October 2004

Jennifer Laycock

Google Partners with BellSouth for Local Search

Google is looking to expand their local paid search advertising program by partnering with BellSouth's 2,000 person sales force....

Jill Whalen

Great Sites Beget Great Rankings (We Hope!)

If you don't currently have a unique selling proposition, you need to create one right now. Think about what it is that you can do or offer that is just different enough to make you stand out from the crowd -- then promote the heck out of it! Once the rest of the world starts to agree that you do indeed offer something unlike anything else, and you've done your on-the-page optimization correctly, the search engines will start to take notice and place your site into its proper place in the results....

Jennifer Laycock

Presidential Debates: Searching for Facts

With the last of the presidential debates over, Internet users are turning to the Web in droves in search of more information....

Scottie Claiborne

The Keyword Tools Trap

When it comes to keyword selection, clients always want to optimize for the highest searched terms (according to keyword research tools) and those alone. It takes some convincing to get them to go after lower search volume, but more relevant phrases. It's become a regular part of the cycle with my clients, especially those who are learning about SEO and the process of optimizing a site....

Jennifer Laycock

Google Print Aims to Aid Book Publishers

Although Google Print has been around for almost a year, a recent announcement about plans to dramatically expand the program has left many in the industry talking....

Jennifer Laycock

Searchfeed.com Adds European Content to PPC Feed

Searchfeed.com Adds European Content to PPC Feed...

Jennifer Laycock

Could Paid Search Influence Elections?

Although political campaigns are increasingly embracing the marketing power of the Internet, paid search remains an area that few campaign managers have explored....

Google Partners with BellSouth for Local Search

Great Sites Beget Great Rankings (We Hope!)

Presidential Debates: Searching for Facts

The Keyword Tools Trap

Google Print Aims to Aid Book Publishers

Searchfeed.com Adds European Content to PPC Feed

Could Paid Search Influence Elections?