http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:08:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The game changed September 15, 2008. As world markets came tumbling down, the future of many internet start-ups also turned to dust. The message from the financiers is clear - they will be no more money. Web watchers, such as TechCrunch, feature a deadpool of failed internet start-ups. That list is ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/180 I couldn't pick three, so I went with four winners. I learned a lot from the hundred or so comments that came in, and I am busy preparing for the show next week. It was hard to narrow them down, but I had to. If you won, congrats! I'll... ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/179 One of the criticisms of scientists, engineers, and programmers has always been just because you can build something, doesn’t mean you should. While the Ralph Lauren iPhone app is much more benign than any piece of industrial or military hardware, it is equally as pointless. The screen shot on the ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/178 When initially doing keyword research and competition research we’re looking at the numbers. We want to know how much traffic potential the keyword has, how much competition it has, what the AdSense CPC is if we’re doing AdSense but rarely do people think ahead to the content creation part. Some ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/177 Google will allow Gambling keywords on UK AdWords from Tomorrow.25 Vote(s) More SEO News.... (CLICK HERE)Tags: Search Engine Marketing Facebook MySpace Stumble Ask.com Please be sure to visit our new Social Blog Network, as well as our Social Bookmark Site. Both offer services for free! Get you ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/176 aimClear Blog’s homepage Toolbar PR ticked from PR5 to PR4 overnight. Also, TB PR seems to be distributed with more power & deeper within the blog. Imagine that… I happened to be reading Sphinn about Matt Cutt’s blog comment on the impending update, checked aimClear and noted the change. Upon ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/175 Just a quick note to let you know that Chris Pearson and I (ok… Chris) has added significant new power and flexibility to the Thesis Theme for WordPress. There’s also a special offer that runs through the weekend (at least you can thank me for that). Here’s what’s new with this ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/174 Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Landing Page Optimization -- Insource or Outsource?; Rehabilitating SEO; Google AdWords Releases New Editor Guide; and more.More SEO News.... (CLICK HERE)Tags: Search Engine Marketing Furl Technorati Furl Autoprimemedia Please be sure to visit our new Social Blog Network, as well as our Social ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/173 A Google Groups thread asks if Google can crawl and index UTF-8 encoded URLs. The quick answer is yes, Google can crawl and index these URLs. Google's JohnMu provided a link to the Google search results as proof, showing Google indexed and displayed the results: John explains that in ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/172 With banks struggling with rising mortgage and credit card defaults it is not a big surprise that some of them have turned to social networks as a way to attract attract younger consumers. Information Week recently mentioned how Netherlands-based bank ING Direct has created their own social networking site called  MoveOutMoveUp.com ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/171 Last week Giovanni Gallucci sent me a link to Viewzi which has some interesting search UI’s that I think advanced users might actually use. Unlike Cuil I don’t think they spent 30 million and ended up with a product that thinks the best picture for me is a picture of ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/170 Never has the opinion of the individual been as powerful as it is today. One negative blog post or product review can spread online in a flash and change the direction of a company. Reputation management isn't just for big companies and brands -- it47 Vote(s) More SEO ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/169 Posted by MattRobertsMy team and I have spent a lot of time, like most of the industry, doing the 'hard yards' finding potential back links to our clients' sites. We use some great tools. These include: The Juicy Link Finder: http://www.seomoz.org/link-finder Yahoo Site ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/168 Crime scene by Cati Kaoe. Web designers & developers often focus on web standards, table-less layouts or CSS effects like styled lists or sidebars e.g. All these things are perfectly OK unless they are executed at the expense of findability. Yes, findability is the orphan of the web design industry ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/167 Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Creative Messaging in a Direct Response World; SEO Basics: Effective Iterative Keyword Research in 2008; Local Advertisers Shifting Dollars to Internet; and more.More SEO News.... (CLICK HERE)Tags: Web Design Furl Technorati Furl Autoprimemedia Please be sure to visit our new Social Blog Network, ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/166 Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Google Mobile Advertising on the Content Network; SEO Baseline: U.S. Presidential Election 2008; Agency Leadership -- Imparting Your Vision; and more.More SEO News.... (CLICK HERE)Tags: SEM Web Design Social Marketing Technoratri StumbleUpon Please be sure to visit our new Social Blog Network, as ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/165 Posted by mystery_guestIntro from Rand: Despite Mystery Guest having misgivings about contributing to SEOmoz, I was able (after months of pitiful pleading) to cajole her into one more post. This is a topic close to my heart as well, and one that doesn't deserve to be buried just because it's uncomfortable. I am ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/164 A couple months ago we reported on an SEOMoz post that was debated at Sphinn on the topic of which anchor text counts? Is it only the first anchor text on the page linking to a specific URL or is it all the anchor texts that are linking to ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/163 Interesting note from eMarketer that they are downward revising their US social network ad spending projections for 2008. They reduced their estimate of ad spend from $1.6 billion to $1.4 billion. They also reduced their projections going forward. Their crystal ball projects that 2012 social networks ad spending to be $2.6 ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/162 SEO 2.0 is by now known as the best possible combination of using search, social media and blogging to achieve prominence online. Now how does Twitter microblogging fit in there? In the last two weeks I tried to use Twitter in a SEO 2.0 manner that means both to the ... http://www.seowizards.info/blogs/what-is-search-marketing/archives/161