Internet Marketing
July 31, 2009
Friday Recap: Power Nap Edition
Virginia and I swapped assignments today, so I’m writing the blog. We’re on the home stretch into the weekend here, people. If that’s not enough to cheer you up, I know what will. Ready for a smile? Chris Winfield brought home a beautiful baby girl from the hospital this week and she’s already got a faithful servant standing … Read more
July 30, 2009
SEO is in the Details: Bruce Busts the Boondoggle
SEO is not snake oil, not a boondoggle, not a waste. That SEO is snake oil is a point of view that’s been argued over the years, sometimes even endorsed by well-known industry insiders. That’s not to say that there’s no one selling sub-standard SEO services and thus giving the profession a bad name. But I believe most poor SEO … Read more
July 29, 2009
Yahoo! Microsoft Partnership: In Search of a Strong Suit – SEM Synergy Extras
Yahoo! and Microsoft announced their long-awaited search partnership today, and the search engine marketing community is all abuzz.
Today on Bruce Clay, Inc.’s weekly podcast, SEM Synergy, Yahoo!’s Search Submit program was the subject of the show. Of course, in light of the Binghoo development, strategies aimed at search engine optimization for Yahoo! search may be reevaluated.
Editor’s note: Amy’s … Read more
July 28, 2009
SEO News Bites
Remixed from photo by Rich115
I’m not sure if my attention span is short circuiting or if there’s a good reason I’m unable to concentrate on one topic at a time. I think it’s a busy news day. Am I alone here? Bueller?
Whatever the cause, today my focus seems to be shifting from one story to the next as … Read more
July 27, 2009
SEOToolSet Tool Review Recap: 3 Quintessential SEO Tools
So far in this series of SEOToolSet tool reviews, I’ve detailed the use-case for and reports provided by three of the SEO tools our Bruce Clay, Inc. analysts and clients could not do without. They are the Check Server Tool, the Single-Page Keyword Density Analyzer and the many tools included in the Search Engine Ranking Monitor.
It is these three tools … Read more
July 24, 2009
Friday Recap: It’s My Party, I’ll Blog If I Want To Edition
Monogrammed chocolate cupcakes from Paula! Yum!
To the tune of the old birthday standard:
Happy birthday to me.
Happy Friday to you!
Here’s a recap for this week
And cupcakes for you, too!
On this thirtieth week of the year (a.k.a. my birthday week!) lots of magical things happened. There was the longest solar eclipse of the century, visible to half the world. Sadly it was … Read more
July 23, 2009
SES San Jose 2009 Liveblogging Schedule
Tomorrow’s my birthday and I thought of the perfect gift. No, not for me. For you! (I’m cool like that.) So just for you, through tomorrow you can catch early bird registration for Search Engine Strategies San Jose. And this early bird will enjoy a tasty $200 worm, er, savings. Plus take 20 percent off (even after the early bird … Read more
July 22, 2009
SEM Synergy Extras – Optimizing for Real-Time Search
Real-time search, a fairly new and much-discussed search channel, appears to be a topic in flux. I looked at some problems with real-time search earlier this month, inspired by resources from search leaders like Danny Sullivan and David Harry.
It was right around the time I sensed a critical-mass of interest had bubbled up from the SEO community. But that … Read more
July 21, 2009
Dear Business Community, the Time for SEO is Now!
Most search marketers have seen it before. After discussing SEO strategy with a potential new client, the business owner gets cold feet. Considering today’s economic uncertainty, entering into a contract to pay for costly search engine optimization services can be a daunting commitment. The problem is, waiting any longer to implement SEO tactics on your Web site could be even … Read more
July 20, 2009
SEOToolSet Tool Review: Search Engine Ranking Monitor, Part 2
A lot is said about how data can be used to help SEO efforts. Then again, data is nothing without proper analysis and organization. Bruce Clay designed and created a suite of SEO tools for organic optimization intelligence that filter and analyze the abundance of data that comes from a site. In a series here on the blog, I have … Read more
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