The Power of Links and the Google Bomb

Don't kid yourself -- determination does play a part in Google results. This past weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was Google-bombed for "miserable failure" in Google's Hebrew results, just like George W. Bush is ... [Read More]

Strategy from Private Investigator to SEO

As I touched upon in an earlier post, I once worked as a private eye and researched trademark concerns. When presented with a brand new assignment, I was given a trademark and its "intent of use" (whether it be a restaurant ... [Read More]

Should We Still Be Anticipating Yahoo's Downfall?

Yesterday, an interesting article appeared on Wired about critical mistakes that Yahoo has made that has caused them to "blow it." Reporter Fred Vogelstein takes an in-depth look the failures of Yahoo over the past few years ... [Read More]

How to get Google to notice YOU by USA Today

Last week I took a look at a site for USA Today's Jeff Graham and gave my feedback on some of the things that they should be concentrating to help raise their rankings for Google. The site (yourheartfeltsolutions.com) is ... [Read More]

You Know You Wanted More MyBlogLog Tools!

MyBlogLog is really a viral product. As more and more people blog about it and more and more people discover ways to exploit it, there are others (well, okay, the same guys) who have found ways to use the service to enhance ... [Read More]

Applying Advice for Startups to a Well-Known Business Entity's Website

OnStartups has an interesting article about "startup marketing," but when I read it, I began thinking -- it really just for startup marketing? Not necessarily. These consistent issues can plague even older businesses who ... [Read More]

Obtain the Full Referring URL in Google Analytics

One of my biggest problems with Google Analytics has always been that you can't get the full referring URL of where someone came from. For example - if you someone came from http://www.domain.com/referring-exact-page.php - ... [Read More]

Why Are Apple's Designs So Damn Sexy?

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci They did it again, boy did they ever. This week Apple unveiled its holy grail of new technology - the iPhone which combines the iPod, cell phone and Internet ... [Read More]

Chris Sherman Webcast: Measuring Search Success 2007

Chris Sherman did it again -- I have listened in on yet another wonderful SearchMarketingNow webcast (I have previously listened in on his "How to Find the Right Search Marketing Partner" webcast) about measuring search ... [Read More]

YouTube Passes MySpace in Alexa Rankings

This morning Smaran Dayal noticed that YouTube had overcome MySpace in the Alexa rankings. Dayal points out that although MySpace is still ahead of YouTube in pageviews, it has fallen behind in both Alexa rank and daily ... [Read More]