SEO
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!...Business Strategy
This blog post could have taken the form of an anecdotal reference on the horror stories from businesses using/used group coupons and/or YellowPages as part of their online marketing strategy. But what’s the point of anecdotes when you have evidence? Tough...Web
It’s nothing new, juggernaut company protecting their identity against local mom and pop outfit. I for one am no surprised when the likes of Apple runs roughshod over hapless small businesses. For all the ‘good’ Apple has brought to the tech...Web
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...Business Strategy
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...SEO
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...Social Media
After their initial IPO some more good news from Linkedin as they surpassed the quickly fading debacle that is now MySpace. Linkedin is now a distant second when it comes to social websites with just under 34 million June visitors. Twitter is sitting fourth but is...SEO
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?...Social Media
A common misconception of ‘social media’ is that it only takes place on ‘social media’ websites like Facebook or Twitter. Just as social bookmarking websites (Digg, Reddit, Newsvine, etc.) are important components of a holistic social media...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...