For those of you who promoted the Microsoft AdCenter affiliate program you know it converted well and was a goldmine for any search engine marketing related blog. Then on March 31 they sent all Microsoft Affiliates a termination email. The good news is the adCenter affiliate program is still active and available to all! Here…
If you watched the final 4 basketball tournament you would have seen 545 million dollars worth of ads that corporations spent to try to sway your attention from hoops. If you are Chevrolet, you spent approximately $70 million to generate interest and leads to a vast, complex network of car websites such as pontiac.com. Below…
How do you make flash and swf files search engine friendly? If you want to perform search engine optimization on a flash website is essential to create a secondary static site that lies behind the dynamic flash. If this is not an option, or the flash site is too large, convoluted or management will not…
Use the Google search engine to search for content that is minty fresh. How often are you searching for a particular item using long tail keyword strings and find half of the results on the SERP are from 2002. Using the date parameter “&as_qdr=d” will filter results by date. Append this string to the end…
The kind folks at Omniture.com have created an informative webinar focusing on landing page optimization. This is a service from the Omniture Marketing Experts On-Demand series 2008 summit. Keyword and langing page strategies are key to paid search campaigns and PPC ad budgets. Landing Page Optimization Strategy depends on a detailed knowledge of all the…
Interview with Udi Manber vice president in charge of search quality for Google. Mr. Manber engineers search engine results pages on Google to defy spammers, improve quality and provide the best user experience for information retrieval. Search engines face the same problem of exponential data growth, but also increased users expectations. Searchers are no longer…
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Unfortunately for Microsoft, this video intended for its inside sales staff was leaked. Microsoft copies the Bruce Springsteen classic Born to Run in a display that lets these words by Steve Jobs ring true: Microsoft has no taste Complete with a cameo by the Incredibles cartoon character – animated by Steve Jobs’ Pixar. Bruce ServicePack…
I just received a very convincing email that pretends to be a subpoena from the US District Court. This is an extremely crafty email and the most realistic scam I have seen yet. However the poor souls who visit the court site will receive a nasty surprise. This is a phishing site that will attempt…
Business.com is one of the few directories worth paying to be listed in. Having a Business.com directory listing will help your website in the natural search engine results pages. Currently the fee for a Business.com standard listing is $199 /yr but this will be going up to $299 per year may first. Make sure you…
