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Happy Birthday, Pacman!

21 May 2010 ~ View Comments

Happy Birthday, Pacman!

Is this a quick and random post? Yes – but so what? Today, on the 3oth anniversary of the legendary game Pac-man, Google has made its page into an interface where the actual game can be played. You can choose to continue searching by clicking “Google Search” or play the game by clicking “Insert Coin”. [...]

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Social Media Optimization vs. Social Media Marketing

15 April 2010 ~ View Comments

Two trends have been surfacing a lot in the past few years and there is much confusion over the difference between the two, so I thought it wise to bring to light the meaning of these two trends with the help of an article by Media Verso. Social media optimization (SMO) is refining a website [...]

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Marketers: Shifting to Digital

07 April 2010 ~ View Comments

The stats are in from the Fourth Annual Marketing and Media Survey from Datran Media and they’re revealing a major shift in marketing, backed by data. Marketing executives are saying that email and search were their companies’ top-performing advertising channels in 2009 and 93.6% of executives are planning to increase their digital ad budget in [...]

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The Era of APIs

30 March 2010 ~ View Comments

Without getting too technical (because I can’t!), here’s what I think an API (application programming interface) is:  it’s an interface implemented by a software program to enable interaction with other software. What I think is important about APIs is the ability to share content and create a more open web. For example, photos on Flickr [...]

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Using Negative Keywords in PPC – Chatter Marketing 3 Recap

15 March 2010 ~ View Comments

Thanks to everyone who joined us on Tuesday at 2 pm for our third episode of Chatter Marketing – Using Negative Keywords in PPC. If you missed it, you can check out the video below and the slides to get a few tips on how to utilize negative keywords to improve your PPC campaigns and [...]

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SEO – Why Aren’t More Companies Doing It?

23 February 2010 ~ View Comments

SEO – Why Aren’t More Companies Doing It?

Search Engine Optimization has been a proven tool for maintaining the flow of business and generating revenue for a company. Recent statistics have shown that more people than ever are online now and that businesses utilizing online marketing have seen consistent growth. A report by bizreport.com shows that 95% of traffic comes from first page of [...]

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An Alliance for the Ages

22 February 2010 ~ View Comments

An Alliance for the Ages

For all of you people who have Bing ad credits, I have good news! Last Thursday the Microsoft and Yahoo! search alliance finally got clearance from the United States Department of Justice and the International Commission to make their agreement official.  The alliance  will run for ten years starting at the end of 2010 or [...]

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Market Positioning and SEO: Must There Be A Conflict?

27 January 2010 ~ View Comments

Market Positioning and SEO: Must There Be A Conflict?

One of the challenges that come up frequently in the field of search engine optimization is the perceived conflict between a company’s market positioning and the keywords that have been shown to drive qualified site visits, sales and leads. The goal of maximizing revenue from organic traffic sometimes comes up against the reality that the [...]

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Chatter Marketing Episode 2

22 January 2010 ~ View Comments

Chatter Marketing Episode 2

To anyone who tried to join us for our 2nd episode of Chatter Marketing on Tuesday, we apologize for the technical difficulties that we experienced while trying to get the show to run. So this type of thing doesn’t happen again, we’re focusing on a redesign and getting everything right. We’ll notify you shortly when [...]

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SEO Press Releases

13 November 2009 ~ View Comments

What is the difference between a traditional press release and one that is optimized for organic search? Everyone has heard of SEO press releases, but exactly what does that mean? Traditional press releases have a number of goals: they are meant to impart information, to spread buzz, to familiarize readers with the name of a [...]

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