BooneOakley.com is a large advertising agency that has done 2 very revolutionary, and possibly damaging things: Created their website as a video Redirected their domain name to youtube.com Instead of the usual marketing Agency Flashturbation heavy websites, Boone Oakley has gone a different direction to present themselves to large corporate clients seeking an online marketing…
In December 2008 Dell Outlet announced that it had generated $1 million through their twitter account. Dell posted computer specials and closeout deals to its Twitter feed and grabbed the attention of the web. In the summer of 2008 Barack Obama announced his choice of vice president through a tweet. What Twitter can do for…
Nobody likes ads, and people really resent intrusive and irrelevant ads. SE Roundtable reports a post by SEO igloo where she laments on the excessive advertising on SearchEngineGuide.com I think that Jennifer Laycock is one of the best writers in our industry. Beyond the basic SEO subjects she addresses for beginners, the questions she asks…
Yahoo has a huge network of content websites, but they are ineffectively utilizing these website properties. Below is a good article on Yahoo real estate, but if you want to use Yahoo Buzz or Mybloglog you are out of luck. Yahoo has spend tens of millions of dollars buying, maintaining, and improving these social media…
A large domain name registrar has been an innovator of low cost domain name registration and web hosting services for over a decade, and they are always hunting for business. How do they want to grow in the competitive web hosting marketplace? By using search engine optimization of course! Unfortunately this SEO experience is not…
A tip when dealing with credit card companies: always use the telephone, don’t use email. Email is quick and easy but also offers the credit card firm an easy way to deny you. I wouldn’t be surprised if they automatically denied all requests sent via email. I had a questionable service fee charged to my…
I just received a link request email for a great offer linking to Intel. I thought I misread the company name, but it is indeed the behemoth computer chip manufacturer. This is a really low budget way for Intel to go about getting more links, and I thought they could be a little creative and…
Using this small string, you can link to any frame of a YouTube video. Just append a 7 character query string to the end of a YT URL and you’re done. This is a great way to skip unnecessary content, link to more meaningful and relevant content while reducing unwanted advertisements. Code for deeplinking to…
Google is still using the domain name as a primary ranking factor. With a good domain name, rankings are nearly guaranteed. Below is an example of a niche retail site, but if you want to rank for “Keyword Keyword” all you need to do is purchase www.KeywordKeyword.com and you will have no problems getting to…
Discovery Is The New Cocaine – Going Beyond Engagement. Learn the science behind creating a sticky website that users won’t be able to leave. Interaction was the promise of web 2.0 and new services must allow for user feedback if they hope to survive. Let users become the focus of your online activities, talk with…
