May 2009 Archives : 4/4 : Bruce Clay Blog

May 7, 2009

Why I have quit Twitter

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Recently I have seen a lot of posts about how ‘big’ twitter is getting (I was a pretty early adopter due to the [SEO](http://www.bruceclay.com.au/web_rank.htm) industry I work in). It is also interesting to see people comment on the rate of growth of Twitter all while my personal use of this network drops off rapidly. So [...]




May 6, 2009

SEM Synergy Extras – Niche Services Stand Out

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One of my favorite things about planning and co-hosting Bruce Clay, Inc.’s weekly WebmasterRadio show, SEM Synergy, is getting access to the top minds in the Internet marketing industry. Every week is a new adventure into a special field, be it local business with Patrick Sexton, interest-based ads with David Szetela, analytics with Richard Zwicky, [...]




May 5, 2009

New SEO Tools and SEMToolBar for Firefox

Sound the trumpets! We at Bruce Clay, Inc. have an exciting announcement. Make that two exciting announcements, and they’re both about new, free SEO tools! Today we announced the release of the SEMToolBar for Firefox. You know, the Web browser that most search marketers actually use? Through the toolbar you’ll get meaningful statistics right in [...]




Heads you lose, tails I win

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Originally the term longtail was first used by Chris Anderson. The term describes the approach of businesses, such as Amazon.com , that sell a great amount of unique items, each in comparatively small quantities. How it works is that there are a small number of terms that will bring your website thousands of visitors. However, [...]




May 4, 2009

Bruce Clay East SEOToolSet Training – Register Now!

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May 1st, 2008 was my first day working at Bruce Clay, Inc. That means it’s been one year since I joined the BCI team and became part of its mission to educate businesses and help them find success online. When we first opened the East Coast office we had several goals. Most importantly, we wanted [...]




May 1, 2009

Friday Recap: Social Swine Edition

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Hi friends! I just spent the last 20 minutes scraping gum off my shoe and my gas pedal. But it’s Friday, so it’s all good! I got some fun finds for ya now, starting with the straight business and working my way into the wacky. Today is the last day to get early bird pricing [...]




Facebook causes boost to global clothing sales, Maybe

It is fun Friday here at the Bruce Clay Australia offices and I decided that there should be a blog post in line with that. I have had an idea ruminating in my mind for a few months regarding Facebook’s effect of user’s buying patterns with regard to clothes and how use this change to [...]