February 2005

Boris Mordkovich

How Click Fraud Affects Pay Per Click Advertisers

Depending on how much you spend on PPC advertising, you may or may not feel the results of click fraud. In some competitive industries, clicks reach a cost of $5 and more....

Jennifer Laycock

Google Maps Offers New Take on Local Search Mapping

Always looking to expand their hold on the online information market, Google introduced the new beta version of their Google Maps program to the public earlier this month. Users can zoom out as far as to the national level, or in close enough to see even a small cul-de-sac down the street from their chosen address....

Scottie Claiborne

Handling Discount SEO Requests

More often than not, clients who start out haggling over price and trying to "grind you down" over fees will ALWAYS want a discount. When you give in and offer them a discounted price, you are doing just as much work for less money....

Bill Hartzer

New Web Directory Pays Category Editors

Zenome, a new web search directory, is providing opportunities for indexers and editors to become category editors--and get paid for it....

Jennifer Laycock

AOL Searchers Show Interest in American Idol

With twenty contestants left and only a few weeks until the twelve finalists are selected, AOL has released data on which contests appear to be most popular with AOL search users....

Jennifer Laycock

AOL Expands Search Offering with Local Search Tool

Following up on a recent revamping of the search interface, AOL announced this morning that they have also added a new local search service to their stable of search engine tools....

Jill Whalen

Search Engine Submissions, Link Building and Keyword Rich Domains

Jill Whalen answers frequently asked questions about search engine submission, link building and keyword rich domain names....

Jim Hedger

Search Marketing in 2005 - Adaptation Ensures Evolution

The core temperature of the search engine sector is continuously growing warmer as interest in search-advertising increases. Over the past three years, various concepts of search have moved in from the peripheries towards the middle on the radar screens of corporate marketers....

Jennifer Laycock

Dating Search Engine is Latest Offering from Lycos

Lycos announced this morning that they were launching a new beta "dating search engine" that is designed to search and index popular dating sites and provide a comprehensive database of personal profiles....

Jennifer Laycock

Image Search for New MSN Search Engine to be Provided by Picsearch

An agreement was reached yesterday between MSN and Picsearch that would see the integration of Picsearch technology into the image search portion of the new MSN search engine. The move marks yet another step toward full competition with Google and Yahoo's expansive slew of search tools....

Scottie Claiborne

What You Can Learn About SEO Copywriting From Infomercials

What problems do your customers face? Why do they need your product? Often you either have to create demand or enhance demand for what you sell. By pointing out that you understand their problems, you create trust....

Tinu Abayomi-Paul

Why You're Missing Out on Hundreds of Visitors If You Aren't Podcasting

Not everyone is a great writer. But just about everyone can talk -- or get someone else to talk for them. So here are three reasons why you need to figure out how to have an audio-enabled site today....

Jill Whalen

Search Engine Spam Techniques That Aren't Needed

Search engine optimization, also known as SEO, may seem like some sort of black magic to those who don't understand it. It's very difficult to figure out the best strategy when you can't even figure out which articles or websites you can trust....

Jennifer Laycock

Incoming Links Aren't Hard to Come By With the Right Content

There's been a lot of talk over the past six months about the dropping value of reciprocal links and the increased value of one-way links. Finding a way to gain those one-way incoming links can be tough, unless you put your imagination to work....

Scottie Claiborne

Has My Site Been Penalized by the Search Engines?

Scottie Clairborne interviews Matt Bailey of The Karcher Group to find out how to know if your site has been penalized by the search engines and what you can do about it....

Bill Hartzer

Dallas/Fort Worth Texas SEM Group Celebrates 1st Anniversary

The Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association is celebrating its first anniversary this month by holding its February meeting on Monday, February 21st, 2005 in North Dallas....

Jennifer Laycock

Getting an Education in Search Engine Marketing

The search marketing industry changes at such a fast pace that even if a university were to offer a degree in search marketing, the information they taught would be out of date before the graduate could even put it into practice....

BJ Cook

Small Business Approach to Integrated Search Engine Marketing

Search can no longer exist alone. Understand the dynamics of search, email, display media and your customers. Use your website as a valuable tool for understanding your customers and potential customers....

Using Header Tags for Search Marketing

Ask Jeeves Launches Advertising and PR Campaign

Dynamically Generated Pages and Query Strings

Google Updates Cause Shifts in Rankings

Do Not Drop Your Web Site Off the Search Engine Cliff

Can Searchers Predict Oscar Gold?

Google Introduces New Toolbar Features

Why Search Engine Marketing Has A Passion for Web Site Usability

New Study Explores how Search Engine Use Impacts Purchases

Yahoo! Buzz Index Sheds Light on Local Search

French Lawsuit Against Yahoo! May Be Ruled Meaningless

A Little Search Engine Fun, SnoopDog Style

Holistic Search Marketing – Organic and PPC

Frequently Asked SEO Questions

Study Demonstrates Impact of Ranking on Search Engine Traffic

How To Play In Google's Sandbox

Interview: Thunderstone VP Doran Howitt

Mamma.com Introduces Auction Style PPC Bidding

Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL all Moving Towards Convergence

New Google Referral Program

Finding an SEO Consultant

Paid Search Market Maturing

Microsoft Releases New MSN Search Engine

Small Business Marketing Unleashed Conference Sponsor



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