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 even a [...]

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 out [...]

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 Co-Founder [...]

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 my [...]

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 search engine [...]

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.
Getting people [...]

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 the [...]

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 be [...]

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 look [...]

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 trusted results [...]

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
Author: [...]

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
Author:   [...]

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:   http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/07/people-search…
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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:   http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/07/people-search…
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Filed under : Industry News

To discuss the difference between custom websites and template websites, let's first define the two.
Template Website – Is a website that is constructed from pre-designed banners, images and layouts. Limited to available designs.
Custom Website – Is a website that is constructed completely from scratch. Everything on the website is original and unique. Unlimited [...]

Filed under : Web Design

With millions of competing websites, designing a website, let along a successful website with a high ranking, can be quite daunting. The following "Ten Secrets for a Killer Website" will help give you an edge on your competition:
1. Custom vs. Templated – A Custom website is a website that is totally designed and formatted [...]

Filed under : Web Design

To become a web designer in the UK you don't really need any formal qualifications by law in order to set up on your own and start designing websites for clients. This is both a blessing and a curse to professionals wishing to work in the web design industry. On one hand it makes it [...]

Filed under : Web Design

Having a good looking website design that will appeal to your customers is very, very important to your online success. A web designer must create a design that will convey professionalism and confidence to potential customers. Once a great looking and easy to use website has been designed it is then very important to consider [...]

Filed under : Web Design

If you don't think you need a content management system you may want to read this article. This article chronicles 10 days in the life of a website client working without the help of a content management system and points out the differences that employing a content management system would have had have to a [...]

Filed under : Web Design

You may not be aware of this and im sure you'll find it very interesting! Despite the time and effort that your web designer has put into creating a beautiful website for your company, Google – the biggest search engine in the world doesn't even care what it looks like! This may seem like a [...]

Filed under : Web Design

Mike writes how flash sucks.  And he is right.
The Adobe Flash Player is a multimedia application created by Macromedia (now a division of Adobe Systems). Flash Player features support for both vector and raster graphics, along with a scripting language and bidirectional streaming of video and audio content. The player is a virtual machine that [...]

Filed under : Rants and Tangents

Article marketing is an important component of external SEO, or search engine optimization. Irrespective of how much internal SEO is carried out on a web page, article marketing can make a massive difference, not only to the traffic to your site, but also your link density and search engine listing.
The term 'web page’ is [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Ok, I am convinced. I should put a sitemap on my blogger site. But, what steps do I take to add a sitemap?
First, I better define a sitemap. It is simply a map of your website and lists of all your sections and pages. A sitemap speeds up the indexing of your pages in [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Search engine optimization is a means of making your website attractive to spiders and if you know of to use SEO to get listed on the search engine indices, you have a fabulous way of getting free advertising at your fingertips.
Many people spend a lot of money on pay per click advertising because they [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Search engines are very difficult to completely understand. There are no complete explanations of how their ranking algorithms work. But the very fact that the average person does not intuitively know how to crack the search engine algorithms leads to all sorts of the same questions, usually variations of: "How do I get my website [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Do you have a website on the internet that is getting little or no traffic? Lets face it.Starting a new website with the hope of achieving a large amount of targeted visitors is a very difficult task to achieve for most internet newcomers. This is mainly due to the fact that one has to go [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

In this age of information overload people are desperate to find the most accurate information within the minimum time possible. The internet is one such area where any kind of information is always at your fingertips. The crucial objective is to search through the huge volume of data and arrive at the information that is [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Improved search engine rank can lead to high listings in search engine indices. The major page rank measurement is the Google PageRank that you find on the Google toolbar, but many people are confused at the difference between PageRank and search engine rankings, or listing positions, in the indices for specific keywords.
Google PageRank is [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

With the numerous websites in the internet right now, you would wonder how they manage to get a lot of people to view their sites everyday to be able to survive. Most search engines have the most number of traffic, mainly because people use the internet to search for something they need to know about, [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Stephen Colbert is out to steal my thunder as Greatest Living American.  So I'm actively going to try and Foil Him.  I may not have his legions of people, but this is about SEO, and his followers don't have my friends Google Rank.
I may not be qualified to be the Greatest… but I am a [...]

Filed under : Rants and Tangents