Archive for June, 2006

The mindset for internet marketing

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Internet marketing can be extremely helpful to any website, and to any webmaster. But it can also be a frustrating practice, that requires a ton of patience. For that reason, you have to adopt a certain mindset when you approach the subject. If you're easily excitable, or ...

Google is broke - dropped site checklist

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

I've seen tons of bad updates, and the newest one is the worst yet. Somewhere on June 27th, 2006, I watched the same few sites that have had trouble in Google for awhile drop in positions. What am I supposed to do to fix them? Nothing. ...

Google Adsense new Vertical Images let loose - get’em to click

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Google Adsense is getting more aggressive when it comes to their ads. The 300x250 Large Square is doing everything but break-dancing to get attention on your monitor. Yesterday, I even noticed a randomly generated image file put there to draw your eyes to the ad. (Reminiscent of Critter ...

Yahoo says they can win search engine wars

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Yahoo hasn't give up the dream of winning the search engine wars, despite the big lead Google has taken. According to recent Nielsen reports, Google has accomplished two remarkable things in the search business recently: They handled 49% of all internet search traffic in March They were up 32% over the ...

Why people spam search engines and why it won’t stop soon

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

Because it works and they get paid. And you thought this would be a complicated question to answer. As long as there's big money in breaking the rules, and they can get away with it, they'll continue to do so. Can I understand why someone would be ...

Comment spammers need some catchy new lines

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

I don't mind sifting through 67,412 comments each day to find the odd gem, but some of the topics are just plain getting boring. beautiful online information center. greatest work… thanks What online information center are we referring to? Who knows? At least he's thankful. He must ...

SEO really does have a bad reputation

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

I've pondered the issue for awhile: does SEO have a really bad reputation? With bloggers, there's no question. Comment spammers have done their level best to fray everyone's nerves. I assume other tactics we see used by certain SEOs will also leave a bad taste in the ...

Theresa Chow from Google Adsense stars in Video

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

The Adsense team has decided to broaden their stardom to include mass media now. Theresa Chow has made the first Video Podcast for the Adsensers. She did a very good job! Looks like the folks at Google did a nice job using multiple camera angles to get ...

Yahoo portal design and search deserve high marks

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

I resisted using the re-styled Yahoo portal page for awhile, but I gave it a try yesterday and I must admit, it's nice. Yahoo has spent a ton of time and money building a uniform and consistent user interface. This is one of the reasons they're still the ...

Tired talk fuels SEO Forums

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

I checked out some of the SEO Forums today. I won't name them because you can figure out which ones they are. I perused a great number of threads, looking desperately for a nugget of information I didn't know. So far I haven't found any. It ...