September 2005

Jennifer Laycock

New Conference Aims to Bring the Show to You

In a field as fast-paced as search engine marketing, there aren't very many options for learning other than reading articles and visiting discussion forums. eComXpo is one of the first virtual conferences that brings the show to your personal computer....

Stoney deGeyter

Selecting a Web Host Provider - Part Two

You want to choose your hosting plan carefully to ensure that it will be able to handle whatever server load your site might generate, especially during peak times or big marketing pushes....

Jill Whalen

Dealing with Dynamic Pages

Many years ago, when search engine spiders saw a URL that seemed like it went to a dynamically generated site (because it had a bunch of parameters in it like question marks, equal signs, etc.), they wouldn't attempt to crawl it....

Jim Hedger

Search Engine Advertising Choices

Organic search engine placement continues to be perceived as a nebulous service that can take time to show results. On the other hand, paid-ad placements tend to show up minutes after they are established and bidding one’s way to top spot is relatively easy....

Scottie Claiborne

Cause and Effect - Not Always Easy to Determine

Just as early humans didn't actually cause the sun to come up every day, minor changes to your site generally don't trigger massive changes in search engine results....

Gord Hotchkiss

The Extreme Makeover of Integrated Search Planning

The rest of your marketing has one purpose: generate engaged interest. If successful, where does your prospect turn? Odds are very good that it will be a search engine....

Jennifer Laycock

New Study Explores Click Rates for Search Results

A new study released this year by a team of researches at Cornell University aims to examine the actions of searchers when it comes to both viewing search results and deciding which result to select. The studies findings were not unexpected, though they do back up anecdotal experience for most marketers....

Bill Hartzer

New Comparison Shopping Search Engine Snap Shopping

Snap.com's shopping channel leverages the refine-as-you-type (RAFT) functionality that Snap.com has pioneered in their web and news search channels....

Jim Hedger

Don't Buy Junk.com

DontBuyJunk takes the narrowing of search results much further than general attributes, allowing me the option of telling it exactly what I need in a product....

Daria Goetsch

What's The Deal With Search Engines And Text Link Ads?

When did hypertext links become the enemy? Google's PageRank began a burgeoning search engine optimization link building industry that now seems to be out of control. What's the deal with text link ads? Isn't a link just a link? Not really, at least according to recent blog and forum posts....

Jennifer Laycock

MSN adCenter Launches in France, Coming Soon to U.S.

While the new adCenter has some outstanding features that advertisers are sure to find handy, other options being touted as "powerful campaign management tools" are likely going to be less than useful for small business owners....

Scott Buresh

Expert Search Engine Optimization: Is Ongoing Management Needed?

Companies often fear that they are paying ongoing fees for one-time work, and, unfortunately, these fears are often justified....

Jill Whalen

Length of Meta Description Tag

One of the biggest mistakes people make when thinking about SEO is that they believe there are certain hard and fast rules and if you don't follow them you will either get penalized or never see high rankings....

Scottie Claiborne

Tale of the Broken Light Fixture: A Target Audience Analogy

Looking at the webstats, you see that users are finding your site and even hanging around a little while, but they don't engage or interact. Most likely, you have a usability issue....

Jennifer Laycock

Online Local Advertising Poised for Solid Growth

If you've been putting off search marketing as a line item on your budget because your competitors aren't doing it, you need to get past that line of thinking and start coming up with a plan of action....

Barry Welford

Boost Your Website Traffic - Forget Que Sera Sera

A well constructed website handled in the right way can be the most powerful generator of sales with the highest return on investment. Que sera sera is a slogan for inaction. Yet action can be so richly rewarded....

Jim Hedger

Is Google Building Alternative Internet?

There are a number of reasons backing speculation that Google is building its own global digital communications network. Google has formally entered the telecom business with the release of a VOIP client known as Google Talk....

Karon Thackston

SEO Copywriting Makeover: Finding the Right Trigger

There is at least one trigger for every product or service on the market today. Finding it is the hard part. Once you determine what will set your customers in motion, you've won half the battle....

Selecting a Web Host Provider - Part 1

The Best Keyword Research Secrets Are REVEALED by Wordtracker! - Part 1

There's Something to Learn from Googlebombing

If I Had $4 Billion - Part 2

Behemoth Battleground – AOL being sought by Google and Microsoft?

Leverage the News for Search Engine Success

Want Branding With That?

What's All This Talk About AOL and MSN?

Home Page Redesign Issues

Vint Cerf talks Google

Why Online Marketing Matters

Google Blog Search Debuts in Beta

That Don't Impress Me Much: Even Pretty Web Sites Have Abandonment Issues

Searching for a Career – Eight Skills for Entry into SEM

The Purpose of Pay-per-Click - Part Two: Long Term Campaigns

Caring for Site Visitors- When Mistakes Happen

Alexa Rankings

The Purpose of Pay-per-Click - Part One: Short Term Campaigns

If I Had $4 Billion

Online Community Aids in Katrina Relief Efforts

How to Profit From Your Free Reprint Articles

Your Site Map: Spider Food or Just A Light Snack?

BidHero Brings Bid Management to the Masses

Does an Over-Optimization Penalty Exist?

Pay for Performance Pricing Models for Search Engine Optimization

Online Course for Understanding SEO

School Kids Search Too

Back to Basics in SEO

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