search engine optimization

Ever since I became interested in search engine optimization, one of the basic things that I’ve learned is that links from .gov and .edu links are inherently more valuable than traditional links.  That seems to make sense as its certainly more difficult to obtain these links than it is to obtain a link from a [...]

Real-time search is dramatically changing search results at Google.  If the soon-to-be implemented Caffeine program is Google on speed, then the rankings are going to be changing constantly on premium keyword terms.
Get Clickz’ publisher Bob Bentz was quoted in a January 12, 2010 article in Digital Media Buzz.

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January 2010
It’s January 2010 and one of the best places to purchase a link is with the Best of the Web directory.  Yes, I know you’ve been reading all about SEO online and most stories say that buying directories is just a little bit better than a kick to [...]

According to a survey of readers of Chief Marketer magazine and its corresponding web site, this is what is driving web traffic to its readers’ sites.

Organic SEO - 28%
Email - 18%
Offline Media - 13%
Pay Per Click - 12%
Social Media - 7%
Affiliates - 5%
Mobile Marketing - 1%
Other - 8%
Don’t Know - 12%

(Source — Chief Marketer Oct/Nov [...]

by Kit Elliott
I’m here to teach you about how RSS Feeds can boost traffic for your website. You may have heard of it, but I
guarantee you are not harnessing the full power of the tool. RSS Feeds are very hot, and the marketing pros are getting their websites listed in Google within 2 to 3 [...]

Search engine optimisation is one of the fastest growing functions on the internet and it’s easy to see why. Investing in SEO means a long-term benefit that doesn’t require you to be constantly paying into the work.
Or, if you like to dabble in SEO on your own, a good place to look is in an [...]

Many companies believe they have maxed out pay per click search as a primary lead generation tool.  Moreover, in the past few years, as companies have fought for market share, some pay per click categories have become overpriced.  So, it’s not surprising that pay per click spending in the United States was down 21% in [...]

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It’s not easy to find a discount code for Best of the Web.  Yes, you can find them, but they are usually for a month long, long ago.
Best of the Web comes out with promo codes about four times a year, but they only offer discounts for that month.  Many webmasters wait for the Best [...]

If you read our last post about the research in interactive marketing based on Forrester Research, you’ve seen that there will continue to be a significant increase in spending on interactive marketing for the next five years.  In fact, by 2014, interactive marketing will represent 21% of all marketing investment.
So, then, why does pay per [...]

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When it comes to search engine optimization, directories can still be of help.  That is, the good directories
can be of help.
Best of the Web is certainly one of the good directories that carries significant link juice for SEO.  If you only get listed in one [...]

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One directory that still carries a lot of link value is Best of the Web.  Placing a paid link on Best of the Web is one of the first things that we do when we bring up a new internet site.
If you do business [...]

Would you pay $2 for access to Google?
According to a study from Rubicon Consulting, 52% of internet users would pay $2 per month to use Google. 22% said they’d pay to use Yahoo, 19% would pay for YouTube, and 17% for Facebook.

You may or may not have heard that Google has removed the recommendation in its webmasters guidelines section to submit to directories. This started a panic as people thought that having links in directories no longer held any weight. They thought this would have a knock on effect on their SEO results. In this article [...]

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Search Engine Marketing growth continued in 2007 and actually exceeded expectations, according to a study by Intellisurvey.
For 2007, total search engine marketing was $12.2 billion, up from $9.4 billion in 2006.  The study concludes that search engine marketing will be a $25.2 billion market by 2011.
Of the total in 2007, the lion’s share of the [...]

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Ever wonder why search engine optimization is so important?  If you’re not a believer now, check out these stats from Forrester Research (2006):
*  93% of all internet traffic is generated from search engines.
*  97% of searchers never look past the top three positions. (This seems high to me, but it’s their results nevertheless.)
*  76.7% of [...]