Bill Hartzer

Search Engine Optimization: Is Social Sharing the Next Link Building?

I just finished reading an interesting TechCrunch article about how Google has upgrade Google Reader, making it more visual. What's interesting to me, as a search engine optimization expert and online marketer, is not the fact that Google has upgrade Google Reader. It is, after all, pretty cool stuff. No ...

Integrated Marketing Summit Comes to St. Louis December 10

The Integrated Marketing Summit is bringing 30 of the United States' leading experts to St. Louis, Missouri on December 10, 2009. Some of the topics include social media, sales and marketing lead management, search engine optimization, and integrated marketing. Some of these well-known speakers include: Jamie Turner, Director of Consumer Insight for ...

Link Building Strategies for Search Engine Optimization in Dallas October 14

Attend the Link Building Strategies for SEO Event in Dallas Texas on October 14, 2009, where we talk about Black Hat versus White Hat Link Building I have to admit, search engine optimization (SEO) is difficult. It is not an exact science, although some would like to tell you that it ...

Spammers Still Hurting the Search Engine Optimization Industry

No wonder the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) industry has such as bad reputation. I am amazed that there are still so many SEO snake oil salesman out there spamming small businesses. Let me show you one prime example of some of the junk that people calling themselves "internet marketing specialists" ...

User Centric Releases Results of Eye Tracking Study: Google Versus Bing

User Centric has released the results of an eye tracking study that compares data between Google and the new Microsoft search engine Bing. What is interesting to note is that sponsored links are attracting more attention than they are on Google. Google users appear to be more aware of the ...

TwitterJobSearch Debuts, Helps Search Twitter for Jobs

TwitterJobSearch has launched, the first smart job search engine that actually extracts meaning from Twitter content. TwitterJobSearch creates a real-time global "online resource" for all jobs posted onto Twitter. TwitterJobSearch uses relevancy algorithms developed by Workhound, the UK's largest job search engine. The technology builds out into further social media channels ...

Logic361 Launches Automated Bid and Ad Recommendations Software for Google Adwords and Yahoo Search Marketing

There is a new automated programmatic Search Engine Marketing analysis software out there that attempts to identify Google Adwords and Yahoo Search Advertising revenue and cost savings opportunities. At a time where everyone seems to be cutting costs wherever possible because of the economy, this is a much-needed tool for ...

Marc Schneider and Global Vibration Inc.: the Myth of Multilingual Search Engine Promotions

Probably for the 42nd time, I have received an email from someone named Dr. Marc Schneider, apparently a Ph.D. from a company called "Global Vibration, Inc." in Washington, D.C.. Have you received this email? Most likely if you're a web site owner then you have. He claims that your web ...

Is Your Business Built on Pay Per Click PPC Quicksand?

Guest Post by Winton Churchill Your success with pay-per-click may be setting you up for a revenue shortfall. This is one of the challenges I see impacting those with a complex sales cycle. Recently a client came to me who had been very successful in just this type of situation. They had ...

SEMPO and Onward Search Partner to Increase Number of Search Engine Marketing Professionals

SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization, and Onward Search, a nationwide search engine marketing staffing company, has announced what they're calling a "joint partnership" to promote programs that will increase the number of career opportunities in search engine marketing for job seekers seeking to enter the industry. Through this joint ...

March 15th 2010
Tags: Search Engine Optimization 4 Comments

How Search Engine Optimization Adds Value to a Website

Most likely, if you have a website for your business, you probably have been pitched by a host of companies about the benefits of Search Engine Optimization. And, as someone who has been actively practicing organic search engine optimization since 1996, I am probably just as qualified as anyone else ...
March 10th 2010
Tags: Search Engine Marketing 4 Comments

Search Engine Optimization: Is Social Sharing the Next Link Building?

I just finished reading an interesting TechCrunch article about how Google has upgrade Google Reader, making it more visual. What's interesting to me, as a search engine optimization expert and online marketer, is not the fact that Google has upgrade Google Reader. It is, after all, pretty cool stuff. No ...
March 10th 2010
Tags: Internet Usage One Comment

comScore February 2010 Search Engine Rankings

Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing. comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) , a leader in measuring the digital world, ...
March 9th 2010
Tags: Search Engines No Comments

CheapTweet Upgrades Its Social Deals Search Engine

CheapTweet.com, a major Twitter-based social deals search engine site, has launched CheapTweet Version 2, in celebration of indexing over 5 million deals online to offer users an better social shopping experience. CheapTweet's 2.0 rollout adds upgrades to its core search engine, voting mechanism, and a new look and feature called ...

Search Engine Optimization and Network Marketing: How to Get More Leads

I had an interesting conversation over the weekend with Marvin, who called me to discuss Network Marketing. Somehow we had become connected through Facebook or another social networking website and he thought that since we were tagged as being friends online he believed that that gave him permission to call ...

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