Internet Marketing
April 28, 2006
Hits for Friday
It’s Friday. You’ve worked hard all week. Here’s some fun stuff to get you through the rest of the day.
Be careful what you say in your blog. Andy Beal points us to the news that the CIA has officially launched an initiative to start tracking the ever-growing blogosphere. No word on how they’re going about this, but the … Read more
Forum Member Offers New Google Sandbox Theory
A new thread on the WebmasterWorld forums has made a quick launch to the front page, garnering it a lot of attention. The thread named Flattening Effect of Page Rank Interations – explains the ’sandbox’? offers up a new theory to explain the much-hyped Google sandbox.
The proposed theory speculates that true Page Rank can only be calculated after multiple … Read more
April 27, 2006
AdWords Tweak Differentiates Terms
AdWords users may want to consider changing how they target keywords thanks to recent tweaks made to Google’s AdWords system.
In an attempt to increase the quality of ads being shown, the Inside AdWords blog announced they will show more ads when they think users will find them useful and fewer ads when they believe users won’t want to see … Read more
April 26, 2006
The First Step is Admitting You Have A Problem
This is cool. Or scary. To be perfectly honest, I haven’t decided which one I think it is. I’ll let you be the judge.
Last week blogger Joe Schmidt asked his readers a very thought provoking question, and then did what few bloggers are known to do, he provided an answer.
The question: How much do you Google?
Joe’s answer? Six thousand, … Read more
Blogosphere Round-up
With so much going on in the blogosphere right now, my Bloglines must be exhausted. Here are some highlights:
First things first, ad:tech San Francisco kicks off today (as does SES Milan). Bruce is there speaking at today’s Organic SEO Fireside Chat. Aw, doesn’t that sound cozy! If you find yourself in the Bay area, definitely try and check it out. … Read more
April 25, 2006
It’s like Page Rank for blogs
With the blogosphere growing at an exponential rate, people are looking at blogs in a whole new light. According to data from Technorati, the blogosphere doubles every 6 months. That’s enough to make me start feeling like a proud mother. There’s a lot of really great content out there (like us!) but there’s also a lot of not-so-great content (like … Read more
SEO Evolution
You know, I can’t stop thinking about that article from Mike Grehan, and since I’m thinking about it, you, my faithful readers, get to hear about it too.
When the article first came to my attention, I read it as many did, calling for the death of “traditional” SEO as though there was no value there at all. But in … Read more
April 24, 2006
Matt Dispels More Rumors
We love Matt Cutts. Or at least, I love Matt Cutts. Why? Because he’s always on hand to dispel rumors and calm the fears of the paranoid — and when you’re dealing with the Internet, the rumors and the lot of invented conspiracies add up.
If you spent any time trolling the forums last week, it’s likely you caught some … Read more
EMetrics Summit -Santa Barbara
Guest Entry by Dana McGraw, Web Analytics Analyst–Bruce Clay, Inc.
My first EMetrics Summit definitely exceeded my expectations! The relatively small size of the group allowed for really insightful discussions not only amongst attendees but with presenters, as well. I must admit that the most lasting impression was left by Avinash Kausik of Intuit! His engaging presentation style … Read more
April 21, 2006
Digg’in social ranking a hole
In case you haven’t been paying attention, Digg got themselves into something of, well, a hole earlier this week. The supposed user-generated social bookmarking site caught some fire after allegations broke out that the site was skewing results and using ‘editorial control’ to push certain stories while burying others. This means if you’ve recently been subscribing to the social ranking … Read more
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