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…
DetailsI 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…
DetailsUsing 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…
DetailsGoogle 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…
DetailsYour landing page on your website has an important job to do: Convert Traffic The objective is to keep new users focused and have them complete the desired goal. A landing page is tailored for a specific visitor and should only contain information directly relevant to them. A successful landing page will have one prominent…
DetailsDiscovery 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…
DetailsMatt Cutts gives his State of the Index recap for last year. Topics include Google Chrome voice recognition OCR for PDF’s that are not text SearchWiki Google Trends – this is an amazing tool that shows us a taste of the massive amount of data Google holds on us. This allows SEO’s to compare trends,…
DetailsGlobal toy conglomerate TOYS R US have purchased the Toys.com domain for the reported 5.1 million dollars, making it the biggest sale of 2009 so far, as well as one of the ten biggest sales ever reported. The only problem was that this destroyed the SEO for the existing domain, causing Toys R Us to…
DetailsI love seeing what other webmasters do to try to improve their rankings. This SEO technique (used extremely loosely here) demonstrates why SEO’s have such a bad reputation in the online marketing industry. This webmaster makes no effort to hide the keyword stuffed text, and trys to direct search engine spiders to his special content.…
DetailsSome people seem to get all the luck. In an article about the new Tesla Model S Sedan electric car, the New York Times blog author links to Mahalo founder and controversial tech blogger Jason Calacanis twice as much as any other source. A link from NYtimes.com is very valuable and the only thing Calacanis…
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