Yahoo! Site Explorer Closes for Good

RIP YSE. Web marketers, for the most part, have lost a tool for link discovery, mostly for competitors. What Goolge Webmaster Tools puts behind closed doors, the YSE was publicly available to all. This year it was announced with the merge of Bing! Microsoft and Yahoo!...

SCC Rules on Whether Hyperlinking is Defamation

An interesting ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada that could’ve impacted the way you blog. The case was between Wayne Crookes, President and sole shareholder of West Coast Title Search and former Green Party Campaign manager, and blogger Jon Newton. The...

What OWS Teaches Us About Organizations

There’s an interesting story about eBay (or is it Skype?) that details an organization that has the best of both worlds: decentralized and centralized organizational structure. Not too many companies operate in this fashion. Decentralized leadership permits the...

Google to Use ‘Standout’ Metadata Tag

Google has used the bulk of 2011 to roll out targeted efforts to reward high quality content on websites, but not only content, acknowledgment for original authors as well. Before the changes it was easy for everybody and their grandma could rip off content and reap...

When Link Building Tactics Stop Working

We’re getting an increased number of inquiries from prospective clients looking for web promotion/link building services. The #1 reason why is that their current off-shore (or closer to home) ‘web marketers’ aren’t doing the job. Why is that?...

Brand Control – Removing Your Name and Info from the Web

As a web marketer I’m aware of all the search parameters, and some insider ones too, used to find info on the web. When it comes to individuals, groups, or brands, I can find out just about anything I want. Little do people know (or maybe we do?) the EXTENT the...