook Opens Profiles To Tap Into Google Traffic, While Google Grabs Facebook’s News Feed Idea  —  Google is getting a bit more like Facebook by enabling a Facebook-style news feed within its Orkut social networking site, while the king of the walled gardens Facebook acknowledges in actions … Source:   Search Engine Land: News About [...]

Filed under : Industry News

YouTube Initiates Monetization Strategy With Transparent Video ‘Overlays’  —  People have been speculating about how YouTube would eventually monetize video streams, as opposed to page views.  The answer comes in the form of an innovative approach that involves almost transparent animated flash … Source:   Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing [...]

Filed under : Industry News

Yahoo Local Gets A Sophisticated Makeover  —  Yahoo is arguably the leader in local search, but others including Google, Microsoft and Yelp have been rapidly gaining.  The search engine’s venerable Local site was in need of a refresh, which it has now received. Source:   Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing [...]

Filed under : Industry News

People search engine Spock launches  —  Spock, the Redwood City, Calif. search engine for people, launches tomorrow after a year of suspense.  —  It has remained secretive for months (see our original coverage), testing its engine, adding some 100,000 profiles and inserting other social networking features. Source:   VentureBeat Author:   Matt Marshall Link:   [...]

Filed under : Industry News