“Make no mistake, the future of business is now tied directly to whatever strategies and techniques work most effectively in a profoundly connected society.”

These are words from my colleague Dion Hinchcliffe, who speaks from experience and our work w…

“Make no mistake, the future of business is now tied directly to whatever strategies and techniques work most effectively in a profoundly connected society.”

These are words from my colleague Dion Hinchcliffe, who speaks from experience and our work w…

A WebmasterWorld has discussion around a topic I don’t think I ever covered… How does one sell links on their web site without getting penalized? Of course, you can nofollow the links but what about not nofollowing them?

First bet is to not do what…

One of Wordnet’s definitions for slave is “someone entirely dominated by some influence or person; ‘a slave to fashion’; ‘a slave to cocaine’; ‘his mother was his abject slave.’”
Amongst that definition of the word, it is no stretch to say many America…

Slate published an article named Error Message: Google Research Director Peter Norvig on Being Wrong and a lot of people are talking about his philosophy on Google and him being wrong. Cool!

But he did lay down some tidbits on Google’s ranking algori…

The Google AdWords Blog announced that UK, Canadian and Irish AdWords advertisers can soon begin bidding on and using trademarked keywords in their ad copy. This complies with the change Google made to their trademark policy in the US in May 2009.

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I don’t think I ever wrote about Google Wave on this site, simply cause it is not search. But now that Google announced Google Wave will be discontinued by the end of the year. Why? People don’t use it.

What is Google Wave? Here is a video demo:

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Bing announced they have revamped their map experience. The maps themselves were redone and actually, there are two different kinds. One for those who install Silverlight on their computers and AJAX version for those that do not install Sliverlight.
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Yesterday, Google announced that verified business owners can reply to reviews left on their Google Places (Maps) pages.

Google of course set up some ground rules and provided instructions on how to reply to reviews. Like me, I bet most people won’…

You’re buried under paperwork, you barely have time for a snack lunch if that, and some salesperson comes along with a smile on their face to say, “You know you need SEO to make it in the online world, right?” They then add, “Since SEO is a lon…

Do you know your white paper audience? What are his/her top concerns? Are those concerns being addressed in your white papers? We asked white paper experts "How should a white paper that is addressed to a Technical Decision Maker be different fro…

This morning as I was packing for holiday I took inventory of what was required, Sat Nav, camera, video, camera, phone, books, chargers, music, DVDs and games for the kids. Along with my clothes, as is the case every year, I have the intention of packing like a minimalist but never seem to achieve it. [...]

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

Marketing generally has 2 core strategies in terms of customers: finding new customers & keeping your current/old customers happy. The best businesses tend to keep the interest of their customers for months and years through consistently improving …

BLOOMBERG — Facebook Inc.’s biggest advertisers have boosted spending by at least 10-fold in the past year as the social network crossed the half- billion user mark, becoming more alluring to marketers that want to reach a broad online audience. So…

THE SOCIAL TIMES — You’ve been there. Your friends across the table are listening intently as you’re about to deliver the punch line to a great new joke. You pause for effect and are interrupted by, “Did you folks save some room for dessert?” A g…

WORD OF MOUTH MARKETING BLOG — In his BlogWell Seattle case study presentation, “From Pioneering to Practice: Intel’s Social Media Revolution,” Intel’s Bryan Rhoads shares how they maximize their social media efforts through training their employ…

HUBSPOT INBOUND INTERNET MARKETING BLOG — With new applications launching daily and “experts” promoting the next big thing in social media marketing, it is a fast changing and confusing industry for marketers. It doesn’t need to be complicated, but…

DACHIS GROUP COLLABORATORY — It will come as little surprise to readers here that businesses this year have been getting increasingly serious about social media as they find that their customers are spending a rapidly growing amount of time there. Th…

MASHABLE — Geotoko is a simple, powerful platform for businesses, brands and agencies to run location-based contests and sweepstakes around checkins from a range of apps. Genius Idea: So, your company or agency wants to get into location-based market…