Imagine that you just lost your job and decided to start your own business. You have heard that you can make money online, at home, in your pajamas. So, you go on over to Google and search for “work from home opportunities” or “make money online”. What do you find? Probably something like this: [Read more…]
The 11 Types of Alexa Hot URLs and How to Get There
Alexa is a subsidiary company of Amazon.com typically known for its rankings of websites. The Alexa Toolbar collects data on the web browsing behavior of those who have it installed. That data is then used for its rankings of the top 500 websites and showing traffic details of sites like mine. [Read more…]
Marc Schneider, Martin Vermont 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 site cannot be found on foreign search engines. Let’s take a look at the email that this spammer sends out. [Read more…]
Visible Measures Unveils Solution for Measuring Effectiveness of Internet Video Advertising Campaigns
Visible Measures has unveiled a new solution for measuring the effectiveness of internet video advertising campaigns. This new solution, called “VisibleCampaign”, provides advertisers and ad agencies with true viral reach and audience campaign performance metrics. Visible Measures is an independent third-party measurement firm for Internet video publishers and advertisers. [Read more…]
Generating Traffic with the Publicity Wheel
There are many ways to increase traffic and exposure for your website, but these techniques can often take a long time and provide frustratingly minimal results. Instead, try to imagine what could happen if your site was being advertised on hundreds of similar sites continuously for several days. This is the goal of the Publicity Wheel, a new concept for generating a boost in traffic and exposure for website owners. Rather than the banner/link exchanges used to generate a steady trickle of visitors, the Publicity Wheel aims to give one website (per category) full exposure and resultant benefits in traffic for an extended period of time. [Read more…]
Moving On from Dallas Interactive Marketing Firm VIZION Interactive
For several years now, I had been the main search engine marketing expert at MarketNet in Dallas, Texas. After talking for quite some time with Mark Jackson over at VIZION Interactive, I had decided to make a move. [Read more…]
Andy Beal Launches Marketing Pilgrim Internet Marketing Job Board
Andy Beal, the Marketing Pilgrim, is launching a job board in an effort to assist ex-MarketSmart Interactive employees. As you might recall, MarketSmart Interactive has recently laid off their internet marketing employees and is no longer offering internet marketing/search engine marketing services. [Read more…]