Posted by admin in Internet MarketingApr 27th, 2009 | No Comments
Comscore.com a leader in measuring the digital world, has released their monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In March 2009, Americans conducted 14.3 billion core searches, a 9-percent gain versus February.
March 2009 U.S. Core Search Rankings were as followes; Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in March with 63.7 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (20.5 percent), Microsoft Sites (8.3 percent), Ask Network (3.8 percent) and AOL LLC (3.7 percent). Click here to view a detailed chart of each companies share of the search market in the...
Posted by admin in Internet MarketingApr 14th, 2009 | No Comments
Clicksplice.com is offering to post your articles containing a followed backlink of your choice on their network of blogs. You get to choose the anchor text and placement of your link.
They have a large number of blogs covering almost any subject you can think of, when you submit a post they will:
Select a blog which has subject matter most related to your post
Publish your article on their blog giving you a high PR link for free back to your website (or any website you choose)
Once published they will send you the URL of the blog for your verification
It really is as simple as that. All that they...
Posted by admin in Sales and MarketingApr 6th, 2009 | No Comments
In today’s job environment a lot of people are wondering what they can do to create a better future for themselves. Ten years ago I started my first Internet business and I’ve been involved in Internet only business since then. Two years ago, I was finally able to become my own boss after 24 years of making other companies and other people wealthy. For me anyone who has been laid off or wanting to create a good future for themselves, should strongly consider starting a side business on the Internet or becoming qualified for
Internet specific jobs as mentioned in this great article from...
Posted by admin in Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Apr 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
If your website doesn’t rank for a specific search term is it a failure? Aaron Wall from SEO Book has written a great article on this topic. Which is more important? Search engine rankings or profit? Some will argue they go hand in hand. The reality is ranking for the right search terms is where the profit resides. Click here to read this enlightening article.
Posted by admin in Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Mar 25th, 2009 | No Comments
Google announced today that it will focus more on using snippets to determine search engine results for larger keyword phrases. The L.A. Times has a great article about this concept. Click here to read this article.
Posted by admin in Internet MarketingMar 15th, 2009 | No Comments
A lot of people overlook how important the page customers land on are to sparking interest and converting the potential customer into a sale. The design of your landing pages is something you have great control over but most people don’t take advantage of that opportunity. One of the great books on landing page optimization is,”Landing Page Optimization by Tim Ash.”
This is an excerpt from the back cover. How much money are you losing because of poor landing page design? In this comprehensive, step-by-step guide, you will learn all the skills necessary to dramatically improve...
Posted by admin in Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Feb 18th, 2009 | No Comments
A lot of people wonder what SEO is and why they need it? Of course as an SEO Consultant I’m very much aware of the benefits of using an SEO professional to turn a website into a real lead generation tool instead of just an online brochure. Click here to read real world examples provided by Entrepreneur.com in a great article by MSNBC.
Posted by admin in Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Feb 4th, 2009 | No Comments
Thirteen years ago, the most popular search engine was AltaVista and the most popular directory was Yahoo. In the interim, some of the other popular search engines like MetaCrawler and Excite disappeared and/or were reborn. Just like any other relatively new industry, the search engine industry has experienced a tremendous amount of consolidation.
Yahoo now owns AltaVista, All the Web, and Overture, (renamed a few years ago as Yahoo Search Marketing Solutions). MSN was using Yahoo’s Search Marketing to provide their “sponsored” results but they started their own per click division a few years...
Posted by admin in Search Engine Marketing (SEM)Jan 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
Google AdWords has launched a new mini-site, Google Do More With Less to help Google advertisers manage their advertising dollars better in this tough economy. On close inspection the site is a set of links to a variety of Google Tools advertisers might have bookmarked individually but it is nice to have all of these tools on one landing page. Also the AdWords blog has a new three part series that explains how some of these tools work.
Posted by admin in Temecula InformationJan 10th, 2009 | No Comments
I’ve taken a few weeks off and I’m going to try to post at least twice a week. As per my notice a few months ago, I’m going to now write about any topic I deem worth sharing with you. Today I’m going to talk about the Best Restaurants in Temecula, California. When I was growing up in St. Louis Missouri I worked a one of the best gourmet Italian Restaurants in West County - John Mineo’s. Actually they serve some of the finest Sicilian food I have ever had.
So when I make restaurant recommendations, they are serious recommendations. So here is MY LIST of the Best Restaurants...
